Visual Arts, Colorado Springs Independent

A portion of the storied Vogel collection goes on display at the FAC

Miguel Bustamante — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Fifty fifty by Miguel Bustamante In 2009 the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center received 50 pieces of art that, regardless of works included or artists represented, had already achieved a certain level of fame rarely reached in the art world. Were they stolen?…

Three artists go intimate in a new photography exhibit at GOCA

Austin Wulf — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

A personal matter by Austin Wulf For most people, operating a camera is a technical skill. For photographer Bill Starr, it's a physical challenge.…

Toys and rabbit heads make up Lorelei Beckstrom's new work, but she's not playing around

Edie Adelstein — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Urban legend by Edie Adelstein Lorelei Beckstrom is easy to spot in a crowd. The 45-year-old's bleached blonde hair hovers in a halo-like bob around her face, which is cutely accessorized with slick, black glasses and a dainty nose ring.…

Travel writer (and actor/director) Andrew McCarthy wants you to get out and see the world

Kirsten Akens — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Go your own way by Kirsten Akens When people tell Andrew McCarthy they don't travel due to time, his response is, "That's a bunch of bullshit. You can go very far in just a few days, and come back very changed in just a few days."…

I.D.E.A. Space showcases the creative response of Japanese survivors to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami

Darcie Mankell — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Aftershock by Darcie Mankell Following the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged the Tohoku region of Japan in 2011, Joan Ericson of Colorado College found the survivors of the disaster doing something extraordinary: writing poems. Ericson, a professor of Japanese literature, language and culture, was in Kyoto on sabbatical at the time of the disaster.…

A Colorado College pressman subverts the art of publishing in Any thing that Is strang

Wyatt Miller — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0600

The exhibit will feature posters, broadsides and ephemera: artifacts of the entire printing process. by Wyatt Miller Since Johannes Gutenberg first had his idea of abstracting writing from the hand and devised the West's first printing press, the history of modernity has been a history of duplication — of taking the particular, doubling it, making it universal. Aaron Cohick, the so-called "printer of the press" at Colorado College and head of its book-binding operation, is having none of it.…

Colorado Springs' own Nate Montgomery discusses his route to The Biggest Loser — and how he's changing direction

Kirsten Akens — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Weighing in by Kirsten Akens Just 10 weeks ago, Colorado Springs resident Nate Montgomery weighed 359 pounds, and as a result, earned himself a spot on the 14th season of NBC's hit show The Biggest Loser. The 25-year-old took a leave of absence from his job with T. Rowe Price, traveled to the Biggest Loser ranch outside Los Angeles, and became a member of trainer Jillian Michaels' team.…