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FAC joins Blue Star Museums for a second year in 2011!

The FAC is proud to be part of the second annual Blue Star Museums program. Last year, we were one of about 600 museums. This year we are thrilled to […]

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Guided Tour of Allen True Murals

Free Tour | Dec. 17, 2010 | 11:30 a.m. Reservations required by 5 p.m. Dec. 16 | (719) 477-4341 Muralist Allen Tupper True (1881-1955) was born in Colorado Springs and […]

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John Wayne keeps riding in “Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958-1968”

[Above: Marisol “John Wayne” 1963 Wood, Mixed media 104 x 96 x 15 inches Collection of Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Julianne Kemper Gilliam Purchase Fund and the Debutante Ball […]

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Sept. 25 is Museum Day 2010

  The Fine Arts Center is proud to be a 6th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day participant. What does this mean? FAQs When Is Museum Day? Saturday, September 25, 2010 […]

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‘Looking Up’ installation by FAC Board member Mike Esch

An installation video of the site-specific piece, “Looking Up,” starring FAC Board Member Mike Esch, who built, hoisted and installed these rather large video screens all by himself.

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The Independent previews NASA | ART

Art of the cosmos lands at the FAC and unveils a creative look at exploration … the Colorado Springs Independent previews NASA ART by Edie Adelstein. Here’s an excerpt from […]

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T.D. Mobley-Martinez reviews NASA | ART

NASA (Dec. 19, 2009–March 7, 2010) show is astronauts and rockets and so much more … a review of NASA ART by T.D. Mobley-Martinez of the Gazette. An excerpt: “(T)here […]

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Christopher Weed’s giant “Red Paperclips”

Sculptor Christopher Weed will contribute his unique art to the Fine Arts Center’s spring offering, Conflict Resolution. Earlier this fall, Weed’s giant “Red Paperclips” installed downtown in front of the […]

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