Indigenous artists and makers gather for Haskell Holiday Bazaar

Dec 2, 2023 By Admin in Native

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About 20 vendors gathered to sell art, jewelry, baked goods, holiday decorations and even muktuk Saturday at Haskell’s fifth annual Holiday Bazaar.

One vendor, Sharon Tah Romero, enrolled Apache, Ponca, Tonkawa, and Kiowa, has been an artist for decades.

She studied at Haskell Indian Nations University in the 1970s and now shares her experiential knowledge with other artists. She leads the Native and Indigenous Tribal Artists group, which was formed in April. The intertribal group is a place for Indigenous artists to learn and reconnect with traditional art, including making medicine pouches, beadwork, quilts and ribbon skirts.

The group meets at the Indian Avenue Baptist Church. The funds they earned from the bazaar will go toward supplies for the group.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times Joel Hernandez holds his niece, Cedar.

Joel Hernandez, Navajo and Sicangu Lakota, learned to bead as a student at Haskell and helped start a beading club.

For Hernandez, beadwork is a way to share cultural knowledge and ways to be, it helps him reconnect with and continue his culture and express himself, and it’s therapeutic. His great-great-grandma, who lived to be 106, was a beader.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times Tweesna Mills holds her “Indigenous Creatures.”

Tweesna Mills, Shoshone-Yakama-Umatilla Nations of Wyoming, Washington and Oregon, brought some Indian humor to the show in the form of her “Indigenous creatures.”

Mills made the Grogru/Baby Yoda “Indigenous Creatures” in response to the 2022 incident in which an ABC reporter misspoke and referred to Indigenous people as “Indigenous creatures.” Native social media immediately memed the mishap, many expressing that “we’ve been upgraded” from “something else” to “Indigenous creatures.”

She said she wanted to make these to “reclaim the negative and make it into a positive.” Mills added that “through our art, we express our artivism — activism through artwork.”

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times Kris Wilson

Kris Wilson, Akimel O’odham, learned to bead in the Haskell beading club while a student.

Learning to bead provided a path for healing and growth for her, despite initially learning artistic elements from tribes other than her own. She has grown as an artist and now has a distinct style.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times Falonda Henry

Falonda Henry, Navajo, started beading a year ago. Her mother has since passed on, and she said she finds beading therapeutic. She finds inspiration in Diné basket weaving patterns and in fire colors.

Joey Tosee, Comanche and Kiowa, graduated from Haskell in 2018. After working as a firefighter and EMT, he said he finds creating art to be a therapeutic outlet for stress.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times Shannon White Hat, Rosebud Sioux, left, learned to bead at Haskell.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times Shelby Herrod, enrolled Muscogee Creek and Cherokee, vends at the Haskell Holiday Bizarre and the First Nations Student Association powwow. This is her third year vending.

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Molly Adams / Lawrence Times “Indigenous Creatures” by Tweesna Mills

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Associate Photographer- eCommerce at Hallmark

Dec 2, 2023 By Admin in Photography

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WHO WE ARE

You will be part of a small and high-performing e-commerce photo studio delivering product photography that puts Hallmark’s products in front of the consumer demonstrating our superior product. As one of the world’s largest creative employers and in-house creative teams, we need highly motivated creative problems-solvers to help us achieve our mission to enrich lives and relationships every day. As technology evolves and consumer expectations become more demanding you will help us meet the challenge of staying relevant and best in class.

WHAT YOUR ROLE ENTAILS AND HOW YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE

As an Associate Photographer-eCommerce, you will focus on creating marketable ecommerce images displaying individual products as well as tabletop and basic environments for PDPs (product display pages) and other marketing materials through your contributions in craft, conceptual skills, creativity, initiative, collaboration and flexibility.

You have an eye for detail and demonstrate ability to conceptualize and solve for image direction to ensure product formats are clearly represented and understood by online shoppers. You will follow established style guides to create original photographic images for specific projects or products.

We are a fast-past, high volume production studio. You will partner with traffic, account leaders and art directors. You will collaborate with other photographers and production designers. We are a highly collaborative team: good flexibility and receptivity to feedback is essential to aid in learning the broad variables across the Hallmark eCommerce landscape.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

The following is required to be considered for this role:

At least 2 years’ experience in a creative field emphasizing photography in one or more of the following areas: Digital Print/ eCommerce/Commercial Environment, Fine Art / Multimedia.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Your resume and application will stand out if you have:

BFA or BA with emphasis/major in one of the following areas: photography, multimedia, graphic design, or a related visual communications field.

