::PIKES PEAK ARTS COUNCIL AWARDS for Excellence in the Arts (PPACs) formerly (PAPAAs)

• 2005 PPAC Award Winners
• 2006 PPAC Award Winners
• 2007 PPAC Award Winners
• 2007 PPAC Award Nominees
• 2008 PPAC Award Winners
• 2009 PPAC Award Nominees
• 2009 PPAC Award WINNERS
• Eve Tilley's "Golden Hat" Acceptance Speech

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::PPAC's 10th Annual Awards for Excellence in the Arts

On September 24, 2010 at Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, the Pikes Peak Arts Council will present the Tenth Annual Pikes Peak Arts Council Awards for Excellence in the Arts. This annual event recognizes excellence and outstanding contributions by artists in Classical Music, Dance, Popular Music, Poetry, Theater, and the Visual Arts. This year, winners in all categories, who will be revealed during the program on September 24, will receive $100 from the Arts Council, along with a certificate of appreciation, public recognition, opportunities for marketing themselves to the Pikes Peak Region, and our profound thanks for being part of our arts community. Click here to see a full listing of the 2010 nominees. The event begins at 6:30 PM. Prices vary from $10 to $30 per seat. A ticket order form is here.

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:::Peak at the Arts: Global Artists Exchange Festival

Colorado Springs’ newest Arts Festival is coming to the Pikes Peak Center on October 8-9, 2010. The festival has invited the Art of the World to Discover, Create and Collaborate with Colorado Springs artists to produce 7 new collaborative works centered around Dance, Live Music, and Visual Art. This Festival grew out of an observation of the many world class artists presently residing in our inspirational city and their desire to share their visions with not only community members but to actively engage in an international dialogue as well. The Festival has invited these special Artists to collaborate in this year’s inaugural event:

• The 4 Pelos/Losdenmedium Dance Company from San Jose, Costa Rica
• Roberto Lizano, Costa Rican Visual Artist
• The Kaminari Japanese Taiko Drum Ensemble from Japan and Crestone, Colorado
• The 3rd Law Dance Company from Boulder, Colorado

Performing side by side with these companies in these unique works will be:

• The Ormao Dance Company
• Colorado Springs Chorale
• Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble
• Quattro Mani/Colorado College
• Pikes Peak Arts Council
• Japan-America Society of Southern Colorado
• Pikes Peak Community College
• University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Envisioned as the people's festival, this event seeks to include all art forms to work collaboratively in an experimental environment that seeks to create new forms and not to imitate existing ones. There is room for all ideas and aesthetics and the festival actively seeks participation from anybody willing to share. There are still opportunities for creative ventures to take place within the Pikes Peak Center coming this October 8-9, 2010. Additional information can be found at the festival's website by clicking here.

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Address:
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Colorado Springs, CO 80901