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Sedona
Creekside Plaza is pleased
to announce three additions to
Sedom's ganery district
During Metuofial Day weekea
the public is invited to come and
explore the diverse selection of
original art in Sedoua's newest
galleri_: Erickson Studio Gallery,
Avante Garde Gallery and
Cocopah North. All are located
in Ctcckside Plaza, located at 251
SR 179.
Erickson Studio Gallery can
be found in the upper level of
Creekside Plaza with views of
red rocks. In this spot, Marilyn
Erickson, owner and artist,
produces her Southwest land-
scapes, as well as her more
abswm explomions. S in dah'y
and visit with the artist in pcso
Erickson is offering special
disemmts during Memorial Day
weekend.
' Avant Garde Gallery is a
contemporary fine arts gallery
featming works by artists
Joella Jean Mahoney, Doug
Oliver, Eric Slayton, Clive and
Virginia Pates, Carolyn Ensley,
(]hades Hensler, BJ. Katz, Wally
Blanchard and Bruce Hudgens.
Come to the grand opening
celebration at the Avant Garde
Gallery on Saturday, May 29,
from I to 5 p.m.
Cocopah North is an eclectic
studio and gallery showcasing
vintage American. quilts, tribal
artifacts, antiqnes and collectable
bcatls. Cocopah Ninth also features
a collection of Arizona artists.
The art work includes paindngs
by Ramona Stites, photography
by Vhginia Pringle, sculpture by
Delbndge Honanie and vessels of
native wood by Danny Dickison
and Wayne W righL
There will be a meet-and-greet
on Frklay, May 28, from 5 to 8 pJn.
with two of the artists, stained-
glass artist Holly Steadman and
painter Sfites.
JESSICA NOE captures the
sound during the making of a
film. The Zaki Gordon Institute
for Independent Filmmaking
celebrates its lOth anniversary
with its Shorts Rim Festival over
Memodal Day weekend.
Courtesy photo
Zaki Gordon presents Shorts Film Festival
This year marks the 10th
anniversary of the Zaki Gordon
Institute for Independent
Filmmaking, Yavapai College's
film school in Sedona. ZGI was
the first of its kind, unique in
offering an all-digital, intensive,
hands-on, mentorship-hased film-
making lmgrmn.
Each Memorial Day weekend,
tbe annual Zaki GoMon
Shorts Film Festival showcases
the graduates" thesis short film
projects to hundred of e
audience members. Many of the
filn go on tohave rtms
at prestigious film festivals such
as Tel Aviv International Student
Film Festival, the American
hCn Fdm Bedin. New
York, Los Angeles, Siamdance
and the Se&ma International Fdm
Festival.
This MeJnorial Day weekend --
Friday, May 28, to Sunday, May
30 -- the Zaki C, onkm Insfitme's
10th annual Shts Festival
promises to be a "don't miss it"
weekend celebration. From the
opening filmmaker's reception
gala to the closing awards cere-
mony, there's something inspiring
for everyone. There will also be
a special screening of "Up in the
Aie" with producer Dan l)ubiecki
hosting a question-and-answer
session.
"At its most elemental,
filmmaking is storytelling
recorded in light and sound:'
stated co-founder and screen-
writer Dan Gordon, who wrote
such blockbusters as "Passenger
57" 'Tne Hurricane" and "Wyatt
Earp." "To that end, the students
at ZGI analyze, discover, and
invent stories; we teach them to
tell these stories in image and
sound; and assist them in creating
their own short film, all within
nine months"
Along with Gordon, Stephan
Schultze, ZGI founding director,
comes with extensive industry
experience as a screenwriter and
cinematographer. Schultz has
worked on major motion pictures
including "The Abyss" and
"Tremors" episodic television
like "The Drew Carey Show"
music videos, commercials, docu-
mentmies and coundess, indepen-
dent films such as "The Lesser
Evil:" a film he co-anthored and
co-
The focus on mentors with real-
word experience extends beyond
the staff at ZGI to the vast an'ay
of guest lectmers that have visited
Sedoua and Northem Arizona to
speak at the school.
"It's inslmmental for these
young filmmakers to get firsthand
information and advice from
those who are in the business
day in and day out," Schultze
Legends of .Country
Music Dinner Show
Los Venados
Del Notre Band
stated in a press release. "When
you're a filmmaker, there's not a
standard career path. We want our
students to undetand the reality
of what's required to become a
working filmmaker"
Additionally, Daniel Dubiecki
is one of the adjunct faculty who
supports the film school. He has
produced such films as 'Thank
You for Smoking," "Juno,"
"Jennifer's Body," "Chloe" and
this year's "Up in the Air:' star-
ring George Clooney, which
earned Dubieeki an Academy
Award nomination.
'q have been a fan and supporter
of ZGI since I first visited when
it opened 10 years ago. I love
how fast the students were able
to get their hands on equip-
ment" Dubiecki stated. "The
full immersion program reminds
me of the film classes Zaki and I
had togdtlmr, but it took us years
to learn what these students
are learning in a nine-month
program"
ZGI students have had the
opportunity to learn from a host
"of guest lecturers including
Kathleen Glynn, Michael
Moore's producer; Dan Myrick,
writer and director of 'q'he Blair
Witch Project;" Ed George,
nature cinematographer who
regularly shoots for National
Geographic and Discovery; and
Dan Petrie Jr., Oscar nominated
screenwriter.
Fully accredited as part of
Yavapai College and a member
of CILECT, the association of
the word's major film and televi-
sion schools, ZGI has earned a
reputation for delivering quality
"education at a reasonable price.
Schultze strongly believes that
keeping the tuition affordable
gives students more mobility fter
graduation.
Also, as a result of a new
partnership, Northern Arizona
University will now be offering
a minor in filmmaking, through
coursework at ZGI. Conversely,
students that attend ZGI directly
will now be able to transfer their
credits into a bachelor's program
at NAU. Students may choose
from a narrative or documentary
track. In only nine months, they
walk away with their own short
film as a calling card.
The public is mvited to join ZGI
this Memorial Day weekend for
the annual Shorts Film Festival,
showcasing the graduates' thesis
short films. The complete film
festival experience is an exciting
time with the premiere of more
than 30 short films from the class
of 2010, award winners from over
a decade of filmmaking, and films
from the Arizona High School
competition. Over the weekend
you will see documentaries,
dramatic fiction, horror, comedies,
art films, animation and more.
Reservations are required for
the Premiere Passes; the $50 price
includes the opening night evening
party on Friday, May 28, at Reds
in the Sedona Rouge Resort, and
two days of screenings.
Film screenings will be held at
The Sedona Center for Arts and
Technology, 4215 Arts Village
Drive, Sedona. Passes can be
purchased at the door; cost is $8
for a one-day pass and $14 for a
two-day pass. For more informa-
tion, call 649-4266.
There is still time to apply for
the nine-month film program.
ZGI also offers numerous film-
making workshops throughout
the year to the public.