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  • Fighting the fight, Durango Herald, Nov. 16, 2007

    It’s one thing to be opposed to Desert Rock on principle, because of global warming, because of health concerns. It’s another to see those principles documented on the faces of the people who are breathing coal dust and drinking toxic water, watching their sheep and cattle die.

  • Signs of the times, Durango Herald, Nov. 11, 2007

    Images, clockwise from top left: Gardenswartz’s hand-carved wooden sign has been hanging in this location since before Richard Ellis purchased the outdoor company. Yaseen Design Studio created the sign for Seasons by using the restaurant logo fabricated out of metals. Seasons also uses a Gobo stage light to project its logo onto the sidewalk. Popoli…

  • Changes imminent for Arts Center’s future, Durango Herald, Nov. 6, 2007

    After 11 years, Executive Director Brian Wagner is leaving Durango for a job in Oregon. A reception for him will be held Nov. 30. Long before Brian Wagner announced in October that he was leaving after 11 years as executive director of the Durango Arts Center to take a new job at the Oregon Arts…

  • Artist, gallery owner shares insights, Durango Herald, Nov. 2, 2007

    “I’m old. I don’t care anymore. I just want to see art continue,” gallery owner Karyn Gabaldon said to a crowd of more than 30 artists gathered in her eponymous gallery on Main Avenue across from the Strater Hotel on Oct. 23. It was the first of two lectures. The audience came to learn how…

  • Stories in Paint, Durango Herald, Oct. 26

    “The Conversation” (above) and “Long Journey” appear in the book Conversations in Paint Language: The Art of Roseta Santiago. Santiago says she is inspired by artists John Singer Sargent, Hovsef Pushman and Emil Carlsen. Conversations in Paint Language: The Art of Roseta Santiago is a handsome book. The plates, printed in Italy, are rich and…

  • “Speak Truth to Power,” timely, startles, Durango Herald, Oct. 23

    FLC play gives voice to activists for human rights Director Felicia Meyer speaks with Fort Lewis College students during rehearsal for “Speak Truth to Power” on Oct. 10. Ariel Dorfman’s play “Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark” is not subtle. Nor should it be. This is a play about human rights. About…

  • A Night for 70s Nostalgia, Durango Herald Oct. 23

    Pure Prairie League, Firefall Acoustic to play FLC Concert Hall Country rock band Pure Prairie League has mastered a formula for success in the new millenium: combining nostalgia with fresh passion for that old, familiar music. “We try to make our audience feel young and old at the same time,” said Craig Fuller, the lead…

  • Ceramics on Display, Durango Herald, Oct. 16, 2007

    Boots Brown’s pit-fired vessels “Star Lighting,” “Super Nova,” “Fire Cloud” and “Fire Runner” appear in the David Hunt Ceramic Invitational at the Fort Lewis College Art Gallery. Lisa Pedolsky’s work is in the foreground, and extruded porcelain lamps by Jennifer Neff are in the background. The David Hunt Ceramic Invitational at the Fort Lewis College…

  • Women Forge Beauty at Durango Arts Center, Durango Herald, Oct. 12, 2007

    Ekaterina Harrison’s “Still Dreaming of Tomorrow” sits before Kathleen Holmes’ “Autumn Arbor” with Pip Howard’s “What Time Is It?” in the background. Pip Howard’s “Cityscape.” “There is no more beautiful color than a bar of steel at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit glowing in the sun,” sculptor Kathleen Holmes writes in an artist statement. She is one…

  • Cortez photographer Mumaw chooses his focus, Durango Herald, Oct. 5, 2007

    John Mumaw’s photographs are about light and composition. As a surveyor by trade, Mumaw has access to places people don’t normally travel, and he has plenty of time to study the way the light plays across the southwestern land. Never without a camera, he photographs in the tradition of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston: dreamy…

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