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Noel Black, Bon Vivant: “Elegant.”
Back to the Future: The Fine Arts Center grand reopening marks a new era for the arts “Ultimately, the elegant and complimentary renovation by Tryba is not what’s most impressive […]
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Mary Chandler, Rocky Mountain News: “Superb” “A Harmonious expansion” Cheryl Meyers, 5280 Magazine: “A perfect centerpiece to a day trip in Colorado Springs” Springing to Life: The renovated Fine Arts […]
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“During construction, Tryba also oversaw various improvements and restorations to the Meem, such as the careful and excellently carried out refurbishing of the spectacular theater and the removal of the […]
Read the full articleBruce Guenther praises FAC expansion: “Masterful and exciting”
Bruce Guenther, the nationally-renowned Chief Curator of the Portland Art Museum, recently lectured at the Fine Arts Center and had this to say about the new addition: “The Fine Arts […]
Read the full articleAlexander Calder in Focus at MCA Chicago
Alexander Calder, an influential artist credited for inventing the mobile, and who designed and built set pieces for stage productions at the original 1936 Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center grand […]
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On May 30, the Dale Chihuly team began installing the Orange Hornet Chandelier, the third Chihuly chandelier in the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center collection. Two full days later, 384 […]
Read the full articleLocal arts & culture online calendar launches
A brand new web site, PeakRadar.com, launched today. Thesite will serve as the Pikes Peak region’s ultimate guide to art, culture and fun and will feature the region’s most comprehensive […]
Read the full articleKRCC interview FAC’s Sylvester Smith on jazz
Sylvester Smith, known as ‘Smitty’, is a long-time Fine Arts Center employee and Colorado Springs native who has seen many of the jazz legends from Portraits from the Golden Age […]
Read the full articleGottlieb Opening Night video
Portraits from the Golden Age of Jazz: Photographs of William P. Gottlieb opened at the FAC MODERN May 4, 2007. The exhibit features 71 photos of giants of jazz captured […]
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In Mark Arnest’s preview of the Gottlieb photography exhibit from May 3, new FAC curator Blake Milteer talked about Gottlieb’s ardent love of jazz, which enabled him to gain his […]
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