Visitors arriving at the Community Concert Hall at
“Reflection,” a structural art installation by architect Volkan Alkanoglu, is a gift to the college by Richard and Mary Lyn Ballantine.
“It is inspired by the soft, colorful and iconic landscapes surrounding Durango and Fort Lewis College,” Alkanoglu said. “With hundreds of individual and unique components, the art piece appears to be in motion and constantly changing.”
The Ballantine family also has donated the “River Potters” in front of Reed Library and “The Intruder” near the concert hall and Center of Southwest Studies.
“Outdoor art can add shapes, textures and colors that bring life to otherwise predictable settings,” Richard Ballantine said.
“Viewing that art, and possibly being close to it, adds a little more spark to a person’s day.”
Herald Staff
