Opening exhibit features book arts, printmaking
Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., will host an opening reception for the new exhibit, “Strata: Books & Prints by Carol and Donn Rawlings,” from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday.
The exhibit runs through Aug. 29. Donn Rawlings grounds his printmaking in a texture of dense mark-making that evolves into patterns as a way to discover meaning. Carol Rawlings’ one-of-a-kind, handmade, calligraphic books seek openness and balance as text is joined to color and gesture.
For more information, visit www.DurangoArts.org.
Artist lecture on photography, life
In conjunction with “Exhibit 970 Reprise,” the Durango Arts Center will host “A Nature Photographer’s Journey to Durango,” a lecture by featured artist Frank Comisar of Durango’s Scenic Aperture Gallery, from 5 to 7 p.m. July 11 at the Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. Admission is free, with a $5 suggested donation.
Comisar is the founder of Scenic Aperture and an award-winning professional landscape, wildlife and nature photographer. He travels throughout North America, taking photographs for his Durango gallery and leading photography workshops.
In his lecture, Comisar will share the stories of his work, his thoughts about nature photography and his motivation to capture and share images. He also will discuss his journey from chief architect of a private firm to owner of a fine-art photography gallery.
For more information, visit www.DurangoArts.org.
Creative Collage for families, groups
Durango Arts Center will offer MeCards creative collaging with local instructor Barbara Horn from 9 a.m. to noon July 11 and 20.
Through gathering images, creating poetry and making unique 5-by-8-inch cards, participants can explore the collaging process facilitated by Horn, a certified hypnotherapist, SoulCollage facilitator and founder of AllEmbracingChange.com. The class costs $50 for center members and $60 for nonmembers and the cost covers two people. Children younger than 9 must be accompanied by an adult.
For more information, visit www.DurangoArts.org/MeCards.
Strater to present live theater show
The Strater Hotel and Henry Strater Theatre will present an original production of “Guitar strings, a Cowboy and a Lost Peacock,” through Sept. 26. This 90-minute, live theater show chronicles a mysterious journey through time in which a cowboy poet from 1915 and a 25-year-old female singer-songwriter find themselves transported in a time-traveling elevator.
Doors open at 7:10 p.m. with shows starting at 7:45 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday. Tickets, which range in price from $18.50 to $30.50, are available at HenryStraterTheatre.com, by calling 375-7160 and at the Durango Community Concert Hall Ticket Office in the Durango Welcome Center in downtown Durango. Dinner-and-a-show packages and group packages are available.
Herald Staff
