Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Caveman on Fox 21

Last weekend's limited engagement of Defending the Caveman was a hit ... due to popular demand, the show will return for a second showing June 6-7. Watch the interview with Caveman Cody Lyman on Fox 21 News Feb. 22:

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Friday, February 22, 2008

Caveman on Springs Culture Cast

Springs Culture Cast interviewed Defending the Caveman star Cody Lyman, who will be performing at the FAC Friday and Saturday. More about the show...

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Thursday, February 07, 2008

A visit to Altered Space

Watch Springs Culture Cast's visit to the latest exhibition at the FAC MODERN, Altered Space: 21st Century Installation Art...

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Interview with Altered Space artist Gwen Laine

Gwen Laine has lived in Denver since 1975. She earned her BFA from the University of Colorado, where she studied photography, sculpture and art history. Her work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and has been published internationally ... more

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Interview with Altered Space artist Matt Barton

Matt Barton currently teaches 3D art making for the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs’ Visual and Performing Arts department. Following brief stints as a Chuck E. Cheese dancing rat and Victoria Secret shop stock boy, Barton spent a year in Italy as an artist apprentice. He earned his Masters in Fine Arts in 2006 from the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh ... more

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Interview with Altered Space artist Christina Marsh

Christina Marsh, from Lindenhurst, Ill., is currently in her second year as the Riley Scholar in Residency at Colorado College. She earned her Masters in Fine Arts at the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana. Her works have been exhibited in many venues including the Schmucker Gallery at Gettsyburg (Pa.) College and Eastern Illinois University’s Tarble Art Center. She also participated in the Mobilivre traveling exhibition that was shown in 14 states. Her work has incorporated food, photography and prints ... more

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Denver news features Impressionist show


Watch the video featuring Impressionist and Modern Masters as a 'Colorado Getaway' by Denver's CBS 4 ... click here.

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Friday, January 25, 2008

Sunday in the Park preview

FOX 21’s Meaghan Collier previews the Fine Arts Center Theatre Company’s production of the Pulitzer Prize winning musical, Sunday in the Park with George, featuring interviews with actors Brian R. Hutchinson, Carmen Mock and director Alan Osburn. Watch the video.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Impressionist and Modern Masters tour

Learn more about the Impressionist and Modern Masters as Springs Culture Cast tours the exhibition with FAC Curator Blake Milteer...

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Monday, December 17, 2007

2007 Fine Arts Center highlight reel

Check out our 2007 Year-in-Review video, featuring all the highlights of the past year ... the grand opening of our new building, award-winning theatre productions, groundbreaking exhibitions, special guests and more!

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Brighton Beach on Springs Culture Cast

Watch the latest Springs Culture Cast segment on Brighton Beach Memoirs, featuring footage of the final dress rehearsal and interviews with cast members! See Brighton Beach Memoirs Thursday through Saturday nights or Sunday afternoons through October 28.


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Thursday, September 20, 2007

PPAC Awards

Watch Springs Culture Cast's coverage of the 2007 Pikes Peak Arts Council Awards for Excellence in the Arts, held September 9th at the Fine Arts Center. The FAC was honored in several categories.

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Tuesday, August 07, 2007

An interview with John Waters

For their 5oth segment, Springs Culture Cast covered the Fine Arts Center's Extremely Grand Opening; touring our inaugural traveling exhibition, The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion - Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, as well as interviewing filmmaker John Waters:


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Friday, June 22, 2007

Watch the Chihuly Chandelier time lapse

On May 30, the Dale Chihuly team began installing the Orange Hornet Chandelier, the third Chihuly chandelier in the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center collection. Two full days later, 384 pieces, each resembling a hornet’s nest and ranging in length of 6 inches to 3 feet, were hung. The entire chandelier measures nine feet tall, weighs just over 1,200 pounds, and resides permanently on the first floor of your FAC.

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Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Gottlieb Opening Night video

Portraits from the Golden Age of Jazz: Photographs of William P. Gottlieb opened at the FAC MODERN May 4. The exhibit features 71 photos of giants of jazz captured on film by a rookie photographer in the 1930-40s. New FAC curator Blake Milteer is interviewed for this Opening Night video from Springs Culture Cast:

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Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Into The Woods Interview

Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece musical, will be performed by the Fine Arts Center Theatre Company at the SaGāJi Theatre May 11 - June 3. This is the FAC’s biggest production yet and features three Broadway actors in an outstanding ensemble cast. This interview features director Alan Osburn discussing the show, rehearsals and what to expect after ‘happily ever after.'

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Success of the Springs video

Klayton Kendall from Springs Culture Cast interviews some of the talented people behind the Colorado Springs Dance Theatre's Success of the Springs, held right here at our very own Fine Arts Center's SaGāJi Theatre.

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Katrina Opening March 9, 2007

Katrina: Catastrophe and Catharsis, the latest exhibition at the FAC MODERN, opened March 9 and runs through April 29, 2007. Watch the Opening Night video from Springs Culture Cast:

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

2005 Chihuly TV Commercial

View the television commercial from our blockbuster exhibition, Chihuly at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center from 2005. This historic exhibit of paint and glass caused an explosion of art interest in the Rocky Mountain region with nearly 80,000 visitors attending; the FAC membership tripled in that one memorable year. Our newly expanded gallery space at the FAC will feature $2 million worth of Chihuly art from our permanent collection.

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