Colorado Black Arts Movement

A nonprofit organization

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Colorado Black Arts Movement (CBAM) is a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 African American arts advocacy organization that promotes, encourages, and advances Black Artists and the arts economy that supports them. Doing business as FreshLoArts, it focuses on local artists in the Denver Metro Area, especially Black artists and other artists of color, locally and nationally, whose work tends to remain outside of the mainstream arts economy.  

CBAM creates art educational programs in the area of: 

  1. Children
  2. Youth
  3. Adults/Seniors
  4. Digital Art
  5. Music
  6. Theatre
  7. Summer Youth Art Programs
  8. Arts, cultural activities, and much more...

CBAM's goals are to:

  1. Create affordable space for artists (especially artists of color) across disciplines to perform, teach, practice, and thrive. 
  2. Provide a place for children in Montbello to engage in art-focused, in-school, after-school, and summer programming. 
  3. Provide flexible programming spaces for art-related nonprofits, individual artists, and art groups to offer programs and activities. 

https://www.facebook.com/coloblackarts.org/

Mission

The mission of Colorado Black Arts Movement (CBAM) dba FreshLoARTS (Artists, Residents, Teachers, Students) is to promote, encourage, and advance the artistic creation of artists of color. As an organization focused on and for a disadvantaged community, we are keenly aware of the need for equity, not just racial equity, but equity in every way. We intentionally ensure that our public meetings are conducted with language equity. We continue developing entertaining and educational programs that will be useful and accessible for differently abled persons of all ages.

We continue to follow up and seek feedback to ensure we create a welcoming environment for all.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Colorado Black Arts Movement

other names

CBAM

Year Established

2013

Tax id (EIN)

46-4850321

Category

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Organization Size

Small Organization

Address

10200 E 47TH AVENUE Suite 111
DENVER, CO 80239

Service areas

Denver, CO, US

Denver, CO, US

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