Songwriter to teach, perform at FLC
As part of Women’s History Month, Fort Lewis College will host singer-songwriter Namoli Brennet on Monday and Tuesday.
Brennet will teach a master class at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Roshong Recital Hall focusing on guitar, singing and the business of being a professional performer. At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, she will perform in Roshong Recital Hall.
The master class and performance are free and open to everyone.
Brennet has performed across the globe and is a multiple Outmusic award nominee, a recipient of the Tucson Folk Festival Songwriting Award and was named to the inaugural Trans 100 list.
The performance and master class are sponsored by the FLC Gender & Women’s Studies program and FLC Diversity Programming with additional support from the FLC Foundation, School of Arts & Sciences and English Department.
For more information, call Nancy Stoffer at 247-7170.
New exhibit opening tonight at Arts Center
Leesa Zarinelli Gawlik will display “Time Lines: Meditations in Cloth” through April 27 in the Durango Arts Center upstairs Art Library. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today.
Gawlik explains “Time Lines” as “lines created by the passage of time – somewhat erratic, always alluring; interpreted in cloth to celebrate subtle beauty in the natural world.”
Also, subscriptions for the DAC 2014 Theatre Season now are available. Season subscriber patrons can save up to $25 when they buy a five-show package and at least 10 percent off purchasing three- and four-show packages.
Visit www.durangoarts.org to learn more about Gawlik and the 2014 Theatre Season.
Southern Ute Museum to reopen this weekend
The public is invited to the Southern Ute Cultural Center & Museum on Saturday for a free admission day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The museum has been closed since Monday for training. Staff and volunteers underwent intensive visitor services training with representatives of the National Park Service, area museums and customer service experts.
Sunday’s symposium with Walter Echo-Hawk has been canceled.
The cultural center and museum is at 77 County Road 517 in Ignacio. For more information, call 563-9583 or visit www.succm.org.
City of Durango seeks artwork for intersection
The City of Durango announces a call to artists for an original three-dimensional artwork to be installed in the northwest traffic island at the intersection of U.S. highways 550 and 160.
The installation must be appropriate for display in a public space and complement the existing downtown entryway sign 250 feet to the northeast along the northbound side of Highway 550.
The project is being overseen by the Durango Public Art Commission. Upon review of all submitted proposals by the Artwork Selection Panel, three finalists will be awarded $500 stipends to present their concepts and qualifications during a public open house and a private interview with the selection panel. The final selected artist will have a budget of $25,000 for design, execution, transportation and installation of the piece.
The Call to Artists information and applications are available on the city’s Public Art page at www.durangopublicart.org. Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. March 21 to the Durango Public Arts Commission, attn: Sherri Dugdale, 949 East Second Ave., Durango, CO 81301.
For more information, contact Dugdale at art@durangogov.org or 375-5002.
Conservatory accepting applications for summer
Applications for Music in the Mountains Conservatory are being accepted through March 31. The Conservatory summer music program will run from July 13 to 26 at Fort Lewis College and provides educational and performance opportunities for young artists.
High school and college-age string students will study with a world-class faculty and members of the Music in the Mountains Festival orchestra. Limited merit and financial-need scholarships are available.
The application is available at www.musicinthemountains.com.
Baldwin, Salazar to open joint exhibition
Burton Baldwin and Joaquin Salazar will open “Geopoetica” at 6 p.m. Thursday at The Lost Dog Bar & Lounge, 1150 Main Ave.
Baldwin is a teacher in the Ignacio School District who has created more than 200 paintings, drawings and collages during a career of more than 30 years. Salazar has been an artist since he was in elementary school, and his current work brings the vastness of western landscapes alive in the form of panoramic landscape photographs. He recently opened Sub-stra-tum Gallery on Main Avenue.
For more information, contact Kristen at kristen@substratumgallery.com.
Herald Staff
