DAC Affiliates
14th Annual Durango Arts Festival
Presented by the Durango Arts Center, this event will take place on Saturday and Sunday, August 11th & 12th, 2007. Durango's historic downtown Main Avenue provides the setting for this outdoor festival against the backdrop of the La Plata Mountians. Resturants, Galleries, and shops are gathering places for shoppers and thousands of visitors that fill the town each summer.
Applications to be juried in, will be available on our "Website" below,will be available at a later date, watch our on line forms when available.
Artist Vendor application deadline is May 4, 2007. The popular Main Avenue Arts Festival will once again celebrate creativity by bringing together diverse and inspiring forms of expression including the visual, performing, community and culinary arts. Miki Harder was our 13th Annual Design Winner, watch for our application to design our 14th Annual Design Contests. Winning design is printed on our t-shirts, posters and print advertising.
Arts and crafts from the finest 100 local, regional and national artists will fill three blocks of Main Avenue. Also new will
be participation by a number of Durango art
galleries which will have booths at the festival.
From the Main Stage, regional musicians
will perform their own palettes of music: jazz,
country, folk, rock, ethnic and dance, while
the Food Court presents distinctive samplings of
tasty treats, soda and micro-brewed beer from Mai Thai, Carver's, Steamworks and a variety of other food vendors. The young and the young at art can participate in artistic activities including balloon twisting and face painting at the Paint Bar.
Call to volunteers! This major festival is made possible not only by the sponsors and participants, but also by
many volunteers. Before the event, numerous people are needed to prepare for the festival; then more people are needed to return Main Avenue to its normal status after the function has ended. Naturally, we need volunteers for
the big weekend as well. Durango Arts Festival invites community members to participate in making this your festival in more ways than simply attending. Call Jeannie at the DAC, 259-2606. Everyone who works at least four
hours for the festival will receive a complimentary festival t-shirt, and all volunteers are invited to the Artist Welcome
and Volunteer Appreciation Dinner on Friday, August 10th, 2007
For more information on Colorado arts festivals click "Contact" below
Contact: Colorado Artist Tour
Website
Email: susanb@durangoarts.org
Animas Music Festival
Animas Music Festival
The Animas Music Festival will present four concerts during its fourteenth season. This festival has become a unique offering to the community of Durango through the Durango Arts Center. These concerts are as follows: Suite for Violin and American Gamelan, Lou Harrison, composer, Thursday, March 29, Community Concert Hall, 7 p.m. with choir, soloists, violinist Mikyklan Myers-McTeer and the Animas Chamber Players. Spirit and Song, Sunday, May 20, Durango Arts Center, 7 p.m. Cyprian Consiglio and
John Pennington introduce a new collection of progressive material with the Animas Chamber Players. Woodwork - A Memorial Day Celebration, Monday, May 28, Rotary Park, 1 p.m. The Animas Brass Quintet will play American classics at a free Memorial Day concert. The program includes poetic and historical readings as well.
Ginasteras Harp Concerto, Saturday, June 2, Recital Hall, Fort Lewis College, 7 p.m. This magical concert presentation of music for harp and chamber ensemble features Alberto Ginasteras Harp Concerto with Santa Fe harpist Rosalind Simpson.
Tickets for Suite for Violin and American Gamelan are $5 general admission and $1 for FLC students; tickets for Spirit and Song and Ginistera Harp Concerto are $12 adults and $5 students and are available at the Concert Hall Box Office, 247-7657, or at durangoconcerts.com.
Contact: John Pennigton
Phone: (970) 247-7148
Email: pennington_j@fortlewis.edu
Children's Museum of Durango
The Children's Museum of Durango provides an environment for creative learning experiences through exhibits, programs, and resources for children. The center emphasizes interactive, culturally enriching, playful activities. Children and adults can explore the museum together.
Contact: Amy De Prospo
Phone: (970) 259-9234
Website
Email: childsmuseumdgo@frontier.net
Contra Dance
Contact: Sylvia Zurko
Phone: (970) 247-7383
Email: zurko_s@fortlewis.edu
Durango Friends of the Arts
Durango Friends of the Arts is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to the support of the arts, both visual and performing, in the Durango area through its grant program.
Contact: Carol Bruno - President
Phone: 970/259-0313
Email: cjbruno354@hotmail.com
Durango Inkslingers
Meets the third Wednesday of each month at the Durango Arts Center Gallery, 5:30 p.m. Will not meet during summer months. Please refer to events page to check next meeting time.
Contact: Leslie Doran
Phone: (970) 259-6145
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