Public Art Commission of the Pikes Peak Region

Call Detail The sidewalks of Downtown Colorado Springs see thousands of passersby on a weekly basis, but from February through April, the three-foot flowerpots that line those sidewalks remain undecorated and unplanted. Downtown Ventures proposes to fill those empty pots with decorative sculptures by local arti...

Can Public Art Solve Pressing Urban Issues? Mayors are using an unusual tool to address issues like environmental stewardship and public safety: public art.

In the news....
"We believe the mission of the Fine Arts Center is vital to the city of Colorado Springs,” says Phil Lane, trustee of the Lane Foundation.

CC, FAC Receive $3.5 Million for Arts, Educational Initiatives • Colorado College Colorado College and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center have received grants from the John E. and Margaret L. Lane Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation to support arts in the community and new educational initiatives. The gifts, which total $3.5 m...

Vick promotes art as economic vitality Andy Vick, executive director of the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region has developed a master plan for COPPeR.

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Colorado takes top spots in new NEA arts-engagement study Coloradans watch movies, visit art galleries, see plays and read books more than almost any other state in the U.S., according to a wide-ranging study released today from the National Endowment for…

NEA Awards $10k to Arts Month 2017 The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region is pleased to announce that it has just been awarded a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help grow community engagement during the 2017 Arts Month initiative ...

Time to Float Ideas for Art Tank 2017 Proposals are due to the three-year-old program that administers one of Colorado's largest pools of arts funding on Nov. 2.

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The History Of Photojournalism To get this all, visit https://www.createspace.com/204454 . I made this 1 hour documentary for the 50th anniversary of the great photo essay journal, Life Ma...

15 Women Artists Who Shook The Paris Art World Meet the 15 women painters, sculptors and designers at the vanguard of the major artistic movements to come out of Paris between 1900 and 1930.

The Sustainable Arts Foundation is offering awards of up to US$6000 to writers and artists with children. The money can be used for costs such as child care, workspaces, new equipment, research and travel.

$6000 Grants for Writers & Artists with Children: Applications Open until 2 September - Aerogramme Writers' Studio The Sustainable Arts Foundation is offering awards of up to US$6000 to writers and artists with children. The money can be used for costs such as child care, workspaces, new equipment, research and travel. The Sustainable Arts Foundation was founded in 2010 with the aim of encouraging parents to con...

Who will win?

Finalists 2016.pdf