Fine Arts Center

Drawing with Your Eyes, Head, Heart and Hands
2022-01-25 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Learn the practice of drawing through fascinating exercises, intense observations, refined coordination, and connecting with your subjects. Class includes learning about materials, perspective, highlights and shadows, and personal expression.
Level 0 – This class is for the true beginner with no prior experience in the medium.

Beyond Relief: Dry Point and Paper Litho
2022-01-26 09:00 - 12:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Have you done some printmaking and want to do more? In this class you will learn to expand your printmaking vocabulary to include paper lithography and dry point. Learn how to use these techniques in addition to relief and mono prints.
Level I – This class is for those with some familiarity with the medium. This could include informal use of the medium outside of the classroom.

Intermediate Wheel Throwing
2022-01-26 09:00 - 12:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
This re-introduction to wheel throwing will focus on the basic methods of centering clay while throwing bowls and cylinders such as mugs and vases. Use a variety of finishing and glazing techniques to produce finished works of art.
Level I – This class is for those with some familiarity with the medium. This could include informal use of the medium outside of the classroom.

Handbuilding Ceramics
2022-01-26 18:00 - 21:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
A beginner’s guide to hand building clay, this course covers traditional and not-so-traditional building techniques to create by hand. A variety of texturing and glazing techniques will also be covered, while celebrating individual’s style and interests.
Level 0 – This class is for the true beginner with no prior experience in the medium.

The Art of Haiku
2022-01-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Haiku originated in the 1600s in Japan but remains widely read today. In fact, its concision and brevity lend itself to today’s life. In this class we will learn the history and various forms of haiku. We will read traditional haiku and examples from today, including the contemporary journal Modern Haiku. You will come away with a better understanding and appreciation of haiku, as well as a batch of your own finely tuned haiku. Ages 16–Adult
Level I – This class is for those with some familiarity with the medium. This could include informal use of the medium outside of the classroom.

Watercolor: Fun & Easy
2022-01-22 10:00 - 16:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Beginners to experts will have fun in this informative workshop about watercolor basics. No drawing skills? Not needed. Never tried watercolor cause you heard it was hard? No problem. Using 8 pigments, 2 brushes, and 1 painting knife, you will be amazed at what you can create. By the end of the session, you will have at least 1 painting to frame.
Level 0 – This class is for the true beginner with no prior experience in the medium.

Drawing Sampler
2022-02-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
In this fundamentals of drawing workshop, you will be guided into a new way of looking at how you draw. We will explore how to bring a source of light into your drawings, sense of depth, composition, introduction to color theory, perspective, and more! Supplies will be provided.

Ages 6-9

Imagination Through Time: Ancient and Modern Image Making
2022-01-29 10:00 - 11:30 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
This class will explore different image-making techniques inspired by the art of indigenous cultures around the world. Learn about different ways ancient and modern humans shared stories through illustrating animals, dreams, landscapes, and their people, while creating your own mixed media artwork. Supplies will be provided.
Ages 6-9

Introduction to the Elements of Art I
2022-01-29 10:00 - 11:30 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
This class is for children who have expressed a love for art and wish to create art projects free from the typical restrictions in many elementary school art classes. The course will cover fundamental elements of art as well as the works of many famous artists. Students will create a new unique art piece each day and spend time creating a final piece of their own design. Supplies will be provided.

Ages 6-9

Advanced Watercolor Workshop: Achieving Your Goals
2022-01-21 10:00 - 16:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
This workshop will target those painters who are experienced in painting in watercolor yet who have still unrealized goals in the medium. The instructor will work individually with each painter to develop skills they already possess but want to improve upon. Various short demonstrations during the day will be provided for additional techniques but won’t take away from your painting time.
Level III – This class is for those who have significant experience in the medium – 2-3 or more classes or a year or more of experience.

Channeling Van Gogh: Add Passion to your Floral Paintings
2022-02-05 10:30 - 15:30 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Learn to paint florals in the style of Vincent Van Gogh with Dena Peterson, painter/animator for the Academy Award-nominated film, Loving Vincent. Vincent believed in painting what he felt, rather than just what he saw. We will capture the feel and energy of flowers, rather than simply rendering them, combining Vincent’s techniques with your own in this supportive and fun class.
Level II – This class is for those who have taken at least one class in the medium. Student should be comfortable with the basics of how to use and manipulate the medium.

