Fine Arts Center

FAC Closed for Memorial Day
2019-05-27 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Please note: the FAC will be closed on May 27 in observance of Memorial Day.

Tour Leader Informational Meeting
2019-05-08 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver) | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Interested in volunteering at the FAC as a Tour Leader? Join us for coffee to learn more!
Informational Coffee for potential Tour Leaders

Wednesday, May 8 5:00-6:00 p.m. in Deco Lounge
Wednesday, May 29 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Deco Lounge

RSVP to fac.tours@coloradocollege.edu
The Fine Arts Center is looking for volunteers for our Gallery Tours Program! Tour Leaders are a positive force in the museum, leading audience-centered tours primarily for students in grades K-12. Our tours encourage students’ exploration and curiosity through interactive touring. As a Tour Leader you will join a community of passionate volunteers who relish collaborative educational opportunities, such as learning the most up-to-date touring techniques and group management skills to support discussion and inquiry-based tours.
Our program is designed to allow flexibility for our volunteers, beginning with training sessions followed by a period of active touring where newer Tour Leaders are paired with more experienced Tour Leaders. Some of the many benefits of volunteering at the Fine Arts Center include, private gallery walks with curators and artists, as well as a free membership to the museum after meeting certain requirements.
SKILLS

Visual Arts
Critical Thinking
People Skills
Verbal / Written Communication

REQUIREMENTS

Background Check
Orientation or Training
We ask that our volunteers commit to touring a minimum of 25 tours per year, which equates to approximately 3 two-hour tours per month, as well as 3-4 hours of professional development each month.
Growth mindset, open to feedback and continuous learning, flexibility, willing to work with all learner types, levels, and special needs, basic computer competence, active listener, team-oriented, comfort leading groups at any age, can think on feet

Training will begin in June and run weekly through early August. For more info, email Meg Robbins, call 719-477-4392, or attend the informational coffee.

The Trouble of Finding a Place To Stand In The Land - a talk by Christine Howard Sandoval
2019-05-29 17:30 - 18:30 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Artist Christine Howard Sandoval will discuss the development of a three-year project that explores the complexities of her own colonial settler and Indigenous ancestry through the land forms, geography, history and potential future(s) of the 500 year old agrarian communities called Acequias that are specific to Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado.
This event is free and open to the general public.
Artist Biography
CHRISTINE HOWARD SANDOVAL is an Obispeño Chumash and Hispanic artist based in New York City. Her work challenges the boundaries of representation, access, and habitation through the use of performance, video, and sculpture. Howard Sandoval makes work about contested places, such as the historic Native and Hispanic waterways of northern New Mexico; the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site in New York; and an interfacing suburban-wildland in Colorado. Howard Sandoval has exhibited nationally and internationally; at The Museum of Capitalism (Oakland, CA), Designtransfer, Universität der Künste Berlin (Berlin, Germany), El Museo Del Barrio (Bronx, NY), and Socrates Sculpture Park (Queens, NY). Her first solo museum exhibition debuted at The Colorado Springs Fine Art Center in May 2019, during which time she will be the Mellon Artist in Residence at Colorado College. Sandoval has also been awarded residencies at the Santa Fe Art Institute, Triangle Arts, and The Vermont Studio Center. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MFA from Parsons The New School for Design. She currently teaches within the Art, Media, and Technology program at Parsons.

Barnum
2019-05-29 19:00 - 21:30, 2019-05-23 19:30 - 22:00, 2019-05-26 14:00 - 16:30 | CO
P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman on Earth, combines razzle-dazzle with charm and brass to sell “humbug” to cheering crowds. A joyful and moving musical portrait of the 19th century’s greatest show-biz legend, Barnum is a colorful, dynamic spectacle with heart. Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart’s rousing score includes “There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute,” “Join the Circus,” “The Colors of My Life,” and “Come Follow The Band.”

Monthly Member Tour
2019-04-06 12:00 - 23:50 | CO
All members of the Fine Arts Center are welcome to join us for our Monthly Member Tour, held on the 1st Saturday of each month at 12 noon. Each tour (lasting approximately 1 hour) will feature a different topic, so feel free to come back often and continue learning about the FAC.

