This class is\ndesigne d for beginning to intermediate photographers who have a digital\nsingle-l ens reflex (DSLR) camera. Course participants will explore the\nspecific f eatures of DSLR cameras\, as well as general photographic skills\nand tech niques to make great pictures.
This workshop runs Feb 2\, 9\,\n16\, 23 and Mar 1 from 6pm-8pm.
This class is\ndesigned for beginning to intermediate photographers who have a digital\nsingle-lens reflex (DSLR) camera. Course participants will explor e the\nspecific features of DSLR cameras\, as well as general photographic skills\nand techniques to make great pictures.
This workshop runs Feb 2\, 9\,\n16\, 23 and Mar 1 from 6pm-8pm.
Use this\nopportunity to brush up on your figure drawing skills in a relaxed\nenvironment. All s kills welcome.
This class is offered Wednesday\,\nJan 13 &\; 27\ , Monday Feb 8 (originally scheduled for Feb 10)\, Wednesday\,\nFeb 24 and May 11 &\; 25 from 6:30–8:30pm.
Use t his\nopportunity to brush up on your figure drawing skills in a relaxed\ne nvironment. All skills welcome.
This class is offered Wednesday\,\n Jan 13 &\; 27\, Monday Feb 8 (originally scheduled for Feb 10)\, Wednes day\,\nFeb 24 and May 11 &\; 25 from 6:30–8:30pm.
Total running\ntime 10 7 minutes
Ave Maria – directed by Basil\nKhalil • Palestine/France/Germany\, 15 minutes
Synopsis: Five nuns\nliv ing in the West Bank find their routine disrupted when the car of a\nfamil y of Israeli settlers breaks down outside the convent. Unable to use\nthe telephone due to Sabbath restrictions\, the family needs help from the\nnu ns\, but the sisters' vow of silence requires them to work with their\nvis itors to find an unorthodox solution.
Shok –\ndi rected by Jamie Donoughue • Kosovo/UK\, 21 minutes
Synopsis: In\ nKosovo in 1998\, two young boys are best friends living normal lives\, bu t as\nwar engulfs their country\, their daily existence becomes filled wit h\nviolence and fear. Soon\, the choices they make threaten not only their \nfriendship\, but their families and their lives.
Everythi ng\nWill Be OK – directed by Patrick Vollrath • Germany/Aust ria\,\n30 minutes
Synopsis: Michael\, a divorced father devoted to his\neight-year-old daughter\, Lea\, picks her up for their usual weekend\ ntogether. At first it feels like a normal visit\, but Lea soon realizes t hat\nsomething is different\, and so begins a fateful journey.
\nStutterer – directed by Benjamin Cleary\n• UK/Ireland\, 12 minutes
Synopsis: For a lonely typographer\, an\nonline relatio nship has provided a much-needed connection without revealing\nthe speech impediment that has kept him isolated. Now\, however\, he is faced\nwith t he proposition of meeting his online paramour in the flesh\, and\nthereby revealing the truth about himself.
Day One\n– di rected by Henry Hughes • USA\, 25 minutes
Synopsis: On the\nheel s of a painful divorce\, an Afghan-American woman joins the U.S.\nmilitary as an interpreter and is sent to Afghanistan. On her first\nmission\, she accompanies troops pursuing a bomb-maker\, and must bridge the\ngender an d culture gap to help the man's pregnant wife when she goes into\nlabor.
Total running\ntime 107 minutes
Ave Maria – directed by Basil\nKhalil • Palestine/France/Germany\, 15 minutes
Synopsi s: Five nuns\nliving in the West Bank find their routine disrupted when th e car of a\nfamily of Israeli settlers breaks down outside the convent. Un able to use\nthe telephone due to Sabbath restrictions\, the family needs help from the\nnuns\, but the sisters' vow of silence requires them to wor k with their\nvisitors to find an unorthodox solution.
Shok –\ndirected by Jamie Donoughue • Kosovo/UK\, 21 minutes
Synopsis: In\nKosovo in 1998\, two young boys are best friends living normal lives\, but as\nwar engulfs their country\, their daily existence b ecomes filled with\nviolence and fear. Soon\, the choices they make threat en not only their\nfriendship\, but their families and their lives.
