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Four Corners Arts Forum

Who knew that the small mountain town of Durango had such an active art scene! Four Corners Arts Forum features art that is visual, performance, literary, musical, corporal, culinary, and art that you may not have thought of as art. Host Margy Dudley finds remarkable stories of creative and dedicated artists who have long lived at the corners of our minds, and brings them to the center of our conversations.

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30:30

The Merely Players Theatre Company is excited to...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/12/02

The Merely Players Theatre Company has been bringing professional theatre to the Durango community since 1994 when it was founded by Mona Wood-Patterson and her husband Charles Ford. In this episode I have the pleasure of speaking with Dallas Padoven who is directing the upcoming performance of “Hands on a Hard Body” and the very talented actor Zachary Chiero who plays the role of Benny Perkins. Benny is one of ten characters who are hoping to win a Nissan truck by keeping at least one hand on the

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30:01

Join me for a conversation with local artist Ilze...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/11/29

Longtime Durango artist Ilze Aviks whose mixed media and fiber arts has been recognized internationally speaks about the history of textiles and the role they play as an expression of culture and storytelling. She received her MFA in textiles at Colorado State University and over the last 30 years has taught Studio Art and Theory at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. She has been a visiting artist at many universities throughout the country and has also conducted artist workshops in the US,

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29:30

Mary Jane Ramos and Alix DuBois speak about their...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/11/21

Mary Jane Ramos and Alix DuBois both students at Durango High School speak about their final project, an Integrated Marketing Campaign for the business class they are enrolled in. This is an opportunity to work with the community and gain real life experience as they promote and advertise the upcoming holiday events at the Art Room Collective at the Smiley Building in downtown Durango. Cindy Miller Atchison, an artist and graphic designer in the Art Room Collective will also be following their

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28:11

Local artist Joe Schafer shares his unique process in...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/11/08

Joe Schafer, a local self taught artist who has developed his own unique style of creating stunning landscape paintings on metal canvases shares his technique with us in this interview. After a successful career as a house painter he discovered his talent for fine art faux finishes which lead him to experiment using mixed media in the fine art realm. It is through this experimentation that he learned to express his love of the beauty of the surrounding wilderness in our area. His scenes of mountain

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29:31

Leading cell biologist and author Ursula Goodenough...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/11/07

Join me for a conversation with author and scientist Ursula Goodenough. She is a professor emerita of biology at Washington University in St. Louis and is one of America’s leading cell biologists. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her book is titled “The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved. This is the second edition of the book which was originally published in 1997. Understanding mankind and our place on earth is the main topic covered in the

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29:01

Chef Arnold Safari Ngumbao introduces us to the...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/11/06

Join me for a conversation with local Chef Arnold Safari to learn more about the journey that has brought him from his home village in Kenya, to Europe and then Durango. He began his culinary training at the age of 9 in the kitchen with his father who was a chef at one of Kenya’s most prestigious resorts. From there he entered the Kenya Utalii College’s culinary program after high school and later continued his international training at the Sweden Culinary School. Along the way he has participated

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30:31

Durango is poised to select its first poet laureate...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/10/26

Join me for a conversation with Gail Lovell and Daisy Grice, co-chairs of the Durango Poet Laureate committee. The committee will be selecting the first Poet Laureates for Durango, an exciting addition to the literary scene in the community. There will be both an adult and youth poet laureate selected to represent Durango and La Plata County, both will serve a three year term and receive a stipend. Gail Lovell is on the board of Friends of the Library and Daisy Grice is the Adult and Circulation

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29:35

Stella Zhu of the Fort Lewis College Grub Hub and...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/10/24

When people don’t have their basic needs met in our community, Stella Zhu of the Grub Hub at Fort Lewis College and Seanan Culloty of the Manna Soup kitchen use their energy and compassion to make sure no one gets left behind. By working together and combining their resources they can accomplish so much more in providing prepared foods, grocery items, housing, job skills, and a safe shame-free environment to spend time and hang out. Manna makes soup five days a week, some of which is also brought to

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29:33

Marissa Hunt and Emily Ciszek founders of Rodeo...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/10/17

The art scene in Durango is getting a big boost from the creative energy and vision of Marissa Hunt and Emily Ciszek. Together they founded Rodeo Odyssey as an entity to support local artists and celebrate these talents through a project called SPACE. This will be a month long pop-up Art Market in the vacant Basin Printing building in downtown during the month of November 2023. The participating artists applied for a 10’ X 10’ lot which can used as a gallery and retail space. In addition there will

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29:45

The Merely Players Theatre Company is excited to...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/10/02

The Merely Players Theatre Company has been bringing professional theatre to the Durango community since 1994 when it was founded by Mona Wood-Patterson and her husband Charles Ford. In this episode I have the pleasure of speaking with Mona who is directing the upcoming performances of William Shakespear’s The Tempest and two of the talented actors Paul Laakso and Matt Bodo. Paul Laakso plays the role of Prospero the banished Duke of Milan and Matt Bodo plays the part of the savage servant Caliban

