Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
Southwestern art, Indigenous and Hispanic collections, theatre, and an art school inhabit a Pueblo Deco building rooted in the Broadmoor Art Academy. Read the building first—entry murals, courtyards, concrete ornament, and changing daylight connect the museum to its 1930s artistic program.
Artwork inspired by Boardman Robinson
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College (FAC) is an arts center located just north of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. Located on the same city block are the American Numismatic Association and part of the campus of Colorado College. The center uses a thick red outline of a square as its logo.
Read the building first—entry murals, courtyards, concrete ornament, and changing daylight connect the museum to its 1930s artistic program. Pair regional modernism with Indigenous and Latin American galleries to see how the institution framed the Southwest, including where that framing now needs critique.
- Focus
- Regional and modern art
- Also here
- Theatre + art school
- Allow
- 2–3 hours
Quick guide
- Pair
- Regional art with contemporary galleries
- John Gaw Meem’s Pueblo Deco
- John Gaw Meem’s Pueblo Deco building
Quick guide
- Opening question
- Use pair the regional collection with one modern or contemporary gallery.
- Pair
- Read Indigenous and Latin American work alongside the institution’s Southwestern modernism.
- Evidence to test
- Trace john Gaw Meem’s building is part of the experience, not just a container.
- Conditions check
- Confirm museum, theatre, and Bemis School programs operate on different schedules.
Good to know
Museum admission, theatre performances, and Bemis School classes are separate. Free lockers hold bags larger than 11 × 15 inches. Request ASL interpretation at least two weeks ahead.
Notice these
- Pueblo Deco architecture
- Southwestern modernism
- Indigenous and Latin American art