Everything\nWill Be OK – directed by Patrick Vollrath • Germany/Austria\,\n30 minutes
Synopsis: Michael\, a divorced f ather devoted to his\neight-year-old daughter\, Lea\, picks her up for the ir usual weekend\ntogether. At first it feels like a normal visit\, but Le a soon realizes that\nsomething is different\, and so begins a fateful jou rney.
\nStutterer – directed by Benjamin Cleary\n • UK/Ireland\, 12 minutes
Synopsis: For a lonely typographer\, a n\nonline relationship has provided a much-needed connection without revea ling\nthe speech impediment that has kept him isolated. Now\, however\, he is faced\nwith the proposition of meeting his online paramour in the fles h\, and\nthereby revealing the truth about himself.
Day One \n– directed by Henry Hughes • USA\, 25 minutes
Synop sis: On the\nheels of a painful divorce\, an Afghan-American woman joins t he U.S.\nmilitary as an interpreter and is sent to Afghanistan. On her fir st\nmission\, she accompanies troops pursuing a bomb-maker\, and must brid ge the\ngender and culture gap to help the man's pregnant wife when she go es into\nlabor.
Join us and enjoy\na g lass of wine as you tour the exhibition with The Center’s curators and\n gallery guides. The way we understand gender is shifting—moving away fro m\nstrict categories of male and female toward looser definitions that giv e us\nall more freedom. At the same time\, traditional expectations of mal e and\nfemale gender roles remain entrenched in our culture in sometimes\n surprising ways. This exhibition considers and challenges gender\nstereoty pes through a wide variety of artwork\, from photographs of a camp\nfor ge nder-creative children to an installation of knitted and crocheted\nurinal s. Role Play: Changing Ideas about Gender exhibition on view\nDec 11\, 2015–Feb 20\, 2016 at The Center\, Ketchum.
Join us and enjoy\na glass of wine as you tour the exhibition with The Center ’s curators and\ngallery guides. The way we understand gender is shiftin g—moving away from\nstrict categories of male and female toward looser d efinitions that give us\nall more freedom. At the same time\, traditional expectations of male and\nfemale gender roles remain entrenched in our cul ture in sometimes\nsurprising ways. This exhibition considers and challeng es gender\nstereotypes through a wide variety of artwork\, from photograph s of a camp\nfor gender-creative children to an installation of knitted an d crocheted\nurinals. Role Play: Changing Ideas about Gender exhi bition on view\nDec 11\, 2015–Feb 20\, 2016 at The Center\, Ketchum.
Total running\ntime: 8 6 minutes
Sanjay’s Super Team
directed by Sanjay\nPatel\, U
SA\, 7 minutes
Synopsis: In SANJAY’S SUPER TEAM\, the new\nshort film from Pixar Animation Studios\, accomplished artist Sanjay Patel\nuses his own experience to tell the story of a young\, first-generation\nIndia n-American boy whose love for western pop-culture comes into conflict\nwit h his father’s traditions. Sanjay is absorbed in the world of cartoons\n and comics\, while his father tries to draw him into the traditions of his \nHindu practice. Tedium and reluctance quickly turn into an awe-inspiring \nadventure as the boy embarks on a journey he never imagined\, returning with\na new perspective that they can both embrace.
World of Tomorr
ow
directed by Don Hertzfeldt\, USA\, 17 minutes
Synopsis: A little\ngirl named Emily is taken on a fantastical tour of her distant fu ture by a\nsurprising visitor who reveals unnerving secrets about humanity 's fate.
\nBear Story
directed by Gabriel Osorio\, Chile\, 11
minutes
Synopsis: Every day\, a melancholy old bear takes a mechan ical diorama\nthat he has created out to his street corner. For a coin\, p assersby can\nlook into the peephole of his invention\, which tells the st ory of a circus\nbear who longs to escape and return to the family from wh ich he was\ntaken.
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
directed by
Konstantin\nBronzit\, Russia\, 16 minutes
Synopsis: Two best frien ds have dreamed\nsince childhood of becoming cosmonauts\, and together the y endure the rigors\nof training and public scrutiny\, and make the sacrif ices necessary to\nachieve their shared goal.
