A New Frontier, feature article from Oct/Nov American Craft Magazine
Bengt Hokanson and Trefny Dix, buffeted by a tough economy, think they’re in the right place now with their work. BY Leanne Goebel PHOTOGRAPHY BY Douglas Kirkland Third street in Durango, Colorado, dead-ends at the base of a red rock mesa, dotted with piñon and sagebrush. A dirt trail winds its way up from the … Read more
The Aspen Zone: Veryl Goodnight’s Inspiration from Arts Perspective
Goodnight and her husband, Roger Brooks, live between the brow of Mesa Verde and the La Plata mountain range, near Helmet Peak. Within a 30-minute drive, Goodnight can explore groves of aspen trees, the headwaters of the La Plata River, the barren alpine tundra above timberline, or the red rock canyons to the south. Herds of elk and deer are abundant, joined by the occasional bear, mountain lion or coyote.
WPA-Style Posters Reflect Mesa Verde Style from Arts Perspective Magazine
It was Doug Leen who created the Square Tower image for Mesa Verde National Park in 2006, a poster done in the WPA style, but an original Leen design. Leen visited Square Tower, which has been closed to guests since about 1940. Square Tower is the tallest Ancient Puebloan structure and what the park wanted to emulate on their poster.
Vessels of Light and Color from Arts Perspective Magazine
Trefny Dix and Bengt Hokanson relocated their glass hot shop to Durango, Colorado. The two fine artists create cast-glass sculptural and mixed media works as well as a line of production blown glass vessels.
What’s missing from Colorado’s “Best of…” lists when it comes to visual art
I’m more interested in what is unique to Colorado and not just some rehashing of the latest trends in contemporary art. Art happens everywhere in the state, not just on the Front Range.
New Schools: Fort Lewis College Seniors explore “isms” in exhibit from Durango Herald
In Durango, art students are not always exposed to the newest, most avant-garde work from the finest galleries and museums in New York, London and around the world. One will not find a fine art video or audio installation at FLC. (That may be problematic for students who want to pursue their MFAs, as new media art is everywhere.) What one will find is strong, elemental and basic design skills from the graphic students who show an eye for color, negative space and typesetting.
Recent Posts on adobeairstream.com
Recent articles written by Leanne Goebel published at adobeairstream.com include “Chicken Shack Village” at BMOCA, Christoph Heinrich name director of Denver Art Museum, Embrace!, and the re opening of Donald Judd’s concrete works in Marfa, TX
Seriously Witty, Durango Herald, May 9, 2009
Whimsical photographs of Elliott Erwitt on display at Open Shutter Gallery in Durango, CO
On a Global Scale, Durango Herald, March 6, 2009
’1,000 Journals’ explores a worldwide experiment A pile of journals returned to Someguy shows the various art and writing the traveling books endured on their journeys cross the world. Someguy, a San Francisco graphic designer, randomly distributed 1,000 blank journals to see what people would write in them. In 1998, Gordon McKenzie, in his business … Read more
Media, heritage mix in show, Durango Herald, February 10, 2009
I am hoping through research and experimentation to glean some understanding of our own tribally specific painting traditions. – Artist America Meredith Review “From the Woodlands,” paintings, drawings and prints by America Meredith and Sallyann Paschall, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday, through Feb. 27, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, 247-7167 Swedish-Cherokee America Meredith’s “Wingspan” is acrylic … Read more
