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Alum Explores Grief Through Memoir
TW: This story includes mentions of suicide and eating disorders. It was March 26, 2014 when Rebecca Spiegel ’12 received the phone call that would change her life. She was teaching in her classroom in New Orleans and the call was from her younger sister’s friend at college. This call would be the start of… Read More
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FAC Initiative Gives Local Students Access to Theatre
The FAC’s new initiative, Send a Student, provided 135 local children access to theatre in the program’s inaugural season last year. “Our hope is to bring each and every child in the Pikes Peak region through these doors, especially those who would not otherwise have the opportunity,” says FAC Producing Artistic Director Chris Sheley. “Theatre… Read More
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FAC Military Artistic Healing Classes Help Military Community
The FAC has offered Military Artistic Healing classes since 2009. In these classes, members of the military, their spouses, and veterans are able to practice healing, connection, and calmness through the creative process of making art. The images above are photos of work created by Military Artistic Healing participants over the years. Photos provided by… Read More
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Luka Carter ’13 Returns to CC’s Art Studio
One of the many highlights of the Block Plan is the opportunity it allows to bring highly talented and specialized individuals to campus to serve as block-long visiting instructors. It’s especially exciting when one of those visitors is a Tiger alum. During Block 8, Luka Carter ’13 returned to CC to teach AS218 Ceramics in… Read More
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Students Awarded Davis Project for Peace to Turn Weapons into Tools
Kupai Marx ’24 and Kieran Blood ’24 have been awarded a Davis Project for Peace for their project of turning weapons into community-based art in Hawai’i. “We aim to support the mission of addressing gun violence and promoting peacebuilding through creative activism,” says Marx, an Environmental Studies major who is originally from Hawai’i. “Inspired by… Read More
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Annual Fashion Show Dazzles with Play
CC’s highly anticipated Annual Fashion Show made a stunning return on Friday, April 12, filling Cornerstone Arts Center with an atmosphere of creativity, playfulness, and pure fashion joy. The student-run event showcased the incredible talent and unique visions of student designers, while treating the audience to a night of unforgettable displays. This year’s theme was… Read More
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Performance: The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
It is known that music is a powerful tool of expression and communication. It is one of a few universal human experiences that can be understood across cultures, tied to our ability to feel deeply complex and beautiful emotions, hearing them reflected through profound performances and recordings. Directed by CC Choir director, Deborah Teske, the… Read More
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Taking Music Education on the Road
Every summer Keith Reed, CC Director of Bluegrass Ensembles, and a small group of students spend a block traveling around the West Coast, attending and performing at music festivals in Reed’s On the Road: American Bluegrass class. “I learned so much, was exposed to so much, and grew so much as a human and a… Read More
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New ‘Agents of Care’ Gallery Spaces Connects Public to Fine Arts Center
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College’s Agents of Care: A Collections Transparency Project exhibition space is strengthening the relationship between the Fine Arts Center (FAC) and the Colorado Springs community by increasing access to FAC collections. Agents of Care allows FAC guests to interact with previously behind-the-scenes collection items, as well as directly learn… Read More
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Battle of the Bands Roars at Cornerstone
Back and even better than before: February 23 saw the long-awaited return of CC’s Battle of the Bands in the Cornerstone Arts Center. This first round of the competition was hosted by Sounds of Colorado College (SOCC). Completely run by students, SOCC gives student bands a chance to perform live in front of their peers.… Read More
