Durango Arts Center

The Durango Arts Center provides Durango and surrounding communities opportunities to create, to promote, and to participate in diverse arts experiences.

**Awarded Nonprofit of the Year 2012 by the Durango Chamber of Commerce**

M I S S I O N
The Durango Arts Center provides Durango and surrounding communities opportunities to create, to promote, and to participate in diverse arts experiences. DAC brings people together to explore and engage in arts and culture by fostering creative expression through in-house exhibitions, performances, and educational programs for all ages and abilities.

V I S I O N
The Durango Arts Center strives to support a creative dialogue among community members, ensuring that culture informs local decision-making and enriches our lives.

A B O U T
Located in downtown Durango, CO, DAC brings people together to explore and engage in arts and culture by fostering creative expression through in-house exhibitions, performances, and educational programs for all ages and abilities. The DAC strives to support a creative dialogue among community members, ensuring that culture informs local decision-making and enriches our lives.

The building housing DAC, at the corner of E. 2nd Ave. and 8th St., was once home to a car dealership. In 1997, the community collaborated to fund and renovate the 17,000-square-foot building, now home to a gallery, theater, arts library, studio space and more.

Come play and explore!

Peggy Zemach, Executive Director
Rochelle Mann, President of the Board of Directors

Some of DAC's key offerings include:
- Visual and performing art classes
- Regular exhibitions in the Barbara Conrad Gallery
- An art library that hosts 6 exhibits of local & national artists each year
- Plein Gallery Shop, featuring arts & crafts from around the world
- A 200-seat theater able to host year-round performances, lectures and workshops. Complete with a cash bar!