Fine Arts Center

Disaster! A Youth Rep Ensemble Production
2019-07-25 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Denver) | CO
Audiences and critics are wild for this hilarious homage to the era of bell-bottoms, platform shoes and the hustle. With larger-than-life characters, snappy dialogue, and some of the most recognizable songs of the ’70s (Knock on Wood, Hooked on a Feeling, Sky High, and Hot Stuff, to name a few), Disaster! will have you dancing in your seats and rolling in the aisles. Tickets are only $10!

Deconstructing Broadway with Seth Rudetsky
2019-07-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Sirius/XM radio’s Broadway host Seth Rudetsky is bringing his hilarious one-man show to Colorado Springs! Deconstructing Broadway is described as a combination of “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “The Tony Awards,” and “The Daily Show.” Fun Fact: Seth is ALSO the author of Disaster!

Capture Light: Interpret Values & Shapes with Desmond O’Hagan
2019-07-06 09:30 - 2019-07-07 16:30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
In celebration of the Broadmoor Art Academy’s 100th anniversary join visiting artist Desmond O’Hagan in this workshop designed to help you reach the next level in your pastel and/or oil painting journey. Daily demonstrations will emphasize composition, developing technique through a more painterly approach, and the importance of light, values, and contrasts. Additional topics explored in the workshop include solving common painting problems, experimenting with new approaches to painting, working from photographs, studio lighting, and framing pastels and oils. This course is designed for you to work at your own pace while enjoying the experience of painting with pastels and/or oils. Some experience in preferred painting medium is highly recommended.

Sashay
2019-06-22 19:00 - 23:00 | CO
Join us for an evening of exceptional design, cocktails, appetizers, music, and entertainment!
Launched in 2015 with a runway show of garments in the style of artwork by Georgia O’Keeffe, Sashay is back, this time featuring unique wearable art pieces inspired by World of WearableArt™ (WOW). The traveling exhibition that will grace the galleries of the Fine Arts Center this summer draws from WOW’s New Zealand museum, boasting a permanent collection of the international competition’s winners and finalists over the last 30 years. Join us for an evening of exceptional design and dress to impress in your most outrageous and creative attire! Buy Tickets

World of WearableArt™
2019-06-22 10:00 - 2019-09-22 17:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
This year marks the 31st anniversary of the World of WearableArt™ (known as WOW®), New Zealand’s largest arts show. WOW® is an international design competition that attracts hundreds of entries, with an annual awards show that presents the finalist garments in a theatrical extravaganza that collides at the intersection of fashion and art. The rules of the competition encourage anything that is in any way wearable, as long as it is original, beautifully designed, and well-made, resulting in garments that are constructed from an extraordinary array of traditional and unconventional materials. The challenge: take art off the wall and adorn onto the human form. The 32 award-winning garments presented in this exhibition represent some of the most original, provocative, and unorthodox objects in the WOW Museum collection, demonstrating what designers from a wide variety of occupations can imagine when they are released from the constraints of “fashion” and are encouraged to see the human body as a blank canvas. “Think of an Alexander McQueen show meets the Nutcracker on crack and then take it up a notch.” –Huffington Post

Barnum
2019-05-26 14:00 - 16:30, 2019-05-23 19:30 - 22:00, 2019-05-29 19:00 - 21:30 | CO
P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman on Earth, combines razzle-dazzle with charm and brass to sell “humbug” to cheering crowds. A joyful and moving musical portrait of the 19th century’s greatest show-biz legend, Barnum is a colorful, dynamic spectacle with heart. Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart’s rousing score includes “There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute,” “Join the Circus,” “The Colors of My Life,” and “Come Follow The Band.”

Bad Dates
2019-04-28 14:00 - 16:00, 2019-04-26 19:30 - 21:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Restaurant manager and shoe connoisseur Haley Walker is finally ready to re-enter the dating world. From the privacy of her bedroom, she relates a series of hilarious tales while preparing for, and recovering from, one dreadful date after another. Theresa Rebeck’s sweet and sharp comedy promises to be a night out to remember!