Work experience in a team environment. Prefer 1 years’ experience in Hallmark photography, design and/or visual studios.

Technology Experience preferred: Adobe Creative Suites (e.g., Photoshop); Capture One: Aperture; Final Cut; After Effects; Adobe Premier; general computer programs supporting business communication (e.g., Word). Excellent visual, technical, and photographic skills with an eye for consistency and light.

Behaviors/Traits/Aptitude preferred: Visual creative and conceptual skills; 2D&3D, strong collaboration, communication skills (written and oral), aesthetic discernment, leadership skills, visioning skills, organization, results orientation, flexibility, strategic agility, and dealing with ambiguity.

Ability to work in a fast-paced commercial studio environment and adapt quickly to changes/deadlines. Ability to work independently and efficiently.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

This position is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-studio/on-site depending on team needs and workflow/product expectations. Flexibility is needed in honoring business needs and drivers.

To be considered, you must show how you meet the basic qualifications in a resume or document you upload, or by completing the work experience and education application fields. Accepted file types are DOCX and PDF.

An uploaded portfolio is also required for this position.

Your portfolio should be compiled into one PDF document that is no larger than 5 MB, and uploaded with your resume. If your portfolio file size is above the 5MB limit, you can submit a one-page overview (ex) of your work.

In addition, you can submit a URL to a portfolio website or social media site displaying your portfolio,

but only as a supplement to your uploaded portfolio or one-page overview.

Now’s your chance to embrace a future with Hallmark-just follow the instructions below to apply.

You must show how you meet the basic qualifications in a resume or document you upload, or by completing the work experience and education application fields.Accepted file types are DOCX and PDF.

In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Hallmark Cards, Inc. and its subsidiary companies will hire only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. Hallmark does not generally provide sponsorship for employment.

Employment by Hallmark is contingent upon the signing of the Employment Agreement, signing of an agreement to arbitrate in connection with the Hallmark Dispute Resolution Program, completing Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification and satisfactory reference and background checks.

Hallmark is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally-protected status. Principals only please.

HALLMARK – Because Connecting With Each Other Has Never Been More Important

For more than a century, Hallmark has been bringing people together and improving the relationships that matter most. That’s why millions of people all over the world connect with the Hallmark brand. It has always been a mission so much bigger than any one of us who work here.

Today, we need empathetic learners, strategic thinkers, and enthusiastic visionaries with diverse experiences and skills to help us create the rest of Hallmark’s second century as we shift to a more digitally savvy, unified approach that combines the best of brick-and-mortar retail with the efficiency of dot-com spaces. Help us imagine what our next hundred years could look like!

When you join Hallmark, we will go out of our way to make you feel like part of the team, even in a remote/hybrid work environment. In the day-to-day, we’ll make the best use of the skills and talents you already have. We’ll also give you leadership opportunities and show you multiple potential pathways to future success.

Our culture of care for our consumers and for one another shows in the way we embrace different backgrounds, identities, and working styles, deliberately seeking out ways to be more inclusive both internally among our work groups and externally through the things we make and sell to our retail partners and consumers. We believe that a broadly inclusive, equitable approach is also our best path to future success. We’re seeking out those who can bring a fresh perspective to our business and would love your input as someone new to our team! We can only change and grow when we intentionally include new perspectives-like yours.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

You Can Learn Photography Without a Camera

Dec 2, 2023 By Admin in Photography

While a camera may be indispensable for producing photographs, there are manifold ways to learn the art of photography without one. Besides technical proficiency, great photographers like Dorothea Lange relied on less tangible traits like emotional intelligence and inspiration, and we can learn from them.

Coming to you from Tatiana Hopper, this awesome video discusses ways of learning photography without a camera. Hopper shares an exercise from mentor Alexey Brodovitch, who had his students frame compositions using cardboard with a rectangular cut-out rather than a lens. This trains the innate skill all photographers must hone – the ability to construct compelling images from disparate visual elements. Hopper suggests additional techniques like critiquing your own work, purposefully observing scenes without a camera, or finding inspirational activities that spark ideas.

