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DAC taps Hagler as interim director
Imig, Mann added to board of directors
Herald Staff Writer
Hagler is the current minister of music and arts at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. He also is a professional graphic arts designer, and he accepted the interim position without pay.
"I felt we're not in a financial position to be hiring someone right now," Hagler said Thursday.
"What I want people to know most is that there's new energy. The board wants this to work for both the visual and performing arts community, and I think this is their way of saying 'let's get it moving.' Not at the exclusion of finding the right candidate, but I can get stuff done right now, and that's what we needed," he said.
Hagler said the future director could be more of a business manager than a traditional executive director, but no hiring decisions are expected to be made until later this year.
Also Wednesday, Connie Imig and Rochelle Mann joined the DAC board. Both are cross-trained.
Imig was formerly the executive director of Habitat for Humanity and is a professional photographer and tile artist. Mann is a professional musician and professor at Fort Lewis College and has years of local nonprofit experience.
The addition of Mann and Imig bring the number of board members to 10. Board member Dennis Pierce said the board has enough letters of interest to meet the DAC's bylaws, which require 12 to 15 members. Pierce confirmed that this week's activity was in direct response to an April 23 meeting at the Durango Public Library, where a large contingent of Durango's visual-arts community voiced frustration with what many believe was a pattern of neglect by the DAC board.
"The board has taken to heart the issues that came up at that meeting, and we're going to do our best to follow through," Pierce said.
"It seems like there have been two parallel universes - one is the Arts Center and the visual artists work in another, and we haven't met. This is our way of reaching out so we can all work together."
The DAC board of directors are Hagler, Pierce, Imig, Mann, Allison Anderson, Amy Buchanan, William Furse, Maureen May, Diane Panelli and Janice Weeks.
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