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Works on Paper

Alisa Banks: Unerased

Alisa Banks (American, b. 1961) is a book, fiber, and multimedia artist whose work explores the links between contemporary culture, her Louisiana Creole heritage, and the African diaspora—including those of […]

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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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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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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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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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Steven Yazzie: ^^(Resource)

The central video of ^^(Resource) follows the journey of a yellow stone taken from Dook’o’osliid, later named the San Francisco Peaks in Arizona, a location that is sacred to the […]

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Action/Abstraction Redefined

Action/Abstraction Redefined presents modern Native American art from the 1940s through the 1970s. The exhibition features 55 artworks by leading artists such as Fritz Scholder (Mission/ Luiseño), George Morrison (Chippewa), […]

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