Fine Arts Center

Misery
2023-10-12 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-10-15 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-10-18 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads his latest book and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Annie forces Paul to write a new Misery novel, and he quickly realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go anywhere. The irate Annie has Paul writing as if his life depends on it, and it does.

Museum Free Day
2023-05-13 10:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-19 10:00 - 20:00
Museum Free Days are offered the second Saturday and third Friday of each month. See what’s on view in the museum

Behind-the-Scenes Sunday
2023-10-15 15:30 - 16:30
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 Oct. 15, 2 p.m. performance of Misery.
This event is free and open to the public; no reservations required.

Creepy-Crawly Collections
2023-10-20 13:00 - 16:00
Join the museum collections team in the Agents of Care gallery from 1-4 p.m. to explore a selection creepy-crawly artworks that will put you in the Halloween spirit.
Free and open to the public.
Image: Thomas Reaney, Untitled (clown) (detail), ca. 1950, Gift of Susan Bernstein, FA 2003.3.2.

Yoga at the FAC
2023-10-21 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for yoga in our beautiful glass-walled Smith Family gallery. Participants are invited to stay and enjoy the museum for free after class. All experience levels are welcome.
Please bring your own mat. Water is allowed during class, but not in the museum galleries if you choose to visit. Suggested donation of $10 to benefit the Fine Arts Center (you’ll also have the option to donate at class).
Please RSVP
Space is limited

Songs in the Key of J.
2023-10-21 19:00 - 20:00
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.

Ask the Actors
2023-10-22 15:30 - 16:30
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 Oct. 22, 2 p.m. performance of Misery.
This event is free and open to the public; no reservations required.

Balloonacy
2023-10-28 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-10-29 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-10-29 16:00 - 17:00
Imagine a single balloon changing one person’s life forever. Balloonacy is tender, uplifting show for the little ones (and the big ones, too). Sweet, inventive and packed with physical comedy, this play explores the power of friendship and shows how, with a little imagination and acceptance, companionship is everywhere.
Performed on Saturdays at 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. and Sundays at 12 p.m. & 4 p.m.

In Conversation: Rosa Barba and Ann Reynolds
2023-10-28 11:00 - 13:00
11–12 p.m.: Coffee and snacks in the FAC Garden Lounge
12–1 p.m.: Talk in Dickinson Gallery (in “Agents of Care” space)
Please join us for a talk with art historian Ann Reynolds and the artist Rosa Barba, whose film Disseminate and Hold (2016) is on view as part of the Contested Terrains new media series in Lane West Gallery at the Fine Arts Center. The film brings together contemporary and archival footage of São Paulo to investigate how man-made geographies and landscapes intersect with political agendas and histories. Barba (teleconferencing in from Berlin) and Reynolds will discuss Disseminate and Hold, which was made for the 2016 São Paulo Biennial, the relationship between film and archive, and the artist’s process.
The conversation will be facilitated by Katja Rivera, Curator of Contemporary Art and JD Sell, artist and co-founder of Non Book Club Book Club (NBCBC). Coffee and snacks will be available in the FAC garden lounge before the talk. The event is organized by the Fine Arts Center Museum in collaboration with NBCBC.
Free and open to the public; registration required as seating is limited.
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Rosa Barba is an artist and filmmaker who balances conceptualism with a distinctly personal vision in her work. She merges films, sculptures, installations, live performances, text pieces, and publications that are grounded in the material and conceptual qualities of cinema. She also creates installations and site-specific interventions to analyze the ways film articulates space, placing the work and the viewer in a new relationship. Her work has been exhibited internationally at prestigious institutions and biennials worldwide including Centre Pompidou, Paris (2023), Tate Modern, London (2023), Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2021/2022), Cukrarna, Ljubljana (2022), Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid (2017), the 56th, 53rd, 52nd Biennale di Venezia, Italy, and the 7th Beaufort Triennial, Belgium. In 2020, Rosa Barba was awarded the Calder Prize by The Calder Foundation. Her work is part of numerous public and private collections and has been widely published, most recently, in the monograph Rosa Barba: On the Anarchic Organization of Cinematic Spaces – Evoking Spaces beyond Cinema (2021).
Ann Reynolds teaches art history at the University of Texas at Austin. Her recent publications include essays on surrealist experimental film, queer aesthetics, Joan Jonas, Ruth Asawa, Jack Smith, and Zoe Leonard. She is currently completing a book entitled In Our Time, a history of intergenerational relationships among New York artists and writers circa 1940–1970 that were shaped by shared, if heterogeneous, commitments to Surrealism and its legacy, primarily through a love of film. She is also the author of Robert Smithson: Learning from New Jersey and Elsewhere (MIT Press, 2003).
Non Book Club Book Club (NBCBC) is a group of Colorado Springs-based artists, musicians, filmmakers, chefs, and creatives who come together each month to swap books, readings, playlists, and experiences. The mission of the group is to break down barriers and create an open and safe space for discussion and expression.

Día de Muertos Celebration
2023-11-01 16:00 - 20:00, 2023-11-02 16:00 - 20:00
Join us for a special community gathering for Día de Muertos, a celebration of life that demonstrates remembrance, love, and respect for those who have gone before us. Contribute to a community ofrenda, watch live music and performances on the mainstage theatre, engage with hands-on art activities, see ofrendas created by local school and community groups, and more!
This event is free and open to the public.
Learn More About our Día de Muertos celebration
Photo: Grupo Folklórico Sabor Latino of Denver perform during a Dia de los Muertos event at the FAC on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III / Colorado College.

FAC Member Tour: Theatre
2023-11-03 16:00 - 17:00
Meet Chris Sheley, the new Producing Artistic Director of the FAC Theatre, and experience a rare behind the scenes tour of our theater. Visit the prop room, costume shop, and backstage. Get a sneak peek of the scenic and costume designs in progress for Elf the Musical, and see behind the scenes balloon magic for Balloonacy.
RSVP for tourSpace is limited
Make a night of it! Stick around after the tour for our First Friday Art Party.

First Friday Art Party
2023-11-03 17:00 - 20:00
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
Art in Deco Lounge by Adana Dysart
Music by Bryant Jones
Music by Grapefruit Moon
Drinks and snacks available for purchase
FREE downtown shuttle, THE ZEB, running along Tejon Street to downtown art galleries

Grapefruit Moon is a Manitou Springs-based band featuring Tom Tritsch and Jane Turnis on acoustic guitars and David Moorefield on bass. Their vocal harmony and crisp guitar work create a fresh sound merging contemporary folk, indie, alt-country, and pop with a tinge of blues. Grapefruit Moon performs upbeat crowd-pleasing tunes by Michael Franti & Spearhead, Tom Petty, Ryan Adams, Van Morrison, Vance Joy, The Civil Wars, Kacey Musgraves, The Paper Kites, Caamp, Avett Brothers, Tom Waits, Beatles, Portugal the Man, Talking Heads, Death Cab for Cutie, Grateful Dead, Donovan, The Band, Houndmouth, Paul Simon, and more.
Photo by Eli Epstein, @elis_lens.
