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Abdi Osman

Abdi Osman’s work offers visual engagements with diasporic movement, settlement, and emplacement in the Americas through a nuanced documentary practice. Drawing attention to the passport and shoreline as sites of colonization, […]

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Agents of Care: A Collections Transparency Project

The Fine Arts Center has transformed 1,500 square feet of gallery into a space designed to highlight the often unseen, behind-the-scenes collections-based work of the museum. Guests can engage with […]

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Agents of Care: The Lives of Objects

Artworks in a museum’s care can lead exciting and sometimes unexpected lives. From the maker(s), artworks then travel through time and across the world. Even after they enter the museum’s […]

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Hương Ngô: Ungrafting

Time is crucial to Hương Ngô, who investigates the resonances of colonial histories in the present day. She explores various aspects of Vietnamese resistance to French colonialism through archival research, […]

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Mi Gente: Manifestations of Community in the Southwest

Community can be defined as a group of people who have shared characteristics or inhabit the same space. Drawing from works in the collection stewarded by the Colorado Springs Fine […]

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Solo(s): Krista Franklin

Krista Franklin (American, b. 1970) creates books, poetry, collages, handmade paper, installations, murals, performances, sound works, sculptures, and lectures. Solo(s): Krista Franklin draws on the artist’s vast range of materials and references, […]

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Contested Terrains

Landscape has been an important inspiration for artists across generations, and it played an important role in the foundation of this very institution. The soaring peaks of the Southern Rocky […]

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The Gift

“As scientists and artists, we are all observers of the world. We are all interpreters and storytellers,” said Dr. Gosnell. “We hope people leave this experience feeling a closer connection […]

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Eiko Otake: I Invited Myself, vol. II

Movement is fundamental to the artist Eiko Otake, who uses her body to explore themes of mortality, time, and place. Growing up in post-World War II Japan, Otake studied dance […]

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Creative/Connections: Two Decades of Art and Friendship

What role does creativity play in sustaining a friendship? What role does friendship play in sustaining a creative practice? Teal Fitzpatrick and Giselle Restrepo met at Colorado College more than […]

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