![]() The theater and school of dance at the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center. | |
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Established | 1972 |
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Location | Pueblo, Colorado |
Coordinates | 38°16′8.83″N 104°36′24.29″W / 38.2691194°N 104.6067472°W |
Type | Art center |
Accreditation | American Alliance of Museums |
Visitors | 130,000+ (2019) [1] |
Curator | [2] |
Website |
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The Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center is an art center located in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1972 as a multi-disciplinary center for the arts, it features art galleries, performing arts, [3] and the Buell Children's Museum. The Center is a multiple time, multiple category winner at the Best of Pueblo awards. [4]
The Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center opened in 1972, with funding provided by the Economic Development Administration and Pueblo County. The original two-building complex housed a single gallery, a five hundred seat theater, studio/classroom spaces, a dance studio and a conference/banquet facility.
In 1982, an expansion, funded by Puebloan Helen T. White, added three galleries, a gift shop and a small precursor children's museum.
In 2000, a further expansion added the 12,000 square-foot, two-level Buell Children's Museum and the Jackson Sculpture Garden. [5] [6]
The art center features twenty-four new exhibitions a year in the Helen T. White Galleries. [7] [8] [9] [10] The King Gallery hosts the permanent collections. [11]