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Indigenous fashion and dance “art experience” aims to elevate emerging artists

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Indigenous fashion and dance “art experience” aims to elevate emerging artists
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“You get to do whatever you want to do,” organizer Amy Denet Deal told performer Edwin Felter of Nambé Pueblo at a rehearsal for a fashion and dance show.

Her words epitomized what the show — an “art experience” called ++ ILLUMINATE ++ — intends to do: Build a safe space for both established and emerging Indigenous artists to express their creativity.

Denet Deal’s Santa Fe fashion store 4KINSHIP partnered with the International Museum of Dance, a nonprofit with a chapter in Santa Fe, to organize the Saturday evening event at the Center for Contemporary Arts. The show will combine music, dance and fashion, and five main performers, a mix of locals and artists, range from one person making a debut performance to the world-renowned and TikTok-famous dancers ShanDien Sonwai LaRance and James Jones, also known as Notorious Cree.

Shootz! Wrapping Up A Week Celebrating Photography

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Shootz! Wrapping Up A Week Celebrating Photography

Feathered friends, silky-smooth sharks, kupuna kicking up their heels and Civil Beat’s inaugural photojournalism pau hana crossed our lenses.

If you missed Thursday’s inaugural Pau Hana with Photojournalists, you’ll soon be able to find editor-at-large Naka Nathaniel’s social media interviews of Civil Beat’s visual journalists. The next photography-specific event will likely take place in the fall.

Simplicity, lines and colors make an abstract pictorial image at the wastewater treatment plant just outside Kona on the Big Island. The birds bisecting the photo add scale. The green water is an algae bloom which floated to the leeward side of the settling pond. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
A Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 717 interisland passenger jet sits at a jetway at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole as the sun begins to set. On Dec. 3, 2023, Alaska Airlines announced its purchase of Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 pushes back from the terminal at Kona International Airport while a Hawaiian Airlines jetway moves into position for an arriving aircraft. The merger is expected to take up to a year and a half. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Gareth Hung Chew and Nona Arai dance during the, “Love Never Felt So Good,” 53rd Senior Valentine Dance Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall in Honolulu. The Royal Hawaiian Band performed big-band-era tunes for the 32 Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation Senior Clubs from around O‘ahu and for dancers of all ages. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Gareth Hung Chew and Nona Arai dance during the “Love Never Felt So Good” 53rd Senior Valentine Dance Tuesday at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall in Honolulu. The duo danced smoothly to a six-count, East Coast Swing rhythm set by the Royal Hawaiian Band. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
The Royal Hawaiian Band plays during the, “Love Never Felt So Good,” 53rd Senior Valentine Dance Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall in Honolulu. The Royal Hawaiian Band performed big-band-era tunes for the 32 Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation Senior Clubs from around O‘ahu.and dancers of all ages. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
The Royal Hawaiian Band plays Benny Goodman’s “Sing, Sing, Sing” during the Senior Valentine Dance. The Royal Hawaiian Band performed big-band-era tunes for the 32 Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation senior clubs from around Oahu and dancers of all ages. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
The Royal Hawaiian Band plays, “YMCA,” during the, “Love Never Felt So Good,” 53rd Senior Valentine Dance Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall in Honolulu. Mayor Rick Blangiardi and the Departments of Parks and Recreation and Enterprise Services put on the dance for the 32 Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation Senior Clubs from around O‘ahu and for dancers of all ages. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Dancers make a “Y” as the Royal Hawaiian Band plays “YMCA” during the dance. Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi and the departments of Parks and Recreation and Enterprise Services put on the free dance for kupuna and included dancers of all ages. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Pacific Biodiesel general counsel James Forrest chats with a passer by at the Ag Awareness Day sponsored by the Hawaii Farm Bureau Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Honolulu. Forrest and his co-worker wore sunflower outfits to promote using oilseed crops like sunflowers which replenishes soil and provides local feedstock for production of their second generation biodiesel. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Pacific Biodiesel general counsel James Forrest chats with a passerby at the Ag Awareness Day sponsored by the Hawaii Farm Bureau at the Hawaii State Capitol. Forrest said that he and his co-worker wore sunflower outfits to promote using oilseed crops, like sunflowers, which replenish soil and provide local feedstock for production of their second-generation biodiesel fuel. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A Zebra Shark is fed at a feeding location in the open air tank at the Waikiki Aquarium.
A 29-year-old zebra shark is hand-fed a squid in a Waikiki Aquarium open-air tank. Zebra sharks usually inhabit the sandy sea floor near coral reefs and other underwater structures as deep as 200 feet. The nocturnal hunters are listed as a vulnerable species. Zebra sharks only pose a threat to small fish and invertebrates. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Civil Beat visuals editor David “Croxie” Croxford talks about his work during a Pau Hana with Photojournalists event Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Honolulu. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Civil Beat visuals editor David “Croxie” Croxford talks about his work during a Pau Hana with Photojournalists event Thursday in Honolulu. Croxie gives attendants the backstory about his photo of this man removed from the Hawaii Legislature’s opening day in 2022. The Civil Beat events staff hosts various community gatherings for readers, supporters and donors to meet the people behind the scenes and gain a deeper understanding of Civil Beat’s operations. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Civil Beat staff photographer Kevin Fujii appears to mimic University of Texas quarterback Vince Young during a Pau Hana with Photojournalists event in Civil Beat’s new Kaimuki office. In 2006 Fujii was a senior staff photographer at the Houston Chronicle. He photographed mostly sports including this NCAA Bowl Championship Series game between Texas and the University of Southern California. Young’s last-second touchdown sealed the championship for the Longhorns’ victory. (Kawika Lopez/Civil Beat/2024)
Properties on Malanai and Aa streets have been cleared of fire debris, while contractors are working on the cleanup of another property in the northern section of the Lahaina burn zone. (Cammy Clark/Civil Beat/2024)
Properties on Malanai and Aa streets have been cleared of fire debris, while contractors work on the cleanup of another property in the northern section of the Lahaina burn zone. Crews are cleaning up the properties within the 5-mile burn zone and hauling the waste to the temporary landfill in Olowalu. (Cammy Clark/Civil Beat/2024)
Contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are clearing a property in the northern section of the Lahaina burn zone. (Cammy Clark/Civil Beat/2024)
Contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers clear a property in the northern section of the Lahaina burn zone. “Without a doubt there is a ton more work to do,” Gov. Josh Green said Thursday on the six-month anniversary of the destructive Aug. 8 fire. “This is like a decade-long experience, not unlike 9/11 when people for year after year after year still need the support. They may get housed, but trauma persists.”(Cammy Clark/Civil Beat/2024)
If you’ve been wondering why traffic was so snarled traveling westbound through town over the last few evenings, here’s the visual explanation. Repaving work is being done between 8:30 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. This section under and around the Punahou overpass was being completed on Thursday evening. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)

