Elemental: An Open Show
Feb
21
to Mar 1

Elemental: An Open Show

Opening Reception, Friday, February 21, 2025 • 5-9pm

ART DROP OFF: Wednesday, February 19 • 11a-2p (First 75 entrees will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

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In Elemental artists are invited to consider the basic, the fundamental, and the essential; the materials and ideas that shape our realities. Whether drawing inspiration from the classical elements–earth, water, air, and fire–or diving into the principles of nature, science and the human experience, this theme addresses the building blocks of life and creativity. Through diverse mediums and interpretations, participants are encouraged to reflect on what is raw, primary, vital and fundamental to the materials, process, and content of their work.

Studio & Gallery in Durango, Colorado is pleased to announce a call to artists to participate in an open exhibition with the theme ELEMENTAL. We invite artists to make work exploring the breadthof interpretations around the theme of ELEMENTAL. The work will be displayed at the gallery February 21 through March 1, 2025.

This exhibit is open to artists working in any traditional or contemporary media. Artists of all stages of their career are encouraged to enter.

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The Bizarre Bazaar
Dec
13
to Dec 15

The Bizarre Bazaar

Every December Studio & Gallery hosts the Bizarre Bazaar, which is a cross between a holiday bazaar and a Turkish bazaar. We fill our space with 16 local artists who are selling their creations. The Bizarre Bazaar is a great place to buy unique gifts directly from the people who made them.

The 2024 Bizarre Bazaar will take place
Friday, December 13, • 5-9pm
Saturday, December 14 • 10am-6pm
Sunday, December 15 • 11a-4pm

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There Was Always The Forest: A Solo Exhibit by Crystal Hartman
Nov
15
to Nov 23

There Was Always The Forest: A Solo Exhibit by Crystal Hartman

There Was Always The Forest: A Solo Exhibit by Crystal Hartman

Opening Reception: Friday, November 15 • 5-9pm

Crystal Hartman (b. April 9, 1983, Durango Colorado, USA) grew up behind a jeweler’s bench at the mouth of a canyon in southwest Colorado. She began carving wax, cutting stones, and forming metal as a young child. After apprenticing with artist Stanton Englehart, she earned her BFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Recipient of a UROP grant for academic research on Femininity in Latin America, she cultivated a reverence for community and conversation. Hartman filmed professional and amateur skateboarding in Spain (2005-7), studied site specific craft in Thailand (2008), and founded/directed Durango Open Studio (2009-11, Durango, CO.) In 2011, the artist received the Merwin Altfeld Memorial Award for Storytelling in the Arts from the National Watercolor Association. Her artwork has exhibited at the Center for Contemporary Arts Barcelona, Spain, the National Palace of Culture, Sofia Bulgaria, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder CO, the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada CO, and the Denver International Airport, Denver CO USA among others. Her work can be found globally in arts and literary publications, as album art through independent labels, and book covers from Oxford University Press, London, and A5 Publishing, Madrid. Her sculptural jewelry designs, carved of sustainably-harvested beeswax and ethically cast in fine metals, have been featured in Art Jewelry Magazine, and exhibited at locations such as the Lilstreet Art Gallery, Chicago IL, Kathleen Sommers, San Antonio TX, and through the Society of North American Goldsmiths. Hartman currently lives and works in Urbana Illinois.

Member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths

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On The Daily: Coffee & Tea > A Juried Show - Juror Lorna Meaden
Sep
20
to Sep 28

On The Daily: Coffee & Tea > A Juried Show - Juror Lorna Meaden

On The Daily: Coffee & Tea >> A Juried Show
Opening Reception: Friday, September 20 • 5-9pm

DEADLINE TO APPLY: August 23, 2024

Studio & Gallery is pleased to announce an opportunity for regional and national artists. We are
 seeking submissions for a Juried Exhibition with the theme “ON THE DAILY: Coffee & Tea”, asking artists to explore the interpretations on this theme and submit up to four pieces for consideration.

 This exhibit is open to all artists working in any traditional or contemporary media.


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Juror: Lorna Meaden
Lorna Meaden has lived in Durango off and on for almost 30 years. Having originally moved to town to go to Fort Lewis College, she has had many adventures in the local art scene along with intermittent moves to other places for education, artist residencies, and as much international travel as possible.

She has had multiple local studio spaces including her current home studio on the north end of town. She opened and ran the Durango Clay Center in the late 90’s-early 2000’s. She received her MFA in ceramics from Ohio University in 2005. She has completed several artist residencies in the west. She has been visiting faculty at San Juan College in Farmington, Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, and Fort Lewis College in Durango. Some of what she has considers her most fulfilling work has been teaching and learning abroad including time spent in Jamaica, Nicaragua, Nepal, Italy, and most recently Bali, Indonesia.

Lorna is currently a full-time studio potter in Durango.

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Unknown: A Juried Show - Juror: Ilze Aviks
Apr
12
to Apr 20

Unknown: A Juried Show - Juror: Ilze Aviks

Unknown: A Juried Show
Opening Reception: Friday, April 12 • 5-9pm

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Juror: Ilze Aviks
Ilze Aviks has maintained a studio in Durango, CO for over 40 years. She has taught Art Theory and studio at Fort Lewis College and now travels to teach workshops and deliver lectures at many venues including Arrowmont, Penland, Kansas City Art Institute and the University of Minnesota. Ilze has degrees in Painting and Art History from the University of Kansas and Fibers (MFA) from Colorado State University. She has contributed essays and reviews to Fiberarts and Surface Design Journal, Art Textiles of the World: USA (Telos), Susan Lordi Marker (Telos Portfolio Collection), and other publications.

Ilze’s art is in numerous public and private collections including U.S. Embassy Riga, Kaiser Permanente and AT&T and has been widely published. Past exhibitions include Fiberart International, Chautauqua International, Materials Hard & Soft, Enhancing the Surface, and Innovators and Legends.

Ilze has juried and curated numerous exhibitions and has participated in grant award jurying. You can download a CV and see more work at ilzeaviks.com

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COLOR - An Open Group Show
Aug
19
to Aug 27

COLOR - An Open Group Show

Color permeates, drives, alters, sings, dances, encapsulates, splashes, enhances, transcends.Color is strong. Color is soft. Color is... Show us how color resonates with you.

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Studio & Gallery in Durango, Colorado is pleased to announce a call to artists to participate in an open exhibition with the theme COLOR. We invite artists to make work exploring the endless gamut of interpretations around the theme of COLOR. The work will be displayed at the gallery in August.

This exhibit is open to artists working in any traditional or contemporary media. Artists of all stages of their career are encouraged to enter.

Join us for an opening reception on Friday, August 19 - 5-9pm

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