Two arts organizations in the Pikes Peak region now have an extra almost $50,000 in grant money to help local children and teens find their creative footing. The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region, a longtime nonprofit that works to grow and strengthen the creative sector and promote the arts, recently received a 2026 Arts in Society grant for $35,000, the maximum award amount, for its project, “Restoring the Arts Through Integrating the Arts.” Shutter and Strum, a community arts center in the Knob Hill neighborhood that serves at-risk youth through music and art classes, workshops and programs, received a $13,000 Arts in Society grant for its “Amplify the Silence: A Youth Led Music Project.” Shutter and Strum, a community arts center in the Knob Hill neighborhood that serves at-risk youth through music and art classes, workshops and programs, received a $13,000 Arts in Society grant for its “Amplify the Silence: A Youth Led Music Project.” (Courtesy of Brian Tryon) COPPR’s project will bring the arts…