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.
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 […]
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 […]
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!
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 […]
Melanie Yazzie is informed by the Diné philosophy of hozho — translated as blessings, beauty, and harmony. After experiencing illness, she challenged herself to create artworks that find ways to heal from and to balance the negative effects of settler colonialism that Indigenous people live with on a daily basis. Her earlier works focused on calling attention […]
Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache) is a Brooklyn, NY composer, musician, and artist. She plays violin, Apache violin, piano, electric guitar, keyboards, pedal steel guitar, sings through a megaphone, and makes field recordings. Ortman’s music is known for compositions that alternate lyrical intimacy with layered improvisation, often experimenting with four-track tapes and remixing her own […]
The Gala is our biggest party of the year. As we celebrate the close of our first century and welcome the next, you can expect this one to be particularly special with incredible food, entertainment and of course … ART! It’s the perfect occasion to take stock of the great things the FAC has seen […]
