Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

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The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center is an arts center located in downtown Colorado Springs. It includes the following departments:

The Taylor Museum houses many Spanish Colonial and Native American arts of the Southwest in addition to other permanent works and travelling shows.
The Performing Arts department features a Repertory Theatre Company which produces a regular schedule of dramatic works, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Pirates of Penzance, Into the Woods, South Pacific, and much, much more.
The Bemis School of Art offers art education to the local community.

Also available are a museum shop and a library available to Fine Arts Center members.

[edit] 2006-2007 Renovation and Expansion

In 2006 the Center began a construction project intended to expand and renovate the Center's facilities from 88,388 to 132,286 gross square feet. This project is expected to cost $28.4 million USD and is expected to conclude in the fall of 2007. During construction, the Center's exhibits have been moved to a new permanent satellite location, the FAC Modern, in downtown Colorado Springs.