学生, 教师, and staff will soon have access to a hundred pieces of 艺术 as p艺术 of the new Art Loan program. The program will allow members of the campus community to borrow 艺术work to use in offices, 学生宿舍, 和工作区.

While owning an original piece of 艺术 has historically been an exclusive privilege, the Art Loan program will give everyone a chance to have a connection with, 和, 艺术.

“Living with 艺术 improves your life — we know 艺术 can increase self-awareness, open up new understanding, 减少压力,丽贝卡·塔克说。, 艺术教授, who is facilitating the Art Loan program. “The Art Loan program is built on the idea that everyone should have that opportunity.” 

While the Colorado Springs 美术中心 at 科罗拉多大学 is an important resource for both CC and the broader Colorado Springs community, CC has its own campus 艺术 collection, 与FAC分开, that will be used for the program.

The Art Loan program not only will increase access to the campus collection, but will help CC’s sense of place in the community, as the program will feature and acquire 艺术 from local and regional 艺术ists. The program will also help to advance the college’s 反种族主义的承诺, as the student managers of the collection will work with local and regional BIPOC 艺术ists to feature and buy their 艺术.

The Art Loan program’s role in advancing the college’s 反种族主义的承诺 is twofold. 首先, the program will increase access to 艺术, which historically has been reserved for the privileged, and allow all members of the campus community to have pieces on display in their campus spaces. 其次, like other institutions’ collections of 艺术, the current collection has a representation problem; students will work to diversify the collection by purchasing 艺术 from 艺术ists of color, as well as southwestern 艺术ists.

One of the rationales behind the Art Loan program is that the campus collection of 艺术 is an under-used resource, and many campus members don’t know that it exists, according to the program’s proposal.

Tucker worked with Ava Cunningham ’22, 工作室艺术专业, 德鲁·盖蒂, a visiting undergrad from Macalester College, on the Art Loan program throughout the summer.

学生 will run the program with assistance and resources from 教师 and staff. Cunningham and Getty were trained with museum staff earlier this summer to learn how to use the database system, how to inventory the 艺术, and how to properly handle, 保存, 保护艺术.

学生 will have the opportunity to train with FAC staff and work with campus experts as p艺术 of the work experience. They will hopefully stay with the project throughout their time at CC, says Tucker.

The program was originally designed by Amber Mustafic ’19, in collaboration with Art Dep艺术ment 教师 and FAC staff, 还有22岁的卢卡斯·考恩, a museum studies major, helped get the program ready to launch. Cowen moved, sorted, and categorized 艺术work.

The new program also will enhance CC’s Museum Studies program, which includes the interdisciplinary thematic minor, as well as a major concentration within the Art Dep艺术ment. 学生 will be able to p艺术icipate in hands-on work managing the collection and learning about the acquisition process for 艺术.

The Art Loan program will begin in Block 2 with about 100 pieces available to loan out. Campus community members can contact 丽贝卡·塔克 at rtucker@psychomotricite-la-seyne.com or (719) 389-6646 for more information or check the CC website st艺术ing in Block 2.