| Lasting Legacy at the FAC Modern (Colorado Springs) |
| Written by Ken Hamel | |||
| Posted: September 02, 2009 | |||
Lasting Legacy: A Selection of Recent Gifts to the FAC CollectionFAC Modern (The Colorado Springs Fine Art Center's downtown annex)August 10 - November 15, 2009
 Roberto Matta - Untitled lithograph Unfortunately the FAC Modern no longer has Saturday hours, so plan on a midweek sojourn to take in this exhibit, or an email campaign demanding at least one weekend viewing before the show closes in November! - KLH (from the press release) The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center’s art collection began with a gift. Beginning in the 1930s, major gifts of Hispanic and Native American art from Alice Bemis Taylor and Modern American art from Elizabeth Sage Hare formed the foundation of the FAC’s permanent collection. Since then, gifts of art have constituted a majority of the FAC collection through today with the recent gift of 50 works from the Herbert and Dorothy Vogel Collection. To celebrate the generosity of our donors, the FAC will showcase our most recent gifts from the past two years in Lasting Legacy: A Selection of Recent Gifts to the FAC Collection, at the FAC MODERN from Aug. 10 – Nov. 15, with an Opening Celebration on Sept. 4 in conjunction with the First Friday Art Walk. Admission is free to the general public; the MODERN is open Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This exhibition will feature works – most on view for the first time – from artists Joe Baker, Herbert Bayer, Agustín Bejarano, Thomas Hart Benton, Scott Fraser, Jessica Freyre-Cuebas, Roberto Fabelo, Quintín González, Joel Grey, Carlos Guzmán, Carlos Hoyos, Diego Lama, Jason Lujan, Roberto Matta, Yasbel María Pérez, Robert Polidori, Louis Recchia, Boardman Robinson, William Scharf, Brett Weston, Randy L. White, as well as selections from the recent gifts from William T. Tutt and the Herbert and Dorothy Vogel Collection. Highlights include:
Plaza of the Rockies, First Floor 121 S. Tejon St Colorado Springs, CO 80903 719.634.5581 Mon-Fri: 10am-4pm http://www.csfineartscenter.org
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