Curator's Special
I Just Don’t “Get” Contemporary Art
Have you ever wondered what the heck you’re looking at when standing in front of a piece of contemporary art? View and discuss the art world since World War II including painting, sculpture, photography, installation, multi-media and other media. Explore the artists, movements, ideas, theories and art-making practices that lead up to art of the past 70 years through works on view in the galleries and through slides and videos. Class meets in the Fine Arts Center lobby.
CS1 Milteer | $73 (Members $58) | Wed 4-wks 9/24-10/15 6:00-7:00pm
Guest Lectures
Native Artistic Masters of the Northwest Coast: Bill Reid and Susan Point
Come join us for this inspirational afternoon with the Art of Native Haida Tribe artist, Bill Reid and his younger contemporary Coast Salish artist, Susan Point. Over the past several decades, both of these masters have been brilliantly redefining the essence of Northwest Coast form, color, style, pattern and mystery. Moreover, both have magically pulled these time-honored artistic traditions into new unique forms of modernism. Class meets in the Fine Arts Center lobby.
L1 Chuck Benson | $15 (Members $10) | Sun 9/28 2:00pm
The Art Deco and the Streamlined Moderne in America
Journey through the late 1920s, 30s and 40s in the progressive modernism of the Art Deco and the Streamlined Moderne, not only in architecture, but in art, furniture, product design and transportation. Explore the works of designers such as Raymond Loewy, Henry Dreyfus, Walter Dorwin Teague, Norman Bel Geddes and Brook Stevens in our examination of multiple uniquely American artistic and design movements. Class meets in the Fine Arts Center lobby.
L2 Chuck Benson | $15 (Members $10) | Sun 10/26 2:00pm
Chuck Benson has been lecturing on Art and Architecture for over 20 years in Colorado Springs, Denver, and throughout the western region. He currently teaches Art & Architectural History at the Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs as a Visiting Professor, and has lectured and taught courses at the Denver Art Museum, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Art Center of Estes Park, and other venues around the country. He stays very active in both Architecture and Design at RTA Architects in Colorado Springs, and is a Principal and Owner of ATR Mission Concepts, LLC.
