Museum Free Day
Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesMuseum Free Days are offered the second Saturday and third Friday of each month. See what’s on view in the museum
Museum Free Days are offered the second Saturday and third Friday of each month. See what’s on view in the museum
Figure drawing is one of the basic skills all artists should have. I have developed a formula to teach drawing the human body that ensures most people are successful after just a few lessons. The first step is the stickman, then we look at the fundamental areas of bulk in the body, and finally, there […]
Do you want to learn how to work better with clay and develop more advanced techniques? Then, this is the class for you! This course is open to intermediate and advanced level students. You will learn new techniques to create more advanced forms. You will also have the chance to pursue handbuilding, sculptural work, and/or […]
Let’s make art from nature! We will learn to use materials found in our surrounding mountains. Anything from flowers, mud, grass, twigs, honeycombs, and so much more! You will make three projects over three different sessions: nature explosions, assemblage, and printmaking. We will use our hands and get messy as we find inspiration in the […]
Are you ready to get answers to your burning questions and add new hacks to your throwing process? Discover how to throw a plate from a slab, pull a handle from a mug, or split your rims and alter your forms. Add details by stamping and carving your pots or add a foot ring or […]
Museum Free Days are offered the second Saturday and third Friday of each month. See what’s on view in the museum
Are you ready to meet your new best friend Gelli plate? The Gelli plate is an incredibly playful and intuitive tool for creating art. If you have never done any form of printmaking before or think you don’t have a creative bone in your body, then this is a fun and easy way to loosen […]
Are you ready to meet your new best friend, the Gelli plate? The Gelli plate is an incredibly playful and intuitive tool for creating art. If you have never done any form of printmaking before or think you don’t have a creative bone in your body, then this is a fun and effortless way to […]
Join us for a one-hour yoga class in our beautiful glass-walled Smith Family gallery. Participants are invited to stay and enjoy the museum for free after class. All experience levels welcome. Please bring your own mat. Water is allowed during class, but not in the museum galleries. Suggested donation of $10 to benefit the Fine […]
Do you want to learn how to work better with clay and develop more advanced techniques? Then, this is the class for you! This course is open to intermediate and advanced level students. You will learn new techniques to create more advanced forms. You will also have the chance to pursue handbuilding, sculptural work, and/or […]
Inviting Myself: Insight on the Movement Mystery that is Eiko Otake Coinciding with Eiko Otake: I Invited Myself, vol. II, an exhibition currently on view at the FAC, join us for this next Libation Lecture. Iconic movement artist, Eiko Otake, brings to us a visceral experience in exploring the world - from natural landscapes to swimming pools […]
The Fine Arts Center has teamed up with Pikes Peak Library District for Culture Pass Discount Days this summer. PPLD cardholders will receive free admission to the FAC museum on Friday, June 23 by simply showing their library card or sharing their card number. PPLD will be here with their mobile library from 10 a.m. […]
A fun filled evening of crafting and cocktails awaits! We’ll be diving into the art of macrame, where you’ll learn to knot and weave your own macrame keychain wristlet! No prior experience is necessary – our expert instructor Megan Dunlin will guide you through the process step by step. And as you work on your masterpiece, […]
A Conversation & Performance with Eiko Otake & David Harrington 6 p.m. Cemetery as a Place for Art and Reflection: Public talk with Harry Weil, Vice-President of Education and Public Programs, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY Preceding the With the Dead performance, this a public talk will draw attention to cemeteries as contemplative and complex sites […]
At the Colorado Springs Conservatory A collective listening session, David Harrington, founder & artistic director of the Kronos Quartet, shares a selection of recordings from the vast music collection he has built over his four decades of tours with the quartet. Together with Harrington, listeners explore some of the wide-ranging sounds that have inspired and […]
Join us for a special First Friday celebration from 5–8 p.m. featuring a live performance with Eiko Otake and David Harrington followed by an artist talk. Evening includes: FREE museum admission — see what's on view 5:30–7:30 p.m. Eiko Otake and David Harrington performance followed by artist talk with Philip Bither, Senior Curator for the […]
Museum Free Days are offered the second Saturday and third Friday of each month. See what’s on view in the museum
Join us for our next FAC Happy Hour event of the year and celebrate the “liquid arts” with us anytime from 5–6:30 p.m. No formal programming involved, just a casual gathering of FAC supporters getting out to socialize in new and different venues across our beautiful city. We hope to see you at The Carter […]
Add some dimension, texture, and depth to your ceramic surfaces using these stylistic methods in slip, underglazes, and cone 5 glazes. In this workshop, you will learn to build some forms that will act as canvases to play with different surfaces and application techniques on a live wet clay form and later, a bisque form. […]