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On an August day in 2014, a 20-foot-long structure of hand-broken stone was erected in Durango at the busy intersection of U.S. highways 160 and 550. Intended to be an innocuous piece of artwork...

Ignacio Republican state Rep. J. Paul Brown has been appointed to a panel that will judge an art project at Fort Lewis College. As a member of the Art in Public Places Panel, Brown will examine an...

The Durango Friends of the Arts is no longer facing an uncertain future. During a meeting last week, the Friends of the Arts board decided not to ask the general membership to dissolve the...

LOS ANGELES – Comedian, actor, writer, musician and now we can add art curator to that long list of titles placed alongside Steve Martin’s name. The man who brought bluegrass music to mainstream...

Thousands of miles from Hawaii, Durangoans are practicing sacred Hawaiian hula and keeping the spirit of aloha alive. During its practice sessions, the group learns traditional dances that tell...

Leaders at the Cortez Cultural Center said that feedback in the past few months has helped them find a path to keep the iconic Market Street building without drastically changing its mission, but...

Officials have resolved to repair a controversial piece of public artwork defaced last month, though the cost of doing so remains uncertain. The Arc of History, a fishtail-like sculpture of stone...

DENVER – Durango has been identified as a competitive area for a new effort that would provide the first-ever state-driven program offering affordable housing to artists. Space to Create aims at...