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.
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 […]
The Sustainable Fashion Club is excited to present the spring CC Fashion Show on May 12 from 6–8 p.m. at the Fine Arts Center. The event will showcase original and handmade looks by CC students, staff, and faculty with a range of experience levels. Free and open to the Public
Museum Free Days are offered the second Saturday and third Friday of each month. See what’s on view in the museum
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 […]
Museum Free Days are offered the second Saturday and third Friday of each month. See what’s on view in the museum
Join us at the FAC's Bemis School of Art for a tissue paper flower activity for all ages led by instructor Ronee Smith 5–8 p.m. Plus, the bar in Deco Lounge will be open. Free and open to the public.
Workshop 6–7 p.m., dance party 7–8 p.m. Come join us May 19 for an Afro-Columbian Percussion workshop and Tropical dance party with Eddie "Quilo" Valencia at the Sculpture Garden of the Fine Arts Center. It will be an evening of contagious rhythms, while sharing the radical roots of cumbia, it's borderless spirit, and how Afro-Indigenous […]
Join us for our first 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 Bell Brothers Brewing downtown at 114 […]
Join us for a trivia night led by Bob Morsch 5:30–7:30 p.m. May’s theme is the arts — which might include tv, movies, pop art, theater, fine art, etc. Be prepared for a multitude of surprises around the theme of art. The ticket price includes dinner: Cubano or vegetarian sandwiches, chips and dip and a […]
Life as "Star Detective" Coinciding with The Gift, an exhibition currently on view at the FAC, join us for our first Libation Lecture of 2023. The night sky is full of stories – stories of change, of life and death, and of possibility – carried out over millions or billions of years. How can we possibly understand […]
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 Live music by J. Chang-Tablada 5:30–7:30 p.m. Wildlife art by Alan Baccarella Drinks and snacks available for purchase FREE downtown shuttle, THE ZEB, running along Tejon Street to downtown art galleries […]
Please join Christian Valvano, Assistant Registrar and Brittany Hall, Assistant Collections Manager to discover our museum’s hidden treasures on a tour of our museum’s basement collection storage. Explore our collection spaces including our newly organized pottery room, see the portrait of Elsie Palmer before it goes on loan, and immerse yourself in the spirituality of […]
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 […]
In this class, we will bring the line work of drawing and the luminosity of watercolor together in this addictive technique. We will practice layering sections of color to represent shapes or draw first and drop in paint. Or try the experimental approach by throwing paint randomly and allowing it to speak to you. Matched […]
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 […]
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 […]
Calling beginner watercolor artists! Do you want to dive into portraiture, but feel a little nervous? Brushes & Bubbles is for you! Sophia Hanna is a local artist with over ten years of watercolor experience, and she wants to share that with you in a relaxed environment. We know how it feels to try something […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
What does the “Great Outdoors” mean to you? Boasting over 300 days of sunshine a year, stunning scenery, and a mild climate, it is no surprise that spending time in nature is an important part of our past and present. From reverence, play, grit, and health, this tour examines our community’s unique relationship with our […]
Museum Free Days are offered the second Saturday and third Friday of each month. See what’s on view in the museum
Join us 7:30–10:30 p.m. for a set of three solo acts (Alex Koshak, Bryan Sespico, and Evan Courtland) performing in the FAC's Smith Family Gallery. The bar in Deco Lounge will be open until 9:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Donations to support FAC programs are greatly appreciated.
