CBCA has announced 12 honorees for the 2025 Business for the Arts Awards, the only statewide event honoring companies and individuals for their outstanding partnerships and engagement with the arts.  The 2025 awards program will also celebrate CBCA’s 40^th anniversary.

The Advancing Creatives Intensive (ACI) 2025: Manitou Springs program will be a condensed, weekend-long version of the ACI curriculum from February 21-23, 2025.

ACI 2025: Manitou Springs is ideal for artists of all disciplines who are emerging in their creative career and arts business. Topics include goal setting and planning, marketing and promotions, legal issues, and financial management. The program incorporates various speakers, practical exercises, toolkits, and networking activities. Applications are due by Friday, January 17. 

Colorado’s Arts Policy Framework is a compilation of diverse perspectives on the value and potential of our state’s creative community. It is intended to provide a coordinated, intentional and inclusive advocacy voice and roadmap for Colorado’s arts & culture sector. Check out the desire impact, values and priorities and get involved!

Be an Advocate for the Arts! Sign up for the Colorado Arts Action Network (CAAN)and lend your voice to support arts in Colorado.  You can ensure that arts, culture and the creative industries are valued and supported by policymakers and voters, resulting in economically vibrant, healthy, and equitable communities throughout our state.

CBCA’s latest Economic Activity Study of Metro Denver Culture, presented by U.S. Bank, quantifies the financial and social impact of arts, cultural and scientific organizations funded by SCFD in the 2022 calendar year. This study illustrates the recovery process from the COVID-19 pandemic.