Fine Arts Center

In the Heights
2023-03-02 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-03-05 14:00 - 16:30 (America/Denver) | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
From the creator and star of Hamilton comes Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first Tony Award-winning musical, a love-letter to the community in upper Manhattan where he still lives. In The Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood — a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It’s a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams, and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind. A Hip Hop musical with a Salsa beat, In The Heights is the winner of the 2008 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score, Best Choreography and Best Orchestrations.

FAC Member Tour: Behind the scenes theatre tour
2023-04-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Experience a rare behind the scenes look of our theater. Visit the prop room and costume shop, where we make almost all of the costumes you see in our stage productions. Go backstage (and even under the stage) to learn about the theater’s rigging and fly systems.
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Talkback: In The Heights
2023-04-02 16:30 - 17:30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join us for a FREE talkback with Marisa Hebert following the final Sunday performance of In The Heights.

Eiko Otake: Public Talks and Conversations April 6
2023-04-06 | Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
In celebration of Otake’s solo exhibition I Invited Myself, vol. II, the Department of Theater and Dance at Colorado College will host a series of two-day events featuring film screenings, live performance by Otake, and conversations with faculty, scholars, and curators.
Conversation: What to do with Eiko?
Thursday April 6, 4–5 p.m.
Jodee Nimerichter, Brian Rogers, Rosemary Candelario
Screening: A Body in Fukushima
Thursday April 6, 6 p.m.
Created and edited by Eiko Otake, this feature length film is composed from still photographs by William Johnston that recorded her lone performance in the surreal, irradiated landscapes of post-nuclear meltdown Fukushima over five visits.
The film had its world premiere at the Museum of Modern Art’s Doc Fortnight Festival 2022 and has since been screened in many festivals worldwide. Historian and photographer William Johnston’s talk with scholar Karen Shimakawa will follow the screening.

Panelists and special guests for April include:
Elise Butterfield, Independent Curator based in Chicago
Rosemary Candelario, Associate Professor of Dance at Texas Woman’s University
Joshua Chambers-Letson, Professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University
William Johnston, Photographer and Professor of History, Science in Society, Environmental Studies, and East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University
Thomas (T.) Jean Lax, Curator, Department of Media and Performance at the Museum of Modern Art
Marda Kirn, Founding Director of EcoArts Connections
Paula Lawrence, independent art consultant, New York
Jodee Nimerichter, Executive Director of the American Dance Festival
Karen Shimakawa, Associate Professor, Department of Performance Studies at NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Pallavi Snram, Associate Professor, Department of theater and Dance at Colorado College
Ryan Platt, Associate Professor, Department of theater and Dance at Colorado College
Brian Rogers, Artistic Director of The Chocolate Factory, New York
Andrew Wallace, Senior Advisor at Funders for LGBTQ Issues and Organizational Development Consultant. CC’12
Additional guests to be announced.
All events are free and open to the public.
Image: Eiko Otake, photo by Ben McKeown

First Friday
2023-04-07 17:00 - 20:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join us for First Friday celebration from 5–8 p.m. Enjoy the stunning ambiance offered by this chic, historic venue.

FREE museum admission — see what’s on view
CC Student Bluegrass Trio The Tumbleweeds will play 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Art in Deco Lounge by Mateo Ramirez
Drinks and snacks available for purchase
FREE downtown shuttle, THE ZEB, running along Tejon Street to downtown art galleries
Eiko Otake performance in the museum

Eiko Otake performance: Intervention
2023-04-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join us for a new performance by Eiko Otake at the Fine Arts Center during our First Friday celebrations! Free access to see Eiko Otake: I Invited Myself, vol. II on view in the museum.
In this site-specific performance, Otake will perform a series of actions in different museum locations while leading audiences to her exhibition on the second floor. Audiences should be prepared to follow Otake and find places to sit or stand in each location. Please be mindful that site-specific performances do not always offer clear sightlines, leaving it to audiences to discover how to best arrange themselves in the moment. There will be limited seating available for audience members who need physical support during the performance. Audience members may request mobility/physical assistance at patron services.
Space is limited. Please register in advance.

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Production of WHERE WE BELONG
2023-04-13 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-04-15 14:00 - 15:30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
In 2015, a Mohegan theatre-maker moves to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare, grappling with the question of what it means to remain or leave, as the Brexit vote threatens to further disengage the UK from the wider world. Moving between nations that have failed to reckon with their ongoing roles in colonialism, Achokayis finds comfort in the journeys of their Native ancestors who had to cross the ocean in the 1700s to help their people. In this intimate and exhilarating solo piece directed by Mei Ann Teo, Sayet asks us what it means to belong in an increasingly globalized world.

Indigenous Dance Performances
2023-04-15 15:30 - 16:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
In conjunction with The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Production of Where We Belong, please join us this Saturday, April 15, at 3:30 p.m. and again at 7 p.m., for Indigenous dance performances featuring Sarah Ortegon and Colorado Native Organization Dance Troop. Sarah Ortegon, who is Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho, will be presenting the jingle dress dance, a healing dance where the dancer’s prayers are carried to the creator. Haleakala is Kanaka-Maoli, who is Lakota and Taos Pueblo, is also a jingle dress dancer. Nick Ohitika Najin, who is Mni Coujou Lakota, will be presenting a Northern Plains Traditional dance, which is based on telling stories about war, hunting, and life.
Each performance is approximately 15–20 minutes long.
Free and open to the public.

