Deadline nears for jewelry workshops
TOP Jewels, a national juried design exhibition to be held May 16 through June 28 at Durango Arts Center, will offer three master workshops in jewelry-making led by renowned jewelry artists.
Workshops will include Not Your Mothers’ Cameo by Lisa and Scott Cylinder (June 7-8); Precious Metal Clay for Jewelers by Tim McCreight (June 21-22); and Stack It, Smack It, Squish It, Screw It by Deb Karash (June 14-15).
The deadline to register for the workshops is April 6. More information, including a link to register, can be found at www.durangoarts.org/top-nationaljewelryexhibition.
Mancos gallery seeks ‘movement’ art
The next show at the Mancos Town Gallery will be “Mancos in Motion,” inspired by the Cowboy Half-Marathon.
Can you capture movement in your art, whether it’s photography or oil paints? Exciting new developments are happening at The Mancos Project, which is expanding its High Altitude Training Center. The Center manages the Mancos Cowboy Half Marathon, which will be held May 17 (www.cowboyhalfmarathon.com).
The Arts Council will accept work April 11 and 12 at the gallery at the Visitors Center at Boyle Park. Call Jan Wright (882-3130) or Marilyn Kroeker (533-7464) if you want to show. All media are accepted.
Spanish colonial art is next DAC exhibit
Durango Arts Center will display the exhibit, “Spanish Colonial Arts: Origins” from March 28 through May 10 with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. March 28.
In collaboration with the Center for Southwest Studies and the Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies, this galerie d’art will feature Saltillo sarapes, colcha embroideries, religious arts, costume, retablos and bultos, talavera, silver, leatherwork and more.
The exhibit also will feature a lecture on “Hispanic Textiles of the New World” by Mark Winter from 6 to 8 p.m. April 3 in the DAC Theater. Interested attendees are invited to meet Winter from 5 to 6 p.m. for the First Thursdays Art Walk in the Barbara Conrad Gallery.
DAC also will offer a Spanish Colonial Marketplace in the gallery from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 5 in conjunction with the exhibit.
For more information, visit www.DurangoArts.org or call 259-2606.
Herald Staff
