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The Artsy City of Boulder, CO

Boulder and the surrounding areas ranked just behind much larger metropolitan areas such as New York, Los Angeles, and Santa Fe in the percentage of the local population who call themselves artists, according to a report from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Boulder-Longmont area has the 6th highest ratio of artists in the entire country. Local artists and art observers say that the Boulder area’s incredible natural beauty as well as the vibrant community culture make for an appealling alternative to more densely populated art capitals on either coast.

Joan Markowitz, co-executive director of the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) says she thinks the study points to a trend of artists leaving placed like Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York in favor of places like Boulder. With organizations like BMoCA, the Boulder Arts Commission, and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival to name a few all in our backyard, it is no wonder that artists are drawn to Boulder’s natural beauty and energy.
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