Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center

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]

Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center

The theater and school of dance at the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center.
Established	1972 (1972)
Location	Pueblo, Colorado
Coordinates	38°16′8.83″N 104°36′24.29″W
Type	Art center
Accreditation	American Alliance of Museums
Visitors	130,000+ (2019)[1]
Curator	[2]
Website	www.sdc-arts.org

History

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]

Exhibitions

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]

Permanent

• Francis King Collection of Western Art^[12][13]
• Ruth Gast Santos and Southwest Collection^[14]
• Gene Kloss Collection^[15][16]
• Regional Contemporary Collection^[17]