Photo by Joe Ann Yeoman

Former theater head directs independent film

By Ryan Donada, December 2011
Fine Arts Editor

Since his retirement , former PVCC theater director and fine arts faculty, Alan Tongret, has decided to explore new territory and will be directing his first two-hour feature film, titled “Memories of the Lost Acres .”

PVCC Creative Writing Contest Winners, 2011-2012

First Place fiction:
Travis Duprey,
'Look at Your Skin Where It Hurts'

First Place Non-Fiction:
Susan Hulsebos
'Thin Elastic Threads'

First Place Poetry:
Melissa Barrett-Traister
'This Is What It Means To Eat Dinner Alone'

Photo coutesy of PVCC's dance department.

Fall Dance Collection expected to surprise

By Michelle Milan, December 2011
Staff Writer

This semester’s Fall Dance Collection will reveal a variety of dance styles created by several different choreographers and performed by many students as well as guest artists.

The Fall Dance Collection offers a cultural experience through dance. Multiple styles will reflect different ideas and aesthetics of moving the body and expressing ideas through dance, says Sonia Valle, Dance Program director at Paradise Valley Community College.

PVCC Creative Writing Competition
First place winners realize rewards
of writing, creativity

By Ryan Donada, December 2011
Fine Arts Editor

Every year PVCC hosts a creative writing competition with categories for poetry, fiction, nonfiction and journalism.  This year, there were more than 73 entries.

“I am particularly proud of this year's entries and I feel they were among the best we have ever had,” says Dr. Lois Roma-Deeley, contest coordinator, “I congratulate each of you on the fine work you have created this semester.”

Artists reach back to religious roots for inspiration in art museum exhibition

Photo courtesy of Rebecca Campbell and L.A. Louver, Venice, CA

By Sharlene Celeskey, December 2011
Contemporary Culture Editor

Two contemporary artists with two different styles, two different visions and two different views share an exhibition of contrasts at the Phoenix Art Museum. Both Angela Ellsworth and Rebecca Campbell share a background of growing up within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah. They both show how their Mormon heritage affects them in their art.

Ellsworth uses performance art as well as three dimensional works to express her heritage. She reaches back into her pioneer heritage to provide the inspiration for her work. Her great-great-grandmother was one of nine wives married to Mormon prophet Lorenzo Snow.