By emphasizing the critical roles of emotional intelligence, inspiration and intentional development apart from technical proficiency, Hopper challenges us to rethink what skills differentiate snapshot-takers from artists. While mastery of camera controls provides the means, cultivating an intuitive eye through diverse inspirational sources represents the true heart of exceptional photography. It serves as an important reminder that our most essential tools as photographers remain not with our equipment, but within our own minds and spirits. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Hopper.

Air Guitar Roo has won the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Dec 2, 2023 By Admin in Photography

By India BourkeFeatures correspondent

Jason Moore/Comedy Wildlife 2023

A grey kangaroo strikes an air guitar pose (Credit: Jason Moore/Comedy Wildlife 2023)

An air-guitar-playing kangaroo, a balletic otter and a topsy-turvy heron are all winners at this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

In 1969, the musician Joe Cocker made air-guitar history on the Woodstock stage, strumming With a Little Help From my Friends into nothingness. Now, there’s a new contender for the air-guitar crown: a small, grey kangaroo from Perth, Australia, has been caught empty-handed, mid-strum, by the camerawork of Jason Moore.

The photo, entitled Air Guitar Roo, was announced the overall winner of 2023’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards this week. It also scooped the prize for the Creatures of the Land category.

“Not many people know that kangaroos are normally fairly docile and even a bit boring most of the time, if I’m honest,” says Moore. “However, when I saw this Roo striking the air guitar pose, it immediately brought a smile to my face, and I knew that I had captured something really special.”

The image had competition from 5,300 submissions from 85 countries. Other category winners included Otter Kewk’s image of “an otter ballerina”, in which a smooth coated otter performs an impressive first-arabesque in Singapore. And Vittorio Ricci’s heron taking an unexpected plunge, into a waterbody in Zimanga Private Game Reserve in South Africa.

Jacek Stankiewicz/Comedy Wildlife 2023

Jacek Stankiewicz managed to capture this photograph of two greenfinches that appear to be having a heated argument (Credit: Jacek Stankiewicz/Comedy Wildlife 2023)

Another double category triumph went to young photographer Jacek Stankieicz, who won both the Junior Award and the People’s Choice for his image of two greenfinches called Dispute.

Founded in 2015 by the photographers and conservationists Paul Joyson-Hicks and Tom Sullam, the photographs are a reminder of the varied, vibrant and ever-surprising creatures with which humanity shares this planet.

Otter Kewk/Comedy Wildlife 2023

Otter Kewk’s charming picture of a smooth coated otter appearing to dance won the Under Water Category in the awards (Credit: Otter Kewk/Comedy Wildlife 2023)

Yet stories from the animal world are not always so uplifting: in the last 50 years, global wildlife populations have plummeted by nearly 70% on average.

More frequent heatwaves, droughts and wildfires are also altering animal behaviours and increasing the chance of human-wildlife encounters. This might sound like good news to those hoping to spot a kangaroo in their backyard, but it is also raising the chances of conflict.

Vittorio Ricci//Comedy Wildlife 2023

This rather ungainly face-first landing is something of an embarrassment for this striated heron in Vittorio Ricci’s photograph (Credit: Vittorio Ricci//Comedy Wildlife 2023)

Wildlife-lovers may want to keep their eyes on proceedings at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai this December. With climate change one of the five main drivers of biodiversity loss, nations attending the summit have an opportunity to help stem this threat.

It’s a big ask, but it really would be something big to smile about.

Jacques Poulard/Comedy Wildlife 2023

This adorable puffball is not a snowball but a white grouse, or rock ptarmigan, trying to stay warm in Spitzberg, Svalbard (Credit: Jacques Poulard/Comedy Wildlife 2023)

* All photographs courtesy of Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023.

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Mother and daughter sharing culture through art and learning

Dec 2, 2023 By Admin in Native

Justice Sutherland wants her children to know where they come from.

“Just bringing back tradition to our family has been amazing,” she said.

The local artist has been reconnecting to her Indigenous roots in Moose Factory since becoming a mother. She’s learning from a great source — her mother, Amanda Sutherland.

Amanda’s father, who was a Fort Albany First Nation member, died when she was young, and she lost a lot of her cultural connections.

