Jesca Gilbert of Valor Christian High School has been named the 2019 Colorado Poetry Out Loud champion. Ana Madrano of Thornton High School is first runner-up, and Nathan Zurfluh of Estes Park High School and Belinda Garrow of Fountain Valley School placed third and fourth, respectively.
Colorado’s Scenic Byways has been selected for the Creative Capitol Exhibition. The exhibit will be active from February to April 2019.
This exhibition features photographs of all 26 of Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways. Colorado’s Scenic Byways program protects and promotes roadways that offer recreational, educational, and economic benefits to Coloradans and visitors. These byways unite communities and the stories of their collective past.
Nominations for the position of Colorado Poet Laureate are open for submissions. The Poet Laureate position was created to promote an appreciation of poetry in Colorado and to honor outstanding Colorado poets. The Poet Laureate serves as an active advocate for poetry, literacy, and literature by participating in readings and other events at schools, libraries, literary festivals, and the State Capitol.
Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) today announced recipients for the Colorado Creates Grant for Fiscal Year 2019. A total of 93 grants were awarded in 25 counties across the state totaling $699,000. The agency’s grants benefit both small and large communities, with 40% of grant funds awarded in communities located outside the Denver metro area.
Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) today announced the certification of two new Creative Districts into the Colorado Creative Districts Program. The newly certified districts are Downtown Grand Junction Creative District and Grand Lake Creative District. Certification is for a five-year period.
Think 360 Arts for Learning has been selected for the Creative Capitol Exhibition. The exhibit will be active from September 2018 to January 2019.
A new way to tour Colorado invites travelers to explore five rural destinations as part of a unique itinerary highlighting arts and cultural experiences. The Colorado Creative Corridor is a 331-mile trail that links the mountain towns of Carbondale, Paonia, Crested Butte Ridgway, and Salida. These five towns combine to offer a collective experience of unique event programming and activities alongside mountain eclecticism, majestic vistas and outdoor recreation, and authentic Colorado mountain culture.
Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) today announced that Rodney Wood of Trinidad, Wayne A. Gilbert of Denver, and Armando Silva of Greeley were selected to receive the 2018 Governor's Creative Leadership Awards.
Emily Satterlee is an exemplary Colorado creative based in the Fort Collins Creative District. Not only is Emily an active entrepreneur in a Colorado Certified Creative District, she received a Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) competitive Career Advancement Grant in the fall of 2017. Through that award, Emily expanded the marketing materials for her music company, ItyDity.
I Will Meet You There has been selected for the Creative Capitol Exhibition. The exhibit will be active from June to September 2018.