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Gallery director earns ‘itinerant artist’ nickname
By DAVID MENDEZ
David Andres, director of the Bernal Gallery at Pima Community College’s West Campus, often works 10 extra, unpaid hours each week.
He also spends two hours commuting to a second job once a week. On top of that, he works a third job twice a week and volunteers at multiple organizations.
Just typing this is tiring. Living it can only be more exhausting. Yet somehow, Andres has the energy to complete his work week after week and still come back for more.
Photo By DAVID MENDEZ
“There isn’t any way, if you want to do anything of quality, to do it otherwise,” Andres said. “It just takes more hours, even if you don’t get paid for it.”
The college rates his art gallery position as a 25-hour-per-week job, but Andres often spends 30 to 35 hours a week there. “Sometimes 40,” he said.
The job only requires a bachelor’s degree, but Andres has a Master of Fine Arts in painting and printmaking, and a Master of Education with an art and museum emphasis.
“It’s overkill in every sense of the word,” he said.
In addition to the time he spends at the gallery, Andres teaches art classes at PCC. He also teaches once a week at Central Arizona College in Casa Grande.
Andres sits on boards for both the Downtown Gallery Association and the Central Tucson Gallery Association, and volunteers at the Arizona Theater Company and the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation.
He called himself “the itinerant artist” during his younger years, because of the many artist-in-residencies he accepted across the state. He still lives up to that nickname, yet finds time for his wife and family.
Work-study student Manny Arguello knows first-hand how hard Andres works.
“Sometimes he’ll come to me, saying ‘so I woke up at 2 a.m. this morning and I need you to research these notes I came up with,’” he said.
“He’s so active in the community,” Arguello added. “If it wasn’t for David, these exhibitions wouldn’t be happening. He’s very well known among artists and collectors in Tucson.”
Arguello can testify that Andres doesn’t let his teaching slip because of his other work.
“He’s always trying to inspire his students,” he said. “As long as you’re trying to better yourself, he will help.”
Andres shows no signs of slowing.
“I’m not ready to retire. I don’t have anything to retire from, really,” he said. “I figure if you choose artwork, it’s something you want to do for life.”
Arts briefs
BY NINA ELLIOTT
“Singing for Pleasure”
Sunday, Feb. 12, at 3 p.m.
Recital Hall, West Campus
Tenor Johnathan Ng has selected pieces inspired by love, in honor of Valentine’s Day, for a “Singing for Pleasure” recital.
Accompanied by Raymond T. Ryder, Ng will sing English and German art songs and two Russian opera songs. Featured composers include Schubert, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Handel and Rossini.
Ng directs Pima Community College’s Chorale and College Singers. He is also founder and conductor of the Arizona Choral Society, and music director at Catalina United Methodist Church.
Tickets cost $6, with discounts available. For further information, call the PCC box office at 206-6986 or visit pima.edu/cfa.
Tuba recital
Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m.
Recital Hall, West Campus
Northern Arizona University music instructor and tuba player Alexander Lapins will perform works by J.S. Bach, Schumann, Pilafian, Vincent Bach, Madsen, Pendrecki and Ewazen.
In a suite for horn, tuba and piano, Lapins will be joined by his wife, Sharon Weyser, with David Craig accompanying.
Lapins teaches tuba, euphonium, chamber music and the history of rock music at NAU. He has performed on hundreds of recordings with a wide variety of ensembles and orchestras.
Tickets cost $6, with discounts available. For further information, call the PCC box office at 206-6986 or visit pima.edu/cfa.
Creative Writing
Weekend Workshop
Friday-Sunday, Feb. 17-19
Sentinel Peak J-101, West Campus
Award-winning poet Simmons Buntin will lead an interactive workshop, “A Map to the Next World: Writing Poetry of Heritage and Place,” that enables writers to connect with other people, cultures and landscapes.
