Life is more colorful with SCFD
We fund culture
Seven counties. 320 organizations. One mission: To make sure you have amazing experiences. Let us introduce you to our funded partners.
Performing Arts
Boulder Opera
Mission Statement
To making opera accessible, inspiring and engaging to the community.Learn More
1 of 318 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Evergreen Players
Mission Statement
To create community through the power of theater.Learn More
1 of 318 organizations funded by SCFD
Natural Sciences
Ocean First Institute
Mission Statement
Our goal is ocean conservation through research and education. We educate and empower future generations to preserve our ocean and become future leaders in conservation. We do this by connecting youth with the wonders of the ocean and the importance of hands-on conservation through programming that highlights scientific exploration.Learn More
1 of 318 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.Learn More
1 of 318 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra
Mission Statement
Our purpose is to establish an active community within the freedom and culture expressed inauthentic and engaging jazz experiences. As a performing arts organization, our goal is to strengthen the community through jazz performances, recordings, and education. Jazz musictransports the listener through the best of the past, as well as the direction of the future.Learn More
1 of 318 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.Learn More
1 of 318 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.Learn More
1 of 318 organizations funded by SCFD
Cultural History
Tango Colorado
Mission Statement
To provide a forum where people can meet regularly to learn, practice, perform and enjoy Argentine Tango dance, music and culture.Learn More
1 of 318 organizations funded by SCFD
Natural Sciences
HawkQuest
Mission Statement
To provide an educational opportunity to understand and appreciate the interaction of wild living things in their natural environment, and the importance of preserving the world in which they live.Learn More
1 of 318 organizations funded by SCFD
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.Learn More
1 of 318 organizations funded by SCFD
Free Days Are Back
Enjoy in-person and virtual programming from the cultural community. Please always check with organizations prior to attending as dates and times are subject to change.
Discipline
Location
Date(s)
The Art Garage
Open Studio - Need space to work on your art? Join our open studio session available once a week for free! This is a chance to bring your own work and materials, engage in a focused environment surrounded by other local artists, work at your own pace, and give and get creative feedback. We're so excited to offer our community this opportunity to further your creative practice and get inspired and in the zone with creative peers!
Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
Free Admission the First Wednesday of the Month through April 2023 - Visit the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave on the first Wednesday of the month through April and enjoy free admission. Free dates in 2023 are January 4, February 1, March 1, and April 5.
The Art Garage
Open Studio - Need space to work on your art? Join our open studio session available once a week for free! This is a chance to bring your own work and materials, engage in a focused environment surrounded by other local artists, work at your own pace, and give and get creative feedback. We're so excited to offer our community this opportunity to further your creative practice and get inspired and in the zone with creative peers!
Longmont Museum
SCFD Free Day at the Museum
Denver Zoo
Free Days - Denver Zoo is offering seven (7) Community Free Days throughout 2023 for anyone in our community. To provide the best experience for all of our guests, we are offering a limited number of tickets for each Free Day, using an online lottery system. Anyone who wants to attend a Free Day must register online during the open lottery period for a chance to obtain up to five (5) vouchers for its corresponding Free Day. Follow the event link to enter—best of luck, and hope to see you this year!
Denver Art Museum
Free Day at the DAM - Visit the Denver Art Museum and enjoy free general admission all day and evening hours!
The Art Garage
Open Studio - Need space to work on your art? Join our open studio session available once a week for free! This is a chance to bring your own work and materials, engage in a focused environment surrounded by other local artists, work at your own pace, and give and get creative feedback. We're so excited to offer our community this opportunity to further your creative practice and get inspired and in the zone with creative peers!
Friends of Dinosaur Ridge
SCFD FREE DAY! Free admission to the exhibit hall at the Main Visitor Center!
Historic Denver/ Molly Brown House Museum
SCFD Voter Free Day - Free admission for the residents of: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties – must show ID.
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.
Contemporary Art and Libraries: A perfectly unexpected match
Kiah Butcher’s curatorial career grew because of her commitment to community engagement. Placing contemporary art in unexpected places, like libraries, is the perfect venue to connect Colorado artists to different…
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ART that includes all creatives
Get to know Joyce Tsai, innovative leader of the Clyfford Still Museum
