At Farmington show, Durango artists win national recognition, Durango Herald, May 22, 2007
Images (clockwise from top left): Best of Show, “The Channel Swimmers,” by George M. Schoonover; First Place, “Arithmetical Anecdote,” by Kim Olden; Second Place, “Brushes with Halo Objects #1,” by Ken Oehlen; Third Place, “Solitary,” by Ken Van Brott; Honorable Mention, “Mean Little Rattle,” by Amy K. Wendland. David Edgar has differentiated himself through plastic. … Read more
Women empowered, Durango Herald, May 18, 2007
Phil Borges photos showing at Open Shutter Gallery photos clockwise from top left: Humeria, 11, from Kabul, Afghanistan, sells eggs on the street to help her family survive. Asgeli is a midwife to the Afar people who hasperformed hundreds of female circumcisions. Nowshe leads a campaign to end the practice among the 1.3 million Afar … Read more
Photographic mission, the humanitarian work of Phil Borges as submitted to the Herald
Editing is a beautiful and fascinating process. Space in a newspaper is limited. Every now and then I like to post the original draft of an article along with the published version. Subtle stylistic changes and eliminated sentences often don’t change the meaning of a piece, but do change the voice. I leave it to … Read more
Through innovative art, Wells explores truth, Durango Herald, May 8, 2007
Computer a tool to take work beyond the familiar Photo Left: Gerald Wells, a Southwest Colorado resident for 37 years, says using a computer to create art has returned a sense of discovery to his work. Photo Right: “Mothership” created using 3-D scanning and computer plotting. In 1963, Gerald Wells went to Vail to start … Read more
Strong Exhibit, Durango Herald, April 27, 2007
Jeremy Moore won best of show in the 46th annualJuried Student Exhibition at the Fort Lewis College ArtGallery with “Similar Disparity.” Fort Lewis College art students score hit after hit I didn’t have high expectations for the juried student exhibition at Fort Lewis College gallery. Student work is often filled with imitation and mimicry, aspirations … Read more

