Fine Arts Center

Rent
2024-05-02 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-05-05 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-05-08 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Denver) | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The physical and emotional complications of the disease pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom and Angel. Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble. Benny has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

FAC Member Tour
2024-05-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join Alana Adams, Assistant Curator of Collections, for a tour of works from the Fine Art Center’s permanent collection featured in Hương Ngô’s exhibition Ungrafting. The tour will offer an opportunity to connect with the permanent collection via a diverse selection of artworks and learn more about different modern and traditional artistic methods. Visitors will also gain insight into how these selections relate to the themes explored in Ungrafting.
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Make a night of it! Stick around after the tour for our First Friday Art Party.

First Friday Art Party
2024-05-03 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 the FAC’s chic, historic venue.

Free museum admission
Attendees receive BOGO tickets to Rent
Art in Deco Lounge
Music by Colorado College band Sally and the Swamp Goblins
Drinks and snacks available for purchase
FREE downtown shuttle, THE ZEB, running along Tejon Street to downtown art galleries

Behind-the-Scenes Sunday
2024-05-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Ever wonder, “how’d they do that?”? Well, unbox your inner theatre nerd with the Fine Arts Center Theatre Company staff for a thorough look at the special effects, backstage spaces, costume, and scene shops. This event will begin immediately following the May 5, 2 p.m. performance of Rent.
This event is free and open to the public; no reservations required.

Carnival (Summer Music Festival Class)
2024-05-02 17:00 - 18:30 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Students will create illustrations for the presentation of The Carnival of the Animals at the Colorado College Summer Music Festival. Drawing skills are required as well as a love of making art. We will focus on creating the cast of joyful animal characters inspired by Camille Saint Saens musical composition. A roaring lion, a kangaroo wearing pajamas, a stately swan, and a squealing donkey are a few of the fun-loving characters we will create. While the orchestra performs the musical composition and a narrator reads the story, the student’s illustrations will be shown on a screen for the audience to view. This is a unique opportunity for young creatives and their families to enjoy. Supplies will be provided.
Ages 8-12
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Museum Free Day
2023-05-13 10:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-19 10:00 - 20:00 | 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

Family Adventure Day
2024-05-11 10:30 - 13:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Pop in between 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m. to check out what the Fine Arts Center has to offer and explore your creativity in drawing, painting, and sculpture! Family Adventure Day will offer a variety of hands-on art projects, along with artist demonstrations and interactive, self-guided activities with partners Pikes Peak Children’s Museum and Project Angel Heart. Bemis instructors will help guide you to awaken your creativity or show you new possibilities in art making. And while you are here, make sure to check out Museum Free Day. Museum Free Days are just that, an opportunity for the public to enjoy our galleries free of charge. Donations are welcome.

This event is free and all ages and skill levels can participate! RSVPs are requested.

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Members get early access at 10 a.m. and are also invited to take part in an Art Scavenger Hunt at Family Adventure Day!

Members will enjoy:

Check in at the member table to receive your art scavenger map.
Visit different art activity stations to collect stamps on your map.
Complete the hunt and receive a special take-home art activity!

Not a member? Join today for as little as $5 a month!

Songs in the Key of J.
2023-10-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join us all season long in the Deco Lounge as local favorite J. Chang-Tablada sings and shares stories from the piano following 5 p.m. mainstage performances. Donations will be accepted.
Misery Oct. 21, 2023
Elf the Musical Dec. 9 & 30, 2023
Water by the Spoonful Feb. 24, 2024
Rent May 11 & 25, 2024
J. Chang-Tablada is a Korean-Filipino-Irish-American musician, storyteller, and photographer. One of Colorado Springs’ most beloved and prolific Music Directors, J. Chang-Tablada is known for his work with the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, Theatreworks, and Millibo Art Theatre. An accomplished entertainer in his own right, J. frequently takes the stage singing and sharing stories from the piano, with recent performances at 54 Below in New York City, at the Green Box Arts Festival with his “Sing-a-long with Jerry McCauley and Friends” concerts last summer, and with his debut holiday album “Naughty & Nice” concerts last December.

Mother's Day Brunch
2024-05-12 10:00 - 14:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Mother’s Day Brunch is BACK! We invite you to celebrate mom with brunch in Taste Restaurant at the Fine Arts Center. Indulge in a bountiful buffet with breakfast pastries, salads, charcuterie, an omelet bar, assorted breakfast and lunch foods, a prime rib carving station, and desserts.
On this special day, the museum will be open, so make a day of it and stick around to check out the current exhibitions or bundle brunch with tickets to the 2 p.m. performance of Rent!
Seatings
10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Menu
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Pricing*
Adults: $90
Children 10 and under: $20
Brunch + Rent Ticket: $120 for FAC members
Brunch + Rent Ticket: $135 for non-members
*Adult tickets include two mimosas
Advance reservations are required. Day of purchases may be available depending on space. If you have questions, please call us at (719) 634-5583.
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Ask the Actors
2024-05-12 17:00 - 18:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Curious about the lifestyle of a theatre professional? What’s it take to slip into a character night after night? Stay in your seats after the show for a curated discussion with the cast and creatives and satiate your curiosity. This event will begin immediately following the May 12, 2 p.m. performance of Rent.

This event is free and open to the public; no reservations required.

Threads of Connection
2024-05-13 17:00 - 19:30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Celebrate the culminating visual and performing art created by students at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind during their 2023-24 residency. Let your senses explore a non-traditional approach to art with our student-curated art exhibition, engaging tactile, auditory, and visual senses. Continue the journey as you take flight with our theatre in the dark experience—where emotions are felt and stories are heard, not seen. This event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are requested.
Schedule
Art exhibition: 5–6 p.m.; 6:45–7:30 p.m. in the Shirley and A. Marvin Strait Corridor
Performance: 6–6:45 p.m.
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This project is supported by the Margarete Balke Fund of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation.

Object Housing & Storage Mounts
2024-05-17 13:00 - 16:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join the museum collections team in the Agents of Care gallery from 1–4 p.m. to learn how the museum cares for its collections while in storage. See examples of storage mounts and custom-designed enclosures and explore some of the tools and archival supplies used to create them. This is a drop-in program that is free and open to the public.

31st Annual Shivers Spring Concert
2024-05-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
The Fine Arts Center is proud to host the 31st Annual Shivers Springs Concert for the Shivers Fund at Pikes Peak Library District. The event will take place in the Clarence Shivers: Experimenting with Form galleries and will feature Stephanie Brink (Mezzo Soprano), Shyheim Hinnant (Baritone), Solomon Leonard (Violin), and John Thomas (Reenactor).
$50 per person
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