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    Bemis Community Printshop–Tetra Pak Printmaking: Intaglio from Recycled Stuff

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    Bemis School of Art 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, United States

    Participants in this class will learn how to utilize hidden silver surfaces in packaging to create intaglio printing plates. This plate will give you the surface to draw, ink, and copy your unique ideas into multiple prints. Packaging provides plenty of surprise with qualities that add to the mystery and richness of your print. Please […]

  • Museum staff transport Portrait of Miss Elsie Palmer by John Singer Sargent

    Member Moments: Traveling the Collection

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    Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United States

    Members: Do you like to travel in the summer? So does our art! Join museum staff in the Agents of Care gallery for a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to safely pack, transport, and install artworks from the museum’s collection when they travel on loan to other museums. Learn how these remarkable pieces make […]

  • Josh T Franco performs Scriptorium con safos: Yard. He poses next to a display of books and magazines on the ground held down by large painted rocks.

    Scriptorium con safos: Yard

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    Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United States

    Join in for a special live performance of Scriptorium con safos: Yard by Josh T Franco, which will take place in the FAC Museum’s exhibition Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard. The performance demonstrates Franco’s practice of making art history by hand. This event is included with museum admission. Space is limited–please […]

  • A woman in a green jacket speaks to a gathered tour group while holding up a sign

    Member Downtown History Stroll–America 250/Colorado 150: Seeing History in Place

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    The Mining Exchange Hotel 8 S. Nevada Ave., Colorado Springs, CO, United States

    Sold out! This event is fully booked. To be added to the waiting list, please call (719) 634-5583 or email fac@coloradocollege.edu We’ve partnered with the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum for this guided stroll through downtown Colorado Springs. We'll reflect on the meaning of and connections to the commemoration of the America 250/Colorado 150 anniversaries. In 2026, how […]

  • Yoga

    Featured Yoga
    Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United States

    Join us for yoga in our beautiful glass-walled Smith Family gallery. Participants are invited to stay and enjoy the museum after class. All experience levels are welcome. Tickets $12 per person (includes museum admission) FAC Members receive a 10% discount! Not a member? Join today TICKETS Please bring your own mat. Water is allowed during class, […]

  • Backpacks & Bites

    Featured Member Event: Backpacks & Bites
    Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United States

    Members: Make your backpack visit extra special with a creative outing the whole family will love! On select days, when you use the Family Activity Backpack, you can pick up a free snack pack for the kids to enjoy before or after. Cozy up with your little ones in the Garden Lounge and explore our […]

  • Kiss Me, Kate graphic

    Kiss Me, Kate

    Featured Kiss Me, Kate
    Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United States

    JiGaSa Theatre A Youth Rep Ensemble Production Book, Music & Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell July 24 – 26, 2026 The July 23 performance has been canceled due to a roof leak above the stage caused by heavy rainfall. Details & Tickets After a 5-week intensive professional theatre training, our Youth Repertory Ensemble will culminate by performing Kiss Me, […]

  • bronze sculptures of people

    Outdoor Art Month

    Featured Outdoor Art Month
    Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United States

    Please join the Museum team at the Fine Arts Center select Wednesday mornings in July as they conduct annual sculpture cleanings! Each cleaning will begin at 8:30 am with a brief introduction to the artists and their works, and cleaning will continue until 11:30 am. Visitors are welcome to watch museum staff as they work, […]

  • Curious George: The Golden Meatball

    Featured Curious George: The Golden Meatball
    Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United States

    Second Stage Music by John Kavanaugh | Book and Lyrics by Jeremy Desmon July 21, 2026 – August 2, 2026 Details & Tickets George had been waiting all month for All You-Can-Eat Meatball Day, a day almost bigger than his birthday! But this year, the hungry crowd had vanished! Something was keeping people away... something […]

  • Member Tour: Van Briggle Pottery Building

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    Van Briggle Pottery Building 1125 Glen Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, United States

    This event is sold out. To be placed on a waiting list, please email fac@coloradocollege.edu or call (719) 634-5581 Members: Step inside one of Colorado Springs’ most storied landmarks, the Van Briggle Pottery Building, for an intimate, one-hour tour just for members with Jeremiah Houck, Assistant Director of the Bemis School of Art. Discover the life and […]

  • First Friday Downtown logo

    First Friday Downtown

    Featured First Friday Downtown
    Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United States

    The FAC is proud to participate in First Friday Downtown, a monthly city-wide event organized by Downtown Partnership. Free and open to the public, First Friday Downtown features new art, live music, and special events on the first Friday of every month from 5-8 p.m. at dozens of galleries, retailers and nonprofits throughout Downtown Colorado […]

  • pen doodle on paper

    Sketch Lab

    Featured Sketch Lab
    Bemis School of Art 818 Pelham Pl, Colorado Springs, CO, United States
  • A rocky cliff coast in Newfoundland

    Chasing the Cambrian Explosion: How the Fossils of Newfoundland Defined the Greatest Biological Revolution in Earth History

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    Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United States

    This event is sold out. To be added to the wait list, please contact the Box Office at fac@coloradocollege.edu or (719) 634-5583. Thank you! As a young PhD student in Newfoundland, I helped propose, and win acceptance of, the definition of the Precambrian–Cambrian boundary in rocks on the southeast coast of Newfoundland. This boundary marks […]