Fine Arts Center

The Sound of Music
2019-12-12 19:30 - 22:30, 2019-12-15 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she’s dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Her growing rapport with the youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern Captain, and they marry. Upon returning from their honeymoon, they discover that the Nazis have invaded Austria, and they demand the Captain’s immediate service in their navy. The family’s narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of World War II provides one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in the theatre.

NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER
2019-12-31 17:30 - 22:00
Bid 2019 adieu with an unforgettable five-course dining experience at TASTE!
This intimate dining experience is limited to 60 individuals and seated in tables of four. Make it a double date or leave it to fate and ring in the New Year with new friends!
$125 per person (includes tax and gratuity)
Space is limited, make your reservations early by calling (719) 634-5583

Rethinking Regionalism: 20th-century Art and Visual Culture in the American West Symposium
2019-12-06 19:00 - 2019-12-07 17:00
Timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Broadmoor Art Academy (the precursor to the current Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center), this two day symposium will provide a forum for new inquiries, challenges, and reassessments of 20th-century art and visual culture in the American West. The Academy’s founders and early leaders created a vibrant center for Regionalist art in a part of the West known for its natural beauty. In the 1930s and 40s, teachers from Europe and the East flocked to Colorado to provide instruction for students from across the country. The students and teachers of the Broadmoor Art Academy were admired practitioners of preeminent art movements of the first half of the 20th century.
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This symposium presents a reimagining of themes and issues of 20th-century Art and Visual Culture in the American West seeking to answer some of the following questions:

What marks the various stages and styles of art in the West?
What alternative stories might a renewed look at the artists, teachers, and students produce?
In what ways would a reexamination of early instructional practices change existing narratives?
How do contemporary issues alter our understanding of art in the West?
How might critiquing, revising, or updating our understanding of 20th-century Western art help us envision new histories and futures?

Schedule of Events:
Friday, December 6

5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Keynote Presentation: Dr. Anne Hyde, University of Oklahoma
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College: Music Room

6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College: Smith Family Gallery
Saturday, December 7
8:30 – 9:15 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center: Main Space
9:15 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome & Introduction
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center: Screening Room
9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Session I: Presentations
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center: Screening Room
“Entertaining to the Eye:” Behind the Scenes of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Theater Lounge Murals
Jonathan Frederick Walz, Ph.D., The Columbus Museum
“It Does Need a Photographic Department”: Laura Gilpin at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Louise Siddons, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University
Teaching Lithography through the Colorado Landscape
Olivia Armandroff, University of Delaware
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
12:45 – 2:15 p.m. Session II: Presentations
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center: Screening Room
O’Keeffe in Colorado: A Contemplation of a Continuous Narrative
Andrew Jay Svedlow, Ph.D., University of Northern Colorado
But What Did She Really Look Like?: 20th Century Cover Art for Helen Hunt Jackson’s Ramona
Jessy Randall, Colorado College
Touching Nether-Regionalisms: White Male Heteronormativity in Kenneth Adams’ The Three Peoples Mural
Maxine Marks, University of New Mexico
2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Refreshments & Break
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center
2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Session III: Presentations
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center: Screening Room
Circulating and Cultivating Modern Art in the West
Berit Potter, Ph.D., California State University, Humboldt
Modernist Art Pedagogy in the Middle West
Barbara Jaffee, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
Reimagining End of the Trail
Melynda Seaton, Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Commerce
4:00 – 4:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center: Screening Room
4:15 – 5:30 p.m. Reception
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College: Smith Family Gallery
Organized by Rebecca Tucker, Ph.D. and Julianne Gavino, Ph.D.
Symposium events will take place at the Fine Arts Center and Cornerstone Arts Center on the Colorado College campus
Free and open to the public
Supported by Inasmuch Foundation
Image: Frank A. Mechau, Wild Horses (detail), fresco, 1935, commissioned by the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

FAC Member Shopping Event: Holiday Edition
2019-12-05 15:00 - 18:00
Get an early start on your holiday shopping and enjoy a festive afternoon in the Museum Shop! We have many unique finds to satisfy even the hardest to shop for on your list. 20% discount and 15% discount on consignment items. Enjoy hot cocoa, hot apple cider, and some yummy treats!

Tiny Beautiful Things
2019-11-10 14:00 - 15:30, 2019-11-08 19:30 - 20:00
Based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that “Sugar” was publishing online from 2010-2012. When the struggling writer was asked to take over the unpaid, anonymous position of advice columnist, Strayed used empathy and her personal experiences to help those seeking guidance for obstacles both large and small. Tiny Beautiful Things is a play about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions which have no answers.