Prologue
direct
ed by Richard\nWilliams\, UK\, 6 minutes.
Synopsis: Clocking in at six minutes\,\nPROLOGUE describes an incident in the Spartan-Athenian wars of 2\,400 years\nago. In it\, a small girl bears witness as warriors batt le to death. The\ndialog-free project utilizes natural sounds to complemen t the intense\nanimation (entirely animated by Richard Williams himself). Williams - who\nis best known for his work as animation director on “Who Framed Roger\nRabbit”\, his unfinished feature “The Thief and the Cob bler” and\nAcademy Award-winning “A Christmas Carol “adaptation - ha s worked on\nPROLOGUE for many years in between other projects. It was fin ally completed\nthis year at the Aardman Studios in Bristol\, U.K.
ADDITIONAL\nFILMS:
Total running\ntime: 86 minutes
Sanjay’s Super Team
directed by
Sanjay\nPatel\, USA\, 7 minutes
Synopsis: In SANJAY’S SUPER TEAM\ , the new\nshort film from Pixar Animation Studios\, accomplished artist S anjay Patel\nuses his own experience to tell the story of a young\, first- generation\nIndian-American boy whose love for western pop-culture comes i nto conflict\nwith his father’s traditions. Sanjay is absorbed in the wo rld of cartoons\nand comics\, while his father tries to draw him into the traditions of his\nHindu practice. Tedium and reluctance quickly turn into an awe-inspiring\nadventure as the boy embarks on a journey he never imag ined\, returning with\na new perspective that they can both embrace.
< p>World of TomorrowSynopsis: A little\ngirl named Emily is taken on a fantastical tour of her distant future by a\nsurprising visitor who reveals unnerving secre ts about humanity's fate.
\nBear Story
directed by Gabriel Oso
rio\, Chile\, 11 minutes
Synopsis: Every day\, a melancholy old be ar takes a mechanical diorama\nthat he has created out to his street corne r. For a coin\, passersby can\nlook into the peephole of his invention\, w hich tells the story of a circus\nbear who longs to escape and return to t he family from which he was\ntaken.
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos< br /> directed by Konstantin\nBronzit\, Russia\, 16 minutes
Synopsi s: Two best friends have dreamed\nsince childhood of becoming cosmonauts\, and together they endure the rigors\nof training and public scrutiny\, an d make the sacrifices necessary to\nachieve their shared goal.
Prol
ogue
directed by Richard\nWilliams\, UK\, 6 minutes.
Synopsis : Clocking in at six minutes\,\nPROLOGUE describes an incident in the Spar tan-Athenian wars of 2\,400 years\nago. In it\, a small girl bears witness as warriors battle to death. The\ndialog-free project utilizes natural so unds to complement the intense\nanimation (entirely animated by Richard Wi lliams himself). Williams - who\nis best known for his work as animation d irector on “Who Framed Roger\nRabbit”\, his unfinished feature “The Thief and the Cobbler” and\nAcademy Award-winning “A Christmas Carol “adaptation - has worked on\nPROLOGUE for many years in between other pr ojects. It was finally completed\nthis year at the Aardman Studios in Bris tol\, U.K.
ADDITIONAL\nFILMS:
Start your\nGallery Wa lk at the Center! Each year Sun Valley Gallery Association hosts\nseven ga llery walks (exhibition openings for all SVGA galleries)\, which are\neage rly anticipated and free to the public. Locals and visitors alike take\nin thought-provoking exhibitions of newly installed art\, enjoy wine\, mingl e\nwith friends\, and often meet the artists. The way we understand gender is\nshifting—moving away from strict categories of male and female towa rd\nlooser definitions that give us all more freedom. At the same time\,\n traditional expectations of male and female gender roles remain entrenched \nin our culture in sometimes surprising ways. This exhibition considers a nd\nchallenges gender stereotypes through a wide variety of artwork\, from \nphotographs of a camp for gender-creative children to an installation of \nknitted and crocheted urinals. Role Play: Changing Ideas about\nGend er exhibition on view Dec 11\, 2015–Feb 20\, 2016 at The Center\,\n Ketchum.
