
The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (a.k.a. COPPR) is the nonprofit local arts agency that serves the City of Colorado Springs and the greater Pikes Peak region (El Paso and Teller Counties) in Colorado. We work to ensure that the creative sector grows in economic vitality and depth of impact, that creative workers can thrive in our community, and that the arts are leveraged to positively address regional economic development, education, cultural tourism, and quality of life.
Beyond the Cultural Office's regional leadership & advocacy,
our programs focus on:
Our Mission
We champion our diverse creative community as a vital part of the region’s identity and economy through service, connection, and advocacy.
RECENT NEWS
LEVEL UP! Creative Sector Summit and Speaker Series
In the summer of 2025, the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region will present the Pikes Peak region’s first professional summit at the intersection of business and creativity. The Level Up! Creative Sector Summit will be held June 25, 2025 from Noon-6:00 p.m. at
It Takes All of Us to Build A Community United by Creativity
Friends of the Cultural Office, Thank you for supporting arts & culture this year. We saw you out there, attending performances large and small. You bought locally-made gifts, art, food, and experiences. You learned to dance, draw, and sing. You donated to arts nonprofits, shopped at
Advancing Creatives Intensive is Back After Two Years!
February 21-23, 2025A program of Colorado Business Committee for the Arts Hosted by Manitou Arts Center Sponsored by COPPR It’s back after 2 years! COPPR and Manitou Arts Center are excited to bring CBCA’s transformative program back to our community. ACI 2025: Manitou Springs is
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'A People’s History'
Presented by Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, Colorado SpringsDecember 18 - March 01
Work in Progress: Re-envisioning the Collection is an experimental series of collection-based installations designed to explore new ways of presenting and understanding the collection. Participate in the process by contributing your response to each installment through interactive activities. New works of art will be presented throughout the series in response to questions and ideas related to the upcoming reinstallation of the collection galleries.
A People’s History of the Colorado...
[more+]Work in Progress: Re-envisioning the Collection is an experimental series of collection-based installations designed to explore new ways of presenting and understanding the collection. Participate in the process by contributing your response to each installment through interactive activities. New works of art will be presented throughout the series in response to questions and ideas related to the upcoming reinstallation of the collection galleries.
A People’s History of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Dec. 6, 2024–Spring 2025
A People’s History of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center invites the community to act as co-creators of this installation telling the Fine Arts Center’s story. From the 1919 founding of its precursor, the Broadmoor Art Academy, through its 1936 visionary origin as the nation’s first major multi-arts center housing a museum, performing arts, and an art school under one roof, to the present and into the future, the Fine Arts Center has been cherished by the community and is central to the cultural identity of Colorado Springs.
As part of the process of creating new exhibitions from the permanent collection, this installation welcomes stories and insights from the Colorado Springs community to help unearth lesser-known aspects of the Fine Arts Center’s complex history. Opening with a basic timeline to serve as a framework, this installation incorporates selected events, artworks, and printed ephemera which act as landmarks, highlighting past inflection points. Visitors can participate in the creation of the installation through written notes and discussion with curator Pat Musick, who will be at work in the gallery at scheduled times, adding viewers’ contributions to the timeline. The stories, themes, and insights emerging from this interactive process will serve to further inform the historical segment of the permanent collection reinstallation.
[less-]Dates & times
Sat, Feb 15 @ 10:00 am Wed, Feb 19 @ 10:00 am Thu, Feb 20 @ 10:00 am Fri, Feb 21 @ 10:00 am Sat, Feb 22 @ 10:00 am Wed, Feb 26 @ 10:00 am Thu, Feb 27 @ 10:00 am Fri, Feb 28 @ 10:00 am Sat, Mar 01 @ 10:00 am - Less dates
Admission
Location
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
30 West Dale Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
TELLING OUR STORY
Executive Director Angela Seals shares the Cultural Office’s community impact in 2023.