“The Insistence of Memory,” an exhibit at the Durango Arts Center’s Local Expressions gallery, is a show featuring “five women, five forms, five perspectives not to be forgotten,” according to the news release, also suggesting the show was “fresh.” “Fresh” and “memorable” for Durango, or the greater art world? “The Insistence of Memory” is a…
Susan Andersen resigned as the exhibits director of Durango Arts Center this month. Andersen, who came to Durango from Portland, Ore., New York and Orlando, Fla., took the job as exhibits director in January 2005. She brought her business savvy and aesthetic sensibility to the 30- hour-a-week job. “When I came to the art center,…
Artist explores fraying center in DAC Library Gallery Show Kevin Bell’s oil, “Mountains,” on display this month at the Durango Arts Center Library, shows the painter’s use of blank space to emphasize what he decides to depict. It is part of his “Land Objects” series. Bell’s “Domestic Disturbances” series of paintings emphasizes the calm of…
It may not be the most unique work we have in the region, but it does reflect life in the Four Corners – beautiful, pleasant, and a bit colorful and challenging.
Library Gallery show hits a broad spectrum Judy Brey’s ceramic sculpture “Tiny Dancer” ($225) is part of the “Smaller Than a Breadbox” show. The DAC Library Gallery is a small, cramped space like an attic, with a sloped ceiling and low-level bookshelves. For many years, local artist Mary Ellen Long and a committee that currently…
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…
It’s money-making month at the Durango Arts Center, even more pointedly than the other 11 months. The main gallery is crammed with a juried show of Christmas presents called Holiday Art Ole. It includes folk art, jewelry, paintings, photography, ceramics, sculpture, scarves, clothing,candles, boxes, ornaments, jackets, purses, pens, teddy bears and Santas. Lorraine Trenholm’s pastel…
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