Colorado Cancels Grants Deadline

Anticipating darstic cuts in its funding, the Colorado Council on the Arts cancelled this year’s filing date for funding (It was supposed to be April 30). “This agency has been all but eliminated. It is no longer business as usual. We will be eliminating most of our programs as a result of these cuts. Nobody can expect us to do a $2.5 million job with only $200,000.” In January, the council awarded 97 grants totaling $689,000 to various programs statewide. Last year, it gave out about $1.3 million in 154 grants.