Buntin has taught workshops for the University of Arizona Poetry Center. He also received the Colorado Artists Fellowship for Poetry, an Academy of American Poets Prize and grants from the Tucson-Pima Arts Council and the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
The workshop will run from 6-8 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
In-state tuition and fees cost $136 for two academic credits. Students can register in person at any PCC campus, or online at pima.edu.
For further information, call Meg Files at 206-6084 or email mfiles@pima.edu.
‘Tribute to Hollywood’
saxophone quartet
Sunday, Feb. 19, at 3 p.m.
Recital Hall, West Campus
Presidio Saxophone Quartet will pay tribute to the Hollywood Saxophone Quartet, active in the 1950s and ‘60s, during a “Presidio Goes to Hollywood” show.
The Presidio quartet features Derek Granger on alto, Ryan McCormick on baritone, Michael Keepe on soprano and Kelland Thomas on tenor.
The program will feature classical pieces, plus jazz compositions played with local musicians Fred Hayes on drums and Jack Wood on bass.
Tickets cost $6, with discounts available. For further information, call the PCC box office at 206-6986 or visit pima.edu/cfa.
Arts Briefs
PCC Jazz in concert
Pima Community College Jazz Improve Combos Concert will be held Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the PCC Center for the Arts Proscenium Theatre.
The concert features two jazz groups, each with a rhythm section, several horns and a vocalist. Program selections include Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Girl from Ipanema” and Django Reinhardt’s original
“Django’s Castle” among others.
The concert will be directed by Mike Kuhn, and is formed out of the weekly improvisation class. Kuhn also plays saxophone in a variety of venues around the greater Tucson area.
The Jazz Improv Combo Concert is open to the public. Tickets are available at the Center of the Arts box office for $6 with discounts available. For more information, call 206-6986.
-By Ryan Tsarsis
Memoir 101
What is a memoir? This is a question that will be answered at the weekend workshop Memoir 101: Remembering and Practicing the Basics.
This is designed for writers who want to reinvigorate the fundamentals of memoir craft.
The workshop topics include the definition of memoir, what it must do as a story, and common mistakes; how to recognize memories worth writing about; structuring a memoir; using the reflective narrator that distinguishes memoir from first person fiction, and voice.
The workshop will be held at PCC West Campus, Sentinel Peak building, room J-101 on Friday 6-8 pm, Saturday 9am-5pm (plus writing on your own Saturday) and Sunday 9am-5pm. Registration is held at any campus in person or at the pima website.
The workshop consists of two earned credits. Cost for Arizona residents is $117 plus $19 fees.
The workshop will be taught my Lisa Dale Norton who is the author of the popular writing book Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir and the Literary memoir Hawk Flies Above: Journey to the Heart of the Sandhills. She teaches memoir writing through the Santa Fe Writing Institute, blogs for The Huffington Post as an expert on story, and consults internationally with writers completing book manuscripts.
For more information contact Meg Files at (520) 206-6084 mfiles@pima.edu or http://www.pima.edu/announcements/201109/Creative-Writing-Workshop-Fall-2011.pdf
-By Vanessa Avila
ARTS BRIEFS
Theater workshop shows PCC audience ‘The Glamorous Life’
Musical theater lovers are invited to “The Glamorous Life,” Nov. 4 and 5 at West Campus’s Center for the Arts Recital Hall.
Directed by music faculty Nancy Davis Booth, audiences will get a view of how musicals are put together as students rehearse and perform musical numbers in various stages of readiness. Selections include pieces from “West Side Story,” “A Chorus Line,” “Rent,” “Wicked,” and “A Little Night Music.”
The workshop will take place Friday Nov. 4 at 7 p.m., and Saturday Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $6 with discounts available.
For more information, call 206-6986, visit www.pima.edu/cfa, or email centerforthearts@pima.edu.
Call to artists for new sculpture
Artists are invited to propose artwork for the latest installment of the Sculpture-on-Campus project at East Campus.
