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By the Way, Meet Vera Stark: Talkback
Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesJoin us for a FREE talkback session following the final Sunday performance of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark.
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April FAC Member Tour
Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesFAC Members are invited to join curatorial paraprofessional, Savanah Pennell, for a tour of Diago: The Pasts of this Afro-Cuban Present, the first retrospective exhibition of prominent Cuban artist Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971). This tour will explore Diago’s experience with race and identity across his career, and dive into how this can be seen though his choices […]
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“Reframing Birds of America:” Conversations on Audubon
Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesFrom 1827-1838 John James Audubon published Birds of America, which is generally considered to be among the finest examples of prints illustrating avian life in America. This exhibition Reframing Birds of America: Conversations on Audubon explores these historic prints with a contemporary lens. The FAC show, curated by Colorado College students, fosters appreciation of the prints while highlighting […]
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Talking about Audubon
Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesDrawing from the FAC’s collection, a class of 9 CC students has organized an exhibition of the renowned Birds of America prints by John James Audubon. Join the student curators of the exhibition Rethinking Birds of America: Conversations on Audubon for an in-gallery discussion of the prints, the birds, the artist, and the show. Free and […]
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Roundtable conversation with Juan Roberto Diago
Cornerstone Arts Center 825 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesPlease join us for a roundtable conversation with Juan Roberto Diago (joining remotely), Alejandro de la Fuente, Director of the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University, and Andrea Herrera, Professor of Literature and Women's and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Free and open to the public. Please RSVP Cornerstone Arts […]
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Floyd D. Tunson: Hearts and Minds
Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesCompleted in 1995 and acquired by the Fine Arts Center in 2020, Tunson’s “Hearts and Minds” addresses the ongoing impact of gun violence on youth of color. In Colorado, Black men ages 18–24 are more than 12 times more likely than white men the same age to be killed in a gun homicide (“The State […]
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Dragstravaganza at the FAC
Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesONE NIGHT ONLY! Friday, May 6 following that evening's theatre performance Drag show starts 10 p.m. House opens 9:45 p.m. Grab a drink before the show in Deco Lounge (opens 9 p.m.) The show goes on! The drag show that is. Following the May 6 performance of The Legend of Georgia McBride, join us for […]
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Robert Blackburn & Modern American Printmaking
Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesRobert Blackburn (1920-2003) was a key artist in the development of printmaking in the twentieth century. His innovative, masterful expertise with the medium helped define the overall aesthetic of the American “graphics boom.” This new exhibition examines Blackburn’s life and work, which touched the Harlem Renaissance and the WPA; the Art Students League and the […]