The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPR) is the local arts agency for the City of Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region (El Paso and Teller Counties) in Colorado. The Cultural Office works year-round, often behind the scenes, to achieve more than any one artist or cultural organization could do independently to ensure that the creative sector thrives and uplifts our entire region’s life and economy. As an independent nonprofit, we are efficient, strategic, and passionate about this work.
Beyond the Cultural Office's regional leadership & advocacy,
our programs are focused into 3 arenas of impact:
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
Upcoming Event: Coffee with COPPR
Join us as we launch the new PeakArtsEd on Wednesday, August 14th from 8:30-9:30 a.m. at the home of the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony at 3113 Primrose Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80907. “This our largest expansion of PeakRadar.com, our flagship program, in years,” says Angela Seals,
COPPR to Launch PeakArtsEd on August 14
The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPR) is proud to launch PeakArtsEd, a new arts education search tool within the PeakRadar.com website. This is the region’s first centralized tool where school educators and community members can explore and book local creative classes, educational
Helping Our Creatives to Learn & Grow
The Cultural Office has put together the ultimate Creative Economy Guide, where you can find funding, new opportunities, upcoming trainings, and cohesive resources for however you are ready to learn & grow. Visit our LEVEL UP! Resource Page Don’t miss these upcoming programs,
LOCAL ARTS EVENTS
PeakRadar Feed
Work in Progress: Re-envisioning the Collection
Presented by Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, Colorado SpringsAugust 03 - September 21
Work in Progress: Re-envisioning the Collection
August 3, 2024 - May 17, 2025
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...
[more+]Work in Progress: Re-envisioning the Collection
August 3, 2024 - May 17, 2025
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.
On View August 3–Sept. 21, 2024
Portrait of Miss Elsie Palmer, or A Lady In White & Madame de Pompadour (née Poisson) Tea Service
The pairing of John Singer Sargent’s Portrait of Miss Elsie Palmer, or A Lady In White and Cindy Sherman’s Madame de Pompadour (née Poisson) Tea Service presents riveting portraits of female historical figures while also raising powerful questions about the act of making someone’s image. Join us as we investigate what these works express about the subjects, the artists, and how they uphold and subvert social, political, and gender conventions.
Image: Portrait of Miss Elsie Palmer, or A Lady In White (detail), John Singer Sargent (American [born Italy]), Oil on canvas, way lined. 1889-1890
[less-]Dates & times
Thu, Sep 12 @ 10:00 am Fri, Sep 13 @ 12:00 am Fri, Sep 13 @ 10:00 am Sat, Sep 14 @ 12:00 am Sat, Sep 14 @ 10:00 am Wed, Sep 18 @ 12:00 am Wed, Sep 18 @ 10:00 am Thu, Sep 19 @ 12:00 am Thu, Sep 19 @ 10:00 am Fri, Sep 20 @ 12:00 am Fri, Sep 20 @ 10:00 am Sat, Sep 21 @ 12:00 am Sat, Sep 21 @ 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.