“Sculpture-on-Campus has been so vital to how the college connects with the community,” said Mike Stack, an art faculty member who helps coordinate the project. “At the start of every semester you can see that lone new student addressing each sculpture almost as a way to prepare for the challenges that lay ahead.”
Works are chosen that inspire the campus community to think creatively, allowing for the campus to become a public gallery without parallel.
The deadline for submissions is Dec. 16 at 4:45 p.m.
For more information, contact C.J. Karamargin, Vice Chancellor for Public Information and Government Relations, at 206-4850 or through email, ckaramargin@pima.edu.
Award-winning writer to teach poetry workshop Nov. 4-6
Steve Kowit will teach a workshop on “The Art and Craft of Authenticity: Writing Memorable Poems” Nov. 4-6.
The workshop will focus on what makes one poem more powerful and indelible than another of the same subject.
Participants of the workshop will draft at least four new poems. They will also learn how to sharpen their writing skills, improve their visual writing and practice establishing emotional and rhetorical skills likely to engage a reader’s attention.
Kowit is an award-winning writer. His most recent collection, “The First Noble Truth” won the Tampa Review Prize. He is well-known for his poetry writing guidebook, “In the Palm of Your Hand,” and has been conducting poetry writing workshops for many years.
The workshop costs $117, plus $19 in fees, providing 2 credits. Registration takes place in person at any campus, or online at www.pima.edu
For more information, contact Meg Files at 206-6084 or email mfiles@pima.edu.
-By David Mendez
SandScript now accepting submissions for 2012 edition
Pima Community College’s art and literary magazine has been around for over 20 years, serving the public with student and staff’s creative works in the form of a nationally award winning publication.
On Oct. 1, the magazine began accepting submissions, which are accepted in the form of short stories, poetry and visual art. SandScript will accept works through March 1.
Those interested must be a student, faculty member of staff at PCC. The submission form and guidelines for submission may be found at aztecpressonline.com/sandscript or by emailing the SandScript staff at sandscript@pima.edu.
-By Debbie Hadley
Arts Briefs
Writing workshop Oct. 14-16
New York Times best-selling author Rhody Cohon will lead a workshop for authoring children’s books Oct. 14-16 at West Campus.
“Writing for Children: Who, What, When, Where, Why versus How” will include learning about age groups, types of books, book length and reading levels to understand the framework that goes into a children’s book. It will also explore how to write for young audiences.
Many literary devices will be shown as well as writing exercises to help aspiring writers.
The workshop will take place Oct. 14, 6-8 p.m. and Oct. 15 & 16, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, call Meg Files at 206-6084 or email mfiles@pima.edu.
-By Dillon Oliver
Faculty vocal recital Oct. 16
Music fans can enjoy a “Dean and Anna Schoff Vocal Recital” when Dean and Anna Schoff perform with David Craig accompanying on piano Oct. 16, at the West Campus Recital Hall at 3 p.m.
The Schoffs have been performing for many years, doing so throughout the United States and Europe.
The Schoffs are also creators of the international master class called “Self Esteem for the Performing Artist.”
Tickets cost $6, with discounts available. For more information call 206-6986 or pima.edu/cfa.
-By Ryan Tsarsis
Wind Ensemble concert Oct. 20
The Center of the Arts Proscenium Theatre will host a PCC Wind Ensemble concert Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Mark Nelson, the Wind Ensemble director, has a tuba solo in the concert. This is his first time being a soloist since becoming director of bands in 2000.
The concert will also have an mix of concert band standards, appearances by the woodwind, brass and percussion ensembles.
Tickets cost $6, with discounts available. For more information call 206-6986 or pima.edu/cfa.
-By Ryan Tsarsis
Chorale, Singers perform Oct. 23
The Chorale and College Singers will perform at West Campus’s Proscenium Theatre, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m.
Director of the concert Jonathan Ng is a professional lyric tenor and has appeared in various oratorios and operas in the United States, Europe and Hong Kong. Ng is also currently the founder and conductor of the Arizona Choral Society.
