EXTREMELY GRAND OPENING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AUGUST 2-5, 2007

August 2 • August 3 • August 4 • August 5 Parking Information
Opening Celebration Sponsored by
El Pomar Foundation
Praco
La Plata Investments, LLC
American National Bank Comcast KLite 106.3
GE Johnson The Gazette
Waldrons Photography TIMOTHY C. HOILES

Thursday, August 2 (pre-opening ticketed events only — no general admission)
Thomas Hoving
7 p.m.    Masterpiece Lecture: The Artful Tommy
Thomas Hoving, America’s Culture Scamp, Reveals How He Zig-Zagged His Way Through the Art World
Ticket holders get sneak peek at new museum (5-7 p.m.)
$45 FAC member; $49 non-member

9 p.m.    Thomas Hoving Reception & Book Signing
$30 FAC member; $34 non-member

Thomas Hoving books available for signing:
  • Art for Dummies
  • Masterpieces: The Curator's Game
  • Tutankhamun
  • Making the Mummies Dance

Advance tickets required
Grand Opening Day One and
Thomas Hoving Events Sponsor		 GE Johnson Construction Company Tickets | More about Thomas Hoving

Friday, August 3 (pre-opening ticketed events only — no general admission)
John Waters
1 p.m.    Screening of John Waters Film Cecil B. Demented
Ticket holders get sneak peek at new museum (noon-1 p.m.)
$45 FAC member; $49 non-member

2:30 p.m.    Q&A with John Waters

3:30 p.m.    John Waters Book Signing

John Waters books available for signing:
  • Unwatchable
  • Crackpot
  • Shock Value

Advance tickets required
Grand Opening Day Two and
John Waters Events Sponsor		 El Pomar Foundation Tickets | More about John Waters

Friday, August 3 (pre-opening ticketed events only — no general admission)
Rendering of new courtyard
6 p.m.    Masterpiece Gala
  • VIP Guests will include Thomas Hoving, Joel Grey, John Waters,
    and Billie Milam Weisman
  • Exhibition viewing, cocktails and dinner
  • Live music in the Courtyard & Deco Lounge

SOLD OUT!
Masterpiece Gala
Sponsors		 American National Bank El Pomar Foundation Red Noland Cadillac Rich Designs The Broadmoor

Saturday, August 4: Unveiling the New Museum Open for general admission 10 a.m. — 5 p.m.
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

10 a.m.    Public Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.    Bemis School of Art Open Studio Tours & Activities

11 a.m. - 4 p.m.    Hourly Docent Tours
Saturday, August 4
Joel Grey

7 p.m.    Masterpiece Lecture:  A Conversation with Joel Grey
Ticket holders’ exhibition viewing at new museum (5-7 p.m.)
$45 FAC member; $49 non-member

8:45 p.m.    Joel Grey Dessert Reception & Book Signing
$30 FAC member; $34 non-member

Joel Grey books available for signing:
  • Looking Hard at Unexamined Things Photographs
  • Pictures I Had to Take

Advance tickets required
Grand Opening Day Three Public Opening
and Joel Grey Events Sponsors		 Phil and Anita Lane
Alan and Barbara Steiner
Susie Burghart and Rich Tosches		 Tickets | More about Joel Grey

Sunday, August 5: Member Free Day & Family Activity Day
Open for general admission 10 a.m. — 5 p.m.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.    Bemis School of Art Activities

1 p.m.    Dr. Michael De Marsche Lecture:
History and Future of the Fine Arts Center
Free to Public - Tickets required: call 719.634.5583

1 - 4 p.m.    Hourly Docent Tours
Grand Opening Day Four Sponsors In Memory of Harriet Eleanor Brundin
Colorado Springs Utilities

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