FLC and the community team up to discuss the arts and the environment
There is often debate about the science, politics and economics of living lightly on the land. But what role can the arts play in creating a sustainable future for Southwest Colorado and the larger Four Corners region?

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DURANGO - There is often debate about the science, politics and economics of living lightly on the land. But what role can the arts play in creating a sustainable future for Southwest Colorado and the larger Four Corners region?

The Fort Lewis College Environmental Center and the Durango Arts Center are teaming up to discuss potential answers at an event entitled “Symbolic San Juan: Community Arts, Sense of Place and a Sustainable Future.”  On Monday, June 23rd at 6:30 p.m. artists will discuss themes within their work that speak to life in this part of country and the lessons that these symbols and stories hold for our future. The event in the Durango Arts Center gallery will feature:

·         Kate Niles - author of the award-winning novel The Basket Maker

·         Steven J. Meyers -  author of On Seeing Nature, Lime Creek Odyssey, Notes from the San Juans and San Juan River Chronicle

·         Keith Walzak – landscape architect, urban designer, member of the Arts Collaborative of Durango

The event will also include a presentation by Marcus Renner, director of the Fort Lewis College Environmental Center, on how place-based art has encouraged sustainability in communities around the country and around the world.  Participants will have the opportunity to apply ideas and insights from the evening to several community initiatives currently underway, including the developing buy local campaign, planned for summer and fall, in a playful discussion that will fuel the imagination.

This event is free of charge and is open to the public.

 For more information, contact Marcus Renner at (970) 247-7091 or email renner_m@fortlewis.edu.

 

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