The Chorale and College Singers Concert will provide a wide range of repertoire from 13th century plainsong to 19th and 20th century choral masterpieces.
Tickets cost $6, with discounts available. For more information call 206-6986 or pima.edu/cfa.
-By Ryan Tsarsis
Arts Briefs
Sax-piano recital Oct. 2
Concert-goers can enjoy “Sax on the Piano” when saxophonist Michael Keepe and pianist Allen Rodriguez perform classical and contemporary works Oct. 2 at 3 p.m. in the West Campus Center for the Arts Recital Hall.
The recital will include a work written for the inventor of the saxophone. Another highlight will be “Ave Maria” by Bach/Gonoud. The piece was featured on a local album “Can We Get Together” that benefits victims of Tucson’s Jan. 8 shootings.
Rodriguez and Keepe, both PCC faculty members, have performed throughout Tucson since 1992.
Tickets cost $6, with discounts available. For further information, call the box office at 206-6986 or visit pima.edu/cfa.
-By Allie Peot
‘SENNA’ movie screening Oct. 8
Pima Community College’s World Languages Department at Downtown Campus will co-host a screening of “SENNA” at the Loft Cinema on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m.
The movie documents the life of the late Formula One Brazilian race driver Ayrton Senna da Silva, who died in 1994 at the Imola Race Track in Italy.
Fans are asked to wear yellow and green, the colors of the Brazilian Flag. Brazilian hors-d’ouvres can be purchased before the movie.
Other movie sponsors include the Tucson Brazilian Week Committee and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona.
For further details, visit “Ayrton Senna: A noite do verde-amarelo em homenagem a Ayrton” on Facebook.
Classical guitar recital Oct. 9
Faculty member Ben McCartney will perform a solo classical guitar recital on Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. in the West Campus Center for the Arts Recital Hall.
The program will spotlight works by international composers including Fernando Sor, Isaac Albeniz, Augustîn Barrios Mangoré, Yuquijiro Yocoh and Johann Sebastian Bach.
McCartney, director of PCC’s guitar studies program, has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the western hemisphere.
He has won prizes in solo guitar competitions and has earned an international reputation for publishing new editions of classical music, instructional texts and arrangements for solo guitar. His work will be available for purchase at the recital.
Tickets cost $6, with discounts available. For further information, call the box office at 206-6986 or visit pima.edu/cfa.
-By April George
Digital Arts graduates featured in film showcase
By LAURA BLANDBURG
aztecpress@pima.edu
Short Film Showcase will screen short films Sept. 10 during Second Saturday festivities in downtown Tucson. The free showcase gives local filmmakers an opportunity to show their work to a live audience.
Screenings begin at 7 p.m. at the outside theater on Fifth Avenue between Congress Street and Broadway Boulevard next to the King Tut Exhibit. The screenings will be a recurring event at the monthly Second Saturdays.
Yuri Machado, Julio Rodriguez and Daniel Geffre, graduates of Pima Community College’s Digital Arts program, will screen their work at the Sept. 10 showcase.
Machado’s best known work, “S.O.L.,” chronicles the relationships between four male friends and their interactions with the opposite sex. The short film showed to a sold-out crowd at The Screening Room in July.
Rodriguez, who did post production work on “S.O.L.,” will show a behind-the-scenes documentary on the short film.
Geffre’s comedy, “The History of the Door,” will be an event headliner. The mockumentary explains that the door was invented only to end arguments, featuring roommates to illustrate this theory.
Local filmmakers, producers, promoters and distributors formed Short Film Showcase to create a platform for Tucson filmmakers to exhibit their work and to connect with investors and distributors.
Arts briefs
By MYLO ERICKSON
aztecpress@pima.edu
Pima Community College’s spring semester will end with a flurry of arts events, including a fashion show, musical concerts, a film premiere and a writer’s workshop.
