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Durango Arts Center kicks off celebration with parade, fundraiser

Join the Pozole Parade from 6 to 8:30 p.m. today (Friday). Why a parade? A parade is a public procession meant to arouse excitement and to unite with friends in celebration of a special even...

Community support helps keep DAC an artistic hub

By Jaime Wienk Special to the Herald As a homegrown Durangoan, I have experienced, participated, volunteered and worked many of the limitless festivals and activities o...

Durango celebrates, supports women in the arts

Next month is Women’s History Month, and the way our political climate is turning, it could not have come at a more opportune time. When we take into consideration the massive re...

Classes in the arts can be good for the grown-up soul

Here is my confession: I used to be very judgmental about the drink and paint adult classes that are popular around the country. You know the paint parties I’m talking about – Co...

Discovering gratitude in art – and the arts community

To my surprise, I found one of my sculptures for sale at an auction this week. It was a piece I had given as a gift to someone very special. I was delighted to see it again after so many yea...

Art a point of pride in our community

We live in an arts community. I have heard Durango is second to San Francisco in the number of restaurants we have per capita (my favorite Durango statistic). And I think we could give any w...

DAC presents exhibit highlighting relationship with Willowtail Springs

Four years ago, the Durango Arts Center formed a partnership with Willowtail Springs, an enchanting nature preserve, bed & breakfast and artist retreat located on a 40-acre parcel just west ...

Contemplating the meaning of monuments

When I read about the white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, violently opposing the city’s plan to remove the Robert E. Lee statue, it brought me back 30 years when I lived in Rich...

Newness, challenge and love at DAC and all around us

We are plastic. Our brains are malleable and develop based on our experiences. This is not new information for me or many of you reading this, but it has been lingering in the fo...

Ready for summer, ready for camps at the DAC!

The familiar shifts in weather and river flows, and the evacuation of Fort Lewis College students from town, tell us summer must be around the corner. My own youthful memories of summertime ...

National Endowment for the Arts more than government agency

The obituary section in the newspaper is always a must-read for me. After reflecting on why, I recognize that it is a way to acknowledge and celebrate a life that influenced the world by hav...

The legacy of Stanton Englehart returns to Durango Arts Center

By James Durnin “Gaia is my ethic. We are all a part of her. She is the evolutionary force. Gaia is the real driver that runs our lives.” –...