Mile-High Musings on Arts, Culture, Creativity and Philanthropy

This spring was especially exciting for Bonfils-Stanton Foundation , between the announcement of our first ever “ Arts in Society ” grants, the Road to Results Forum we presented in partnership with the Wallace Foundation , and our 32 nd  Annual Awards Celebration . Now that we’ve officially wrapped up the excitement surrounding the Awards Celebration, we can take some time to reflect on the event and all of the elements that made it special, from the inspiring honorees and tribute films, to a flash mob performance by Central City Opera to pay tribute to our long-time chair Lanny Martin who was stepping down, to one particular moment at the event that had guests stunned – in a good way. When planning the Celebration, we knew we wanted to include an artistic element into the program. After all, that’s one of our core goals as a Foundation – to provide funding for some of Colorado’s best arts and cultural organizations. Little did we know when planning the performances, that ...