Clear Creek Center for Arts & Education

Clear Creek Center for Arts & Education (CCCAE) is a community-driven 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting arts, culture, creativity, and wellness in education throughout Clear Creek County and beyond. We support the arts, artists, and people in our community. Give to Clear Creek Center for Arts & Education by clicking DONATE to build a center we may all call home! Any amount helps us close the $300k gap and goal of 300 supporters to unlock the $1.538M already awarded to us

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Clear Creek Center for Arts & Education (CCCAE) was founded in the heart of the National Historic District of Idaho Springs. CCCAE builds on the rich legacy of where the Colorado Gold Rush began—uplifting the next generation of creators, innovators, and compassionate community members.

We are on the cusp of something transformational: the creation of a multi-theater arts and education center, located just off Interstate 70 and within an hour of 3.5 million people. This space will be a vibrant home for performances, community gatherings, experiential learning, storytelling, and artistic collaboration—designed to welcome individuals from ages 0 to 100+.

We are at a critical moment. To move forward, we must meet an important fundraising milestone. Your support today helps open the doors to a space where:

• Children discover their voice and confidence

• Teens develop leadership, empathy, and teamwork

• Adults and seniors stay connected, active, and inspired

• Families gather, create, and celebrate together

• Local artists, educators, and businesses thrive in collaboration

Your gift — at any level — sends a powerful message: Our community values the arts. We believe in creative expression. We believe in connection.We believe in building spaces where people can truly thrive.

As an established Colorado non-profit, your contribution is fully tax-deductible and has a direct and lasting impact. You are not just donating to a building, you are investing in our shared future.

History inspires art. Right here, where the story of Colorado began, we are creating a home that honors the past while shaping the next chapter of community, creativity, and joy.

Thank you for being part of this legacy.

VALUES

• A community focused organization for the arts that provides creative collaboration and access to professional artists, musicians, and artisans in performance and educational settings.
• A focus on excellence in both process (the experience of learning) and product (professional standards, ethics, and values) that establish and maintain a local, regional, and national reputation.
• Provide the local community access to professional artists that offer master classes, side-by-side performance in a collaborative-oriented work environment.
• Develop life-long learners that cultivate and mentor other life-long lovers of the performing, physical, visual, and wellness arts.

EDUCATIONAL CORE VALUES

• Ensure a safe, protected, and inclusive learning environment.
• Seek integration of professional expertise and instruction within a standards-based arts curriculum and experiential learning atmosphere.
• Support pathways to continuing education and enhance the sequential development of skills at each level of learning.
• Promote health & wellness and holistic learning, helping to develop and assist in cognitive development, social and emotional skills, language, and motor skills, and aesthetic enhancement and enjoyment.
• Provide professional networking opportunities in Clear Creek and Rocky Mountain Region to enhance and encourage life-long learning and professional/community partnerships locally and regionally.