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Community’s support of the arts something to appreciate

As I approach the end of my tenure as the exhibits director of the Durango Arts Center, I cannot help but reflect, with appreciation, on our community’s sincere support of the arts. ...

DATE: May 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

We’re building a center for creative community

Community art centers are research-and-development labs for the arts. Environments that encourage dynamic learning, experimentation and creative play often mirrored in the scienc...

DATE: Apr 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

Art abounds at Creativity Festivity

When my daughter was about 7 years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college – that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared back at me, incr...

DATE: Mar 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

Art in Durango brightens Feb. doldrums

Midway through the shortest month of the year and on the downhill slide to spring, February is considered for most to be a quiet, contemplative moment of renewal in the New Year. The major c...

DATE: Feb 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

Winter is a time for the inner artist

As snow blankets Southwest Colorado, we find ourselves delighting in all the opportunities that awaken with winter. Some of us find a long-awaited invitation to play and explore ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

’Tis the season to celebrate giving

The holiday season is upon us, a reminder to slow down and celebrate family, community and all that we are blessed with in our small corner of the world. It isn’t a secret that t...

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

In Durango, arts education never gets old

One again I write this column celebrating the abundance we have here in Durango considering the wealth of educational opportunities at our fingertips for growth, learning and development. If...

DATE: Oct 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

Exploring life through ‘Rent’

I know I’ve said this before, but theater really is alive and well this summer in Durango and at DAC. At DAC alone, we have experienced an increase in interest, talent and energy ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

Get ready: Durango is rife with summer performing arts

Although theater is a universal cultural phenomenon that has existed in every society around the world since the dawn of human intellect, it is often under-represented, misunderstood and und...

DATE: Jun 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

A call to invest in community, cultural capital

An astute, innovative and versatile community requires an intricately woven social fabric that supports a culture for learning and experiencing life – off the couch and out of the box. ...

DATE: May 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

Exhibit turns spotlight on local rising stars

Durango Arts Center Executive Director Cristie Scott recently juried the Fort Lewis College Department of Art & Design’s Annual Juried Student Exhibition, selecting 40 pieces from a pool of ...

DATE: Apr 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

Celebrating art and artists in local schools

A video made by Pulptastic.com asked people of all ages what they would change about their bodies. The adults focused on their height, skin or ears, but the kids answered with in...

DATE: Mar 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Center