BCA: A Case for Support

WHAT WE BELIEVE We believe in community, and the power of the creative arts to cultivate a world that is engaged, inviting, and inspired. Through our signature festivals, art installations, and large-scale public performances, BCA creates experiences filled with wonder, spectacle, and awe, generating excitement that compels locals and visitors to our public arenas, where they interact in the shared space of creative inspiration. We believe our diversity is a strength, a source of beauty, and an opportunity for education. BCA programming aspires to honor, celebrate, and educate about the diversity of individuals who make up our community, while being relevant, accessible, and affordable to all. Nearly 94,000 visitors took part in Breckenridge Arts District activities in our first year of operations, with 14,375 children and youth participating in BCA programming.

We believe in pushing boundaries with our innovative programming, while also offering family-friendly, accessible creative experiences. Our full slate of screenings, classes, workshops, tours, performances, and exhibitions have fast become a community staple, while our support of emerging art forms serves to educate, incubate creativity, and further the artistic cause overall.

We believe that well-curated public art helps to cultivate pride of place. Our public art choices reinforce and comment on our shared values and aspirations—from the natural environment that drew us here to our love for adventure, our rich local history as miners and ski buffs, our pioneering spirit, and our commitment to a sustainable future. We believe our program will have wide-ranging economic impacts within and beyond Breckenridge. Already, our arts community is flourishing, bolstered by BCA collaborations between local groups and visionary artists from around the world. There are more than 400 creative sector jobs in the Breckenridge Arts District.

Local businesses, seasonal workers, and visiting artists all benefit from BCA-generated creative tourism. We believe our bold, pioneering program will transform Breckenridge into a creative destination like no other, and revolutionize the way towns and organizations work together to breathe life into their communities through the arts.

We believe in collaboration as a core operating tenet. In two short years, with the help of a growing list of partners, we have launched a creative reawakening in Breckenridge. Our vision for the future is expansive, and requires a far-reaching network of strategic partnerships and philanthropic support. We hope you share our beliefs and our vision, and decide to join us as we work together to build a vibrant and dynamic world community through the creative arts.