Choral Society closes with ‘Seasons of Song’
The Durango Choral Society closes its 2014-2015 season, “Seasons of Song,” with Cabaret! at 6:15 p.m. May 16 at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets, which include hors d’oeuvres and entertainment, are $50 per person and may be purchased at durangochoralsociety.org or by phone at (800) 838-3006. Advance purchase is recommended, and any remaining tickets will be sold at the door.
Local artist Kaminsky receives recognition
Artist Mariah Kaminsky of Durango received a Special Recognition Award in the 17th annual “Contemporary Art Juried Online International Art Exhibition,” hosted by Upstream People Gallery of Omaha, Nebraska.
Twenty-nine artists were selected by juror Laurence Bradshaw, professor of art at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Kaminsky was recognized for her painting “Downpour at Spike’s.”
The exhibition will be featured online during May at www.upstreampeoplegallery.com and will continue indefinitely in the archives section of the website.
For more information, visit www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/gallery/view.asp?RN=25112&XD=5/1/2015&AN=Hunter%2C+M%2E&PREV=25165&NEXT=.
New exhibit opens at Southwest Studies
“RARE II: Imperiled Plants of Colorado” is the second exhibit of the Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists to come to the museum at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.
RARE II will open to the public with a free reception from 1 to 4 p.m. May 16 in the center’s museum. The 40 botanical illustrations were selected from the 121 globally imperiled plants on the Colorado Master Plant List developed by the Colorado Natural Heritage Program. The exhibit is designed to introduce the public to the most imperiled plants in Colorado and educate them on the importance of protecting them. The illustrations are scientifically accurate and detailed.
This exhibit will run through Dec. 16. For more information, call 247-7456 or visit http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu.
KSUT receives a pair of grants for $55K
KSUT Four Corners Public Radio has received two grants totaling $55,000 from Colorado-based foundations in support of a capital campaign to build a new home for both Four Corners Public Radio and Southern Ute Tribal Radio on the Southern Ute Tribal Campus in Ignacio.
The Gates Family Foundation granted $35,000, and El Pomar Foundation granted $20,000 to support the Eddie Box Jr. Media Center, which will house both stations. The Southern Ute Tribe has provided KSUT with a 30-year, no-cost lease on a 5,000-square-foot building, which previously served as the shipping and receiving building for the Sky Ute Casino.
For the past two years, KSUT has been actively engaged in fundraising toward a goal of $2,029,000 to support the complete renovation of the building, as well as to purchase modern broadcast equipment for both stations.
For more information, visit www.ksut.org/capitalcampaign.
Herald Staff
