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one of nick colwell’s graffiti pieces at the por Gallery; abe snider’s photography is at the acf Gallery this first friday artWalk.
got to be someone directing, it’s always been collaborative, and Jayne, Kristen and I have always been a big part of it. We’re try- ing to show the range of Canyon Movement. Lots of dancers have come through in the past 20 years, we’ve traveled internationally, and we’ve preformed all over the Southwest. We’ve done a lot of stuff and we’re not done, we’re looking into doing work with Parkin- son’s patients, looking into reaching popula- tions we haven’t reached before.”
sarah roberts cooke and lindy tannen- naum re-stage Furbellowed Funnel, a 2002 Canyon Movement favorite.
Canyon Movement Company takes the stage with Human Nature Dance Theatre, Canyon Dance Academy’s Velocity Dance Company, Coconino Community College’s Encore Dance Company, Flagstaff Arts & Leadership Academy, Tango artist pedro arandia, Desert Dance Theater, and the Carpet Bag Brigade. A Disney Audition workshop will be held by former Ms. Rob- erts Cooke on Saturday at 2PM at Canyon Dance Academy, and a Tango workshop by Mr. Arandia, internationally renowned Tango artist will commence at 2PM Sunday at Hu- man Nature Dance Studio. fpaff.org
STREET TO CANVAS
After moving to Flagstaff from Casa Grande, artist nick colwell has found a niche in the art community.
“I’d describe my art as street art,” Mr. Col- well tells me about his art. A lot of my work and inspiration has stemmed from ideas of community and friendship between fellow painters and artists. Graffiti and street art are pretty prevalent things in the Casa Grande Valley area so I was always around it. My dad was a huge factor as well, he’s been paint-
ing and drawing for a long time as well, and was really encouraging of anything creative I wanted to do. When I first started writing graff, he would let me paint a section of his cinder block wall whenever I had the paint and felt like it, as long as I stuck to the one spot. When I got better at the style, he even- tually let me move to the entire wall so I had more room to practice.”
Mr. Colwell tells me about a pastel piece called Patience. It was one of those pieces that represented a big step for me. That piece was a big step in the way that it had a lot more emotional content than most of my previous pieces.”
pipes on request Gallery will be open during the Flagstaff First Friday ArtWalk at 123 S. San Francisco Suite 5. Come meet the artist, visit the glass studio, watch fire danc- ers and enjoy an evening of merriment.
BRIDGING A GAP
The photography of abe snider is fea- tured at the acf Gallery this May. A collec- tion of photographs of Mr. Snider’s travels in the US and Asia will be on display.
I ask how Mr. Snider first became inter- ested in the art of photography. “I went on that Grand Canyon trip because my friend was going to Afghanistan in the marines. It was the last thing we could do as buds be- fore he left. I’d say it was seeing all the tour- ists on the rim and hardly any hiking down in the canyon that made me want to make great images and share them. I felt this same feeling but even stronger in my Asian travels as so many westerners never make it to that part of the world.”
“Photography has opened up many new opportunities of places to go and be able to constantly meet new people,” he says. “It has also pushed me to venture farther and