Barnum Day Camp
2019-06-01 14:00 - 16:45, 2019-06-15 14:00 - 16:45 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Delight your young emerging artist in a magical experience they won’t soon forget. Our Day Camps offer kids 6-13 a fun, educational adventure complete with a tour of the theatre, hands-on experiences with the set, a personal meet-and-greet with the cast members, and more! Cost is $30 per child (please bring a sack lunch if you are staying for the show). Performance tickets to Barnum are additional.

Barnum: Backstage Tour
2019-06-06 22:00 - 23:30 | CO
Join us for a FREE guided backstage tour following the third Thursday performance.

Gallery Talk: Natanya Pulley, Ph.D.
2019-06-07 16:30 - 17:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Diverse Voices / Diverse Forms
Natanya Pulley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English and 2018/2019 Mellon Faculty Fellow
Natanya Pulley, Ph.D., will discuss the UnBlocked Gallery exhibition Diverse Voices / Diverse Forms developed with students enrolled in English 380 during Block 8. The course and exhibition considers how diverse writers and artists break with structural or aesthetic traditions and mainstream or standard expectations in order to shake the ground. Instead of entering an environment on the artist or writer’s terms alone​, one’s positionality, one’s ability to recognize and relate, one’s knowledge of previous cultural forms and approaches can shape interpretation and critique.
Following the talk, join us for afternoon refreshments in Deco Lounge in conjunction with the FAC’s First Friday Art Party.
Free and open to the public!

Stand-Up Comedy Class
2019-06-13 19:00 - 20:30 | CO
This course is designed primarily to teach the tools of humor writing for live stand-up performance. Students will deconstruct the performances of stand-up comedians, learn the foundations from which modern comedy stems, and work to develop their own voice. The course will culminate in a live stand-up performance at the Fine Arts Center showcasing students’ original work. Ages 18+

Barnum: Talkback Session
2019-06-16 16:30 - 17:30 | CO
Join us for a FREE talkback session following the final Sunday performance.

Figure Drawing & Painting at the FAC
2019-06-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
In celebration of the Broadmoor Art Academy’s 100th anniversary join local artist Erin Gillespie in the courtyard or sculpture garden of the Fine Arts Center for drawing and painting the figure directly from a live model through long and short poses, as well as demonstrations and examples of contemporary and classical figure drawing. Demonstrations will be done in graphite, charcoal, and paint from gestures to finished works. Minimal art supplies and easels will be provided for participants. Bring your own box of tools if you wish. Free and all ages welcome!
Please check in at the Fine Arts Center’s front desk for event location.

World of WearableArt™
2019-06-22 10:00 - 2019-09-22 17:00 | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
This year marks the 31st anniversary of the World of WearableArt™ (known as WOW®), New Zealand’s largest arts show. WOW® is an international design competition that attracts hundreds of entries, with an annual awards show that presents the finalist garments in a theatrical extravaganza that collides at the intersection of fashion and art. The rules of the competition encourage anything that is in any way wearable, as long as it is original, beautifully designed, and well-made, resulting in garments that are constructed from an extraordinary array of traditional and unconventional materials. The challenge: take art off the wall and adorn onto the human form. The 32 award-winning garments presented in this exhibition represent some of the most original, provocative, and unorthodox objects in the WOW Museum collection, demonstrating what designers from a wide variety of occupations can imagine when they are released from the constraints of “fashion” and are encouraged to see the human body as a blank canvas. “Think of an Alexander McQueen show meets the Nutcracker on crack and then take it up a notch.” –Huffington Post

Sashay
2019-06-22 19:00 - 23:00 | CO
Join us for an evening of exceptional design, cocktails, appetizers, music, and entertainment!
Launched in 2015 with a runway show of garments in the style of artwork by Georgia O’Keeffe, Sashay is back, this time featuring unique wearable art pieces inspired by World of WearableArt™ (WOW). The traveling exhibition that will grace the galleries of the Fine Arts Center this summer draws from WOW’s New Zealand museum, boasting a permanent collection of the international competition’s winners and finalists over the last 30 years. Join us for an evening of exceptional design and dress to impress in your most outrageous and creative attire! Buy Tickets
