June News from COPPeR

June News from COPPeR

Coffee with COPPeR: Arts Month 2014
Arts Month CoffeeTuesday, June 24ย at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Coffee at 8:30 am, Deco Lounge
Program 9:00-10:00 am, Main Stage

Coffee with COPPeR events are public gatherings to learn about and discuss major advances in our region’sย Cultural Plan. Join us for a major announcement of COPPeR’s plans to launch a region-wide Arts Month advocacy campaign this October, in conjuction with National Arts & Humanities Month. We can’t do it alone. Find out how you or your arts group can join the movement!

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Applause, please …

COPPeR celebrates accomplishments in our creative community regularly on our Facebook page – and there is much to celebrate! Stay up on inspiring stories like these byย liking us on Facebookย today: https://www.facebook.com/artsculturefun. Email us at info at coppercolo.orgย when you hear good news worth sharing!

Here is a sampling of arts news from May:

  • Congratulations toย Velvet Hills Chorusย who won the 2014 Sweet Adelines Region 8 Chorus Competition! They’re now qualified for the International Competition, where last year they placed 11th in the world.ย ย (5/6)
  • David Sckolnik has just started a new blog at The Gazette called “Artbytes” that is all about the arts in our area. Check it out when you get a chance:ย http://blogs.gazette.com/artbytes/ย (5/9)
  • May was Preservation Month! The Colorado Springs Historic Preservation Board celebrated with talks about creative reuse of urban spaces at The Modbo & SPQR Galleries and The Ivywild School. (5/13)
  • UCCSย announced selection of Denver’s Semple Brown Design as the “Architect of Record” for their upcoming Visual and Performing Arts Center. Renderings to be unveiled this summer. (5/14)
  • KOAA Channel 5 highlighted an inspiring workshop by the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center that helped victims of the 2013 Black Forest Fire continue to heal by making artwork from salvaged keepsakes. (5/19)
  • The Bee Vradenburg Foundation and Wells Fargo Advisors hosted a private reception at The Mining Exchange hotel downtown to welcome several arts leaders new to their roles in the past year: George Preston, General Manager of KCME Classical Radio, Nora Hardin, Executive Director of Pikes Peak Arts Council, and Andy Vick, Executive Director of COPPeR. Click here for photos.ย (5/20)

The Mural Project has partnered with Project Wounded Ego to create murals painted by soldiers that will be exhibited the local Veteran’s Day Parade, the Wounded Warrior Project headquarters and ultimately to Washington D.C. They raised funding for the collaboration at a fundraiser at Stargazers Theatre. (5/24).

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Summer Outreach for the Arts and PeakRadar.com

BOOTHEach year, COPPeR takes advantage of popular summer festivals and events around the region to promote the local arts scene and invite people to find cultural events, artists, organizations and opportunities through PeakRadar.com. This year, our booth is better than ever, featuring an interactive game to win free arts experiences (like tickets, classes, studio tours, etc.)! If you’d like to offer a free arts experience for the booth, email angela at coppercolo.org.

2014 Outreach Schedule:

June 7: Rocky Mountain PBS Kids Fun Fest
June 19: Town of Monument Art Hop
July 4-6: Pikes Peak Arts Festival
July 12: Summer Symphony: Rewind, Music of the 80’s
July 13: Downtown Sunday Market
July 27: Sky Sox Home Game Charity Spotlight
Aug. 30-Sept. 1: Commonwheel Artists Arts Festival
Sept. 6: What If! Festival of Innovation and Imagination

+ more TBA around the region!

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Coming Soon …

Pages CoverWe’re hard at work finishing up new editions of our most popular Peak Radar Guides for audience development, the Peak Radar Pages and the Free Outdoor Summer Concert Guide. Both will be complete in the next few weeks. They will be available for pickup at the end of June and downloadable online, or stop by our booth at Pikes Peak Arts Fest, where both will debut to the public!

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Share YOUR Peak Radar Picks!

We’ve started featuring “guest curators” to recommend their top 3 event picks in each week’s popular PeakRadar Picks eblasts. Over 11,000 readers follow the weekly e-blast to find arts, culture and fun in the Pikes Peak region. No expertise needed. Email Brittney McDonald-Lantzer at Brittney at coppercolo.org to sign up!

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