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Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. - William ShakespeareIn January 2010, I was asked to serve as the interim executive director of the Durango Arts...
DATE: March 19, 2012 | COLUMN: View from the Center
As we near the end of February, visit the Durango Arts Center and see new works by the late Stanton Englehart.Stantons family uncovered these never-before-seen works after his passing. This...
DATE: Feb. 20, 2012 | COLUMN: View from the Center
In less than a month, the deadline for the Durango Arts Centers national 10-Minute Play Contest will be upon us.Thats still plenty of time to write or rewrite a play of 10 or fewer pages, and I...
DATE: Jan. 16, 2012 | COLUMN: View from the Center
Im completing my second year as president of the Durango Arts Center Board of Directors, and its been a wonderful experience. The board, staff and community have rallied around the Arts Center...
DATE: Jan. 5, 2012 | COLUMN: View from the Center
Dont cry because its over, smile because it happened. Dr. SeussThe Seuss on the Loose! exhibit spent nearly six weeks in the Barbara Conrad Gallery at the Durango Arts Center, and the...
DATE: Nov. 14, 2011 | COLUMN: View from the Center
Last Friday, I wandered into Home Depot looking for half-inch staples and was greeted by shelves stuffed with pumpkins, leaves, turkeys – fall stuff. This scene, fortified by a drive through the...
DATE: Oct. 17, 2011 | COLUMN: View from the Center
In July 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution designating the second week of September as Arts in Education Week.Arts education includes dance, music, theater, media arts,...
DATE: Sept. 19, 2011 | COLUMN: View from the Center
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. John LennonIn 2010 the Durango Arts Centers board of directors determined the best way for DAC to survive was to...
DATE: Aug. 15, 2011 | COLUMN: View from the Center
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth. John F. Kennedy.Recently at the Durango Arts Center, a visitor and I engaged in a discussion about our current...
DATE: June 20, 2011 | COLUMN: View from the Center