Call for Art: Cumberland Valley Photographers and Artists exhibitions

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Call for Art: Cumberland Valley Photographers and Artists exhibitions
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An annual tradition since 1933, the Cumberland Valley Photographers and Artists exhibitions showcase, celebrate and support artists of the Cumberland Valley region. Each year, hundreds of works are submitted for consideration for inclusion by exhibition jurors.

New this year, the exhibitions will be split into two separate openings. CVP will be on view from March 23 through June 2, 2024. CVA will be June 15 through Aug. 26.

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INTERVIEW: Free admission to Native American photography exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on Black Friday

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INTERVIEW: Free admission to Native American photography exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on Black Friday

Free admission to the Minneapolis Institute of Art on Black Friday

The Minneapolis Institute of Art is offering free admission to a Native American photography exhibit on Black Friday.

Molly Lax from the Minneapolis Institute of Art sat down with 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Anchor Alex Jokich to discuss more about what the museum has to offer.

“The exhibit is called ‘In Our Hands, Native American Photography from 1890 to now’, it’s an exhibition of 150 photos taken of, by, and for Native photographers throughout history,” Lax said. “It really celebrates the ways that they’ve used photography to tell their own stories and the creative contributions they’ve made to the field of photography as a whole.”

The exhibit is set to open in the Target Gallery at 8 a.m. Friday morning.

CLICK HERE to learn more about the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

This weekend in Calgary: What our photographers saw around town

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This weekend in Calgary: What our photographers saw around town

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Local photographer opens studio Downtown

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Local photographer opens studio Downtown

When it comes to the vision that Goldie Rich has for her clients, nothing is out of focus.

“When I first started getting into photography, I knew that I wanted to make this a full career,” Rich, owner of Goldie Lynn Imagery, said. “From the beginning, this was always the goal to have a storefront, to have a portrait studio.”



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Goldie Rich, owner of Goldie Lynn Imagery, has found a set location to capture lifelong photos downtown at 613 Edmond St. 


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Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Spotlights Native Artifacts and Crafts

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Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Spotlights Native Artifacts and Crafts

Items from the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum

Items from the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum gift shop.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN ESLINGER

Entering the new

Agua Caliente Cultural Museum feels like a welcoming embrace. You follow the curve of the building away from street noise and toward the sound of waterfalls bubbling under indigenous Washingtonia filifera palms along the Oasis Trail. Inside the lobby, shades of sand and sky contrast with rich umber and copper suggesting desert varnish, the patina formed on boulders over thousands of years. Sunlight moves across a terrazzo floor bearing the design of the logo of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and you have entered the Tribe’s cultural home.

The building makes a powerful statement about the Tribe’s vitality, strength, relevance, and endurance. It sits on one of the Coachella Valley’s most important historic pieces of land, the site of Séc-he, the sacred Hot Mineral Spring that has sustained the Tribe since time immemorial.

The Museum’s permanent exhibition weaves past and present, beginning with a map of Cahuilla territory overlaid with the boundaries and unique checkerboard pattern of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation. A traditional basket and olla, or ceramic pot, serve as touchstones of Tribal artistry and tradition, followed by a multichannel video montage showing the beauty of the land today.

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Agua Caliente Museum.
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The path winds — there are few right angles in the museum — and enters the tall, circular Creation Migration Theater, where a 12-minute digital animation piece is meant to help visitors understand the Tribe’s history and core beliefs. It’s based on the writings of Tribal Elder Francisco Patencio and narrated by a Tribal member.

“The Tribe is the curator,” says Executive Director Steven Karr. “As museum professionals, we’re simply the facilitators. Every face you see and every voice you hear in the entirety of the exhibition is Agua Caliente. It’s the Tribe’s words and the Tribe’s voice — it is we, our, us.”

Leaving the theater, the sinuous path passes under a flock of stylized white birds symbolizing the Tribe’s period of migration before returning to their home.

