What’s New
2026 Colorado Book Awards [1]
Join Colorado Humanities and the 2026 Colorado Book Awards finalists on Saturday, September 26 at the Tivoli Turnhalle, 900 Auraria Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, for a celebration of Colorado’s best literature published in 2025. Tickets will be available for purchase soon.
Colorado’s 11th Poet Laureate: Crisosto Apache [2]
Colorado Humanities is thrilled to share the news that Crisosto Apache is the new Colorado Poet Laureate, appointed by Governor Polis on January 28, 2026. Crisosto Apache is from Mescalero, New Mexico, on the Mescalero Apache reservation. Crisosto is Mescalero Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and Diné (Navajo). Apache’s clanships are the Salt Clan, born for the Towering House Clan.
Begin Where You Are: The Colorado Poets Laureate Anthology [3]
We are excited to announce the release of Begin Where You Are: The Colorado Poets Laureate Anthology, featuring works by all ten of Colorado’s Poets Laureate, including some new poems from the late Andrea Gibson! This book is a movement with a mission – a portion of the proceeds will fund poetry programming in underserved Colorado schools, libraries, and rural areas, making each purchase an investment in expanding access to this essential art form. Preorder now [4].
Champion the Humanities in Colorado [5]
We’ve built a strong plan for what comes next—and with your continued support, we can bring this vision to life and secure the future of the humanities in Colorado. Help us write this next chapter together by becoming a humanities champion and protecting access to books, histories, cultural traditions, freedom of thought, literacy, and artistic expression—things we can never take for granted. These are the stories and ideas that define us, and they are worth defending.
Together, we can #ChampionCH.
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PROGRAMS
Inspiring conversation and exploration of our shared cultural heritage
FACILITATOR TRAINING [12]
Learn How to Facilitate Community Conversations The Facilitator Training for Reflective Conversations prepares people to plan and facilitate conversations about vital issues and questions across different beliefs and backgrounds. Training participants will
THE FIVE STATES OF COLORADO [14]
Revealing the historic development of a population as diverse as the land itself. In 1861, the U.S. Congress carved Colorado’s boundaries representing no river, mountain range, tribe, or language group to enclose
COLORADO BOOK AWARDS [1]
Celebrating the accomplishments of Colorado’s outstanding authors, editors, illustrators, and photographers.
CHANGING THE LEGACY OF RACE & ETHNICITY [18]
These community conversations are designed to dive deeply into how we might change the legacy of race.
COSHARP [19]
Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (COSHARP) grants