Watercolor Mountain Landscape and Techniques
2022-02-19 13:30 - 15:30 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Discover new watercolor techniques and try something new! In this class, we will examine the art style of contemporary artist Jen Aranyi, practice drawing a simple, abstract mountain range, then outline it with black Sharpies, and finish the sky with watercolors to create a galaxy-like effect. We will discuss diverse ways to finish the foreground (in front of the mountains, such as trees, a river, a camping scene, etc.). Supplies will be provided.
Ages 12-16

Introduction to Acrylic Painting
2022-01-24 16:00 - 18:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Learn traditional painting techniques while giving your paintings a breath of life! You will learn fundamental techniques of drawing and painting and be introduced to color theory, paintbrush techniques like dry brushing, wet on wet techniques, layering, and so much more! Supplies will be provided.
Ages 9-12.

Military Artistic Healing
2022-01-24 17:30 - 19:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Discover techniques to inspire creative skills and gain greater self–awareness. Explore possibilities, develop your creativity, and gain personal insight through working with a variety of controllable mediums. There are many benefits to using art to express emotions: art can furnish a healthy outlet and an alternate way to communicate something that one cannot always put into words. The art can provide safe containment for emotions that are expressed and reflecting on the art can give new understanding and insight about feelings. Visual thinking strategies will be used to increase group cohesion. Supplies will be provided.
Level A – All levels welcome.

Crystalline Glazes
2022-01-25 09:00 - 12:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Learn how to properly make, apply, and fire crystalline glaze while discovering the most attractive forms for these spectacular glazes. This is a fantastic opportunity to advance your knowledge of glazing in general and produce beautiful pieces of pottery. Supplies will be provided.
Level III – This class is for those who have significant experience in the medium — two or more classes or a year or more of experience.

Virtual: Military Artistic Healing
2022-01-25 17:30 - 19:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Discover techniques to inspire creative skills and gain greater self–awareness. Explore possibilities, develop your creativity, and gain personal insight through working with a variety of controllable mediums. There are many benefits to using art to express emotions: art can furnish a healthy outlet and an alternate way to communicate something that one cannot always put into words. The art can provide safe containment for emotions that are expressed and reflecting on the art can give new understanding and insight about feelings. Visual thinking strategies will be used to increase group cohesion. This course includes live Zoom class sessions.
Level A – All levels welcome.

Expand Your Black & White Darkroom Printing Skills
2022-02-24 10:00 - 14:00 | Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Spend four hours learning to refine your black & white darkroom printing skills with private instruction in contrast filters, split-filter printing, and/or cropping/positioning for artful presentations depending on the student’s skill level and goals. This darkroom experience will help you bring your printing skills to the next level, and you will be encouraged to produce prints that you will be excited to enter into local photography exhibitions and competitions.
Level I – This class is for those with some familiarity with the medium. This could include informal use of the medium outside of the classroom.
Semi-private – limit 6 students

Boy mother/faceless bloom by Juni One Set: World premiere
2022-02-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Performed at the Cornerstone Arts Center
“Threading mythology and autobiography, while drawing from the diverse lineages of queer, anticolonial, and care-based artistic practices, Boy mother / faceless bloom is a new interdisciplinary performance work by Juni One Set. Dance, music, poetry, ritual, and sculptural installation converge to tell a story of transformation, transgression, and the formation of new trancestral lines.
Juni One Set is Senga Nengudi, eddy kwon, and Degenerate Art Ensemble’s Crow Nishimura & Joshua Kohl.
sengasenga.com | eddykwon.net | degenerateartensemble.com
Boy mother / faceless bloom is co-commissioned by Colorado College (lead) and Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati.
The project is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through a residency at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College.
Supported by Creativity and Innovation at CC
Additional support from the National Performance Network Creation Fund Award.
The project has also been supported by a residency from BASE Experimental Arts in Seattle.
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By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
2022-02-24 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-02-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
A new comedy from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage (Intimate Apparel) draws on the screwball films of the 1930s to take a funny and irreverent look at racial stereotypes in Hollywood. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark is a seventy-year journey through the life of Vera Stark, a headstrong Black maid and budding actress, and her tangled relationship with her boss, a white Hollywood star desperately trying to hold on to her career. When circumstances collide and both women land roles in the same Southern epic, the story behind the cameras leaves Vera with a surprising and controversial legacy scholars will debate for years to come.
Wed at 7 p.m., Thurs & Fri at 7:30 p.m., Sat at 5 or 7:30 p.m., Sun Matinées at 2 p.m.
“The first act, in which Vera angles for a role, is in the style of a screwball comedy…. The second act, which shifts between a 2003 symposium, steeped in academese, and a 1973 talk show, steeped in gin, is more like a screwball tragedy” —The New York Times
“A satisfying screwball comedy in which Nottage uses stereotypes to expose them, tapping into a current of rueful emotion beneath the surface.” —Vogue