Student Fashion Show – May 6
Pima fashion design students will showcase their clothing creations during “Pima Runway” on Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre at the West Campus Center for the Arts.
The fashion show, planned by the Fashion Show and Event Planning class, is free and open to the public.
Orchestra concert – May 7
The PCC Orchestra will perform Saturday, May 7, at 3 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre at the West Campus Center for the Arts.
Program selections include compositions by Rossini, Schubert, Brahms and Stravinsky, under the direction of PCC instructor Alexander Tentser. The program highlight is “Concerto for Harp and Flute” by Mozart.
The orchestra is made up of high school students, college students and community adults.
Admission costs $6, with discounts available. For tickets or information, call 206-6986 or visit pima.edu/cfa.
Chorale & College Singers concert – May 8
The PCC Chorale & College Singers will present their final concert of the 2010-2011 season on Sunday, May 8, at 3 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre at the West Campus Center for the Arts.
Chorale selections include highlights from “Porgy and Bess” by George Gershwin and three choruses
from the opera “Dido and Aeneas” by Henry Purcell.
The College Singers lineup will include the Scottish folk song “Bobby Shaftoe” arranged by David Willcocks, “Two Songs” by Gwyneth Walker and “Good Ale” by John Rutter.
The performance will be under the direction of Benjamin Sorenson, who has directed the PCC Chorale & College Singers since 1978.
Admission costs $6, with discounts available. For tickets or information, call 206-6986 or visit pima.edu/cfa.
‘Byline’ film premiere – May 15
PCC’s digital video and film arts department will premiere “Byline,” a short film completed by advanced cinematography classes, May 15-16 in the Proscenium Theatre at the West Campus Center for the Arts.
The Sunday showing will be at 2 p.m. and the Monday screening begins at 7 p.m.
“Byline,” using 1950s film noir genre, features a female newspaper reporter who ruthlessly manipulates the system after being denied advancement by sexist male management. The film was shot in black and white using a high-definition digital camera.
During the event, students will also showcase film and video works from beginning and advanced classes under the direction of David Wing.
The event is free and open to the public. For details, call 206-6986 or visit pima.edu/cfa.
Pima Writers’ Workshop – May 27-29
PCC will host a Pima Writers’ Workshop May 27-29 designed for both beginning and advanced writers.
A pre-workshop meet-the-authors reception and reading by Jo-Ann Mapson will be held May 26 at 7 p.m. at Hotel Tucson City Center.
Award-winning authors and agents will lead workshop discussions and writing exercises at the West Campus Center for the Arts on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Topics include writing for fiction and nonfiction, sassy stories, memoirs, plot development, tips to overcome writers block, query letters, how to hook an agent and the new electronic world of books.
Workshop faculty members include Steve Duno, Jeff Gerecke, Jeff Helgeson, T.R. Hummer, Nancy Mairs and John Vornholt.
The workshop costs $100.
For more information, call Meg Files 206-6084 or e-mail mfiles@pima.edu
Student art exhibit opens April 25
By ANA RAMIREZ
aztecpress@pima.edu
Artwork by Pima Community College students will be on display in an Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition from April 25 until Sept. 2.
This year only, the exhibit will be in the Student Visual Arts Gallery located on the second floor of the West Campus Santa Rita building. The gallery is open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
A reception and awards ceremony will be held April 27 from noon to 3 p.m., with awards presented at 1 p.m.
The exhibit is considered an important event for emerging artists in southern Arizona because it gives PCC students an opportunity to have their artwork professionally displayed and viewed by the public.
Jurors are Tohono Chul Park curator Vicki Donkersley, artist Nancy Tokar Miller and photographer William Lesch.
Exhibit sponsors include Arizona Designer Craftsmen, Arizona Lithographers, Arizona Picture and Frame Gallery, Athens on 4th, The B Line, Bookmans, Café Poca Cosa, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Delectables, Etherton Gallery, Lewis Framing Studio, Marjon Ceramics, McGuire’s Jewelers, Philabaum Glass Studio & Gallery, Photographic Works, Posner’s Art Store, Purls, Sarnoff Art and Writing Materials, Tucson Museum of Art and Woodcraft.
