CAAE partners with the Council to build public awareness in the area of Arts Education through the annual Spring Youth Arts Celebration and the distribution of Community Partners Grants. These councils, numbering some 80 groups, are located in communities as large as Denver, and as small as Silverton. The project goals are to provide an effective marketing tool and information resource for artists and an accessible and easy to use register of artist information and images for Web site visitors. Visitors to the site can browse through artists' work, search for art and artist information, and view announcements about upcoming openings, exhibits, and arts events. Artists participate by submitting information about themselves and their work for display on the Web site.
Memberships range from a no-cost text listing to a full artist's portfolio.
Membership fees for the portfolios cover the digitization of slides and a portion of the site marketing and administration costs. All Colorado artists are eligible for membership and are encouraged to submit applications. COLA works to prevent legal disputes through its education programs, in-house technical support, speaker's bureau, and an art law library and resource center open to the public. COLA takes an active role in the protection and advancement of artists rights. A new service to the arts community begins in 1996 with COLA's Arts Mediation Service.