Quick Thinking And A Drone Leads To Stuck Photographer’s Rescue

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Quick Thinking And A Drone Leads To Stuck Photographer’s Rescue

For most, a drone peering through your kitchen window would be an immediate sign of a stalker, or at least something quite creepy. The Taylor family, of Fairview, Utah, certainly thought something similar when that occurred in their own kitchen window, but it turned out to be much more.

According to Fox 13, drone photographer Brian Telford’s truck was stuck in the snow nearby. He had been trying to get out of his truck for around an hour, but he’s wheelchair bound and wasn’t able to get out. So he strapped a note to his drone and flew it to the Taylor’s, hoping to grab someone’s attention.

“I just figured, ‘Hey, this is worth a shot, I think this is a good idea.’ Smarter than it would have been for me to try to get out.” – Brian Telford

Abe Taylor, upon spotting the drone, grabbed a scooter to knock the drone out of the air, striking it down to get what they figured was some sort of stalker away from their window. But, when they brought it inside, they noticed the note.

“We opened up, and it explained to us, ‘Can you please help? I’m in my truck stuck in the snow, I’m wheelchair-bound and cannot back out.’” – Abe Taylor

The note had worked, and the Taylor’s departed to search for Telford. Upon finding him, they used their side-by-side and some chains to free his truck from the snow.

“Brian turned out to be a great guy, of course, there’s a gentleman dedicated to his craft. To be able to work while it’s not easy for him to get on site to do what he does, so to be able to help him out was very gratifying.” – Abe Taylor

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Related: 140 Search And Rescue Members Training Just A Mile From Snowmobile Accident

Image Credit: Fox 13 via YouTube

Spring Photo Mini Sessions with Rachel Lynn Photography at PAWS & More

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Spring Photo Mini Sessions with Rachel Lynn Photography at PAWS & More
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Join PAWS & More Animal Shelter on March 3rd for their Spring Photo Mini Sessions with Rachel Lynn Photography. There are limited spots available, and the shelter will  contact you to collect your session fee of $100, and you will receive a link to your digital photos within three weeks. No refunds or rain checks will be issued. In the event that you cannot come to your session, the full amount will be used as a donation. You can find a link to reserve your spot with this news story at KCIIradio.com. 

From Self-Taught to Wedding Photography Sensation: Director Ken’s …

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From Self-Taught to Wedding Photography Sensation: Director Ken’s …
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In the heart of Seke, Chitungwiza, a young man named Kenny Thearny Makiseni, known as ‘Director Ken’, defies convention. A self-taught photographer, he has carved out a niche for himself in the competitive world of wedding photography without the benefit of formal education.

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A Passion Ignited

Director Ken’s love affair with photography began at the tender age of 10 when he started filming flowers in his home garden. His parents, like many, were skeptical about the viability of a career in the arts. Yet, Ken remained undeterred. After completing his O Levels in 2023, he resumed his pursuit of photography with renewed vigor.

The Journey to Success

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Director Ken’s journey has been marked by perseverance and resilience. He honed his craft shooting weddings at Greenfield and Waterlily Garden, developing a unique style characterized by the innovative use of light and color.

His circle of friends in the industry, including director Spice and the Royal Squad Dance Group, provided invaluable support and opportunities to learn. Ken also expanded his repertoire, working as a director, writer, and editor for skits and comedies.

Challenges and Aspirations

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Despite his success, Director Ken faces financial challenges. Often, he has to hire expensive equipment to support his work. However, these obstacles have not dampened his spirit or ambition. He dreams of establishing a prominent photography company and is actively seeking sponsorship to acquire the necessary equipment.

Director Ken’s story is one of passion, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of dreams. It serves as a testament to the power of self-belief and the potential that lies within each of us, waiting to be unleashed.

As he continues to capture the essence of love and commitment on film, Director Ken invites us all to see the world through his lens – a world filled with light, color, and the promise of endless possibilities.

Today, Kenny Thearny Makiseni, better known as Director Ken, stands tall as a beacon of hope and inspiration for aspiring photographers around the globe. His journey, marked by determination and a unique artistic vision, reminds us that success is not defined by formal education alone but by the courage to follow one’s passion against all odds.

Local Villa Rica artist creates sculpture

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Local Villa Rica artist creates sculpture
Villa Rica Main Street

Many of you have asked what this is. The sculpture is a Tattered Genoa created by a local artist – Carlos Anduze. The words on the plaque are his words describing the tattered genoa and why he created it.Today, we placed a plaque in front of sculpture honoring Carlos and hi

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