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“Wave Goodbye 1974,” by Virginia Maitland, on display in the Modern Art Gallery at the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art. Nonprofit institutions, commercial businesses and individuals who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic can apply for $7.5 million in statewide funding by Jan. 8. (Joe Amon/Denver Post file)
Apply now for $7.5 million in arts relief
The Colorado Arts Relief Fund, a product of Senate Bill 20B-001from December’s legislative special session, is offering $7.5 million to arts and culture businesses, nonprofits and individuals affected by the coronavirus shutdown. Applications will be accepted through Jan. 8, according to the Colorado Office of International Trade and Economic Development
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Vance Kirkland’s original studio inside the Golden Triangle neighborhood’s Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art. The museum was allowed to reopen last week under amended Level Red coronavirus rules. (Joe Amon, Denver Post file)
Update 12:25 p.m. Dec. 17: Denver’s Clyfford Still Museum will reopen on Jan. 5 and extend its current exhibition, “The Late Works: Clyfford Still in Maryland,” through March 21, 2021. Tickets are on sale now.
Metro-area museums that had planned to stay dark through the new year are reopening in the waning days of 2020, and public officials are hoping would-be visitors will support them despite an alarming surge of coronavirus deaths in Colorado.