Help Us Fuel Durango’s Creative Future – Support Local Artists & Expand Our Impact
The Durango Creative District is at the heart of our community’s vibrant arts scene, and we’re ready to take it to the next level—with your help. We’re working to unite more artists and performers with local businesses during the First Friday Art Walks, create deeper professional training programs for our creatives, and expand our ability to bring in more grants that will directly benefit our region and the voices that need it most.
With your support, we can provide artists and creative entrepreneurs the resources they need to grow, secure more opportunities for funding that will strengthen the entire creative ecosystem, and solidify Durango as THE hub for arts & culture in southwestern Colorado.
Together, we can ensure our creative community continues to innovate and flourish.
About the Durango Creative District
The Durango Creative District (DCD) is a 501(c)3 non-profit serving as the umbrella arts and culture organization for the city of Durango.
Our Core Pillars are:
Key initiatives include First Friday Art Walks, which support local cultural organizations, expand art displayed in public spaces and business locations, and celebrate diversity and local heritage; providing extensive grant writing and project support for the City of Durango’s cultural funding programs, which have funded over $1.5 million dollars worth of projects in our community; distributing calls for public art; redeveloping Durango’s Public Art Master Plan; providing ongoing professional development programs with our “Creative 101” monthly talk series; and showcasing artists, performers, and other non-profit organizations in our Community Gallery.
To unite, evolve, and celebrate our local creative economy by providing resources, advocacy, and community building opportunities.
The Durango Creative District is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting the arts, culture, and creative economy in Durango, Colorado. The organization unites, evolves, and celebrates the local creative economy by providing resources, advocacy, and community-building opportunities. Guided by its vision of a Durango where creativity drives community and powers the economy, DCD works to connect artists, entrepreneurs, and community partners in support of a thriving creative sector.
A broad coalition of representatives from local businesses, organizations, nonprofits and the City of Durango came together in the summer of 2018 to establish a Creative District in Durango. A steering committee was formed and became committed to facilitating and completing "D.I.Y. Call Yourself Creative Stakeholder Process" required to become state-certified by Colorado Creative Industries, who oversees the Creative District program.
The creative community in Durango coalesced and over 30 working groups were held on topics ranging from our Creative District's strategic plan to our brand. After a year of thorough research, fundraising, and discussions about our vision for our creative economy, Colorado Creative Industries granted state-certification to Durango Creative District in December 2019. There is an abundance of creatives living in Durango, and this initial stakeholder process would not be fulfilled without the community's support!
Organization name
Durango Creative District
2019
Tax id (EIN)
88-4159290
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Education
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
1135 Main AvenueDurango, CO, US
La Plata County, CO, US