A quote from Patencio, speaking to the spiritual significance and permanence of the Tribe’s ancestral home, now known as the Coachella Valley, provides context for a gallery devoted to the Indian Canyons and the people who dwelled there. The spaciousness of the canyons transitions to segments covering periods of change, adaptation, and self-determination — the years when other people arrived, and the U.S. government provided free land to the railroad. Photos and newspaper clippings document decades during which the Tribe was boxed in, legally, financially, and geographically. Relief comes when the path opens into a large gallery with visuals of momentous legal victories and groundbreaking leadership, the turning points that enabled the Tribe to achieve self-sufficiency.

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Agua Caliente Cultural Plaza.
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Shortly after the building’s construction began in 2018, the Tribe recovered thousands of archeological artifacts from the building site, including projectile points and stone tools, some of which are on display in an exhibit gallery titled Into the Future. Radiocarbon dating confirmed more than 8,000 years of Cahuilla habitation on the site.

The journey ends with another video montage. Faces and voices of Tribal members bring the visitor back to the present, introducing themselves as neighbors, coworkers, and residents of the Coachella Valley. Wall text bids you Áčaqun ehíčine, or “go in a good way,” a Cahuilla parting phrase.

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See and hear the stories of the Agua Caliente people in this exhibit.
PHOTO BY DAN ESLINGER

To further enrich the Museum experience, Carolina Zataray, Manager of Education and Public Engagement, has created a full slate of programs, beginning with activities for schoolchildren on field trips.

Students will receive hands-on opportunities with a gourd rattle, learning how Tribal members shape cottonwood for the handles and harvest palm seeds to produce sound. Metates and manos, along with mortars and pestles, connect ancient food preparation techniques to the popular mesquite bars enjoyed at community events.

Activities for the public will include discussions about the building’s architecture, demonstrations of traditional basket weaving and games, and workshops about local plants and animals.

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Adjacent to the lobby is the Changing Exhibition Gallery, approximately 2,200 square feet equipped to host a variety of presentations on Indigenous topics. Karr and museum staff are working with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian as well as other museums, tribes, and community curators to showcase traditional and contemporary Native art and culture.

The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum stands out as a clear, confident, unfiltered voice: This is who we are. Join us and learn about our past, present, and future.

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Museum store.
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Shop the Native Creators

Kelli Davis has a cool job. She’s Manager of Retail and Visitor Services for the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, and she’s collaborating with Native American artisans from coast to coast, sourcing items that reflect the modern, style-conscious nature of the Greater Palm Springs area. She wants, in part, to appeal to customers who know Indian culture as something existing only in the past and introduce them to the playful, sophisticated, unique works being created today.

Along with jewelry, books, and custom merchandise, look for basketballs and skate decks with Northwest Coast symbols; scarves and serapes woven by Navajo makers; sweetgrass-scented lotions and body scrubs in travel-sized bottles; even marine collagen wellness drinks. Fine art includes paintings on vintage documents, a practice known as ledger art that began with the Plains Indians in the 19th century. Davis is particularly excited about artists who belong to multiple tribes and how they communicate their complex identities.

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The museum shop features items made and designed by Native American artisans.
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A few local non-Native creators will be invited to participate, but Davis says the goal is to carry almost entirely Native-made, Native-designed, or Native-owned businesses — and perhaps encourage more people to create artwork through an Indigenous lens.

“The hope of the Museum is to be a spark to show other tribal communities how to do this,” Davis says. “It’s a blueprint.”

This story originally appeared in Me Yah Whae: The Magazine of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Fall/Winter 2023.

Briton’s award-winning drone image of San Francisco’s Lombard Street

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Briton’s award-winning drone image of San Francisco’s Lombard Street

By Ted Thornhill, Mailonline Travel Editor

Published: 13:58 EST, 19 November 2023 | Updated: 13:58 EST, 19 November 2023

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It’s one of the most famous streets in America – and this drone image of it by Briton Charlie Moss cements his status as a high-flying photographer.

The stunning image shows San Francisco’s mesmerisingly windy Lombard Street, captured by Charlie one morning at 4.30am, ‘when it felt like I had the place to myself’.

The 27-year-old from East Sussex continued in an email to MailOnline Travel: ‘I really like how the image shows you an unseen perspective of the road from above, bringing out the vibrant colours of San Francisco at sunrise.

‘It was beautifully peaceful and calm in comparison to the usual hustle and bustle of the city. The final image is made up of five different shots that have been stitched together to give this unusual perspective of the famous road.’

