WHERE INSPIRATION FLOWS
WHERE INSPIRATION FLOWS
Overview
This program is designed to encourage creative projects that the public can enjoy based on a concept called creative placemaking. Creative placemaking capitalizes on the community’s assets, inspiration, and potential to create public spaces that promote health, happiness, and well-being. The purpose of the grant is to increase interest and engagement in areas across all of Durango.
Goals
Invest in small-scale community-driven projects focused on placemaking and community engagement.
Catalyze and enhance the connection between arts and culture and local businesses.
Support creative professionals and encourage cross-industry relationships.
Provide cultural experiences that are free and open to the public.
public art master plan
DURANGO CREATIVE DISTRICT COMMUNITY GALLERY
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DURANGO CREATIVE DISTRICT COMMUNITY GALLERY |
Current Exhibition
In celebration of Independence Day and local patriotism, the Durango Creative District is pleased to present 30 Years of Durango Toons: A Retrospective of Political Cartoonist Judith Reynolds. Biographer, arts journalist, educator, and political cartoonist Judith Reynolds has been documenting local issues through wit and cunning observation in The Durango Herald newspaper since 1995. Having amassed a collection of more than 850 cartoons, now primarily in the collection of the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, this exhibition highlights 35+ key subjects and fan favorites spanning the past three decades. In addition, never-before-seen drawings from Reynolds’ private Trump archive and Covid satire have been included. Both reproductions and original cartoons will be on display.
Upcoming events.
Additional Funding
Apply for an Artist Grant
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Lodgers’ Tax: Arts and Culture Fund
$5,000-$50,000
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Durango Creates! Grant
$5,000 & below