This course is designed primarily to teach the tools of humor writing for live stand-up performance. Students will deconstruct the performances of stand-up comedians, learn the foundations from which modern comedy stems, and work to develop their own voice. The course will culminate in a live stand-up performance at the Fine Arts Center showcasing students’ […]
3 Movements is a collaborative, multi-disciplinary, multi-sensory, three part installation and performance that takes place over the course of three evenings at three different exhibiting spaces in Colorado Springs. The installations and performances will be free and open to the public, and encourage participants to engage directly with the pop up environment and the interpersonal […]
Get your laugh on at our gut-busting stand-up comedy hour upstairs in our Music Room at 6 p.m. Due to adult content, this event is suitable for 18+.
Did you know the 300-foot sandstone rocks in the Garden of the Gods park were once sand dunes? Explore working with ink and watercolor in this beautiful environment. During this on-location class, we’ll take photos, talk about composition, and create small studies in our sketchbooks. Learn to work with ink to sketch the rocks and […]
In celebration of the Broadmoor Art Academy's 100th anniversary join local artist Erin Gillespie in the courtyard or sculpture garden of the Fine Arts Center for drawing and painting the figure directly from a live model through long and short poses, as well as demonstrations and examples of contemporary and classical figure drawing. Demonstrations will […]
Melanie Yazzie is informed by the Diné philosophy of hozho — translated as blessings, beauty, and harmony. After experiencing illness, she challenged herself to create artworks that find ways to heal from and to balance the negative effects of settler colonialism that Indigenous people live with on a daily basis. Her earlier works focused on calling attention […]
Surrounded by the Garden of the Gods or Rockledge Ranch, we’ll walk through the process of plein air painting from start to finish. Learn how to create a strong composition, sketch and block in values, and eventually add color and details to finish their landscape painting. Some experience in preferred painting medium is required. In […]
Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache) is a Brooklyn, NY composer, musician, and artist. She plays violin, Apache violin, piano, electric guitar, keyboards, pedal steel guitar, sings through a megaphone, and makes field recordings. Ortman’s music is known for compositions that alternate lyrical intimacy with layered improvisation, often experimenting with four-track tapes and remixing her own […]
