Category: ART

  • Money for Nothing . . . well, almost nothing, Durango Herald Feb. 20, 2007

    State arts council offers more grants Dan Appenzeller from Folkwest, Inc. talks with Colorado Council on the Arts education consultant Sheila Spears after a free workshop on applying for grants from the Council. Folkwest organizes the Four Corners Folk Festival and Indiefest, both held in Pagosa Springs. The organization has been supported by CCA grants…

  • Women’s Work, Durango Herald, Feb. 13, 2007

    Durango Arts Center exhibit reflects female lives“Sarina, the Boreal Toad (Bufo Boreas Boreas)” by Amy Vaclav-Felker. Papier Mache and celluclay mixed media sculpture. “Woman in the Windowsill” by Bethany Bachman. Soft pastel on paper. “Camisa de Frida (Frida’s shirt)” by Perla Kopeloff. Mixed media collage. February 13, 2007By Leanne Goebel|Special to the Herald Vibrant. Playful.…

  • Durango lifestyle fuels art community, Durango Herald, Feb. 16, 2007

    Award-winning GeeGuides’ art game goes to New York This week, Durangoan Eric Guaglione, founder and CEO of GeeGuides, will be creating chalk drawings at the American International Toy Fair in New York to let people know about geeART16, the company’s “art game.” GeeGuides started in Florida in 2003 among Disney animators such as Guaglione, but…

  • Similar Differences at Art League in Houston

    “Complimentary Relationship” an installation by Kate Petley is half of the two person show “Similar Differences” at the Art League Houston through March 2. Each component is 8 ft. high x 12 inches wide x 12 inches deep. T he entire piece is 26 ft. long. “Similar Differences” is a collaborative effort between Sheila Klein…

  • A Little Red Herring Conversation

    An artist wrote to me asking for clarification on my use of the term red herring in the introduction to the article on Ron Fundingsland. “I don’t think it is always a given that: ‘Earning a living by making art is a red herring.’ ” The artist wrote. He went on: “I agree that money…

  • The Confluence of Art and Commerce

    I agree with Klaus Ottman who said at SITE Santa Fe on December 12: “This confluence of art and commerce is troubling.” Ottman admitted to being an idealist and finding the recent “Art Issue” of Vanity Fair “troubling.” Troubling? I found it nearly appalling. The only glimpse of truth came from Ingrid Sischy in her…

  • Etching the artists life, Durango Herald, Feb. 6, 2007

    Fundingsland printed 25 copies of “Reeking” and sent them to the Red Herring portfolio exchange where he is showing his work. Bayfield artist and jazz DJ Ron Fundingsland works on a project in his studio Jan. 30. Earning a living by making art is a red herring, sometimes a necessity, but often a diversion that…

  • A passion for printmaking as submitted

    Earning a living making art is a red herring: One of those diversions that often lure creative people away from their true vision. Bayfield printmaker Ron Fundingsland has not fallen prey to the fickle art market. Instead, he has focused on his passion for the traditional art of printmaking to create what Museums, galleries and…

  • Shape Line Tone: Photographer sees beyond ordinary, Durango Herald, Jan. 26, 2007

    Joel White’s “Art in the City” was taken in Hollywoodin 1984. The photograph is one of 28 of White’sphotographs showing in a retrospective that openstoday at the Fort Lewis College Art Gallery. An epiphany gave Joel White the freedom to photograph what his vision led him to see. It is a vision the caliber of…

  • Joel White’s vision leads to art

    An epiphany gave Joel White the freedom to photograph what his vision led him to see. A retrospective of his photographs at the Fort Lewis College Gallery shares that vision with the community. And it is a vision the caliber of which is not often seen in Durango. A neurosurgeon who lived in Los Angeles…