Start your\nGallery Walk at the Center! Each year Sun Valley Gallery Associatio n hosts\nseven gallery walks (exhibition openings for all SVGA galleries)\ , which are\neagerly anticipated and free to the public. Locals and visito rs alike take\nin thought-provoking exhibitions of newly installed art\, e njoy wine\, mingle\nwith friends\, and often meet the artists. The way we understand gender is\nshifting—moving away from strict categories of mal e and female toward\nlooser definitions that give us all more freedom. At the same time\,\ntraditional expectations of male and female gender roles remain entrenched\nin our culture in sometimes surprising ways. This exhib ition considers and\nchallenges gender stereotypes through a wide variety of artwork\, from\nphotographs of a camp for gender-creative children to a n installation of\nknitted and crocheted urinals. Role Play: Changing Ideas about\nGender exhibition on view Dec 11\, 2015–Feb 20\, 2016 at The Center\,\nKetchum.
Total running\ntime: 8 7 minutes
Body Team 12 – directed by David\nDarg • Liberia\, 13 minutes
Synopsis: BODY TEAM 12 is tasked with\ncollecting the vi ctims at the height of the Ebola outbreak. These body\ncollectors have arg uably the most dangerous and gruesome job in the world.\nYet despite the s train they emerge as heroes while the film explores their\nphilosophy and strength. The story is told on the ground in Monrovia\,\nLiberia through t he eyes of the only female member of the team\, who reveals\nthe heartbrea king\, lifesaving work of removing bodies from loved ones in\norder to hal t transmission of the disease.
A Girl in the\nRiver: The Pr ice of Forgiveness – directed by Sharmen\nObaid-Chinoy • Paki stan\, 40 minutes
Synopsis: Every year\, more\nthan 1\,000 girls an d women are the victims of religiously motivated honor\nkillings in Pakist an\, especially in rural areas. Eighteen-year-old Saba\,\nwho fell in love and eloped\, was targeted by her father and uncle but\nsurvived to tell h er story.
Last Day of Freedom –\ndirectors: Dee Hibbert-Jones &\; Nomi Talisman • USA\, 32 minutes
\nSynopsis: When Bill Babbitt realizes his brother Manny has committed a\ncrime\, he a gonizes over his decision\; should he call the police? LAST DAY\nOF FREEDO M is a richly animated personal narrative that tells the story of\nBill’ s decision to stand by his brother\, a veteran returning from war\, as\nhe faces criminal charges\, racism\, and ultimately the death penalty. This\ nfilm is a portrait of a man at the nexus of the most pressing social issu es\nof our day\; veterans’ care\, mental health access and criminal\njus tice.
Total running\ntime: 87 minutes
Body Team 12 – directed by David\nDarg • Liberia\, 13 minutes
Synopsis: BODY TEAM 12 is tasked with\n collecting the victims at the height of the Ebola outbreak. These body\nco llectors have arguably the most dangerous and gruesome job in the world.\n Yet despite the strain they emerge as heroes while the film explores their \nphilosophy and strength. The story is told on the ground in Monrovia\,\n Liberia through the eyes of the only female member of the team\, who revea ls\nthe heartbreaking\, lifesaving work of removing bodies from loved ones in\norder to halt transmission of the disease.
A Girl in t he\nRiver: The Price of Forgiveness – directed by Sharmen\nObai d-Chinoy • Pakistan\, 40 minutes
Synopsis: Every year\, more\ntha n 1\,000 girls and women are the victims of religiously motivated honor\nk illings in Pakistan\, especially in rural areas. Eighteen-year-old Saba\,\ nwho fell in love and eloped\, was targeted by her father and uncle but\ns urvived to tell her story.
Last Day of Freedom – \ndirectors: Dee Hibbert-Jones &\; Nomi Talisman • USA\, 32 minutes
\nSynopsis: When Bill Babbitt realizes his brother Manny has committe d a\ncrime\, he agonizes over his decision\; should he call the police? LA ST DAY\nOF FREEDOM is a richly animated personal narrative that tells the story of\nBill’s decision to stand by his brother\, a veteran returning from war\, as\nhe faces criminal charges\, racism\, and ultimately the dea th penalty. This\nfilm is a portrait of a man at the nexus of the most pre ssing social issues\nof our day\; veterans’ care\, mental health access and criminal\njustice.