“Bringing in the culture to us is very important since we weren’t raised in it. I didn’t raise my kids in it,” said Amanda. “It wasn’t until I started working at Northern College and learning from community members, elders in the community.”

Amanda is an Indigenous services administration assistant at Northern College.

“Everybody has been so good at teaching me, at teaching Justice,” she said.

Justice agrees and adds that the community has been incredibly helpful in their journey.

She’s using art to explore her cultural ties and has painted murals at Northern College and Sparks Pizza. It’s a way to connect to her own community and family, and anyone else who wants to enjoy her work.

“The one thing I always could connect to is art and it’s something that translates in every culture, in every language. It connects to everyone in a different way,” she said.

Having spent time in western Canada, those traditions shaped some of their views.

Becoming a mother has motivated justice to explore her local roots and bring more tradition and culture into her home.

“It wasn’t until I had my own kids and she started doing her teachings and stuff like that and getting connected to the culture here in Timmins that I was able to realize that I wanted to bring that down to my kids as soon as I had them,” said Justice.

Her time in Kelowna has influenced her art and she learning more about the local styles.

“It’s weird because I’m always talking about Indigenous culture and I realize I have to bring this side in instead of always bringing what I was raised around,” said Justice. “Because that’s the whole point. I’m trying to reconnect to the Native lines here and bring more of an arts and culture representation from our area.”

Language has been a challenge in reconnecting with family.

“Justice was four years old, and I had not connected to my dad’s side of the family yet, and I went up north to meet my kokum (grandmother) for the first time, and it was very emotional,” said Amanda.

“I couldn’t talk to her though because I didn’t know how to speak Cree, and she only knew how to speak Cree, which is sad because it’s a language that’s being lost, and I wish I had that language so that I could teach it to my kids.”

Amanda said passing on what she’s learned is a healing experience.

“Whatever I am taught, I then go, and I teach students, I teach staff, I teach whoever wants to learn what I know,” she said.

The shift in how Indigeneity and culture are perceived in Canada has impacted Amanda’s growth and education.

“When I was being raised, being Indigenous was something you hid,” she said. “I was glad to hide it at the time, but as I got older, I realized that I was missing out on so much, and learning all of that and bringing it in has helped me grow not just as a person but as a parent, a grandmother, a friend, a colleague, it gets into everything that I do now.”

Justice’s goal in her art and her family is to amplify the feeling of home.

“It’s nice to continue to bring down our teachings and traditions down through our family,” she said.

IFJ Junior: Harry Ryan has a bright future in agri-photography

Dec 2, 2023 By Admin in Photography

Living against the beautiful backdrop of Slievenamon, near Fethard in Co Tipperary, Harry Ryan (13) enjoys farming with his parents, grandparents and brother and sister. They live on the family dairy farm where they have just dried off their cows for the season with the promise of plenty of calves this coming spring. Harry tells Irish Farmers Journal Junior that he enjoys helping his father on the farm and especially likes feeding the calves.

However, this past year, Harry has also turned another interest – photography and videography – into a busy side hustle. HR Agri Photography has started taking up nearly as much of his time as the farm, as he captures farming at home and on other local farms throughout the seasons.

Turning a hobby into a business

“I started in about January of this year,” he explains. “I bought a video stabiliser for my phone and I started filming my dad doing slurry and me feeding calves, then in March I bought a drone. I started going around here – with my grandparents, Jim Ryan Contractors, SAS Slievenamon Agri Services, all these different places with the drones, and that’s where it started.

“A lot of my pictures are taken here [on the home farm], but a lot are taken on other people’s farms. We always get permission from the contractor and the farmer and then we send them on to Redrock, the contractor – even the Irish Farmers Journal sometimes [you’ve published me before].”

Future goals

Harry’s older brother currently attends Kildalton Agricultural College in Piltown, just 40 minutes from the home farm. Harry hopes to do the same someday.

“I’m always off with my dad farming and feeding calves,” he says. “I want to go to Kildalton, like my brother, and then I want to go out to Australia – but I also want to keep taking pictures and videos. [Living on a farm], you can always go for a walk; you’re always active. During the pandemic I had friends who had to stay in their house and I was lucky to have plenty of space to walk around. I go to school in Fethard and I’m a first year student. Not too many of my classmates come from farms, there’s only one other [farm kid] in my year.”

