For The Mancos Times

The Mancos Public Library will host Barbara Grist's slideshow presentation "Impressions of India" on Friday, May 22 at 7 p.m.

Join Barbara to see through her lens, the patterns, contrasts, expressions, diversity of culture and many religions of India from her 2012 trip. Hear the stories about these photographs and share in some tea and conversation. A selection of Grist's photographs of India are on display at the library through May 28. For more information, visit www.mancoslibrary.org or call the library at 970-533-7600.

Grist is a retired art educator who has lived in Cortez for over 34 years. She has been in business for herself offering commercial, personal and fine art photography in her studio Barbara Grist Photography for over 17 years.

She has exhibited at the Open Shutter Contemporary Photography Gallery in Durango, Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Elinoff Fine Art Gallery in Telluride, Durango Art Center, Cortez Cultural Center, Desert Pearl Gallery, and Main Street Gallery and has won numerous awards including ia National Merit Award in Black & White & Color magazine in October 2011 Two of her Mexican folkloric dance images were on the cover of Arts Perspective magazine in 2008 and 2011.

Her work can be found in the permanent collection in Southwest Memorial Hospital. Various images grace the walls of Durango Space in Durango, The Farm Bistro, Exponential Engineering, Heart Path House in Cortez.

Grist has been an artist in residence at the Aspen Guard Station twice and also at Willowtail Springs. She teaches photography workshops through the Road Scholar program and art classes at her Balsam Street studio. She also creates fused glass and silver jewelry and masks.

You can view more of her work on her website: www.barbaragristphotography.com.