Skip to Main Content
Founded 1891.

Submit a Tip

Join
The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Campus & Local Arts

Photo courtesy of: Alana Moreno via Wikimedia  Commons 
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Artspace.jpg

Future Fort Collins Artspaces will offer affordable living and studio space for artists

Mq Borocz March 22, 2017

Artspace, a non-profit that creates affordable spaces for artists to live and work in all around the country, has turned its sights to the vibrant artistic community in Fort Collins. Via an office in...

Two designs feature inspiration from the Queen of Hearts and Cheshire Cat characters from the Alice in Wonderland tales. Photo credit: Sarah Ehrlich

CSU design students create ‘Alice in Wonderland’ inspired sustainable fashion

Sarah Ehrlich March 20, 2017

The changing season means new collections from fashion designers all over the world. This is no different here in Fort Collins. The CSU Avenir Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of eco-friendly...

Some sections of the CSU Annual Trial Garden have already been planted but the ret of the Garden will be planted by late May. Photo by Ryan Arb

UCA’s ‘Resistible Rise of Arturo UI’ premieres Friday

Nicole Towne March 1, 2017

“The Resistible Rise of Arturo UI,” which will take the stage this Friday at the University Center for the Arts Studio Theater, takes a satirical perspective on the reign of Adolf Hitler and sets the...

Art and science come together in the Curfman Gallery

Ashley Potts February 24, 2017

The Curfman Gallery in the Lory Student Center has opened its doors again. This time the work inside may not necessarily be what is expected of an art gallery, but is art nonetheless. The 10th annual Art...

Photo Courtesy: The Center for Fine Art Photography

Center for Fine Art Photography creates community involvement with monthly artist talks

February 19, 2017

The Center for Fine Art Photography held an artist reception and talk Friday night, allowing the public not only to hear the photographers speak and present their artistic processes, but also converse...

Photo credit: Sarah Ehrlich

Fort Collins Museum of Art hosts valentines benefit for Northern Colorado AIDS Project

February 18, 2017

The Fort Collins Museum of Art hosted a Valentine’s Day Benefit for the Northern Colorado AIDS Project in coordination with the exhibit “Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate” on Feb. 17...

The Art Corner: The first Friday of spring

The Art Corner: The first Friday of spring

Seth Bodine April 3, 2016

[new_royalslider id="484"]Photos by: Seth Bodine.Every first Friday of the month in Old Town Fort Collins, galleries open for a gallery walk . All kinds of different types of art are presented from sculptures...

Picture courtesy of Julia Way

The Art Corner: Q&A with dancer Julia Way

Seth Bodine February 29, 2016

Julia Way has been dancing in Fort Collins for a total of nine years. She first started learning Lindy Hop, a type of swing dance developed in the '20s and '30s. She has been blues dancing for three years...

One of the many poems I wrote for people on my typewriter

The Art Corner: writing spontaneous poetry with Andrew Bohn

Seth Bodine February 22, 2016

  Inspiration comes in different ways, but for the local poet Andrew Bohn, it comes in the form of another person."They are that initial spark, and then I just let it ignite on the typewriter and...

The Art Corner: 3 Places to go for inspiration in Fort Collins

The Art Corner: 3 Places to go for inspiration in Fort Collins

Seth Bodine February 15, 2016

There are many reasons that lead us to seek out inspiration.Maybe it's because we are artists who are looking for something that will spark our creativity. Perhaps, we seek inspiration to motivate ourselves...

Crossing the Charles Bridge  in Prague

The Art Corner: how traveling abroad boosted my creativity

Seth Bodine February 8, 2016

This past summer, I found myself in a creative low. I was in the middle of my challenge to write a haiku poem for every day of 2015, and it was  increasingly difficult to write something new. My pool...

Sebastian Smith in the studio with one of his pieces (Photo Credit: Seth Bodine.)

The Art Corner: Sebastian Smith sculpts the human figure

Seth Bodine February 1, 2016

Colorado State University senior Sebastian Smith has been an artist his whole life — whether it was drawing in his sketchbook or creating 3-D art, he was always creating something. During his freshman...

Load More Stories