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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…

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…

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…

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…

Seven fellows were selected to participate in the 2007 USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Fellowship program. This impressive and select group will spend three weeks together in Los Angeles exploring ways to strengthen the role of arts journalism. The Fellows and Senior Fellow for 2007 are: KURT ANDERSEN, novelist, radio host, columnist. Andersen is author of…

Left: “Anasazi Stairs,” by Tim Davis from Colorado Springs. Right: “Fiddler on the Roof,” by Barbara Rosner of Pagosa Springs. Two of the 30 images by 26 local photographers that will be on display at the Open Shutter Galleryfrom Wednesday through April 11. Art is meant to be seen. Even photography, a form that we…

Barry X BallImages courtesy of Barry X Ball Studio andSalon 94, New York Left: torture prevalence compels victim-as-wounded-yet-resolute-iconoclasm-survivor portrait(Lucas Michael, soldiering on – 3mm)2000 – 2006Mexican onyx10-5/32 x 5-3/8 x 6-9/16 inchesCourtesy: Barry X Ball Studio and Salon 94, New YorkRight: Plucked from The Standard Model and elevated again, The Holy Shroud of Nature calls…

Photos courtesy of Open Shutter Gallery. Michael A. Shapiro’s work in “Oui” at the Open Shutter Gallery is all untitled. His work captures the connection between Paris and its people. Shapiro’s and Deborah L. Nelson’s work take an intimate look at Paris. The show runs through April 12. Photographers bring view of France to Open…

Conceptual art at DAC makes social statement “Pleasure Saddle,” by Annie Strader, is part of theshow “Intersections: Artifice & Matter” at theDurango Arts Center. The traveling show features thework of four female artists. A “Pleasure Saddle” adorned with ruffles of pink ribbon hangs from the center of the gallery at Durango Arts Center. Pink pantyhose…

“Spirit Mother,” by Michael Naranjo sits at the entrance of Mercy Regional Medical Center Mercy Regional Medical Center has won one of four annual awards from the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts. Mercy was chosen for the Workspace Award recognizing “exceptional design that advances business objectives.” The center was chosen over finalists Pinnacol Assurance…