75th Anniversary - Fine Arts Center

Discovery Guide
Historic Timeline
1876
Colorado becomes the 38th state
Phillip Spears Photography, 2007
Fine Arts Center Built in 1936
John Gaw Meem - architect
Historic Timeline
1871
Colorado Springs founded by General William Palmer
Welcome to the 75th
Anniversary collection
Before the 1930s, the Fine Arts Center went by a different name. The former
home of Julie and Spencer Penrose was called the Broadmoor Art Academy. It
thrived from 1919 to 1935 and attracted many of the nation’s finest artists as
instructors and students.
The beautiful Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center building, designed by architect
John Gaw Meem, opened its doors on April 20, 1936.
The Fine Arts Center’s Permanent Collection displays works by American artists
Richard Diebenkorn, Georgia O’Keeffe, Walt Kuhn and John Singer Sargent as
well as a large collection of Hispanic and American Indian art.
Floyd Tunson, Untitled #108, 2003, acrylic on canvas
Place a picture or draw a portrait of yourself in the space provided.
This 75th Anniversary Discovery Guide belongs to:
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Historic Timeline
1876 Colorado becomes the 38th state
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1891
Pikes Peak Cog Railway opens
Julie and Spencer Penrose, who built the
Broadmoor Hotel, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and
the Pikes Peak Highway, provided the location,
by giving the land to the project.
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1918 Penrose family gives their home and land for art academy
Miss Elsie Palmer by John Singer Sargent
Maybe you have seen the statue of Elsie’s
father, General William Palmer, riding on
a horse in the middle of the street here
in Colorado Springs. General Palmer
was the founder of Colorado Springs in
1871. Elsie was living in England with her
mother and her sisters when this portrait
was painted in 1890.
1889-1890, Oil on canvas
Betty Hare was
wealthy and
energetic. In 1928,
Betty Hare relocated
to the Broadmoor
area because of
her ailing husband.
Many people moved
to Colorado Springs
to seek treatment for
tuberculosis.
Julie Penrose. 1888. Courtesy of Special Collections,
Pikes Peak Library District, (001-365)
Elizabeth (Betty) Sage Hare from the FAC archives
Alice Bemis Taylor paid $600,000 for the
construction of the new building, and she gave
her Southwestern art collection to the FAC.
Find it!
Alice Bemis Taylor Courtesy of Special Collections,
Pikes Peak Library District, (002-5831)
Founding
Ladies
A portrait is a painting, drawing,
sculpture, photograph, or other likeness
of an individual, especially of the face.
What story can you tell about this girl?____________________________________
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Does she look happy?__________________________________________________
What is she thinking about? _____________________________________________
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1919
Broadmoor Art Academy is founded
1963, Mixed media. Julianne Kemper Gillian Purchase Fund
and Debutante Ball Purchase Fund
Find it!
Julia Fernandez-Pol was born in 1984. She
is one of the youngest artists to have work
in this museum’s collection. She created this
abstract painting after visiting a glacier off
the coast of Argentina. Some people look at
this painting and think that the large circle
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Glacial Rain by Julia Fernandez-Pol
Rain falls to
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Do you see another story?_______________________________________________
Look carefully at the painting and see what tools besides brushes the artist might
have used?___________________________________________________________
At home
Create abstract art about another science cycle, like the life cycle of a butterfly?
Historic Timeline
1929 General Palmer Statue is set in 20 tons of concrete at Platte and Nevada
Find it!
John Wayne by Marisol Escobar
Marisol was a woman artist who was born in Paris in 1930. She studied art and
traveled in many countries before settling in New York City. This sculpture is about
a famous movie star named John Wayne nad is in a style of art called “Pop Art.”
Marisol took different materials and put them together to create one sculpture.
How many materials can you find? Wood Photographs Plaster Toy gun
What are some things the artist included that make you smile, or maybe laugh?
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What do you think about this sculpture?
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New building of the Fine Arts Center opens
1936
Find it!
