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Marlboro Barn by Joe cornett is among “the Basketball hoop Project” series now showing at Gallery one 13.
impressed with how hard everyone works. There are really no “unimportant” parts.”
Ms. Lanting tells me a bit about dedicated Flagstaff Youth Director, sara drye. “One of our director’s big rules is respect for others. She does everything; she designs and helps build the sets and costumes, invents most of the choreography, directs the lighting and special effects and often pulls all-nighters to get stuff done. All of this, and I rarely see her refer to notes to know what’s going on in any given scene, she just has it all in her head. She has shows memorized and planned out far in advance. She’s awesome. Oh, and to top it off, she remains patient and cheerful, even when the tiny kids are off in their own worlds or we get too chatty or distracted during rehearsals.”
Though many are familiar with the Dis- ney movie version of The Little Mermaid, the stage version will bring the audience a never before seen glimpse into mermaid life.
“The stage version is much more in-depth, it really explores the characters,” Ms. Lanting says. “There are more than 10 new songs in addition to the ones that the audience will be familiar with from the animated version.”
Flagstaff Youth Theater’s The Little Mer- maid is appropriate for all age levels and runs April 5 through 21 Fridays and Saturdays at 7PM and Saturdays and Sundays at 2PM.
FlagstaffYouthTheater.com
Shooting hooPS
“the Basketball hoop Project” by pho- tographer Joe cornett, is continually being added to. A recent find has set his creative wheels in motion, as new concepts begin to form.
“Local photographer shane Knight found a hoop out by Wupatki and recommended that I get out there to photograph it,” Mr. Cor- nett says. “I searched for it around Christmas-
time but never found it. I finally went out there again about a month ago and discov- ered what might be one of the best hoops and court that I have yet to photograph.
“This hoop is in the middle of the desert and placed on top of a hill with nothing around it. While standing in the court, there is a 360-degree view of everything: the desert buttes to the east, the San Francisco Peaks, and miles of desert land; it’s amazing. Whoever put that hoop there decided they wanted a view while they were playing. It’s going to be the subject of a few video ideas that I have and I’m waiting to get out there to photograph it when I have some dramatic clouds and early morning daylight.”
This summer, Mr. Cornett plans on setting out, searching for new courts to photograph. “The idea is to hit the road for about a month
photographing basketball hoops outside of the Southwest. I plan to spend a lot of time in Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas and New York. All of those places are hubs for basket- ball and I hope to add some diversity to the project. All of those places look dramatically different from the Southwest and I think that will help the overall aesthetic of the project.”
“The Basketball Hoop Project” will be featured for the month of April at Gallery one13, 111 E. Aspen, with an opening re- ception during the First Friday ArtWalk April 5 from 6PM to 9PM. GalleryOne13.com
FaCeS FroM the CanVaS
The dream-like paintings of Mathilde Gatinois are featured this month at West of the Moon Gallery. The last time I inter- viewed Ms. Gatinois was over two years ago, when I ask her what she has been doing for the past two years she answered, “I have a 21 month old baby, so that is what I have been doing in the last two years, but painting is al- ways at hand. We sometimes paint together