DENVER -- Governor Polis will join Colorado Creative Industries Office, part of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), to announce Colorado’s New Music Ambassador on Thursday, October 15, 2020. 

Who: Governor Jared Polis, Colorado Creative Industries Director Margaret Hunt, leaders from Colorado’s diverse creative industries

What: Announcement of Colorado’s new Music Ambassador and a special youth performance

Incentives awarded to winning submissions of State’s new identification cards 

Denver, CO (August 13, 2020) – The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced today that grantees have been selected for an accelerated second round of funding in 2020 through the Arts in Society Grant program, which is funded in part by OEDIT’s Colorado Creative Industries division.

Space to Create Colorado is a state-led initiative to create affordable housing and workspaces for creative sector workers across the state. The initiative’s mission is to develop a space for creatives to live and work, allowing growth within rural economies based on community needs.

DENVER — Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) today announced that 156 Colorado arts organizations received $887,900 in COVID-19 economic relief funding through the Colorado Cares Act and COVID-19 Colorado Creatives Relief Fund.

National Endowment for Arts announces second round of fiscal year 2020 funding

Denver —The National Endowment for the Arts recently announced that 24 Colorado arts organizations received $3,049,300 in the second round of 2020 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Awards.

Colorado Creative Industries Joins Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network

The role of the arts in helping heal the signature wounds of our recent wars is significant and expanding. Through its national initiative Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is adding new clinical sites to the network, including Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Governor Polis will join Colorado Creative Industries Office, part of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), to announce Colorado’s new Music Ambassador on Thursday, March 12, 2020.

Colorado Creative Industries announced today that Kiya Cockrell of Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs has been named the 2020 Colorado Poetry Out Loud State Champion.

The Colorado Creative Industries, a division of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), announced today that it is partnering with the Colorado Symphony to celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday by bringing his iconic music to communities throughout Colorado.