Fine Arts Center

Boy mother/faceless bloom by Juni One Set: World premiere
2022-02-24 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Performed at the Cornerstone Arts Center
“Threading mythology and autobiography, while drawing from the diverse lineages of queer, anticolonial, and care-based artistic practices, Boy mother / faceless bloom is a new interdisciplinary performance work by Juni One Set. Dance, music, poetry, ritual, and sculptural installation converge to tell a story of transformation, transgression, and the formation of new trancestral lines.
Juni One Set is Senga Nengudi, eddy kwon, and Degenerate Art Ensemble’s Crow Nishimura & Joshua Kohl.
sengasenga.com | eddykwon.net | degenerateartensemble.com
Boy mother / faceless bloom is co-commissioned by Colorado College (lead) and Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati.
The project is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through a residency at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College.
Supported by Creativity and Innovation at CC
Additional support from the National Performance Network Creation Fund Award.
The project has also been supported by a residency from BASE Experimental Arts in Seattle.
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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 | 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

Black Sound Series
2022-03-04 - 2022-06-18 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
The Black Sound Series features the work of three contemporary artists who use sound to investigate the construction of Black identity in the personal, social, and political spheres. In our Lane Gallery, Rodney McMillian explores how the words of twentieth-century musician Sun Ra resonate in the present; Cy X presents a newly commissioned audiovisual project featuring the figure of an Afro-Indigenous gardener navigating the impending apocalypse; and Camille Norment harnesses harmony, dissonance, and feedback in a sonic installation that responds to movements of protest and resistance.

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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