Fine Arts Center

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
2022-02-24 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-02-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-03-02 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
A new comedy from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage (Intimate Apparel) draws on the screwball films of the 1930s to take a funny and irreverent look at racial stereotypes in Hollywood. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark is a seventy-year journey through the life of Vera Stark, a headstrong Black maid and budding actress, and her tangled relationship with her boss, a white Hollywood star desperately trying to hold on to her career. When circumstances collide and both women land roles in the same Southern epic, the story behind the cameras leaves Vera with a surprising and controversial legacy scholars will debate for years to come.
Wed at 7 p.m., Thurs & Fri at 7:30 p.m., Sat at 5 or 7:30 p.m., Sun Matinées at 2 p.m.
“The first act, in which Vera angles for a role, is in the style of a screwball comedy…. The second act, which shifts between a 2003 symposium, steeped in academese, and a 1973 talk show, steeped in gin, is more like a screwball tragedy” —The New York Times
“A satisfying screwball comedy in which Nottage uses stereotypes to expose them, tapping into a current of rueful emotion beneath the surface.” —Vogue

FAC member event
2022-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join us for a hands-on art making experience (or three)! Follow along with our Bemis School of Art teachers, as they give guided lessons in watercolor greeting cards, beginning wheel throwing, and birdseed/clay sculpting. Get as messy as you’d like while you learn a new skill or show off an old one. No previous experience needed.
This event will take place in the FAC’s Bemis School of Art building at 818 Pelham Place. Please park in the Bemis School of Art parking lot, located directly behind the Fine Arts Center off of W Cache la Poudre St.
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Action Words Virtual Discussion: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
2022-03-09 15:30 - 16:30 | Virtual
Live virtual discussion. Dive deeper into By the Way, Meet Vera Stark with our next action words virtual discussion. Join Colorado College’s Director and Associate Professor of Feminist & Gender Studies Dr. Heidi R. Lewis in a discussion with students of her Feminist Theory course on how various feminist theoretical frameworks might influence interpretations of the show.

Kukuli Velarde: CORPUS Celebration
2022-03-12 10:00 - 16:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Celebrate the Kukuli Velarde: CORPUS at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College! Join in on hands-on art making activities (10 a.m.–4 p.m.) and a tour of the exhibition with the artist (2–3 p.m.). Masks are required for the artist tour.
FREE and open to the public.

Building a Better Future with our Artistic Community: Virtual Town Hall
2022-03-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
As we begin our commitment to fostering an anti-racist ethos at the FAC Theatre Company, we want to hear from you, our local theatre-makers. We hope you’ll join us for a candid conversation with Producing Artistic Director, Pirronne Yousefzadeh, about the challenges of the past and present, and the steps we can take together to make the Theatre Company a welcoming and inclusive space for our dynamic and talented artistic community. Moderated by Betty Hart.

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark: Talkback
2022-03-20 16:45 - 17:45 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join us for a FREE talkback session following the final Sunday performance of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark.

April FAC Member Tour
2022-04-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
FAC Members are invited to join curatorial paraprofessional, Savanah Pennell, for a tour of Diago: The Pasts of this Afro-Cuban Present, the first retrospective exhibition of prominent Cuban artist Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971). This tour will explore Diago’s experience with race and identity across his career, and dive into how this can be seen though his choices in medium and subject matter.
No RSVP needed, check in at the front desk.
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“Reframing Birds of America:” Conversations on Audubon
2022-04-08 - 2022-07-30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
From 1827-1838 John James Audubon published Birds of America, which is generally considered to be among the finest examples of prints illustrating avian life in America. This exhibition Reframing Birds of America: Conversations on Audubon explores these historic prints with a contemporary lens. The FAC show, curated by Colorado College students, fosters appreciation of the prints while highlighting other voices in conversation with Audubon’s work. Reframing Birds of America: Conversations on Audubon comes from the Fine Arts Center’s collection of several hundred Audubon prints and includes rarely seen examples.

Talking about Audubon
2022-04-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Drawing from the FAC’s collection, a class of 9 CC students has organized an exhibition of the renowned Birds of America prints by John James Audubon. Join the student curators of the exhibition Rethinking Birds of America: Conversations on Audubon for an in-gallery discussion of the prints, the birds, the artist, and the show.
Free and open to the public, space is limited.
Image: John James Audubon, Phoenicopterus Ruber, Linn. Old Male (Greater Flamingo) (detail), 1838
Collection of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, FA 1958.6.173, Gift of the Estate of Phillip B. Stewart

Roundtable conversation with Juan Roberto Diago
2022-04-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Please join us for a roundtable conversation with Juan Roberto Diago (joining remotely), Alejandro de la Fuente, Director of the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University, and Andrea Herrera, Professor of Literature and Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
Free and open to the public. Please RSVP
Cornerstone Arts Center – Room 131 Screening Room

The Legend of Georgia McBride
2022-04-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-04-24 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-04-27 19:00 - 20:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
He’s young, he’s late with the rent, and he just found out that he’s going to be a dad. And when his boss at a small-town Florida dive bar axes his Elvis act, replacing it with a flashy drag show, Casey decides to step out of the blue suede shoes of his comfort zone and into a pair of size 11 heels. From creating his persona to embracing his femininity, Casey has a lot to learn. But most of all, this sequin-filled story is a celebration of individuality and a reminder to all of us to live in our truths.
