All About COPA

MISSION STATEMENT

Colorado Performing Artists (COPA) is a nonprofit 501-c-3 cooperative roster of select professional performing artists offering educational and cultural programs for children, families and charitable organizations.

Based on an organization founded in 1981 known as Colorado Artists Showcase, COPA restructured and changed its name in 2004 to better reflect its goals. COPA is a coalition of professional performing artists that have been selected by a jury to represent the best available talent in the region. Several COPA artists also perform nationally and internationally.

COPA holds annual auditions and expands its talent bank based solely on artistic merit and community needs. COPA provides a valuable resource for many venues: festivals, theaters, schools, libraries, day-care centers, PTO’s, churches, synagogues, camps, museums and community centers. COPA publishes and distributes an annual booklet of its performers and their individual program descriptions. COPA is NOT a booking agency! All artists listed in this booklet must be contacted individually.

COPA hosts major showcases of talent for various communities so that they can see what kind of excellent artistic programing is available.* COPA roster helps provide performance events for charitable organizations to use as fund-raising.*