Fine Arts Center

Crafts + Cocktails
2022-11-17 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Denver) | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
A fun filled evening of crafting awaits! Instructor Sophia Hanna will provide supplies and step-by-step instructions to create your own snow globe, just in time for Winter! Turn plain mason jars into sparkling snow globes filled with whimsical holiday figurines and miniatures. Space is limited so grab a friend and buy your tickets today!
Cash bar available. Attendees will receive free admission to the museum from 4-5 p.m. the day of the event. Bar will open at 5 p.m.
FAC members: $20
General admission: $30
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Redefining Native Art: Conversations of Contemporary Native Art with Anna Tsouhlarakis and Melanie Yazzie
2022-12-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join the FAC for a critical conversation about redefining perspectives and perceptions of contemporary Native Art. In conjunction with the exhibition, Action/Abstraction Redefined, artists Anna Tsouhlarakis and Melanie Yazzie will share their perspectives as artists, educators, and activists of what Native Art is, isn’t, and can be in our contemporary world. This conversation will be facilitated by Learning & Engagement Intern, Katie Norton ‘24.
Event is free and open to the public.

About the Panelists:
Anna Tsouhlarakis
Navajo + Creek + Greek
Anna Tsouhlarakis works in sculpture, installation, video, and performance. She received her BA from Dartmouth College with degrees in Native American Studies and Studio Art. She went on to receive her MFA from Yale University in Sculpture.
Her work has been part of national and international exhibitions at venues such as Rush Arts in New York, the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Crystal Bridges Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, the Heard Museum, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Tsouhlarakis has participated in various art residencies including Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Yaddo, and was the Andrew W. Mellon Artist-in-Residence at Colorado College for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Tsouhlarakis lives and works in Colorado.
Melanie Yazzie
Dine
Melanie Yazzie is Professor of Art Practices and Head of Printmaking at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Her works belong to many collections such as: the Denver Art Museum, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, the Art Museum of Missoula, the Institute of American Indian Arts, the Kennedy Museum of Art and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and in countries such as, New Zealand, France, Russia, Canada, Estonia, Northern Ireland, Korea, China, United Kingdom, and Australia. She is known for organizing print exchange projects that connect communities across the world. She makes prints, sculptures, paintings, does surface design and jewelry design. She has been represented by the Glenn Green Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico since 1994.
Katie Norton ‘24
Katie Norton is a Junior at Colorado College studying Museum Studies and Anthropology with a focus in archaeology. In her work at the FAC as the Action/Abstraction Redefined Learning & Engagement Intern, Kaite has led tours, created learning objectives, organized a virtual exhibit, and works to connect people with resources relevant to contemporary Native Art.
Katie comes to Colorado College from outside of Cleveland, Ohio. In her spare time, she likes to travel around Colorado and enjoy the beauty of the state.

Top image: Mike Medicine Horse Zillioux, (Akimel O’odham/Cheyenne/Pawnee,1952–2020), The Day Jackson Pollack [sic] Became A Christian (detail), 1974, Acrylic, rawhide, salt on canvas, MoCNA Collection (P-22), Gift of the Artist

Screening of Todos se van (2015, Cuba/Colombia)
2022-12-01 18:30 - 20:00 | Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
About the film: Everybody Leaves is based on the award-winning novel by Wendy Guerra and is a celebration of freedom and a confrontation of the authoritarian Cuban regime of the 1980s, which led to one of the country’s worst economic crises. Eight-year-old Nieve is the object of her parents’ custody battle. Her mother, Eva, is an artist who believes in the revolution and disagrees with censorship or authoritarianism. She is re-married to Dan, a Swede working on the construction of a nuclear plant. Nieve’s father Manuel is a playwright who sacrifices his artistic career to write government propaganda in a remote area of the country. Through her diary entries, Nieve reveals intimate details of a turbulent family life while painting an authentic portrait of the social and political unrest in Cuba under the rule of Castro.
Free and open to the public.
Location: Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, Room 131 at Colorado College
Image: Suchitra Mattai, Tethered (detail), 2020, vintage saris, wire, and found object, dimensions variable, courtesy of K Contemporary, Denver, photo by Wes Magyar. On view in Breathe into the Past: Crosscurrents in the Caribbean.

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
2022-12-01 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-12-04 14:00 - 15:30, 2022-12-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
See this beloved American holiday classic come to life on stage as a captivating 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of a virtuosic, tight-knit ensemble that embodies a few dozen characters and live foley artistry, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve. This holiday season, join us for a story of hope, faith, and the power of community.

FAC Member Tour: The Insiders
2022-12-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join us in the FAC’s Deco Lounge for a tour of the new exhibit The Insiders, a group show featuring none other than the FAC’s own patron experience staff and artistis! The artists will guide you through the exhibit, elaborating on their individual pieces and their own artistic practices. Get to know our staff a little better and learn about their art!
Not a member? Sign up now for as little as $5 a month!
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Canceled: Yoga at the FAC
2022-12-04 10:30 - 11:30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Join teacher Misty Banta 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 Arts Center (you’ll also have the option to donate at class).
This event is canceled due to our teacher’s illness.