Talkback: Where We Belong
2023-04-23 15:30 - 16:30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join us for a FREE talkback with following the final Sunday performance of Where We Belong.

Youth Open Mic
2023-04-25 17:30 - 19:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join Inside Out Youth Services (IOYS) in partnership with the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center at Colorado College for a youth open mic. In honor of The Collective installation featuring local youth artists in The Gift at the FAC, IOYS will be host a youth open mic April 25 at 5:30 for middle, high school, and college youth up to 24 years old. We will have a sign-up list for anyone that wants to sing, dance, read a poem, rap, or just to tell us about your day. The event will be hosted by IOYS youth with support from staff, Poetry Heals, Hear Here Poetry, and Poetry 719. This event will be held in the Music Room of the FAC. There are elevators for accessibility to the Music Room.
This event is FREE and open to the public.

Family Adventure Day
2023-04-29 10:00 - 13:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
11 a.m.–1 p.m. Free and open to the public (10–11 a.m. FAC members only)
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Spend the day being inspired by exploring all the exciting areas of the Fine Arts Center! Bemis School of Art instructors will lead creative, hands-on activities using a variety of art materials in the art studios, while the theater will have dance class, and theater games. Enjoy access to the current museum exhibitions. Our new partner, the Pikes Peak Children’s Museum will be joining us with their Mobile Museum which is a child lead interactive exhibit where kids can learn and build.
All ages and skill levels are welcome!
Schedule of events
Museum exhibitions
Eiko Otake: I Invited Myself, vol. II
The Gift
Lost then Found: Stories of the “Tilley Crucifix”
Contested Terrains

Bemis School of Art come and go hands-on activities
Upstairs studios

Drawing Studio – Found Poetry with Linda Sagastume
Painting Studio – Drawing Light & Shadow with Jantzen Peake
Printmaking Studio – Tempera paints and wax paper on watercolor paper with Zandra Zieman-Foster

Pikes Peak Children’s Museum hands-on activity
Smith Family Gallery

Tin Foil Art

Theatre activities
Music Room

10–10:30 a.m. Learn choreography from Elf the Musical
10:30–11 a.m. Theatre Games/ Dance Party
11–11:30 Learn choreography from Elf the Musical
11:30 a.m.–12 p.m. Theatre Games/ Dance Party
12–12:30 p.m. Learn choreography from Elf the Musical
12:30–1 p.m. Theatre Games/ Dance Party

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First Friday Art Party
2023-05-05 17:00 - 20:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join us for our First Friday celebration from 5–8 p.m. Enjoy the stunning ambiance offered by this chic, historic venue.

FREE museum admission
Art in Deco Lounge by Mateo Ramirez
Words on Clay art on display in the Bemis student gallery by Veterans who participated in April workshop
Art Exhibition Opening & Reception: Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind student artwork on view in the museum gallery. Welcoming remarks at 5:15 p.m.
Music: Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind Sophomore Mikayla Hernandez will be playing and singing a variety of classical and pop hits in Taste from 5–6 p.m.
Performance: Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind students will perform in the theatre 6–7 p.m.
Drinks and snacks available
FREE downtown shuttle, THE ZEB, running along Tejon Street to downtown art galleries

The partnership between the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind and the Fine Arts Center is supported by a grant from the Margarete Balke Fund of Pikes Peak Community Foundation.

FAC Member Tour: The Gift
2023-05-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Please join Michael Christiano, Director of Visual Arts and Museum, to experience The Gift, an immersive installation that animates contemporary astrophysics research to open up metaphorical space for grief, care, and renewal. Michael will give a brief introduction of the exhibit, and then visitors will be invited to take turns on self-guided interactions with the exhibit. Following, Michael will discuss related works by The Collective, high school students and educators from D11 who were in residence at the FAC to create works of art inspired by The Gift.
Please RSVP, space is limited due to the interactive nature of the exhibit.
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Artist Talk: Nina Leo and Moez Surani
2023-05-06 13:00 - 14:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Please join us at noon in the Fine Arts Center’s music room for a talk with Contested Terrains artists Nina Leo and Moez Surani, who are premiering their work Lullabies for a Waning Empire. Moderated by FAC Curator of Contemporary Art, Katja Rivera
Free and open to the public.

Lyrical Gifts: A Community Workshop
2023-05-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Built around a beautiful exercise created by the poet Ross Gay, this workshop brings people into meaningful conversation with each other through a series of “lyrical questions,” open-ended questions about our own lives. The session will conclude with an improvised gift exchange. Lyrical Gifts is offered in partnership between the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and Creativity & Innovation at Colorado College as a complement to the exhibition The Gift.
Free and open to the public; preregistration required.
Register for Lyrical Gifts workshop

Museum Free Day
2023-05-13 10:00 - 17:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Museum Free Days are offered the second Saturday and third Friday of each month. See what’s on view in the museum

Wine and Watercolor
2023-05-13 17:30 - 20:30 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Celebrate creativity at the FAC’s Bemis School of Art! Bring someone special or come alone and make new friends. You don’t have to bring any supplies, just come prepared for artistic festivities guided by Bemis instructors and your love of fun. You’ll have the opportunity to experience more than one painting activity. One free drink ticket is included with admission, plus light snacks. Additional wine, beer and soft drinks will be available for purchase. Happy Half Hour begins at 5:30 p.m.
$40 ($35 FAC members)
Space is limited. Advanced registration required.