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28:58

Join me for a conversation with the three very...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/09/20

In this episode I speak with Jeff Hamner, Alex Vick and Briana Boyer also known as BB. These three put their talents and enthusiasm to work as they create a brave space to encourage youth and community members to realize their true potential. Jeff is the program director who founded the organization together with Alex who is the creative director. BB works as program coordinator and fabric workshop instructor. The mission of the hive is to “create and pollinate” working together with other community

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30:42

Navajo author Stacie Denetsosie released her debut...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/09/20

I speak with author Stacie Denetsosie about the release of her debut book this month titled The Missing Morning Star. Stacie is a member of the Navajo Nation and her writing has previously been featured in many magazines and journals. This book consists of nine short stories highlighting the resilience of the many Navajo characters dealing with complex family bonds. Stacie writes with such depth and texture appealing to all of the readers’ senses. The character development is brilliant bringing the

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29:08

Hannah Wilson will be unveiling her new outdoor mural...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/09/18

Local artist and painter Hannah Wilson will be unveiling her new outdoor mural during Durango’s first annual Arts Week! This event will be held on Thursday Sept 21 from 1-3pm at 3124 Main Avenue when there will also be a ribbon cutting ceremony. Hannah’s use of colors is bold and exciting bringing a vibrancy to North Main. The mural is on the north facing wall of Mac’s Liquors celebrating the beer brewing culture of Durango as the brewing capital of Southwest Colorado. There will also be a small BBQ

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28:41

Merely Players associate Director Zachary Chiero and...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/08/30

Javon “Ja Moon” Jones premiered his solo performance A Slow Crawl Towards Heaven at the Merely Players Theatre space this month, the Merely Underground. The performance which was created by Jones is an immersive experience of storytelling through movement, text and sound. He worked closely with associate director Zachary Chiero of the Merely Players to bring the performance to life. The soothing space created by Ja Moon for the performance encourages a feeling of trust between the performer and the

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32:16

In this episode I speak with Greg Marshall, author of...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/08/25

Join me for a conversation with Greg Marshall the author of a memoir titled Leg: The story of a limb and the boy who grew from it. Greg is a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in prose and graduated from the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas where he currently lives with his husband. Growing up in his eccentric but also very loving family had it's many challenges. He deals with the struggle of having a Mom who has been fighting cancer for many years while bringing up five kids, and a

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29:44

Kathryn Waggoner and Bekah Kolbe both with the...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/08/14

Kathryn Waggoner is the Executive Director of the recently formed Durango Creative District working closely with Bekah Kolbe who is the Communication and Project Manager. They both bring years of experience as gallery owners and managers to the organization, but mostly focus on supporting and mentoring emerging artists in this community. With information on fundraising, marketing, website design and opportunities to exhibit their art, they encourage the development of these artists’ careers. The art

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29:25

Tim Kaputska, graphic designer and co-founder of...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/08/07

Durango artist and graphic designer Tim Kaputska knew since high school that he wanted to be a graphic designer but didn’t know what that path looked like. He studied advertising in college and eventually landed a job at a publishing house in Chicago which gave him the opportunity to learn graphic design by fire, and soon after two years he became the Art Director. During that time he started Cabbage Creative, his own design firm which is wonderfully successful. Having visited his brother in Durango

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29:28

Alejandro Valdepeñas and Hannah Ji, share insights on...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/07/31

Alejandro Valdepeñas and Hannah Ji joined Music in the Mountains for its 37th season this month. Both play with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra during the regular season and in the summer months join music festivals around the country. This is Hannah’s third year with Music in the Mountains and Alé’s first. They bring a level of skill and talent to our small town that is so valued by the community, their bios are impressive. During the three weeks here with Music in the Mountains they played a

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28:52

Turner Wyatt discusses his documentary film MOVING...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/07/27

Turner Wyatt talks about his journey in creating a documentary film that he and his brother Cameron Wyatt are producing together. The movie, MOVING LINE, documents a winter adventure taken by three men on skis 45 years ago over 6 weeks. Their purpose was to find the most direct route from Durango to Ft. Collins over the Colorado rocky mountains. Two of these men, now 85 years old, approached Turner and Cameron asking them to make a film highlighting their journey which laid much of the route for the

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29:33

Jeff Wise, longtime Durango resident and professional...

Four Corners Arts Forum ·

2023/07/17

Jeff Glode Wise is a long time Durango resident and professional artist. In his words “Art has inhabited me continuously, and the making of objects has defined my life” He’s always had a passion to create since he was young, enjoying the process as much as the finished art piece. His unique large scale sculptures can be viewed in many locations around town, they are playful and engaging taking the viewer on a visual journeys as they move with the forces of gravity and balance. Jeff finds his

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