The Spirit and the Muse
by Louis Recchia
Ute Agency By Paul Pletka
The artist attached
objects to three wood
panels and then painted
over them with dabs
of oil paint to create a
“found art” piece. The
artist chose items that
inspired him because of
their shapes, sizes and
meaning. He challenges the viewer to see the objects in
a new way when they are artistically arranged together.
What story does this painting tell?_
1995, Acrylic on canvas
1984, Oil and found objects, mixed media collage, four part
screen of objects on wood. Gift of Kathryn Wenderski
Find it!
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Pretend to be one of the men in the painting.
Finish the sentences below to create a poem that tells your story.
I am a_______________________________________________________________
What objects do you see? _______________________________________________
I used to_____________________________________________________________
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I hear________________________________________________________________
What objects would you use to create your own artwork?
I see_________________________________________________________________
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I feel________________________________________________________________
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I am a_______________________________________________________________
Historic Timeline
1942 Valuable art sent to FAC for safe keeping during World War II
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Air Force Academy built
1958
Design your own stamp
How much does a stamp cost in 2011?____________________________________
Why do you think it is so much more expensive now than in 1934?
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Historic Timeline
1960 Denver Broncos football team established
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1968
Bemis School of Art for Children opens
Word Search
Glass is made from sand
and minerals found in the
earth. It is heated to over
2150 degrees in order for
the artist to work with it.
When it gets that hot, the
glass becomes soft and
can sometimes look like
hot chewing gum, weird
balloons or droopy worms.
How many glass
parts do you think
make up this
Chandelier?
How much do you
think it weighs?
James Mongrain and Dale Chihuly Boathouse Hot Shop, Seattle, WA,
2/18/2000 Photo: Scott Mitchell Leen
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Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Chandelier, Dale Chihuly, 2004, Photo by Phillip Spears
Dale Chihuly Glass
Historic Timeline
1969 NASA sends a spacecraft to the moon
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1980
Tactile Gallery opens
Match it!
When you find each piece of art look at the label for the artists name and match
with the number on the list. Write the number on the line provided.
1. Pard Morrison
2. Joe Baker
3. Sushe Felix
4. Georgia O’Keeffe
5. Vance Kirkland
6. Alice Ann Ochs
Historic Timeline
2007 Fine Arts Center’s new expantion opens
Historic Timeline
2011
Fine Arts Center’s 75th anniversary
Things to do
Offered by the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center’s Bemis School of Art
Art Classes
Classes and workshops available for all ages in a variety of media including
pottery, drawing, painting and much more. Advanced registration is required.
Images from previous two pages:
Dark Iris no. 1, Georgia O’Keeffe, 1927, Oil on canvas
Anonymous gift
Vibrations of Scarlet on Blue and Green, No. 5, Vance Kirkland, 1967, Oil on canvas
Gift of the artist in honor of Fred S. Bartlett, FA
His Only Trick, Alice Ann Ochs, 2006, Bronze,
Given in memory of Marian “Mitch” Bates by the Colorado Springs Delta Gamma Alumnai and the Don Bates Family
The Cape in My Closet, Pard Morrison, 2007, Patinated aluminum
Museum Acquisitions Fund
Snow Bandit Waiting for Spring, Joe Baker, 1983, Oil on canvas
Debutante Ball Committee Purchase Fund
Tour programs
Liquid Transcendence, Sushe Felix, 1997, Acrylic with mixed media
Museum Acquisitions Fund
School tour program and custom designed tours for adults. Drop-in tours
available at 12 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday at the Fine Arts Center.
Call 719.477.4345.
Family Adventure Days
Free for everyone - all ages welcome!
Select Saturdays 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Enjoy artist demonstrations and hands-on art projects led by Bemis School of
Art instructors. Create your own works of art during this day of discovery, using
current FAC exhibitions as inspiration.
Fine Arts Center Education Programs sponsored by
For more information about these educational programs, please call Bemis
School of Art at 719.475.2444 or check out our website csfineartscenter.org
Luther T. McCauley Charitable Trust | Kirkpatrick Family Fund
Historic Timeline
1871 Colorado Springs founded by General William Palmer