Title: African Arts Market
Location: Durango Arts Center
Link out: Click here
Description: Nearly two weeks of interdisciplinary arts and culture displays, activities and demonstrations. See the complete listing at http://durangoarts.org/wp/exhibits/african-arts-market
Start Date: 2009-11-03
End Date: 2009-11-14

Schedule of events
November 3 Exhibit opens in the Barbara Conrad Gallery Silent Auction Benefit of 6″x6″ canvases by local artists begins.

November 3-14 Artist demonstrations throughout the day - in the Gallery.

November 4 African Art: Function and Meaning, presentation by Dr. Joshua Fisher, Visiting Instructor of Art History, Fort Lewis College.

November 5 Engineers Without Borders project in Yua, Ghana 2009: presentation by Northern Arizona University photojournalist Kate Dorrell.

November 6 Friday evening reception to welcome and meet the artists, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

November 6 Drumming workshop with Akeem Ayanniyi, ninth generation Yoruba talking drummer. In the Dance Studio, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

November 10 Citizen Journalism in Africa and Beyond: Andrew McGregor, photographer and founder of The Tizano Project.

November 11 The Devil Came on Horseback, a film about the Darfur crisis by Annie Sundberg and Rikki Stern. Sundance Official Selection 2007.

November 12 Make All Children Smile in Zimbabwe by Judy Duke

November 14 Silent Auction Benefit ends 3:00 p.m. Gallery closes at 5:00 p.m.

If you are a Durango Arts Center member and would like to be on the DAC Artist Directory, please email Maureen May with:

Name; contact info (i.e. address, phone, email); links to your website, blog, gallery or whatever; what kind of work you do (i.e painting, installation, playwriting, flamenco dancing); and an image (i.e. your work, yourself, your dog). A vertical image at this time would be best. Size should be 72 dpi and no wider than 5 inches on any side. It will be a thumbnail image, but at this time it is showing up a fairly good size.

When you list your mediums, please list your preferred medium first, as I will only be able to list you under one category to start with. Once I get further along on getting the directory together, I plan on listing artists under a total of three categories. At this time it is a one-person volunteer operation, so please be patient.

Thank you,
Maureen May

You asked for it; you got it! At the last visual artists’ forum, the request was made to create a new membership category for “starving artists.” Artists can purchase a punch card for $15. After volunteering for ten hours (for example, staffing the gallery or hanging an exhibit), they can exchange the card for a Contributor-level membership. Download a membership form here.

Title: Creative Arts Showcase
Location: Downtown Durango
Description: Downtown Durango merchants celebrate the arts
Date: 2009-08-07

Title: Pirates of Penzance, Jr. & Sleeping Beauty
Location: DAC Theater
Description: You’ll love DPAC’s presentation of these two classics, all on one show.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-07-30

The committee that heads the Gallery Shop at DAC voted at its meeting Thursday, July 9 to feature an artist each month in the shop beginning in September. Guidelines and applications areavailable here. Exhibit dates are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Title: DAC Board Meeting
Location: Garner/Vega Art Library
Description: Regular monthly meeting of the DAC Board of Directors
Start Time: 5:30 pm
Date: 2009-07-14

At its July 1 meeting, the DAC Board of Directors appointed Board member C. Scott Hagler as Interim Executive Director. Hagler, who holds a degree in studio art from New Mexico State University, works in clay, fiber, paint, and assemblage. His “day job” is minister of music and arts at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, where he conducts choirs, plays for services, and heads up the Sacred Arts Festival, Durango Bach Festival and Durango Chamber Music Festival, as well as coordinating an annual series of four recitals and the Gallery at St. Mark’s, which hosts monthly art shows. “I’m grateful that St. Mark’s is giving me the freedom to help out at DAC,” Hagler commented. He’ll be working closely with Board President Diane Panelli in creating new programs, improving communications, and helping with day-to-day operations. He can be reached at the center, 259-2606, or scott@durangoarts.org.

Title: G.O.A.L. Girls Opportunities Through Arts and Leadership
Location: Durango Arts Center
Description: G.O.A.L encourages artistic development and personal growth through the arts. It is a unique program for middle school girls. G.O.A.L will be held Monday through Thursday June 15-25 from 9am to 4pm. Enrollment is by application only: e-mail caitlin@durangoarts.org or request application form at the DAC Education Office.
Start Time: 9:00
Date: 2009-06-15
End Time: 16:00