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We're on a mission: To spark engaged dialogue about contemporary culture through visual art exhibitions, public programs and special events.

On Saturday May 30 at 10AM, we’ll be premiering the preview to the House of GOCA runway video on our YouTube channel. Th...
05/30/2026

On Saturday May 30 at 10AM, we’ll be premiering the preview to the House of GOCA runway video on our YouTube channel. The full runway video will premiere on June 10 at 10AM. We hope you’re excited to relive an incredible night!

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05/23/2026

Lots of changes are being made in the gallery in preparation for Simulacra next month, and there’s more to come.

Opening Reception:
Friday, June 26, 2026, 5-8pm
Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery

Coming up next at GOCA is Simulacra! We hope you’re as excited as we are. In Simulacra, nature appears as an apparition....
05/22/2026

Coming up next at GOCA is Simulacra! We hope you’re as excited as we are.

In Simulacra, nature appears as an apparition. The exhibition considers how the natural world persists when our encounters are increasingly mediated by technology and threatened by ecological collapse. Bill Viola’s projected mountain fractures and reforms; Etsuko Ichikawa’s luminous field evokes wonder entangled with nuclear histories; Dornith Doherty’s lenticular seeds animate the archive of life, filled with potential even in the face of apocalypse. Together, these works suggest that mediation is both an obstacle and a place where attention and care take root in the Anthropocene.

Opening Reception: Friday June 26 5pm-8pm in the Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery

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This is the last weekend to view “Chrysalis”, the 2026 capstone exhibition by Visual Art majors at the University of Col...
05/15/2026

This is the last weekend to view “Chrysalis”, the 2026 capstone exhibition by Visual Art majors at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
This exhibition marks a moment of transformation and renewal; a vibrant mix of works coalescing into a new era of growth.

“Chrysalis”: The 2026 UCCS Visual Art Majors Exhibition
April 10 - May 16, 2026

Featured Artists:
• Kate Coleman .jpg
• Lizzy Cox
• Emily De Smidt .nil
• Graham Drews
• Alexander Kracker
• Amy Lauderbaugh
• Julia Lewis .lewisart
• Ashley Lopez .forms
• Ashlynn Mann
• Finn Mosbarger
• Amelia Cate Parr
• Riley Rhodes
• Eden Swanson
• Reily Yaekle

GOCA

This is the last weekend to view AFFIX: UCCS Student Exhibit on Thursday, April 23, from 5-7pm in the GOCA Project Space...
05/15/2026

This is the last weekend to view AFFIX: UCCS Student Exhibit on Thursday, April 23, from 5-7pm in the GOCA Project Space.

Experience the artwork of seventeen emerging and established artists from UCCS focused on the impact of safety and comfort in times of turmoil in the free, student directed, local art exhibit AFFIX.

The exhibition was curated by ten students from the Museum Studies and Gallery Practices class, led by Dr.
Joy Armstrong.

The artists featured in this exhibit are Ryan Achor, Shawnee Alexandra, James Barret, Jo Carol Ciborowski, Brody Dickson, Jeremiah Houck, Lilly Kuiper, Michael McCaul, Ava Neuharth, Chay Neumeyer, Riley Rhodes, Alivia Rosentrater, Senna Smoak, Jake Tahlier, Cecil Vardal, Megan Wilson, and Reily Yaekle.

April 23 - May 16, 2026

Learn about the final two artists featured in “Chrysalis”, the 2026 capstone exhibition by Visual Art majors at the Univ...
05/13/2026

Learn about the final two artists featured in “Chrysalis”, the 2026 capstone exhibition by Visual Art majors at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
This exhibition marks a moment of transformation and renewal; a vibrant mix of works coalescing into a new era of growth.

“Chrysalis”: The 2026 UCCS Visual Art Majors Exhibition
April 10 - May 16, 2026
April 29

Featured Artists:
• Kate Coleman .jpg
• Lizzy Cox
• Emily De Smidt .nil
• Graham Drews
• Alexander Kracker
• Amy Lauderbaugh
• Julia Lewis .lewisart
• Ashley Lopez .forms
• Ashlynn Mann
• Finn Mosbarger
• Amelia Cate Parr
• Riley Rhodes
• Eden Swanson
• Reily Yaekle
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Three pieces from the summer 2025 show, Justice of the Peace, are now installed and available to view on the second floo...
05/10/2026

Three pieces from the summer 2025 show, Justice of the Peace, are now installed and available to view on the second floor of the Ent Center for the Arts.

Justice for the COS
Katie Curcio, Rachel Dinda, Grace Wood

Justice of the Piece
Acrylic paint, aerosol on plywood panel, 96” × 48” (8’× 4), 2025

These pieces were part of GOCA’s 2025 summer show Justice of the Piece; an exhibition centering women and femme-identifying artists whose artworks are community-engaged tools for advocacy and solidarity. Artists Katie Curcio, Rachel Dinda, and Grace Wood were invited to create artworks embodying these themes in front of a live audience.
Justice of the Piece brought together internationally renowned artists, Lady Pink, Sydney G James, and Grow Love, three powerful voices in contemporary muralism who are reframing the wall as a site of protest, healing and solidarity. Spanning generations and geographies-these artists brought distinct practices rooted in shared commitments to justice, identity, and the right to be seen.

The Omen
Katie Curcio


Soft as Stone
Rachel Dinda


Botanic Voyager
Grace Wood


Here is a sneak peak at our next exhibition, Simulacra, coming this summer featuring artists Dornith Doherty, Etsuko Ich...
05/10/2026

Here is a sneak peak at our next exhibition, Simulacra, coming this summer featuring artists Dornith Doherty, Etsuko Ichikawa, and Bill Viola.

In Simulacra, nature appears as an apparition. The exhibition considers how the natural world persists when our encounters are increasingly mediated by technology and threatened by ecological collapse. Bill Viola’s projected mountain fractures and reforms; Etsuko Ichikawa’s luminous field evokes wonder entangled with nuclear histories; Dornith Doherty’s lenticular seeds animate the archive of life, filled with potential even in the face of apocalypse. Together, these works suggest that mediation is both an obstacle and a place where attention and care take root in the Anthropocene.

Opening Reception:
Friday, June 26, 2026, 5-8pm
Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery

.echo.ichikawa

Learn about three of the artists featured in “Chrysalis”, the 2026 capstone exhibition by Visual Art majors at the Unive...
05/07/2026

Learn about three of the artists featured in “Chrysalis”, the 2026 capstone exhibition by Visual Art majors at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
This exhibition marks a moment of transformation and renewal; a vibrant mix of works coalescing into a new era of growth.

“Chrysalis”: The 2026 UCCS Visual Art Majors Exhibition
April 10 - May 16, 2026

April 29

Featured Artists:
• Kate Coleman .jpg
• Lizzy Cox
• Emily De Smidt .nil
• Graham Drews
• Alexander Kracker
• Amy Lauderbaugh
• Julia Lewis .lewisart
• Ashley Lopez .forms
• Ashlynn Mann
• Finn Mosbarger
• Amelia Cate Parr
• Riley Rhodes
• Eden Swanson
• Reily Yaekle

GOCA

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5225 N Nevada Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO
80918

Opening Hours

Thursday 1pm - 6pm
Friday 1pm - 6pm
Saturday 1pm - 6pm

Telephone

+17192553504

Website

https://gocadigital.org/

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