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Permanent Collection Reinstallation

The Fine Arts Center cares for about 17,000 works, including a significant body of art from the Colorado Springs region and the broader Southwest. In September 2025, the Fine Arts […]

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Work in Progress: Re-envisioning the Collection

Work in Progress: Re-envisioning the Collection is an experimental series of collection-based installations designed to explore new ways of presenting and understanding the collection. Participate in the process by contributing […]

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ALHAMDU | MUSLIM FUTURISM

ALHAMDU | MUSLIM FUTURISM is an evolving multidisciplinary exhibition and archive created by MIPSTERZ featuring a variety of work from paintings, photography, illustrations and sculptures to installations, digital media, soundscapes, […]

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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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Clarence Shivers: Experimenting with Form

Over the course of his career, Clarence Shivers (1923-2007) demonstrated a commitment to artistic experimentation, working across different media—both two- and three-dimensional—and cultivating a range of stylistic approaches. A Tuskegee […]

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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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From Source to Mouth: a creative survey of Monument Creek

Monument Creek is a 27.2 mile stream that flows along Colorado’s Front Range. Cutting through the heart of Colorado Springs, this small but essential waterway is a source of local drinking […]

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Detour: Two Can Play That Game

Thomas “Detour” Evans is a Denver-based painter, muralist, and installation artist, internationally renowned for his brightly colored portraits and large-scale artworks. Inspired by breakdancing and hip hop, Evans often exists […]

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Under the Big Top: Cindy Sherman, Marc Chagall, and more

Captivating audiences of all ages for two centuries, the spectacle of the circus has also inspired visual artists to capture the sensational experience that transcends language and nationality. Animals, acrobats, […]

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Collections Surréaliste: Rene Magritte and his Contemporaries

Collections Surrealiste features three paintings by René Magritte, and works on paper by other significant European artists including Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Kay Sage, Herbert Bayer, and Roberto […]

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