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
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.artsedcolorado.org/
Imagination Celebration or the Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration (KCIC) at Colorado Springs offers programming and teaching artists programs for Colorado.