Join us for a one-hour yoga class with instructor Rebecca Myers 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 […]
Once dried, gourd shells are hard and thick like wood and are easy to paint, decorate, and are weatherproof. All participants will create at least one indoor/outdoor art piece using a dried gourd. There is a material fee of $8 due to the instructor on the first day of class to purchase a gourd. All other supplies […]
When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the adjustment to his new high school. What he isn’t prepared for are the local laws — including a ban on dancing — an edict from the local preacher bent on exercising control over the town’s youth. When […]
When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the adjustment to his new high school. What he isn’t prepared for are the local laws — including a ban on dancing — an edict from the local preacher bent on exercising control over the town’s youth. When […]
When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the adjustment to his new high school. What he isn’t prepared for are the local laws — including a ban on dancing — an edict from the local preacher bent on exercising control over the town’s youth. When […]
When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the adjustment to his new high school. What he isn’t prepared for are the local laws — including a ban on dancing — an edict from the local preacher bent on exercising control over the town’s youth. When […]
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 New art in Deco Lounge by Ian Stewart Music by Jevíon Íce and the Íce Cubes (Alternative and Neo soul — four piece band with guitar, bass, piano, and bango drums) FREE […]
August Member Tour | Saturday August 5, 12 p.m. Join Katja Rivera, Curator of Contemporary Art, for a tour of the exhibition Solo(s): Krista Franklin, which draws on the artist’s vast range of materials and references, situated at the intersection of poetics, popular culture, and the dynamic histories of the African Diaspora. This exhibition brings together for […]
Please join us for a lesson on the history and tradition of Mexican metal embossing or “repujado.” “Repujado,” also known as embossing metal, is the art of working in metallic foil to give volume and relief to a decorative design. You will learn how to emboss and deboss on tooling aluminum and create your own […]
At the same time as Crafts & Cocktails or Just the FACts Trivia, children ages 6 and up are invited to embark on a creative journey, crafting their very own collage masterpieces. Don't miss this opportunity for an unforgettable night for the whole family! Free, RSVP required Collage for Kids sign up
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 plant hanger! No prior experience is necessary – our expert instructor Megan Dulin will guide you through the process step-by-step. And as you work on your masterpiece, you […]
Join us for a trivia night led by Bob Morsch 5:30–7:30 p.m. Be prepared for a multitude of surprises around the theme of art. The ticket price includes dinner! $21 (FAC members $19) Trivia Tickets
Museum Free Days are offered the second Saturday and third Friday of each month. See what’s on view in the museum
Please join us for a lesson on the history and tradition of Mexican metal embossing or “repujado.” “Repujado,” also known as embossing metal, is the art of working in metallic foil to give volume and relief to a decorative design. You will learn how to emboss and deboss on tooling aluminum and create your own […]
FAC Members are invited to a special preview of Agents of Care: A Collections Transparency Project. Located in newly transformed galleries at the FAC, Agents of Care highlights the often unseen, behind-the-scenes collections-based work of the Museum. Agents of Care kicks off with an investigation into the exciting and sometimes unexpected lives of artworks including the Portrait of Miss Elsie […]
Museum Free Days are offered the second Saturday and third Friday of each month. See what’s on view in the museum
Celebrate the opening of Agents of Care: A Collections Transparency Project with a (portrait of) Elsie Palmer inspired garden party. Located in newly transformed galleries at the FAC, Agents of Care highlights the often unseen, behind-the-scenes collections-based work of the museum. Agents of Care kicks off with an investigation into the exciting and […]
Pre-theatre dining is back! Please join us for a buffet dinner in Taste before the show. The night of the show, you may check in at Taste anytime between 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Prepayment is required and space is limited. Make sure to add both your tickets to the show and for dinner to your […]
Iconic comedian Paula Poundstone is known for her smart, observational humor and legendary spontaneous wit. Paula is the star of several HBO specials, including Cats, Cops and Stuff, and Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard. Paula is a regular panelist on NPR’s comedy news quiz, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! She is heard weekly on her successful comedy podcast. Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone.
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 […]
Please join artist Krista Franklin for a poetry reading in the Fine Arts Center's Holaday and Seagrave Galleries in celebration of her exhibition Solo(s). The reading will be followed by a conversation in Taste with Franklin and DePaul Art Museum Associate Curator, Ionit Behar to discuss artistic process, collaboration, and the influence of Afro-Surrealism. Free […]
Join Savanah Pennell, Assistant Curator of Collections, for a tour of Mi Gente: Manifestations of Community in the Southwest. Drawing from works in the collection stewarded by the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Mi Gente considers community within a landscape that has been shaped by colonization and migration. The spiritual, familial, and artistic groups represented […]
Join us for our First Friday celebration from 5–8 p.m. Enjoy the stunning ambiance offered by the FAC’s chic, historic venue. FREE museum admission, including the newest exhibition Mi Gente: Manifestations of Community in the Southwest Art in Deco Lounge by Ian Stewart Music by Mariachi Lobos, a Mexican folk music band See three lowrider cars […]
Join us for a lowrider car show and opening celebration of Mi Gente: Manifestations of Community in the Southwest! This event is free and will include kid-friendly art activities, live music, a performance by Ballet Folklórico de Barajas, and food for purchase from local businesses. Attendees also will be invited to visit the Museum's newest […]
As part of Agents of Care: A Collections Transparency Project, join museum staff for a morning chat about mural care and conservation. Artist Emanuel Martinez will speak about restoration currently underway of Arte Mestiza, Martinez’s seminal Chicano Mural Movement work painted on 2,000 square feet of concrete wall in the Fine Art Center’s parking lot. […]