In Conversation: Alexis Pauline Gumbs
2022-12-05 16:00 - 19:00 | Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
“Made the World by Breathing:” An Oracle Ceremony | 4 p.m.
Alexis Pauline Gumbs in Conversation with Professor Heidi R. Lewis | 5 p.m.
Join this virtual talk and workshop with Queer Black Troublemaker, Feminist Love Evangelist, and aspirational cousin to all sentient beings, Alexis Pauline Gumbs.
Poetry reading by Desiree C. Bailey | 6 p.m.
Q&A with Desiree C. Bailey, Facilitated by Professor Lisa Marie Rollins | 6:30 p.m.

Sista Docta Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a Queer Black Feminist Love Evangelist and an aspirational cousin to all life. She is/they are the author of several books, most recently Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals and the co-founder of the Mobile Homecoming Trust, an intergenerational experiential living library of Black LBGTQ brilliance.
Desiree C. Bailey is the author of “What Noise Against the Cane” (Yale University Press, 2021), which won the 2020 Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and was longlisted for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and the International Dylan Thomas Prize. Desiree is from Trinidad and Tobago, and Queens, New York. She is the Writer-in-Residence at Clemson University.

This event is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Breathe into the Past: Crosscurrents in the Caribbean.
Thanks to a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, this event is free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.

Member/Subscriber Holiday Shopping Night
2022-12-08 16:00 - 18:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Don’t miss this fun opportunity to finish up your holiday shopping at the FAC’s shop by Ladyfingers. Enjoy hot chocolate and cider while perusing the wide variety of handmade, locally sourced, and inclusive goods. In addition to the 10% member discount on all items (which subscribers will also receive during the event), you’ll receive a special 25% discount on any FAC apparel or merchandise.
RSVP for shopping night
Make an evening out of it and stay for the show. Make any purchase at the event and receive 50% off admission to It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play that evening

Naughty & NICE Holiday Cabaret with J. Chang-Tablada
2022-12-10 18:30 - 19:30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Naughty & NICE Holiday Cabaret with J. Chang-Tablada debuts in the nick of time for the 2022 Holiday Season. This one-man 60-minute show features heart-warming holiday classics with a twist of spice that invites audiences to reminisce, raise a glass, laugh-out-loud, and sing along.
A storyteller at heart, world-class pianist and vocalist J. Chang-Tablada draws audience members in with fresh interpretations of timeless classics by celebrated artists like Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and Donnie Hathaway interwoven with spirited, tongue-in-cheek numbers from Elvis and Jimmy Butler (to name a few).
Chang-Tablada’s memorable performance strikes a chord with seasonal favorites like “This Christmas” and “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve” while adding unexpected and delightful holiday color with lesser known tunes like “Trim Your Tree.”
Chang-Tablada is one of Colorado Springs’ most beloved and prolific Music Directors, known for his work with the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, Theatreworks and Millibo Art Theatre. He also served as Music Director for the Colorado Theatre Guild’s 16th Annual Henry Awards in Denver, Colorado in July of 2022. An accomplished entertainer in his own right, J. frequently takes the stage himself, most recently in performances at 54 Below in New York City and in his “Sing-a-long with Jerry McCauley and Friends” concerts featured at the Green Box Arts Festival this summer.

Join us in Deco Lounge immediately following the 5 p.m. performance of It’s a Wonderful Life. The bar will be open.
$10 suggested donation

FAC Action Abstraction Artist Panel + First Friday
2023-01-06 17:00 - 20:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
As part of First Friday celebrations, you’re invited to a conversation about Action | Abstraction Redefined from 5-7 p.m. in the FAC Music Room. Don’t miss out on the chance to see the Action | Abstraction Redefined exhibition before it closes on Jan. 8!
The conversation features Dr. Lara Evans, Professor of Art History, IAIA Research Center for Contemporary Native Arts Director; Tatiana Lomahaftewa-Singer, curator of collections, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts; and Dr. Manuela Well-Off-Man, chief curator, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.
Free and open to the Public.
Please RSVP for Artist PAnel
Image at right: Lloyd Henri “Kiva” New (Cherokee, 1916–2002), Untitled (Squares), 1968, Acrylic on canvas, MoCNA Collection (CHE-23), Gift of the Artist

We encourage you to also join us 5–8 p.m.

First Friday attendees get FREE access to FAC Museum. See what’s on view
Drinks and snacks (credit card only) are available in Deco Lounge.
LOOK’EE HERE will be playing 5:30-7:30 p.m.
“Piedmont to Delta, to Chicago blues, ragtime, old-time jazz, guitar, kazoo, trumpet, washboard, slappin’ bass.”

FAC Executive Director presentations
2023-01-09 13:30 - 14:15 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Please join us to hear from the three finalists for the Fine Arts Center’s Executive Director. The sessions will include a 15-minute presentation from the candidate with time for questions at the end. All in attendance will be asked to complete an evaluation of the candidate at the conclusion.
Sessions will be in the Fine Arts Center’s the mainstage theater.
Monday, Jan. 9, 1:30-2:15 p.m. — Candidate 1
Monday, Jan. 16, 1:30-2:15 p.m. — Candidate 2
Thursday, Jan. 19, 1:30-2:15 p.m. — Candidate 3
We look forward to seeing you there!
