Fine Arts Center

Contemporary Dream Catchers
2023-03-08 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Level 0 – This class is for the true beginner with no prior experience in the medium.
Want to tap into your creative side with people of all ages? Want some healing crystals and calming energy in your home? Let’s honor the history of dream catchers while adding a modern twist with pops of color, soft materials, and beautiful crystals. Learn the step-by-step process of weaving and creating a magical contemporary dream catcher with your own creative flair and style. Join us on this fun and amazing journey of discovery and creativity! There is a material fee of $23 due to the instructor on the first day of class. For all ages! Students under the age of 12 are encouraged to be accompanied by a participating adult.

In the Heights
2023-03-08 19:00 - 21:30, 2023-03-02 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-03-05 14:00 - 16:30 | 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.

Contested Terrains
2023-03-10 - 2023-12-20 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Landscape remains important for contemporary artists, yet many have a dramatically different relationship to the genre. The five artists featured in Contested Terrains acknowledge how human intervention has shaped landscapes across the Americas. Together, these artists extend the potential of landscape as a genre, and allow it to function as an entryway to overlooked histories, acknowledging how politics, power, and extraction have shaped the Americas as we know them today.

Hip-Hop Concert by: OLMECA
2023-03-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join us for a hip-hop concert in the Fine Arts Center’s parking lot on the Mobile Arts Truck stage!

The Gift Exhibition Opening
2023-03-17 16:00 - 19:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Celebrate the opening of The Gift, an immersive installation that explores the space in between art and astrophysics. Also opening is a related exhibition featuring work inspired by The Gift, made by D11 educators and students who participated in The Collective. Meet the artists and learn more about their work.
Free and open to the public.
Reservations suggested

Introduction to Watercolor for Teens
2023-03-27 10:00 - 2023-03-29 12:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
This spring break intensive workshop is for teens that want to try watercolor! They will learn basic watercolor skills including the basics of value, line, shape, form, perspective, and color. They will also explore how to assemble their own materials in the future to be able to paint anywhere. Everyone will have enough practice and confidence in their skills to keep tackling new things after class! Supplies will be provided.

Ages 12-16
Instructor: Sophia Hanna

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.
Not a member? Sign up now for as little as $5 a month!
RSVP for the tour

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

Eiko Otake: Public Talks and Conversations April 7
2023-04-07 | 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 does a Body Carry?
Friday April 7, 1–2 p.m.
Joshua Chambers-Letson and Karen Shimakawa
Performance: Recalling “Slow Turn”
Friday, April 7, 2 p.m.
An experimental performance work conceived and performed by Eiko Otake accompanies the video documentary of her performance commissioned for the 20th year anniversary of the 9/11. Otake proposes to use her body as a place of recalling historical events that cannot be repeated.
Conversation: How does a Body Speak?
Friday April 7, 3:30–5 p.m.
Rosemary Candelario, Pallavi Snram, Thomas Jean Lax, Andrew Wallace
Performance: Intervention
Friday April 7, 6 p.m. | Fine Art Center
Eiko Otake will perform live as a part of Free Museum evening at the Fine Arts Center.

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