The image won Best Drone Photographer (People’s Choice) at the 2023 British Photography Awards, with Charlie describing the win as an ‘absolute honour’.

This stunning image of San Francisco's Lombard Street snared Briton Charlie Moss Best Drone Photographer (People's Choice) at the 2023 British Photography Awards

Does Charlie consider San Francisco as a whole to be particularly photogenic?

He said: ‘There are endless photography spots around San Francisco, all with completely different perspectives and views.

‘There are 11 districts in the city, all of which carry their own unique vibe and culture. From Golden Gate Bridge to Lombard Street, across to Little Italy and Chinatown.

‘I don’t think I could ever get bored of taking photographs of San Fran.’

Are there strict drone laws there?

He said: ‘The drone laws in San Francisco are pretty similar to a lot of other cities – you can fly both recreationally and commercially as long as you have the right licenses and permissions and stay within the laws/rules.’

A photograph by Charlie of the Golden Gate Bridge. Charlie said that he could never get bored of photographing the city

And does Charlie have any advice for budding drone photographers? Are there any common mistakes that amateurs make?

He said: ‘Honestly, my first piece of advice would be to just get out there and take some photos, anywhere you can – having practised flying beforehand, that is.

‘I think a lot of mistakes made, even by myself now, are caused by rushing into things.

‘It’s hard to shoot at sunrise or sunset because you only have a limited window of opportunity, but take the time to learn and understand the controls and settings of your drone or camera and just practice, practise and practise.

‘My photography is representative of how beautiful the world can be. Amid times of uncertainty and madness, getting lost in photography is an escape and I’d encourage anyone who’s lucky enough to grab a camera and capture those memories.’

To see more of Charlie’s work, visit his Instagram page – www.instagram.com/charliemossphoto. 

Holiday market returns to Savannah Plant Riverside District

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Holiday market returns to Savannah Plant Riverside District

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTGS) — The Savannah’s Christmas Market is back, returning to the Plant Riverside District.

The outdoor holiday market features live performances, holiday-themed food and drink options, and plenty of locally owned shops along the riverfront.

Many of the vendors said that they are excited to exchange their products face-to-face.

“It’s really exciting for us as locals,” said Ben Smith, one of the vendors at the holiday market.

Smith explained the meaning behind his booth, 7th and Palm, and it’s all about the art.

“Everyone deserves a little bit of art, you may not want to buy this huge original art piece to take home with you, but maybe it’s the greeting card or the Christmas ornament or a little painting to take home with you.”

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Another vendor at the holiday market, Sibel Alpaslan, had a booth that featured handmade ceramics that take plenty of time to make.

“It’s nice to be here because I can meet with people, and they can see my work. It makes me happy,” said Sibel.

The market had hundreds of people daily come visit the shops and vendors.

If you haven’t made it to the Savannah Christmas Market, don’t worry, it will be open for visitors until January 1st.

Native American Heritage Month: Lummi Nation glass artist shares journey as entrepreneur

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Native American Heritage Month: Lummi Nation glass artist shares journey as entrepreneur
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SEATTLE — During the month of November, American Heritage Month, Visit Seattle is encouraging people to explore and support indigenous-owned businesses and entrepreneurs.

For 25 years, Dan Friday has been creating his own glass art while also working with notable artists such as Dale Chihuly, Paul Marioni, and Preston Singletary. 

Friday is a member of the Lummi Nation.

Themes and images from his work are often drawn from his Coast Salish heritage. Friday said he is proud to represent his tribe and share his culture with everyone through glass art.

Throughout his career, Friday has shared his knowledge and work through teaching at the University of Washington, Evergreen State College, Pilchuck Glass School, and the Haystack Craft Center. 

Friday’s work can be seen at Stonington Gallery in Seattle, Blue Rain Gallery in Santa Fe, Ainsley Gallery in Toronto, Habatat in West Palm, Fla., and Schantz in Stockbridge, Mass.

To learn more about Friday and to see more of his work, click here.

Supporting entrepreneurs who represent several Native American tribes is part of Visit Seattle’s mission. To view the Visit Seattle Heritage Guide, click here.

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