October 19, 2025 – January 30, 2026
Hatton Gallery, Visual Arts Building, CSU
The multimedia exhibition will feature rarely seen archival materials—including oral history recordings, architectural drawings, 35mm slides, newspaper clippings, and hand-printed publications—alongside personal memorabilia and reflections from alumni and faculty across generations.
Join generations of alumni and faculty, together with current students and colleagues, for an evening of food, music, reflection, and reconnection at the 50th Anniversary Celebration & Exhibition Opening. Please register here.
The celebration coincides with CSU Homecoming & Family Weekend, with more events happening across campus and at Canvas Stadium. Alumni, students, faculty, and friends of CSU Art & Art History are all warmly welcome.
Before the construction of the Visual Arts Building, CSU’s art department was scattered across temporary spaces, including the Old Main basement and annex and the Spruce Hall Annex, many of which posted hazardous conditions for artmaking. After years of advocacy before the university administration, then-chair Dr. Perry Ragouzis convened a “Citizens Committee,”composed of students and parents, to push for a dedicated facility. When the Visual Arts Building broke ground in 1973, Acting Chair Phil Risbeck addressed the crowd on what was then a turkey farm, marking a transformative moment in the history of visual arts education at CSU and Colorado’s front range. Students began attending classes in the new building in 1975 and have been exploring their creative potential ever since.
Some of you witnessed this transformation firsthand. Many more of you spent your formative years in the Visual Arts Building, developing your creative voice, honing your craft, and shaping your identity. From there, you set off to explore the world with the distinct perspective of a creative thinker and maker.
Date/Time
Date(s) - October 19, 2025 - January 30, 2026
All Day
Location
Hatton Gallery, Visual Arts Building
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