For more information, call Gallery Director David Andres at 206-6942 or e-mail centerforthearts@pima.edu.
Arboretum displays PCC artwork
Artwork by Pima Community College students will be on display in an Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition from April 25 until Sept. 2.
This year only, the exhibit will be in the Student Visual Arts Gallery located on the second floor of the West Campus Santa Rita building. The gallery is open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
A reception and awards ceremony will be held April 27 from noon to 3 p.m., with awards presented at 1 p.m.
The exhibit is considered an important event for emerging artists in southern Arizona because it gives PCC students an opportunity to have their artwork professionally displayed and viewed by the public.
Jurors are Tohono Chul Park curator Vicki Donkersley, artist Nancy Tokar Miller and photographer William Lesch.
Exhibit sponsors include Arizona Designer Craftsmen, Arizona Lithographers, Arizona Picture and Frame Gallery, Athens on 4th, The B Line, Bookmans, Café Poca Cosa, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Delectables, Etherton Gallery, Lewis Framing Studio, Marjon Ceramics, McGuire’s Jewelers, Philabaum Glass Studio & Gallery, Photographic Works, Posner’s Art Store, Purls, Sarnoff Art and Writing Materials, Tucson Museum of Art and Woodcraft.
For more information, call Gallery Director David Andres at 206-6942 or e-mail centerforthearts@pima.edu.
Artwork by students in Pima Community College’s printmaking class will be on display at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum Visitor Center Gallery through April 30.
The “Prints of Flora and Fauna of the Southwest” exhibit features techniques ranging from open-bite intaglio etchings to collagraph, silkscreen and photo-polymer gravure.
Boyce Thompson Arboretum state park is located about two hours from Tucson, on Highway 60 three miles west of Superior. Admission costs $7.50 for adults and $3 for ages 5-12. The Visitor Center Gallery is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, call the arboretum at (520) 689-2723.
-By Ana Ramirez
Weekend photo training scheduled April 22-24
Pima Community College is offering a weekend travel photography workshop April 22-24 with photojournalism instructor Cynthia Lancaster.
The workshop, “Travel Photography: Using a Camera to Tell Stories” will provide tips for taking high quality travel photographs and a better understanding of the artistic and technical aspects of photography.
Participants will come away with the ability to take compelling photographs, instead of clichéd snapshots.
Lancaster worked as a reporter, photographer and editor for newspapers and magazines for three decades. She has had photographs published on the front page of the travel sections of major publications, such as the Los Angles Times and Dallas Morning News.
The sessions will include classroom instruction, photo-taking outings and computer processing using Photoshop.
Participants must bring their own digital camera and have a basic understanding of computers.
The workshop will be held at West Campus, in Santa Catalina Room CG-26.
Sessions run Friday from 6-8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To participate, register for JRN 298T1 at any campus or online.
The workshop provides two academic credits. The cost to Arizona residents for tuition and fees is $126.
For more information, contact Lancaster at calancaster2@pima.edu or 206-6635.
-By Chelo Grubb
April 14 concert showcases tuba
Mark Nelson, an internationally acclaimed tuba soloist and Pima Community College faculty member, will team with pianist Marie Sierra and euphonium/tuba instructor Kelly Thomas for a recital of original and arranged works.
The concert will be Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m. at the West Campus Center for the Arts Recital Hall.
Program highlights are Anna Baadsvik’s “Three Trios” for euphonium, tuba and piano, “Beelzebub” by Catozzi and a new arrangement of “Songs of the Wayfarer” by Gustav Mahler.
Also included are “Four Songs” by Charles Ives, which was arranged by Arizona State University trombone professor Ralph Sauer.
