Open Shutter Gallery announces final opening, Thursday, Oct. 20 at 5 p.m.
EXHIBITIONS: Ilze Aviks exhibition of new work in the Red Room Gallery and Deborah Sussex, Each Day A Landscape; Hiking The Colorado Trail in the Vault Gallery.
EXHIBITION DATES: October 20 to November 30, 2016
VENUE: Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Ave., Durango, Colorado.
OPENING HOURS: 10 A.M. – 6 P.M. Mon – Sat
ARTISTS’ RECEPTION: Thursday, October 20,5 – 8 p.m.
Durango, CO: Open Shutter Gallery announces its final opening, Thursday, Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. Long time Durango resident, Ilze Aviks to exhibit new work in the Red Room Gallery.
Durango photographer and artist Deborah Sussex’s exhibition, Each Day A Landscape; Hiking The Colorado Trail, will be in the Vault Gallery. This collection of new work features the images she created while hiking the Colorado Trail.
Holly Roberts exhibition, Fox Dreaming continues in the main gallery until Nov. 30.
The event is free and open to the public. Aviks and Sussex will be available at the opening to discuss their work.
A detailed press release about the exhibits to follow in October.
About Ilze Aviks:
Website: www.ilzeaviks.com
Ilze Aviks is a multimedia textile artist who’s abilities includes painting, printmaking, textile and fabric arts, and more. She has maintained a studio in Durango, Colorado for over 30 years. During the last 20 years she has taught Studio and Art Theory courses at Fort Lewis College and has been a Visiting Artist at many universities including Eastern Illinois University, North Carolina State University, Kansas University, and the Kansas City Art Institute. She has conducted workshops in the U. S., Canada, and Australia.
About Deborah Sussex:
Website: deborahsussex.com
Deborah Sussex is an award winning artist and photographer. Her interest in photography began over thirty years ago when she purchased her first camera with a high school art scholarship. At the time, she felt torn between art school and a life of traveling and working adventures. With no regrets, she chose the latter and brought her camera with her. As a fourth generation North Dakotan, she has deep family roots and connections to the prairies and plains, which, along with all wide open spaces, are a source of inspiration. As a young teen, her family moved to Minnesota where she fostered a love for the northwoods lake country and, through friends, was introduced to camping and backcountry adventures. For over 20 years she lived on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, where she owned and operated a photography studio and gallery. In late 2012, Sussex and her husband fulfilled a life long dream to live in the mountains and relocated to Durango.
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