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It was incredible to see so much passion and creativity on display during the Art X Festival. From music, performance, 2-D and 3-D art all the workshops and community involvement were incredible. Another major highlight for me was the multi-media music performance titled “Uncertainty”. At it’s core, it was an original piece composed for marimba. To accompany this, another performer controlled a light show of colored LED strips while another sent signals to what was essentially a second, robotically controlled marimba. Each note was struck by a servo controlled mallet and programed remotely. It was certainly a unique and incredibly interesting performance.

Of the over 180 events spread out over 10-day Art X Festival, one of my personal favorites was the Flagstaff Food Foraging workshop. The brain child of a local chef, a foraged food expert and a artist/musician/creative the team hosted several groups of area high-school students and worked through creating incredible dishes from wild foods found right in our backyards.

Wrapped up photographing Creative Flagstaff’s 10-day Art X Festival, and wow what an event! The basic idea could be summed up as ‘Art everywhere’. Each event could have been its own gallery, but I will break it up into several highlight posts instead. So stay tuned for a TON of content to come from this incredible festival…

Photographed an awards presentation for Northern Arizona Healthcare workers who were granted money to continue their educations. The money was provided by a variety of philanthropic organizations and individuals, there were a lot of smiles, tears and some big differences made in many of these peoples lives. Check out a little sample gallery below

Creative Flagstaff is hosting the very ambitious Art-X Festival once again this year. A 10-day arts festival with installations, performances, workshops and so much more in locations all over Flagstaff. The main festival will be May 17-May 26, I had the pleasure to photograph an early event entitled, Traveling the Universe. Local school children had the opportunity to experiment with a mix of poetry, music, visual arts and science to explore the universe outside our solar system. More info on the upcoming festival can be found at artxideas.org

Once again I was invited to photograph the annual Creative Flagstaff Viola Awards Ceremony. I have been photographing this event for probably 10-years, the Violas are always a fun gathering of artists from around Northern Arizona and a great way to celebrate the arts in our area.

Although I haven’t posted about it in a while, I am still shooting the monthly Electric happening…I am also off of the facebooks this year, but if you are on them, and so inclined, please check out the photos at the following link…

Electric Kingdom September

Hasn’t been the busiest beginning of the month as far as local news goes, but with area schools starting  in the coming weeks, that is sure to change. Either way here is a look at some of the stories I have been covering for the first part of this month…

Although I haven’t been posting much as of late, that does not mean I haven’t been busy. Quite the opposite in fact…Stay tuned right here for more details about the last few months coming soon. But on a current note, I had the distinct pleasure of photographing a 1920s themed tea party hosted by the one and only Dapper Dre this evening. Head over to the Taylor Mahoney Photography Facebook Page to check it out and join the conversation…