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See, hear, and interact with the contemporary art that GOCA has brought to the Colorado Springs community for over 40 years. Learn more about our current and past programing.

Current & Upcoming Programs

Between the Land and Sky

by Karla García, the 2025 F.E.A.R.S. Artist
Come see this exciting ceramics exhibition, an installation rooted in the desert borderlands and prairie ecologies that connect land, memory, and transformation.
October 23 - December 13, 2025
GOCA Project Space | Ent Center for the Arts

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The Source Never Diminishes

by Nina Elder
Transdisciplinary artist, writer, and educator Nina Elder bridges art, science, and social justice. Experience the breadth. of Elder’s inquiry into our relationship with the natural world through drawing, sculpture, and video, all infused with her signature blend of humor, resilience, joy, and empathy.
November 6, 2025 - March 7, 2026
Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery | Ent Center for the Arts

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Kite Workshop

with Nina Elder
Join GOCA for a Kite Workshop with Nina Elder! This 3 hour workshop will include writing, hand-on crafting, and sharing. This will be an opportunity to play, explore, move, and see the air around us in entirely new ways.
November 15, 2025, 12-3pm
GOCA Lobby | Ent Center for the Arts

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Yoga at GOCA

Join us for free yoga sessions at the Ent Center for the Arts.
Thursdays from 12 -1pm starting on August 14
Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery | Ent Center for the Arts

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This week Karla García brings "between Land and Sky" to the GOCA Project Space.
The opening reception is this Thursday starting at 5 pm and the VACS lecture will begin at 6 pm.
We are so excited for the GOCA audience to see the work

Join GOCA and exhibition artist Nina Elder in an exploration of the invisible forces in our lives. Considering what you want to uplift, let go of, or tether yourself to, each participant will design and create their own kite! This will be an opportun

With the upcoming exhibition by Karla García 'Between the Land and Sky' (opening Oct. 23rd) you may be wondering "What is F.E.A.R.S?"

Well, In 2018, VAPA faculty members Dr. Katherine Guinness (former Director of the Art History pro

After much anticipation, GOCA is so excited to announce the designers for the 2026 House of GOCA Fashion Show!
Congratulations to all of the designers who were selected, we cannot wait to see what wearable art you create to be displayed on the GOCA R

THIS MONTH - Karla García opens her show 'Between the Land and Sky' in the GOCA Project Space. Join us for the VACS Artist talk on oct 23rd (the opening day of the show) to hear all about the show, the process and the artist behind it. Tickets

Please join us for the opening reception of “The Source Never Diminishes” by Nina Elder. This Exhibition will open Thursday November 6th, stop by the Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery from 5 - 8pm for a night of new art!

Nina Elder is a transd

This is the LAST WEEKEND to see "Justice of the Piece: Resistance and Unity in the Art of Lady Pink, Sydney G. James, and Grow Love"
If you haven't seen it yet, stob by the Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery at the Ent Center for the Arts from 1 t

After moving out of the GOCA Project Space @kaigaynor is now located DOWNTOWN at Meanwhile Block with the full exhibition of 'Transcendent Femme'!!!
We were so happy to host Kai as they prepared for this month-long exhibition of self-discovery, conn

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