Total running\ntime: 7 6 minutes
Chau\, Beyond the Lines – directed by Courtney\nMarsh • USA/Vietnam\, 34 minutes
Synopsis: Chau\, a teenager living\nin a Vietnamese care center for children born with birth defects due to\nAge nt Orange\, struggles with the difficulties of realizing his dream to\nbec ome a professional artist and clothing designer. Despite being told that\n his ambitions are unrealistic\, Chau is determined to live an independent\ ,\nproductive life.
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah – dire cted\nby Adam Benzine • USA\, 40 minutes
Synopsis: Thirty years a fter the\nrelease of the documentary SHOAH\, filmmaker Claude Lanzmann dis cusses the\npersonal and professional difficulties he encountered during t he more than\n12 years it took to create the work. Lanzmann also discusses his\nrelationships with Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre\, and his teenage\nyears spent fighting in the French Resistance during World War I I.
\nTotal running\ntime: 76 minutes
Chau\, Beyond the Lines – directed by Courtney\nMarsh • USA/Vietnam\, 34 minutes
Synopsis: Chau\, a tee nager living\nin a Vietnamese care center for children born with birth def ects due to\nAgent Orange\, struggles with the difficulties of realizing h is dream to\nbecome a professional artist and clothing designer. Despite b eing told that\nhis ambitions are unrealistic\, Chau is determined to live an independent\,\nproductive life.
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of th e Shoah – directed\nby Adam Benzine • USA\, 40 minutes
Synopsis : Thirty years after the\nrelease of the documentary SHOAH\, filmmaker Cla ude Lanzmann discusses the\npersonal and professional difficulties he enco untered during the more than\n12 years it took to create the work. Lanzman n also discusses his\nrelationships with Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre\, and his teenage\nyears spent fighting in the French Resistance du ring World War II.
\nThe\n“charismatic in die-soul diva” (Time Out New York) Martha Redbone is an\nIndependent Mus ic Award-winning musician of Cherokee\, Choctaw\, Shawnee and\nAfrican-Ame rican descent. Redbone explores traditional and modern\nvariations of folk \, roots\, blues\, tribal and soul that feature her\nmagnificent voice.
Part of The Center's 2015-2016 Performing Arts\nSeries.
2015-2016 Performing Arts Series
The\nBros. Landreth\, Sa
turday\, September 26th 2015
Black Violin\, October\n21st 2015
Dala\, November 12th 2015
Martha Redbone Roots\nProject\, February
20th 2016
PostSecret: The Show\, March 29th 2016
Meklit\, Fri
day\, April 8th 2016
The\n “charismatic indie-soul diva” (Time Out New York) Martha Redbone is an \nIndependent Music Award-winning musician of Cherokee\, Choctaw\, Shawnee and\nAfrican-American descent. Redbone explores traditional and modern\nv ariations of folk\, roots\, blues\, tribal and soul that feature her\nmagn ificent voice.
Part of The Center's 2015-2016 Performing Arts\nSeri es.
2015-2016 Performing Arts Series
The\nBr
os. Landreth\, Saturday\, September 26th 2015
Black Violin\, October
\n21st 2015
Dala\, November 12th 2015
Martha Redbone Roots\nPr
oject\, February 20th 2016
PostSecret: The Show\, March 29th 2016
Meklit\, Friday\, April 8th 2016
Use this\nopportunity to brush up on your figure drawing skills in a relaxed\nenvironment. All s kills welcome.
This class is offered Wednesday\,\nJan 13 &\; 27\ , Monday Feb 8 (originally scheduled for Feb 10)\, Wednesday\,\nFeb 24 and May 11 &\; 25 from 6:30–8:30pm.
Use t his\nopportunity to brush up on your figure drawing skills in a relaxed\ne nvironment. All skills welcome.
This class is offered Wednesday\,\n Jan 13 &\; 27\, Monday Feb 8 (originally scheduled for Feb 10)\, Wednes day\,\nFeb 24 and May 11 &\; 25 from 6:30–8:30pm.