The family-friendly musical opens March 2  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 19, 2024) — The magical family-friendly show “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!” comes to the stage at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College March 2-24, 2024. It’s not easy being the Pigeon — you never get to do anything! But when the Bus Driver faces a crisis that could delay her passengers, maybe the clever bird can help. The script for “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!” is written by Mo Willems, the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling and Caldecott Hon ..read more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 13, 2024) — The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College is pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition “Hương Ngô: Ungrafting,” opening in the museum’s El Pomar Galleries on March 1, 2024. 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 and activates the historical record via imagery, language, and material matter. “The fate of our planet and biodiversity is on everyone’s minds, but how can we ..read more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 25, 2024) — The Fine Arts Center Theatre Company is proud to present “Water by the Spoonful,” live on stage Feb. 15–March 3, 2024. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Quiara Alegría Hudes is a heartfelt meditation on lives on the brink of redemption that challenges our notions of family, forgiveness, community, and courage.    The production will be directed by Elise Santora, a Broadway, television, and film veteran who directed “In the Heights” during the 2022-23 theatre season. Santora also acted in three previous shows with the Fine Arts Ce ..read more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (January 16, 2023) — The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College is pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition “Clarence Shivers: Experimenting with Form,” opening in the museum on February 2, 2024. Clarence Shivers (1923-2007) was an inspiring artist who demonstrated a commitment to artistic experimentation throughout his career. The exhibition will feature over 30 works, including paintings, prints, and sculptures, that offer an expansive view of the artist’s prolific career. He worked across different media and cultivated a range of stylistic approac ..read more

The musical based on the popular holiday film will be live on stage Nov. 30–Dec. 31 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 15, 2023) — The Fine Arts Center Theatre Company is proud to present “Elf: The Musical,” live on stage Nov. 30–Dec. 31, 2023. The musical is based on the cherished 2003 movie hit and is directed by James Bruenger-Arreguin. In “Elf: The Musical,” Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised unaware that he is actually a human until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to fac ..read more

Community members can join in the celebration on Nov. 1 and 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 19, 2023) — The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College is excited to announce the upcoming Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration, Nov. 1 and 2, 2023, from 4-8 p.m. The two-day celebration includes live music, performances, and hands-on art activities. The event is free and open to the public. Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a tradition that dates back around 3,000 years in Latin America. Mesoamerican cultures such as the Aztec, Toltec, Quechua, Mapuche, and others hold a cycl ..read more

The family-friendly show opens Oct. 28 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 12, 2023) — The magical family-friendly show “Balloonacy” comes to the stage at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College October 28– November 19, 2023. A red balloon drifts through the window of a solitary old man’s home, but then some serious silliness begins. Without a single spoken word, this sweet, inventive, and uplifting show — packed with plenty of playful shtick, along with touching reminders of the ups and downs of building a friendship — is a tender and laugh-filled delight for all ages. “It’s a story ..read more

The play based on the Stephen King novel will be live on stage Oct. 12–29 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 26, 2023) — The Fine Arts Center Theatre Company is proud to present “Misery,” live on stage Oct. 12-29, 2023. The play by William Goldman is adapted from Stephen King’s classic horror novel and directed by SaMi Chester. “Misery” follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads his latest book and becomes enraged when she discovers the ..read more

Museum will work on collections in public view COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 27, 2023) — The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College is transforming 1,500 square feet of gallery into a space designed to highlight the behind-the-scenes collections-based work of the museum. “Agents of Care: A Collections Transparency Project”—the first initiative of its kind for the Fine Arts Center—will increase access to the collection for the public, as well as Colorado College faculty and students. “Agents of Care” opens to the public on Friday, August 18, 2023. Museum staff will be present i ..read more

Christopher Sheley named new leader of the FAC Theatre Company COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (Aug. 15, 2023) — The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College is proud to announce that Christopher Sheley, who has been with the Fine Arts Center Theatre Company for 19 years, has been promoted to producing artistic director, effective immediately. Sheley has been serving as interim producing artistic director for the past nine months. In that time, he launched the Send a Student initiative, grew the theater’s subscription base by 50 percent, brought back children’s theater programming, and dee ..read more