Fine Arts Center

Jeron Braxton: Glucose and Octane
2021-03-25 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Stemming from a collaboration with Colorado College’s Black Student Union launched in Black History Month, the Fine Arts Center is proud to present a special curated installation of digital work from self-taught artist and award-winning filmmaker Jeron Braxton.
On view now in the FAC museum’s Hybl Screening Room, the installation consists of 2 Sundance Festival award-winning animated videos.
Glucose is a short film investigating the colonial history of sugar as the engine of the slave trade.
Octane deals with the modern commodification of black bodies bringing to light some of the darker aspects to seemingly harmless consumerism.
Each runs approximately 6 and 14 minutes.
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Mobile Arts Truck unveiling
2021-05-07 16:00 - 20:00 | CO
Catch the unveiling of CC’s New Mobile Arts Truck at 116 E. Boulder St. The FAC is a key collaborator for the NEW CC Mobile Arts truck which serves to foster relationships across the Colorado Springs community and with CC students, faculty, and staff. “The goal is to highlight creative ways for weaving Block Plan teaching, community engagement, and creative expression through a hands-on teaching and learning experience,” says Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Naomi Pueo Wood. A featured program of City As A Venue, the May 7 Mobile Arts Truck unveiling event is set in conjunction with the First Fridays Art Walk.
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FAC Theatre School Cabaret
2021-05-07 - 2021-05-16 | Virtual
We’re excited to present our very first FAC Theatre School Cabaret! Our young thespians have been hard at work this spring devising work to share with you. This virtual cabaret includes singing, dancing, poetry, and more, all performed by students from our Budding Thespians, Emerging Artists, and Youth Rep classes.

Floral Expressions
2021-04-05 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Explore painting a magnified floral image inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe, an abstract floral piece, and a still life in this virtual course. Three paintings will be completed during this course using acrylic paints in a palette of your choice. We will examine the process of painting in an expressive style and gain an understanding of color composition and how neutrals work beside color to create a focal point. Small color studies will also be explored as a useful tool for painting. This virtual course includes live Zoom class sessions and live Zoom studio hours. Adult class

Online Workshop: Writing Theatre for Young Audiences
2021-03-18 17:45 - 19:15 | Virtual
Thursdays, March 18, March 25, April 8, and April 15, from 5:45 p.m.–7:15 p.m. MST
A good story is a good story, but how we execute it can make all the difference in the world, especially when the audience is a group of third-graders on a field trip.
In this workshop, multi-award-winning playwright and active participant in the theatre for young audiences (TYA) movement Idris Goodwin will break down some of the core and fundamental opportunities and challenges to writing for children and teens.
The workshop will culminate in the completion of a first draft of a TYA script. Adult participants should come with a working understanding of the basic tenets of playwriting. This is not an introductory course to playwriting, but a topics course that builds on this form.
This is the class for you if:

You are interested in Theater for Young Audiences
You want to explore a new genre of playwriting
You want to finish that first draft of your play

Sign up for the workshop
This workshop is offered in collaboration with The Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis.

INSTRUCTOR BIO
Idris Goodwin is an award winning break-beat poet, playwright, and director of The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. He was recently named a 2021 United States Artist Fellow. In addition to the recently released poetry collection Can I Kick It?, he’s had several publications from Haymarket Books including Inauguration co-written with nico wilkinson, Human Highlight: Ode To Dominique Wilkins, and the play This Is Modern Art co-written with Kevin Coval. He’s appeared on Nickelodeon, HBO Def Poetry, Sesame Street, NPR, BBC Radio, and the Discovery Channel. His plays include And In This Corner Cassius Clay, How We Got On, Hype Man, and This is Modern Art. Idris is the co-host of The Same Old New School Podcast on Vocalo Radio.

Photo: GHOST by Idris Goodwin, produced by Metro Theater Company; Photo credit: Jennifer Lin

Budding Thespians
2021-03-06 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Virtual Spring Camp!
Saturdays, March 6–May 1 (8 weeks), 9–11 a.m. It is time to once again to raise the virtual curtain on our youngest performers! Students will explore the magical world of theatre through games, rehearsals, and collaboration. Interactive instruction will have students dancing, acting, crafting and much more! Registration for this camp includes an “Imagination Pack” that will be delivered right to your front door. The final performance of this camp will stream to the public on May 7.
Instructors: Sally Hybl (FAC’s The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins), Jessye King (FAC’s The Sound of Music, Busytown: The Musical)

Works in Progress: Boy mother / faceless bloom
2021-03-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual
Boy mother / faceless bloom is a multimedia performance work combining large-scale sculptural and scenic design, live and recorded music, and embodied movement to tell the story of a young boy who learns he will be a mother. Drawing upon the combined, personal mythologies of Nengudi, Kwon, Nishimura, and Kohl, Boy mother / faceless bloom explores transgender identity, parenthood and ancestral lineage in a time of planetary crisis, as well as the spiritual legacies of colonialism, imperialism, and ideologies of domination.

Youth Rep Ensemble
2021-03-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
Virtual Spring Camp!
Wednesdays & Saturdays, March 3–May 1 (8 weeks). This spring session for high school students will offer weekly workshops from esteemed faculty and guest instructors ranging from auditions technique, classical text, movement, voice work and more. Students will also devise and rehearse for the first ever Fine Arts Center Theatre School Cabaret that will be streamed on May 7. This class is a must for students looking for a continuation of their skill development as well as performance opportunities!

Emerging Artists Class
2021-03-06 09:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Virtual Spring Camp!
Saturdays, March 6–May 1 (8 weeks), 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Rising theatre stars take note! This class is designed for students who yearn to further develop their love and skills for the theatrical art form. Daily theme exploration will allow these students to get a three-dimensional view of performing and creating. Collaboration will be key to the work that we do. Registration for this camp includes an “Imagination Pack” that will be delivered right to your front door. The final performance of this camp will stream to the public on May 7.
Instructors: Carmen Shedd (FAC’s The Sound of Music, Matilda: The Musical), Ryan Miller (FAC’s The Sound of Music)
