Virtual Arts & Cultural Experiences During COVID-19 Archive
It is now that we need the arts most as a society to unite us, provide comfort, inspire creativity and ease stress in troubling times. There are numerous ways we can ensure that the arts remain a part of our lives despite the need for social distancing to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
CBCA will continue to compile and share virtual arts and cultural experiences, such as online dance classes, live streamed concerts, recorded theatre performances, creative activities for kids, and virtual gallery tours. Most of these opportunities are free. If you are able, consider a financial contribution to the arts provider so they can continue creating now and in the future.
Fill out this form to let us know what you and/or your organization is doing so we can add you to this list.
Tour a museum, gallery, exhibit or public art collection
- 40 West ArtLine
- Access Gallery‘s Art in a Box
- American Museum of Western Art The Anschutz Collection
- BMoCA artist studio tours
- Broomfield Council on the Arts & Humanities virtual art show
- Chavez Gallery Studio Tour
- Cherokee Ranch and Castle Foundation
- Clyfford Still Museum
- Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC) collection
- Colorado Railroad Museum
- Dazzle Arts
- Denver Art Museum collection
- DAM Untitled: Creative Fusions
- Denver Digerati / RMCAD Virtual Art Exhibition
- Denver’s Public Art Collection
- Detour artist talks
- Edward C. Rochette Money Museum
- Foothills Arts Center
- G44 Gallery
- Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art
- Latino Cultural Arts Center
- Leon Gallery
- Longmont Museum
- Lumonics Light & Sound Gallery “Then & Now: A Retrospective of Light-Based Sculpture by Dorothy & Mel Tanner”
- McNichols Civic Center Building
- Michael Warren Contemporary Art Gallery
- Molly Brown House
- Museum of Outdoor Arts and Natura Obscura virtual tour
- Museo de las Americas
- Narkita Gold‘s Black in Denver
- Night Lights Denver
- RedLine
- RiNo Art Galleries
- Tread of Pioneers Museum
- Walker Fine Art Gallery
- Google Arts & Culture
- Second Life Museums
- Thousands of museums across the globe
Stream live music and recorded concerts
- 2MX2 virtual concerts
- Arapahoe Philharmonic MusicConnects Series
- Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
- Boulder Bach Festival Solace Sessions
- Colorado Springs Philharmonic Interludes
- Colorado Symphony Virtual Music Hour #PlayOn and MusiCurious Instrument Interview Series
- CPR Classical Summerfest
- Dazzle Performs
- Fort Collins Symphony Tiny Concerts
- Georgetown Heritage Center & Cultural Arts Program virtual concerts
- Greeley Creative District Virtual Friday Fest
- Jazz at Lincoln Center list of livestream concerts
- Levitt Pavilion Denver Digital Concert Series #LevittInYourLivingRoom
- Muse Performance Space talks with local musicians and venue owners
- NoCo Live From Home Showcase weekly live stream concerts with Northern Colorado artists
- Underground Music Showcase (UMS) digital concerts
- Red Rocks Amphitheater recorded concerts
- Symphony Spot
- Vilar Performing Arts Center Ghost Light Sessions concert
- Vocal Coalition Virtual Choir
- Live Nation’s Live From Home
- NPR list of where to Stream Live Concerts
Watch theatre, opera, dance performances
- Arvada Center‘s Living Room Talkbacks and Amplify Black Artists Speak
- Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC)’s Ghost Light Series
- Bovine Metropolis Theater improv shows
- Central City Opera Al Fresco virtual concerts and Opera Central episodes
- Colorado Comedians compiled by 303 Magazine
- C-19 Theatrical Response Team
- CU Presents Digital (Colorado Shakespeare Festival, CU Boulder College of Music and CU Department of Theatre & Dance)
- Curious Theatre Company and online reading of BLACK
- Miners Alley Playhouse Quarantine Cabaret Series
- Mixed Taste At Home
- National Theatre Live At Home
- Nightly Met Opera Streams
- Opera Colorado
- Opera on Tap Colorado
- Phamaly Theatre Company‘s Wacky Videos for Wacky Times
- The SOURCE Theatre Company podcast REGIONAL DISTINCTION
