{"id":39599,"date":"2022-07-08T00:14:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T06:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/roving-student-art-exhibit-coming-to-cortez\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:50:42","slug":"roving-student-art-exhibit-coming-to-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/roving-student-art-exhibit-coming-to-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"Roving student art exhibit coming to Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A student art exhibit on display at the Cortez Public Library in 2014. A new mobile student art display will soon be roving around town, thanks to a partnership between the LOR Foundation and the Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1. (Journal file photo)<\/span>du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

A new mobile student art display will soon be roving around town, thanks to a partnership between the LOR Foundation and the Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1.<\/p>\n

The LOR Foundation has awarded Re-1 a grant of just over $4,000 for the School to Community Connections through Public Art project, which will feature a stationary display at the Cortez Municipal Airport and a mobile display that will migrate among local businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the schools will have a community night or an art night at the end of the year, but this will create opportunities to share their work throughout the year,\u201d said Nicci Crowley, Cortez community officer for the LOR Foundation.<\/p>\n

Crowley said the project\u2019s inception came about after a conversation with Cynthia Haupt, a new teacher success coach with the school district. Haupt was looking for ways to connect the community with what students have been doing in their classrooms, a desire that resonated with Crowley\u2019s own experiences as a parent.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter\u2019s history class did some great work designing their own quarters for a history project,\u201d Crowley said. \u201cAnd I just thought, \u2018Man, if they could share their thoughts and talents and their ideas across the community.\u2019 We\u2019ve done some really neat things and stuff, and to just share it across their classmates is great, but I think there\u2019s a great opportunity to share across all of Cortez.\u201d<\/p>\n

The student artwork at the Cortez airport will be posted on a fixed 5-by-10-foot display and will show commuters in and out of the area \u201chow talented kids in Cortez are,\u201d Crowley said. The roving exhibition will be a mobile, six-panel display that can be stationed at different spots around town, and will hopefully also help support local businesses, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hope is that a classroom will tell their parents, \u2018Oh, we\u2019re at this bank this month,\u2019 and that will create some energy and some excitement within our businesses as well, and maybe help drive a little bit of economic stimulus,\u201d Crowley said.<\/p>\n

The project may also lead to better transparency for Re-1, in terms of showcasing the type of classroom learning that is happening in district schools, she added. They hope to begin work on the project this fall.<\/p>\n

The LOR Foundation aims to support the quality of life in specific rural communities across the Mountain West, largely through small, \u201cimmediate impact\u201d projects, according to the organization\u2019s website. Cortez is one of a handful of sites where LOR operates, along with: Taos, New Mexico; Lander, Wyoming; Monte Vista, Colorado; and Libby, Montana.<\/p>\n

Recently, the LOR Foundation also donated $29,970 to Re-1 for 10 new bus radios, in order to improve connectivity between buses, the bus barn, and emergency services.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really appreciate them doing that,\u201d said Re-1 school board vice-president Sherri Wright at a meeting June 29. \u201cWe need those radios.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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