Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the men and women that the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the phone operator, the server, the millworker, the mason, and the stay-at-home parent, just to name a few.
As part of Museum Free day on Sept. 17, join desert ArtLAB for a pop-up workshop exploring native flora of Colorado through the cyanotype process. The cyanotype is one of the oldest photographic printing processes. All ages are invited to participate. We ask children 6 and under to be accompanied by an adult. These will […]
Join us for an outdoor All Pikes Peak Reads event in the Fine Arts Center's sculpture garden at the corner of Casecade Ave. and Dale St! Meet us here to hear short readings from all of the 2021 APPR titles, and poetry readings by local poets. The evening will conclude with a reading and meet […]
This plein air water-media workshop takes place in and around the historic town of Taos, New Mexico. In 1915, Taos became famous as the home of the Taos Society of Artists and has remained an artist’s mecca ever since. Our instructor Martha has also become enchanted with New Mexico and uses its light and textures […]
Working across printmaking, drawing, sculpture, and installation, Ronny Quevedo uses schematics—from dressmakers’ pattern sheets to architectural plans to geographical maps—in order to explore the formation of individual identity that is shaped by a fractured past. References to zoot suits are brought into conversation with Quechua culture, while Mesoamerican ballcourts are placed next to diagrams of […]
Join us for October First Friday at the FAC! We're celebrating the kickoff to #ArtsOctober with a new exhibition and theater production. Enjoy a cocktail in the courtyard 5-7:30 p.m. Ronny Quevedo: at the line exhibition opening Named a must-see show by the Denver Post, don't miss our opening celebration and meet the artist with […]
Paint the vibrant, warm colors of autumn. Nature is a gold mine of inspiration—what better way to explore its countless variations than painting the seasons. Autumn colors provide rich inspiration for the landscape painter and this workshop will give you an opportunity to discover how to use opaque and transparent colors to express the glow […]
Study a variety of ways to include language in visual art in this thought-provoking class. The words can be a background, create a subtle message, be a graphic element or pattern, or become the central element of the artwork. We will look at contemporary artists who use language in their work. We will explore Christopher […]
