Where Colorado Comes to Create!
Every day, the Fine Arts Center is a place where artists, students, families, and dreamers come together to experience something new. From a kindergartener mixing paint and learning colors to a grandmother discovering the joy of pottery to a high schooler experiencing live theater for the first time, the FAC gives people of all ages a place to explore, learn, create, and connect.
Last year, 5,673 community members experienced the FAC through exhibitions, classes, performances, and programs made possible by donors like you.
Thanks in part to support from Colorado Gives Day, the FAC continues to provide opportunities for our community to:
Every visit, class, performance, and conversation is an opportunity to discover something new. Give today to help open the door wider to more Coloradans and ensure there’s a place for everyone to create, connect, and be inspired.
We celebrate and challenge our understanding of place, uplift artists from the past, present, and future, and amplify art’s capacity to shape our work and inspire new possibilities.
We believe in...
Engagement — increases visibility, access, and understanding and empowers communities to have input over decisions that affect their lives and their community.
Making — a process that generates ideas and brings them into being.
Cultural Stewardship — employs practices that take responsibility for preserving the value of cultural works, objects and experiences.
History
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College grew out of and expanded on the mission of the esteemed Broadmoor Art Academy, established in 1919, to become one of the only multi-discipline arts institutions in the nation. Today the FAC remains an amazing rarity—a museum, theatre, and art school—essentially an entire arts district, under one roof. The FAC is a pillar in the cultural community of the Rocky Mountain West providing innovative, educational, and multi-disciplinary arts experiences designed to elevate the individual spirit and inspire community vitality.
Museum
The 132,286 square-foot facility hosts numerous exhibitions each year, many featuring works from the FAC’s significant permanent collection, bringing a wide variety of art experiences to Colorado Springs.
Theatre
The award-winning and critically acclaimed Fine Arts Center Theatre Company produces an annual season of musicals, comedies, and dramas and has gained a reputation for high-quality productions and Colorado premieres of new American work.
Art School
Bemis School of Art offers art classes for the Colorado Springs community for all ages, artistic interests, and skill levels. Experienced artists and art instructors, large studios, and limited class size create a motivational and supportive environment to explore and develop your creative talents.
Organization name
Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
other names
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
1874
Tax id (EIN)
84-0402510
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
30 W Dale StreetEl Paso County, CO, US