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Arts Through It All

Like many of the other sectors of the economy, the arts and culture community has been hard hit by necessary cancellations and closures. Working artists rely on live events, exhibits and other audience-driven experiences to support their families and themselves. Shuttering these experiences, while absolutely necessary, creates hardships for these individuals and the organizations for which they work.

Are you in a position to help? Here are some ideas.

Are you an artist or arts and culture organization in need of support? Here are some resources.

Are you looking for information regarding City and County variances? Here are some resources.

Are you in need of a little wonder in your life? Here’s a list of virtual resources to engage you.

We fund culture

Seven counties. 300 organizations. One mission: To make sure you have amazing experiences. Let us introduce you to our funded partners.

Performing Arts

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance

Mission Statement

To provide cross-cultural instruction, performances and enrichment programs empowering all our communities by cultivating the healthy mind, body and spirit development for intergenerational students, artists and audiences.

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1 of 588 organizations funded by SCFD

Cultural History

Centro Cultural Mexicano (Mexican Cultural Center)

Mission Statement

To increase awareness of Mexico's splendid traditions of travel, cuisine, art, music and handcrafts among the audiences of Colorado.

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1 of 588 organizations funded by SCFD

Cultural History

Forney Museum of Transportation

Mission Statement

The Forney Museum of Transportation is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization which exists to collect, preserve, and exhibit items of artistic, historical and technological interest relating to transportation for the purposes of education and personal enrichment.

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1 of 588 organizations funded by SCFD

Cultural History

Broomfield Veterans Memorial Museum

Mission Statement

To preserve the memories of America's military history and strengthen the bonds to the community by facilitating the stories of veterans as supported by displays and artifacts for the benefit and education of generations to come.

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1 of 588 organizations funded by SCFD

Visual Arts

Clyfford Still Museum

Mission Statement

To preserve, exhibit, study, and foster engagement with its unique collections. To generate outstanding exhibitions, scholarly research, educational and other cross-disciplinary programs that broaden the definition of a "single-artist" museum. Be a gathering place for the exploration of innovation and individual artistic endeavor.

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1 of 588 organizations funded by SCFD

Natural History

Wild Bear Nature Center

Mission Statement

To provide year-round educational programs to people of all ages to foster a lifelong appreciation of the environment and to promote an environmentally aware, responsible and ecologically sound community.

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1 of 588 organizations funded by SCFD

Performing Arts

Foothills-Arts & Events Agency

Mission Statement

To create, establish, put on, and provide classes and opportunities for District-wide cultural arts services for the benefit of the taxpayers of the District.

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1 of 588 organizations funded by SCFD

Natural Sciences

Denver Botanic Gardens

Mission Statement

To connect people with plants, especially plants from the Rocky Mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

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1 of 588 organizations funded by SCFD

Performing Arts

Evergreen Players

Mission Statement

To create community through the power of theater.

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1 of 588 organizations funded by SCFD

Natural History

Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Mission Statement

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

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1 of 588 organizations funded by SCFD

Don’t paws here!

SCFD funds over 300 organizations in the 7-county Denver metro area.

Wonder looks good on you

Culture creates vibrancy for us individually and collectively. It gives our kids a unique perspective and understanding of the world. It inspires all of us to get off the couch, discover the radical and the beautiful, and stretches our capacity to be transformed. Through our diverse, local culture, we come together, we come to new ideas, we come to our senses.

With boundless energy and endless optimism, Steve Wilson faces the future

The best way to understand Steve Wilson might be knowing that he enthusiastically understudied his wife once in a production of Tartuffe at the Arvada Center. His wife Leslie, a long-time stage actress with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, had overlapping shows and Wilson stepped in to finish the last week of her…