- Dance Magazine virtual performances
- The 50 best stage shows to stream right now: musicals; dance and opera; drama and comedy; fringe; international
Experience film, poetry and literature
- Art from Ashes virtual writing prompts
- Black Cube Video Art Awards
- Denver Film stream new releases
- Flatirons Food Film Festival
- Lighthouse Writers daily prompts and online classes
- Jaipur Literature Festival Colorado
- ReelAbilities Film Festival summer screenings
- Supernova Digital Animation Festival
- Suzi Q. Smith’s poetry
Explore botanic gardens and zoos
- Denver Zoo “Zoo to You” virtual safari
- Denver Botanic Gardens virtual tour
- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Abnormally Normal Video Series
Get creative inspiration, prompts and educational activities
- ARTMANDO coloring pages #yosoyfromtheheart
- Art Night with Arête Theatrics
- Art Students League of Denver virtual art demonstrations
- Arvada Center activities
- CherryArts creative activities and shop
- Children’s Museum of Denver at Marisco Campus
- Clyfford Still Museum at home activities and events
- Colorado Classroom: Read with Me at Home with RMPBS
- Creative Sprint
- Debbie Clapper coloring pages
- Denver Architecture Foundation Out-of-the-Box City
- Denver Museum of Nature & Science
- Denver Philharmonic‘s Draw What You Hear
- Foothills Arts Center at home art activities
- Hecho en Colorado Coloring Book from Latino Cultural Arts Center
- Inside the Orchestra
- Lakewood Heritage, Culture & the Arts creative projects and classes
- LOCAL Theater Company‘s CO-LAB DAILY creative prompts
- Northglenn Arts NYTA Plugged In
- MCA Denver #LetsMCA
- Mixed Taste At Home
- PlatteForum ArtLabTV
- RedLine At Home
- Steamboat Creates creative activities
- Think 360 Arts Teaching Artist TV
- The Unsteady Hand Fun at Home
- Up with People #IWillShareHope and #30DaysofHope
- Up With People Jr. arts-based workshop #Youth4Oneness
- VISIT DENVER Digital Puzzles
- Youth One Book One Denver
- Youth on Record Open Lab
Move your body, express yourself, dance
- Boulder Ballet online classes
- Celebrate the Beat’s Alphabet Library
- Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Cyber Dance 2020 online classes
- Dance Theatre of Harlem online classes
- Daybreaker Boulder
- Hubbard Street Dance videos
- Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Dance online classes
- Miners Alley Playhouse Youth Musical Theatre Movement class
- Paul Taylor Dance online classes
- Wonderbound dance lessons and new videos
- Pilobofit free live classes
Learn a new skill, take a course
- Access Gallery online art classes
- Alliance Française de Denver French classes
- Arête Theatrics classes
- Art Students League of Denver adult and youth art classes
- Boulder Digital Arts
- Bovine Metropolis Theater improv and sketch comedy
- Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC) online photo classes
- Cooking classes from Colorado culinary schools
- Creative Mornings’ Field Trips
- Denver Center for the Performing Arts Education
- Educational and enrichment activities, compiled by Springboard for the Arts
- Firehouse Art Center online classes
- Gift of Jazz summer classes
- Ivy League courses
- Local Theater Company Masterclass
- Miners Alley Playhouse storytelling class
- Online Music Lessons list from 303 Magazine
- Studio Arts Boulder online ceramics and fiber arts classes
- Think 360 Arts Teaching Artist TV
- VooDoo Comedy Playhouse stand-up, sketch and improv comedy
Stroll through a virtual First Friday Art Walk
Peruse assorted virtual arts & cultural experiences and activities
- 303 Magazine aggregated list of virtual arts events
- Anythink Libraries
- Arvada Center
- Boulder Arts ONLINE
- CAM at Home (College of Arts & Media, CU Denver)
- CU Presents Digital (Colorado Shakespeare Festival, CU Boulder College of Music and CU Department of Theatre & Dance)
- Dairy Arts Center “Free Range Dairy”
- Denver Parks and Recreation
- Denver Public Library
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Fill out this form to let us know what you and/or your organization is doing so we can add you to this list.