The UCCS Department of Visual and Performing Arts is proud to present the Annual Student VAPA Festival: Common Ground at the Ent Center for the Arts and Heller Center for Arts & Humanities! We invite you to celebrate our creative student community with three days of art, performances, and showcases created by students in VAPA. This year we present the Annual UCCS Student Short Film Festival, the Annual Senior Visual Art Exhibition, UCCS Theatre & Dance’s production of Blithe Spirit, music recitals, visual culture studies capstone presentations, a museum studies exhibition and so much more! April 241pm-7pm: Patchwork: VA Senior Exhibition (GOCA)4pm-7pm: The Art of Pride (GOCA lobby and Project Space)7:30pm-9:00pm: Composition Showcase (Chapman Recital Hall)April 251pm-7pm: Patchwork: VA Senior Exhibition (GOCA)2pm-3:45pm: Staged Play Readings (Margot Lane Studio)4pm-6pm: Visual Culture Studies 2025 Capstone Symposium (Heller Center for Arts & Humanities)4pm-6pm: More Than Just a Number: Life at the Cragmor Sanatorium (Heller Center Gallery)6pm-9pm: VAPA Talent Showcase (Chapman Recital Hall)6:30pm-7pm: Blithe Spirit Prologue (Osborne Theater)7:30pm: Blithe Spirit Opening Night (Osborne Theater)April 2612pm-5pm: Student Film Festival (Chapman Recital Hall)10am - 11am: Ballet Class (Overlook Studio)1pm-2pm: Modern Dance Class (Overlook Studio)1pm-7pm: Patchwork: VA Senior Exhibition (GOCA)2:30pm-3:30pm: Closing Ceremony (Ent Center lobby)5pm-6pm: Jazz, Tap, and Improv (Overlook Studio)7:30pm: Pitch Peak Acapella (Margot Lane Studio)7:30pm: Blithe Spirit (Osborne Theater)8:30pm: Ava Grace Merchant Junior Recital: Songs of the Heart (Margot Lane Studio)For more information email kcorina@uccs.edu.Hosted by: Ent Center for the Arts, Film Studies Program, Galleries of Contemporary Arts, History of Art & Visual Culture Program, Museum Studies & Gallery Practice Program, Music Program, Theatre & Dance Program, UCCS Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, UCCS Theatre Company, UCCS Film Club, Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Art ProgramAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11281944

By Noel CowardDirected Ellie MyersOsborne Studio TheatreEnt Center for the ArtsApril 25-27, May 2-4Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pmSundays at 4pmIn WWII England, wealthy couple Charles and Ruth Condomine invite a spirit medium over for a séance. When she accidentally summons the ghost of Charles's temperamental first wife, the Condomines must confront their long-buried dissonance... or die.UCCS students and VAPA faculty receive free admission. Contact the Ent Center Box Office at 719-255-8181 or tickets@uccs.edu to reserve your complimentary ticket. General admission is $12 ($10 + $2 ticketing fee). To purchase tickets visit the Ent Center ticketing page. For more information contact Kevin Landis at klandis@uccs.edu.Hosted by: Ent Center for the Arts, Theatre & Dance Program, UCCS Theatre Company, Visual and Performing ArtsAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/10391339

Saturday, April 26th 7:00am-7:00pm Great Sand Dunes National Part $40Hosted by: Campus RecreationAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/10922196

CSURF is a collaborative venture designed to highlight the research and creative works of undergraduates from Pikes Peak State College, Colorado College, the United States Air Force Academy, and the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS).  Each year the conference rotates between these institutions. Colorado College will host the 21st Annual CSURF April 26, 2025! PRESENTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  April 4, 2025Register at:  csurf@uccs.edu Students from all disciplines – Arts, Business, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Public Affairs, Social Sciences – are invited to join other undergraduates from the Pikes Peak Region (CC, PPSC, USAFA) to present their research and creative works at this one-day conference.Poster presentations Talk presentations Visual Art Installations Performing Arts Demonstrations Short Film ScreeningsFREE and OPEN to the public. FREE LUNCH provided for student presenters with approved abstract!  FREE POSTER PRINTING for UCCS student presenters (see Visual Resource Center for details).  Get your students involved today!!!  Go to csurf@uccs.edu for registration information. Questions?  Contact Margie Oldham moldham@uccs.edu  Hosted by: Academic Advising, Communication Department, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Center for Student Research, Department of Sociology, Department of Psychology, Department of Languages and Cultures, Department of English, Department of Anthropology, Department of Biology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Economics, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Department of History, Department of Humanities, Department of Interdepartmental Studies, Department of Mathematics, Department of Political Science, Department of Philosophy, Department of Technical Communication and Information Design, Department of Physics & Energy Science, History Club, History of Art & Visual Culture Program, Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Art Program, Women's & Ethnic StudiesAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11163316

Saturday, April 26th 9:00am-4:00pm Pikes Peak Highway $25Hosted by: Campus RecreationAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/10921722

Greek Life playing games such as cornhole and spikeball.Hosted by: Panhellenic CouncilAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11262809