Student + Faculty + Staff Celebrations
Students, faculty, and staff gather together once each quarter for an old-fashioned social which features a fun snack (like nachos or pie ala mode), while encouraging everyone to take a break from their work and socialize.
The MUSEketeers Field Trips
These quirky, quarterly field trips are open to all Art Institute of Colorado students, faculty and staff, and often to friends, family and children of students. Creativity is a crucial component of a successful career in technical art, so our MUSEketeers field trips help develop and inspire creativity through field outings, which encourage interaction with artists from all the creative disciplines. Past events include visits to odd museums, architectural salvage yards and nearby state parks.
Poetry / Open Mic Gatherings
This is one of our most popular quarterly events, which features not just poetry readings, but also rap, improv, storytelling, standup comedy and live music. Read or perform original work, select a poem from our collection - or just listen. Enjoy beverages, cookies and snacks!
Student Resource Events
The Office of Student Affairs is dedicated to improving all aspects of the student experience at The Art Institute of Colorado and offers health, wellness and recreational resources and programs to nurture of students’ physical and mental health. Other departments including Career Services and Academic Affairs offer professional development resources including guest and alumni lectures, Employment Fairs and Internship Fairs.
Service Learning Opportunities
Service learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities. Each quarter, Student Affairs and Academic Affairs collaborate to sponsor service learning opportunities for students, faculty and staff which include an annual food drive for students in crisis and various community-linked volunteer opportunities.
The Reel Thing
The Reel Thing Animation and Video Festival showcases students’ animation and videos on the big screen. Scheduled the last week of the quarter, The Reel Thing is free and open to the public.