A special feature is “Sonata for Tuba and Piano” by Thom Ritter George, written to celebrate the 70th birthday of tuba professor Dan Perantoni.
Tickets cost $6, with discounts available. Call the CFA box office at 206-6986 or visit pima.edu/cfa.
Mark Nelson, tuba soloist. Photo courtesy of PCC Center for the Arts
-By Mylo Erickson
Weekend photo training scheduled April 22-24
Pima Community College is offering a weekend travel photography workshop April 22-24 with photojournalism instructor Cynthia Lancaster.
The workshop, “Travel Photography: Using a Camera to Tell Stories” will provide tips for taking high quality travel photographs and a better understanding of the artistic and technical aspects of photography.
Participants will come away with the ability to take compelling photographs, instead of clichéd snapshots.
Lancaster worked as a reporter, photographer and editor for newspapers and magazines for three decades. She has had photographs published on the front page of the travel sections of major publications, such as the Los Angles Times and Dallas Morning News.
The sessions will include classroom instruction, photo-taking outings and computer processing using Photoshop.
Participants must bring their own digital camera and have a basic understanding of computers.
The workshop will be held at West Campus, in Santa Catalina Room CG-26.
Sessions run Friday from 6-8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To participate, register for JRN 298T1 at any campus or online.
The workshop provides two academic credits. The cost to Arizona residents for tuition and fees is $126.
For more information, contact Lancaster at calancaster2@pima.edu or 206-6635.
-By Chelo Grubb
April 3 concert spotlights tenor sax
Compiled by LYNDAJOE ECHERIVEL
Pima Community College music instructor Michael Keepe will explore the many personalities of the tenor saxophone during a “Tenor Madness” concert April 3.
The concert begins at 3 p.m. in the West Campus Center for the Arts Recital Hall.
Highlights of the “Contemporary Music for the Tenor Saxophone” program include “Adagio et Rondo” for tenor saxophone and piano.
A humorous but technically difficult piece by composer Carl Schimmel features tenor saxophone, piano and a squeaky toy.
In the second half of the program, Keepe will perform two pieces written for him by New York University composer Drew Krause and former University of Arizona composer Kip Haaheim. Both works use pre-recorded electronic accompaniment.
Keepe will close the program with “Sakana” (Fish) by Japanese composer Dai Fujikura. The piece replicates serene movements beneath the sea through multiphonics, quarter-tones and circular breathing.
Tickets cost $6, with discounts available. Call the CFA box office at 206-6986 or visit pima.edu/cfa.
Arts Briefs
Festival of Books
returns March 12-13
The Tucson Festival of Books returns for its third year March 12-13 on the University of Arizona campus.
The free book festival, already the fourth-largest in the country, will feature more than 450 authors, hundreds of exhibitors and vendors and a children’s area. Activities take place from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day.
Thirty-five entertainers with acts ranging from poetry slams to high school steel bands will also perform throughout the weekend.
For more information, visit tucsonfestivalofbooks.org, or call Naomi McCoy at 891-9681.
-By David Mendez
Concert benefits
scholarship fund
Guitarist Gabriel Ayala will perform in concert March 21 in the Proscenium Theatre at Pima Community College’s West Campus Center for the Arts. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the concert starts at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets, sold at the CFA box office, cost $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
Proceeds benefit the Gabriel Ayala Scholarship, sponsored by the Native American Student Association.
For additional information, e-mail m.lourdes_escalante@yahoo.com or visit ayalaguitarist.com.
-By Ana Ramirez
Martindale contest
deadline March 25
Pima Community College is offering the Martindale Literary Award with a $1,000 prize to students who submit a 5,000- to 10,000-word short story. Deadline is March 25 at noon.
For rules and information, contact Cheryl Howell at 206-6974 or chowell@pima.edu, or stop by her office in West Campus Sentinel Peak building, J-112.
The winner will be notified by May 19. The prize will be awarded at the opening session of the Pima Writer’s Workshop on May 26.
-By David Mendez
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