Want to make a lasting impact in the community? Now’s your chance to help shape the arts scene in the Springs for the next decade thanks to the Arts Vision 2030 initiative.
The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region, the Bee Vradenburg Foundation, other funding partners and a diverse Steering Committee want the public’s help in creating the next 10-year cultural plan to solidify the creative sector’s relevance, impact and influence.
Through July, residents of El Paso and Teller counties can voice their opinions and share ideas to help establish goals for the creative community via the Arts Vision 2030 website. Participants can also join online digital interactive meetings, virtual focus groups, discussions, surveys and more activities to be added regularly until Arts Month in October.
“We are incredibly fortunate and excited to be developing this plan for the Pikes Peak region! We want to hear from as many people as possible,” Kendall Peterson says on behalf of the consulting team. ”We invite everyone throughout the region to engage, participate and tell their friends!”
Kendall Peterson of ThereSquared, LLC and Jill Stilwell of Stilwell Cultural Consulting, LLC will guide the development of the Arts Vision plan around the public input. But the work won’t stop at virtual meetings and activities. Each person, artist, foundation and creative organization involved will continually collaborate over the coming decade to bring the initiative to fruition.
“We came to believe that bringing folks together to craft the next 10-year cultural plan would actually serve a profoundly greater purpose right now,” says Andy Vick, co-chair of the initiative and executive director of the Cultural Office, in a press release. “We anticipate that healing and reconnection will happen during this project, through collective imagination, shared goal-setting and confident conversations about the role that creative vitality plays in our region.”
Organizers hope the common goals of Arts Vision 2030 will lead to unified support, connection for the creative sector and greater possibilities for artists, creators, local communities and beyond. Once finished, Arts Vision 2030 will offer a roadmap to guide the work of local governments, foundations, nonprofits, creative businesses, artists and cross-sector partners in bringing success and vitality to the arts in the Pikes Peak region. The final plan will be released at a community event on Oct. 27 during Arts Month.
Add your input and stay up to date on Arts Vision 2030 events at artsvision2030.com.
Who’s Who of the Arts Vision 2030 Steering Committee
Chris Alvarez
Alvarez Art School, Painter, Board of Directors for the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region
Ryan Bañagale
Colorado College Visual & Performing Arts, Musician
Marc Benning
Lulu’s Downstairs, Blank Tape Records, Musician
Jodie Bliss
Bliss Studio & Gallery, Artist, Town of Monument
Cynthia Chung Aki
Ashley Cornelius
Poetry 719, Arts Therapist, Poet
Lisa Cross
D49 Art Teacher, Pikes Peak Arts Council
Jasmine Dillavou
Artist, Activist
Ryan Flores
Musician, Photographer
Ralph Holloway
Woodland Park Arts Alliance, Artist
Sally Hybl
Actress, Arts Advocate
Natalie Johnson
D14 School Board, Manitou Art Center
Cheerish Martin
Singer, Actress
Matt Mayberry
Colorado Springs Cultural Services/Pioneers Museum
Daisy McGowan
UCCS Galleries Contemporary Art, Artist
Jordan McHenry
Colorado Springs Dance Theatre, Dancer, Instructor
Susan Pattee
Arts Advocate, Bee Vradenburg Foundation Trustee
Michelle Rozell
Sarah Sheppard Shaver
PPCC Drama Department, Springs Ensemble Theatre, Actress
Becca Sickbert
Manitou Springs Creative District
Abby Simpson
Pikes Peak Library District Sand Creek Library Director
Claire Swinford
Downtown Partnership, Downtown COS Creative District, Artist
Herman Tiemens
Arts Advocate, Tiemens Foundation
Sergei Vassiliev
Colorado Springs Philharmonic principal clarinet, EPIC Concerts
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