Advocates for a Balanced Education: A newly formed advocacy group, ABE’s goal is to assist educational policy makers at all levels of state and local government, as well as the citizenry of communities in supporting the inclusion of the arts and humanities as an essential part of Colorado’s K-12 public education system. Telephone: 303- 459-2295 http://www.balancededucation.com/
Arts for Colorado:
Arts for Colorado is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to improving
the climate for culture throughout the state. Because public sector funding--and
particularly state arts funding--has played an important role in building
Colorado's cultural infrastructure, Arts for Colorado focuses much of its
attention on the preservation and expansion of state arts support. Telephone:
C/o Western States Arts Federation at 303-629-1166. http://www.artsforcolorado.org/home.php
ArtReach
http://www.artreachdenver.org/
Colorado Arts Consortium
http://www.coloradoartsconsortium.org/
Colorado Alliance for Colorado Theatre
http://www.allianceforcoloradotheatre.com/
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts:
CBCA is a business member organization helping companies to leverage the arts
for their innovative and creative success. CBCA connects the business and
arts communities as a vehicle for workforce creativity, economic development,
and business prosperity. Telephone: 303-282-5135 http://www.cbca.org/default.asp
Colorado Council on the Arts: A Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. The mission of the Colorado Council on the Arts is to promote the cultural, educational and economic growth of Colorado through development of its arts and cultural heritage. One of CCA’s goals is to “Expand access to quality arts education for young people.” CCA is currently rebuilding its arts education programs and will be offering grant funding in the future to help develop arts-rich schools. Telephone: 303-892-3802 www.coloarts.org
Colorado State Thespians
http://www.cothespians.com/
Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA): The mission DOCA is to advance the arts and culture in the City and County of Denver. Denver is a culturally vibrant city with over 300 large and small arts and cultural organizations. DOCA builds on that vibrancy through working with other City offices, local businesses, nonprofit organizations and beyond to fulfill its mission. DOCA provides a core service to the community through its various events and programs. Arts and culture are a part of the fiber of the City of Denver. DOCA will extend its commitment to arts education by providing a web-based forum for discussion and follow-up after the summit. Contact Jan Brennan: 720-865-4312 http://www.denvergov.org/Default.aspx?alias=www.denvergov.org/artculturefilm
Imagination Celebration!
http://www.imaginationcelebration.org/
Scientific & Cultural
Facilities District
http://www.scfd.org/
Think 360: Arts Complete Education (Colorado Alliance for Arts Education/ Young Audiences of Colorado): As of January 2007, these two experienced arts education organizations merged. As a unified organization, Think 360 provides teacher and administrator professional development, direct services to schools such as artist residencies, performances and workshops, and community education and advocacy for arts education. Telephone: 720-904-8890 www.think360arts.org/
VSA Arts of Colorado
http://www.vsarts.org/
