Clear Creek Center for Arts & Education

Clear Creek Center for Arts & Education (CCCAE) is a non-profit organization founded in the heart of the National Historic District of Idaho Springs, Colorado to promote art and wellness in education throughout Clear Creek County, Colorado, and the nation. CCCAE is focused on fundraising for programming of these opportunities now and for operations in our future permanent home in the mid-century modern brutalist style structure, historic 'Tower of Learning' which sits just off Interstate 70 within an hours drive of 3.5 million people. History inspires art and the new multi-theater home and experiential classrooms, "Where the Gold Rush Began" in Idaho Springs, will inspire community gatherings and education from 0-100 years of age!

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.