(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College is featuring artwork from high school students in District 11 alongside an art installation called “The Gift”.

“The Gift” is about exploring the space between art and astrophysics, “telling the story of two stars that are so close to one another yet so far from us, that they appear as a single point of light in the sky. Their fates are intertwined; one star, at the end of its life, transfers its material to the companion, allowing the companion to burn brighter and to appear, for a moment—younger, brighter, bluer.”

  • A doorway with Annette Seagraves Gallery in letters above, to the right is a squiggly line that ends with "The Gift" in text
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  • A hallway between two walls, the right has text the wall on the left has a painting
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  • A painting hanging on a wall with a bench in the foreground
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  • A painting hanging on a wall
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  • A painting hanging on a wall with a bench in the foreground
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  • A see through screen showing a table in front of a painting
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  • A table with chairs sits in front of a painting in a room
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  • A blue book and yellow book sit on a table, the yellow book says "The Gift" the blue book says "El Obsequio"
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  • Tables with blue and yellow books on top
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  • A blue book and yellow book sit on a table, the yellow book says "The Gift" the blue book says "El Obsequio"
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  • Tables with blue and yellow books on top
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  • A blue book and yellow book sit on a table, the yellow book says "The Gift" the blue book says "El Obsequio"
    Courtesy: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College

High school students and educators from Colorado Springs School District 11 have explored their creativity at the intersection of arts and science alongside “The Gift’s” artists for the past six weeks in The Collective’s second year. The high schoolers have been in residence at the Fine Arts Center creating their own works in response to “The Gift.”

  • A spotlight on a wall, a gallery can be seen through a doorway
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  • A wide shot of "The Collective" gallery of district 11 students artwork
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  • A series of paintings being displayed
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  • Paintings being displayed
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  • A series of paintings being displayed there is a pair of headphones sitting on a pedestal
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  • Three paintings being displayed
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  • The exit doorway with two paintings on either side
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  • A sculpture of a hand is in a glass case in front of a flowchart at a gallery
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“The Gift” opened Friday, March 3, and runs through Sunday, June 18. Student artwork was placed on display on Friday, March 17. Admission to the exhibit is free and open to the public.