Tag: Durango
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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…
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Recent articles you might have seen on Adobe Airstream
Just in case you think I haven’t been busy writing, the following are a few links to posts made last month on Adobe Airstream The Met’s Museum Store Compresses $25 million for Jeff Koons’ train about as ridiculous as a fur-lined trash can Durango Film Festival Screens 80 Films Copyright Leanne Goebel. May not be…
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Edward S. Curtis: Artist or historian?
In 1895, Edward S. Curtis met and photographed Princess Angeline (1800-1896) aka Kickisomlo, the daughter of Chief Sealth of Seattle. Hers would be the first of 40,000 photographs Curtis took of Native Americans from 80 different tribes during his life. A selection of his work is now on display at The Open Shutter Gallery, and…
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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…
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Locals resist arts cuts, Durango Herald, February 6, 2009
State proposes slashing budget by Leanne Goebel Imagine Durango without the arts. No music festivals, no dance, no theater, no art galleries, no children’s programs, no singing, no film festivals, no sculpture, no debates in the newspaper about differing perspectives, and probably no opportunity to read this article, because without the arts, there’s no need…
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Pianist will open recital program, Durango Herald, January 06, 2009
The American Record Guide calls Ian Hobson, who will play in Durango on Jan. 18, “oneof the finest pianists of his generation.” Hobson will perform at the Community Concert Hall as part of the Adams Foundation PianoRecital program of the San Juan Symphony. In 1981, Hobson won first prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition,…
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Their Way, Fort Lewis College seniors eschew imitation of others, Durango Herald, Dec. 5, 2008
It’s the last hurrah for the Fort Lewis College graduating senior art majors. In their final exhibit – now on display at the college art gallery – students not only selected the art to display, they worked with gallery director Rita Cordalis to hang and light the exhibit. It is satisfying to see several of…
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Wainwright recovers old songs
Songwriter joins Leo Kottke in concert by Leanne Goebel Special to the Herald Folk singer and songwriter Loudon Wainwright III will play Saturday at the Community Concert Hall along with guitarist Leo Kottke. Writing songs “is just something I’ve been doing for 40 years,” the self-effacing folk singer Louden Wainwright III said by telephone from…
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Keeper of the keys: Cordalis runs FLC gallery, Durango Herald, Aug. 26, 2008
Rita Cordalis, director of the Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, stands in her exhibition space Thursday. Cordalis organizes exhibit shows on a very limited budget. Rita Cordalis likes her job. Designing exhibits is satisfying and fulfills her desire to take raw materials and turn them into something else. “The way you place it and light…
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Artful Reading, Durango Herald, Aug. 15
Rachel Slick shows a representation of the “Reading Tree,” a storyteller’s chair for the new library’s Children’s Room. “Reading Tree” was selected as the winning design for the storyteller’s chair after an open house at the Durango Community Recreation Center on Monday. A majestic Aspen “Reading Tree” and a larger-than-life-sized card catalog have been chosen…
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