Harry Ryan at home – pictured here with some of the framed images he has taken over the past year / Janine Kennedy

Speaking with Harry you can immediately sense his strong work ethic, so it comes as no surprise to learn that, in order to purchase his drone, he sold kindling sticks around his local community the previous winter. When he isn’t working or farming, he enjoys video games, LEGO and other farm-related activities.

Harry sent in a few of his favourite images from 2023, so Irish Farmers Journal Junior asked him to describe them in his own words. Don’t tell IFJ photo editor Philip Doyle, but there is officially a new agri-photographer in town.

This coming Sunday (26 November), Harry will be selling his photos at the Christmas Fair and Tractor Run in Fethard. The fair will run from 1-4pm while the Tractor Run will take place at 5.30pm. While busy, it is obvious that Harry has a very bright future in agriculture (and art) ahead of him. Harry has a YouTube channel H.R.agriPhotography where you can view his videos and drone footage.

New art exhibit on display at the Sioux City Public Musuem

Dec 2, 2023 By Admin in Native

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) – An exhibit that showcases art from various Native American tribes opened this past November and will be displayed until March 3, 2024.

The artwork titled, “Indian Art of the Northern Plains” is from the 19th and 20th centuries.

November marks National Native American Heritage Month.

New Purple People Bridge mural highlights Kentucky and Ohio culture

Dec 2, 2023 By Admin in Native

NEWPORT, Ky. — The cities of Newport and Cincinnati are celebrating a local artist’s latest project, beautifying where Kentucky and Ohio meet.

The mural on the ‘Purple People Bridge’ is a part of a beautification project along the Ohio river.

What You Need To Know

The mural was a collaborative effort between Grote, meetNKY, Visit Cincy, and the Purple People Bridge Company

The mural is a part of a beautification project of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio hoping to increase tourist attraction

New Purple People Bridge mural combines iconic symbols from both sides of the river

Artist Matthew Grote designed the mural for a few weeks and completed the painting in 12 days

Artist Matt Grote, native of Cincinnati, said he has always loved the view from the ‘Purple People Bridge’.

“You can see Covington and Newport and downtown Cincinnati, obviously,” he said. “And it’s actually quite peaceful.”

The 39-year-old said he’s been painting since childhood and it has provided him a way to connect with people and self express.

“I’ve always just wanted to live a life creating things,” Grote said.

Baseball, music, art and food are a few of the topics shown in the mural to emphasize important things in each state.

“What you’ll see is, is a number of sort of icons and images that represent nature, culture, food achievement, those types of things, you know, artistic expression and everything on the Ohio side has a has a counterpart on the Kentucky side,” said Grote.

Grote’s mural is titled, “Where We Connect.” The artist was commissioned by MeetNKY and Visit Cincy as part of a beautification project.

Grote shared some of his favorite designs of the mural.

“We’ve got Kentucky bourbon here, which is something that Kentucky has become known for worldwide,” he said. “It’s you have the best bourbons. You’ve got to get them in Bourbon County, right?”

Like Grote, MeetNKY and Visit Cincy strive to beautify the two cities and highlight their unique connections.

“This is all part of a beautification project that we’re doing here as part of the Cincy region and meeting Kay,” said MeetNKY, Director destination Marketing & Communications, Amanda Johanneman.

While Senior Communciations Manager of Visit Cincy, Eileen Osborne said there is a connection.

“We’re really connecting all the way through with the river and everything and with, you know, just kind of some of the things that overlap each other over that state line,” she said.

Grote said he hopes the mural encourages people to take in the scenery.

“I wanted to give them something to remember and to feel joy about as they’re crossing it and they’re spending time in this place. Maybe they can stop and take a couple extra seconds to look around.”

The Mediterranean Sea meets embroidery at Gloria Gallery

Dec 2, 2023 By Admin in Printmaking

Evgenia Vasiloudes’ visual concept is a seamless extension of her ‘textual nets’ series. Her new body of work, Embroidered Textual Scapes, will be exhibited at Gloria Gallery this December, delving into the themes of the Mediterranean Sea and the art of embroidery. Vasiloudes’ artworks, which merge printmaking techniques with a…