President Jill Tiefenthaler shared this update with the Colorado College campus community about the CC-FAC alliance:
Dear Campus Community,
Along with Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center President and CEO David Dahlin, I am pleased to share with you that we have achieved an historic alliance between Colorado College and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. This morning, David and I announced to faculty, staff, and students, as you may have heard at Fall Conference, and to Fine Arts Center employees that we have reached an agreement that will support the missions of both organizations, greatly expanding teaching and learning opportunities for our students and faculty, while enriching arts and cultural programming and resources for the entire region.
This alliance builds on the legacies of both the college and the Fine Arts Center, and will enhance the strengths of both. We are excited about the possibilities for our faculty to integrate the nearly 20,000 pieces of Southwestern and Native American art into the curriculum to strengthen experiential learning and multicultural perspective; for our performing-arts students to have broader opportunities on the stage and behind the scenes; and for the college to positively influence the Pikes Peak region and beyond by providing greater depth, understanding, and context to arts and cultural offerings.
A series of three listening sessions, open to the community, are planned:
- Thursday, Sept. 8, 7:30-9 a.m., Fine Arts Center Music Room
- Wednesday, Sept. 14, 4:30-6 p.m., CC’s Packard Performance Hall
- Monday, Sept. 26, 7-8:30 p.m., Fine Arts Center Music Room
We will now embark on a four-year planning process for developing an operational structure that achieves CC and community strategic objectives. In July 2017, the name will change to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. By July 1, 2020, plans for the museum, performing arts, and art school will be implemented, and the Fine Arts Center entity will be fully transferred to the college.
You may learn more via a story on our homepage, www.coloradocollege.edu, and can read about the strategic planning process at www.coloradocollege.edu/csfac.
I am excited to embark on this wonderful new chapter in CC’s history. Thank you all for your enthusiasm and support!
Warm regards,
Jill
