Papel Chicano Dos: Works on Paper from the Collection of Cheech Marin
Experience artworks from 24 established and emerging Chicana/o artists created from the late 1980s to present day from the collection of Cheech Marin.
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Anna Tsouhlarakis: To Bind or to Burn
To Bind or To Burn presents recent works by multi-media and performance artist Anna Tsouhlarakis (Navajo, Creek, and Greek). Tsouhlarakis was the 2019-20 Andrew W. Mellon artist in residence at the FAC. During this time in the studio, she explored projects that questioned how to indigenize contemporary art practice. This exhibition combines art works from these […]
Ansel Adams: Masterworks
Ansel Adams: Masterworks features a collection of forty-eight photographs from the “Museum Set.” Included in this presentation are many of the breathtaking landscapes—taken at national parks in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Texas—for which the artist is best known. The exhibition also features examples that speak to the breadth of Adams’ interest, such as […]
Eugène Atget: Photographing Paris, 1898–1925
Exhibition organized by Emma Powell In 1925, while working in Paris as an art studio assistant, American photographer Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) befriended the French photographer Eugène Atget (1857–1927). After Atget passed away two years later, Abbott secured a selection of his glass negatives. She returned to New York City and began a quest to establish […]
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She Loves Me
She Loves Me
Considered by many to be the most charming musical ever written, She Loves Me is a warm romantic comedy with an endearing innocence and a touch of old-world elegance. The Mikos Lazlos play Parfuemerie, on which it is based, has inspired many adaptations, including the beloved film You’ve Got Mail starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks.
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Virtual: Military Artistic Healing
Virtual: Military Artistic Healing
Discover techniques to inspire creative skills and gain greater self-awareness. Explore artistic possibilities, develop your creativity, and gain personal insight through working with a variety of controllable mediums. This course includes live Zoom class sessions. Supply list online. Adult Please note, this class is only open to active duty military and veterans. An active duty, […]
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Refine Your Black and White Darkroom Printing Skills
Refine Your Black and White Darkroom Printing Skills
Spend three hours learning to refine your black and white darkroom printing skills with private instruction in contrast filters, split-filter printing, cropping, and positioning for artful presentations. This darkroom experience will help you bring your printing skills to the next level and encourage you to produce prints that you will be excited to enter in […]
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First Friday at the FAC | Papel Chicano Dos final weekend
First Friday at the FAC | Papel Chicano Dos final weekend
Join us for a special outdoor First Friday at the FAC August 6, 5-8 p.m. Free and open to the public, meet us in the FAC parking lot to hear from Dr. Nancy Ríos, CC Department of Southwest Studies about the FAC outdoor murals from internationally renowned muralist, painter and sculptor Emanuel Martinez. Stay to […]
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Whimsical Lidded Boxes
Whimsical Lidded Boxes
Enjoy this unique, semiprivate studio experience. Learn slab construction and glazing techniques to handbuild whimsical lidded boxes from textured clay slabs. Move from flat to free-standing using simple measurements and flat patterns. The boxes you build can be further embellished with decorative elements made from slabs, coils, and pinched shapes. These lidded boxes are pure […]
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City as a Venue: Front Range Fables
City as a Venue: Front Range Fables
Three fantastical fairy tales based on historic events in the Pike’s Peak region, to entertain, educate, and foster empathy. By filtering these stories through the lens of Fairy Tale and Fable, we invite students to experience history in a very approachable manner. These plays are written by three local playwrights and will be cast with […]
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Plates, Platters, & Tumblers
Plates, Platters, & Tumblers
Working from templates, we will handbuild and decorate a plate and tumbler. Slab rolled clay will be transformed into functional ware that is fun and useful! After your pieces have been fired once, they will be decorated with underglaze decals to reflect your own personal artistic statement. Colors, patterns, and designs are determined by each […]
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Drink Up! Cups, Mugs, & More
Drink Up! Cups, Mugs, & More
Using templates, the slab roller, and extruded clay slabs, you will learn different handbuilding practices to make drinking vessels. Once built, we will explore different techniques for staining and glazing your pieces to finish your completed drinking vessels—drink up! Supply list online. Maximum number of students from the same household: 5. Ages 16–Adult Instructor: Maggie […]
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Tantalizing Textured Mugs
Tantalizing Textured Mugs
Take advantage of this unique opportunity for a mindful, semiprivate studio experience. Learn slab construction and glazing techniques to handbuild two tantalizing mugs from textured clay slabs. Move from flat to free-standing using simple measurements and flat patterns. Build mugs that are round, oval, three or four footed, or darted with pedestals. You won’t be […]
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Pleasing Pitchers
Pleasing Pitchers
Seize this opportunity to engage in a mindful, semiprivate studio experience. Learn slab construction and glazing techniques to handbuild a pleasing large, medium, or small pitcher from textured clay slabs. Move from flat to freestanding using simple measurements and flat patterns. Add coiled decorations, pinched flowers, or animal forms to your pitcher bodies, handles, and […]
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Virtual: Dena’s Art Dialogues
Virtual: Dena’s Art Dialogues
Prerequisite: Completion of at least one previous course offered by Dena Peterson. If you are a previous student of Dena Peterson’s, you are invited to meet with her and other past students for an in-depth discussion of a variety of topics related to painting. Explore different themes each month based on students’ interests. Together, the […]
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Handbuilding at Large
Handbuilding at Large
In this ceramics workshop, we will investigate different techniques for building large-scale ceramic ware using molds, slabs, and coils. Impress yourself by creating something you’ve always dreamed of making! Supply list online. Maximum number of students from the same household: 5. Adult class. Instructor: Cara McKinley
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Where Did We Sit on the Bus?
Where Did We Sit on the Bus?
Where Did We Sit on the Bus? is an electric one-person show pulsing with Latin rhythms, rap, hip-hop, spoken word, and live looping. During a third grade lesson on the Civil Rights movement and Rosa Parks, a Latinx student raises their hand to ask, “Where did we sit on the bus?” and their teacher can’t answer […]