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<\/a>Nordstrand, a member of the Hopi, has been appointed curator of Southwest Art. Nordstrand will curate exhibitions from the museum\u2019s permanent collection, including the historic Taylor Collection, as well as special exhibitions of modern and contemporary art from the American Southwest. Her work will support the museum\u2019s efforts to bring the finest art from the Southwest region to the Colorado Springs community, and to build relationships with local, regional, and national artists, source cultures, and institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College has added two new staff members, Kris Stanec \u201988, MAT \u201989 and Polly Nordstrand, to the FAC\u2019s museum department. \u201cWith these two new positions, the FAC will be able to offer rich and exciting programs for our community, and to deepen our commitment to the arts…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":952,"featured_media":12517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-12540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-winter-2017","tag-news-from-campus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/files\/2017\/12\/CC-BUL-WIN17-05-NewsPollyHangingArt.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/952"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12786,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12540\/revisions\/12786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>Stanec, assistant chair of CC\u2019s Department of Education and the first Mellon Grant Faculty Fellow, has been appointed director of museum education and will be responsible for the direction and management of the FAC museum\u2019s public education programs.\u00a0Stanec will collaborate with the museum staff to create innovative education programs developed around museum exhibitions, that will enhance the experience for all visitors. Stanec brings a longstanding commitment to the Colorado Springs community, outstanding collaboration skills, and a deep commitment to public education.<\/p>\n