Bowen Family Performing Arts Fund Grant

The Bowen Family Performing Arts Fund Grant, established in honor of Gwen Bowen, supports low-income children in Denver by providing opportunities to learn dance, acting, and singing. This initiative aims to promote the performing arts among underserved youth, ensuring they can experience the joy of artistic expression. The grant is focused on programs that align with its mission in the seven-county Metro Denver area, continuing Miss Bowen’s legacy of inspiring future generations.

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About the Donor
Gwen Bowen started out as a promising dancer and later shared her love of dance with thousands of others in the Denver area through her Gwen Bowen School of Dance Arts. Gwen “Miss B” Bowen spent more than five decades teaching thousands of people in Denver to dance. When she wasn’t at her studio, Miss B still occupied her hours with dance. She was on the director’s board of the University of Denver’s Friends of Carson-Brierly Dance Library and taught dance as an extracurricular activity at Lincoln Elementary School.
This fund helps low-income children learn to dance, act, and sing, with all the creativity and zest for life that comes through these opportunities. Miss Bowen’s legacy continues to help young people experience the joy of performing for generations to come. The mission of the fund is to support performing arts programs for elementary and middle school youth who have fewer opportunities to learn and appreciate the arts.
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Eligibility

Your organization must be a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.Your work must connect with the mission of supporting programs for children who are underserved.A strong application will effectively promote and further the teaching and appreciation of the performing arts such as ballet, tap, jazz, opera, symphonic music, musicals, and theater production.This fund focuses on work in the seven-county Metro Denver region.