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Show n PACE 7 Thursday, December 2, 2010 4 ( 'V EDITOR Holly Coombs, 586-548- 8 1 Museum exhibit displays UU alumnas art By ELLIE ANDERSON eandersonsuunews.com An exhibit showcasing the photography and paintings of an SUU alumna is currently on display in the Frontier Homestead State Park Museum special exhibits area. Natalie Brokaw, who graduated from SUU in 2000 with a criminal justice degree, said she has always loved art and has learned to take time to pursue her passion. Todd Prince, Frontier Homestead State Park manager, decides which artists are accepted for special exhibits. He said Brokaw was chosen because her imagery features landscapes in the southwest which accents the museums theme. Prince said the park tries to have a special exhibit, ranging from art to Iron County history exhibits, up most of the year. He said the exhibits are usually changed every six to eight weeks. Prince said the purpose of the public access space is to offer Cedar City and regional artists, from beginner to nationally recognized artists, an opportunity to exhibit their work in a public facility. Unless you are an established artist with an impressive portfolio, most high-en- d galleries and museums are reluctant to take a chance on you, Prince said. As a public institution, the museum offers an alternative for artists trying to get their work out to the public. Brokaw is married with two daughters and works full time as a registrar at Combs High School in San Tan Valley, Ariz., but said she devotes about a fourth of her time to art. Brokaw said she took a few photography workshops in Phoenix and has used the Internet to learn about photography, but has learned the most from experience. She advised any person who is interested in photography to just keep shooting. The main way I have learned is through trial and error, she said. If a photo turns out you figure out why and repeat it, likewise for the opposite. I shoot a lot; practice has gotten me to where I am at right now. Brokaw said she loves being outdoors and enjoying this world and trying to capture its beauty. She said she looks for uncommon locations and places that people usually avoid because of the hike involved or road conditions, as well as small details, like exciting skies, that most people dont see unless they are purposefully looking for them. She said her least favorite thing about photography is when she sees something that would make a great shot and is not prepared. So much of a good photograph is simply being in the right place at the right time and being prepared for that moment, she said. You just have to be patient, invest the time and practice, practice, practice, Brokaw said. It has taken me five years of studying and a lot of bad photographs to produce the results I achieve now, but in the digital age you can shoot a lot at no cost. Brokaws exhibit will be on display at Frontier Homestead State Park through the end of December. There is a $3 entry fee to get into the Frontier Homestead State Park, but there are no special charges to view the exhibit once inside the park. Artists who would like to apply to have their artwork displayed in the special exhibits section of the museum are required to submit an application and pay a $50 application fee. Most exhibits are scheduled up to a year in advance depending on availability. alumna Natalie Brokaws photography and paintings are displayed at the Frontier Homestead State Park Museum. Brokaws art displays southwest landscapes. SUU Finals week supplies fun I'm about to face my eighth finals week in my SUU college career, and while some finals weeks can be death or freedom to us all, mine have been entertaining. As students, we are told cramming, staying up all night before a final and not studying at all are not smart ideas. I have done all of these and have suffered the consequences of falling asleep in a final, having a throbbing headache and bombing the test. However, I have also succeeded at times with these decisions and had some fun, entertaining experiences doing it. We get stressed studying for finals and I find we need to have fun while we study. One experience I had happened the night before my nutrition final. I went to the Shell Gas Station, which is now the Flying J, and filled up my mug full of Dr. Pepper to keep me awake to study all night. This same night my roommates were also awake to study, but, as many people do, we were procrastinating the study part and decided to have an adventure by peeking in on some M aftrac'ive neighbors. EXPERT In my apartment complex, K the buildings are close to each other, and outside our kitchen window we could see the back of another apartment building. We could see bedroom windows and one window often had the blinds drawn '- -J so we could see into their ; room. ' HOLLY We. werent stalkers, but COOMBS what else would you do if you are at the kitchen sink, look out the window and see some hot guys walking around in their room? It wasnt our fault the boys wanted their blinds drawn, exposing their room for us and others who walked between our apartment buildings to look into. At about 8 p.m., we found the boys dancing in front of a mirror with music blaring. You dont often see guys dancing around in front of a mirror In their bedroom so that made it funnier to watch. We decided to watch until they noticed us. However, this didnt happen until one of them undeniably started to strip his shorts off. He turned toward the window to see us looking. Pch his and our faces turned to shocking expressions and we ducked for cover on the floor. We busted out laughing, crawled around on the floor to turn out the lights because we saw all four of the guys in the window attempting to look down at us. We remained on the floor for about 20 minutes until no one was looking out of any windows. We decided to walk around the building and through the alley between our apartment buildings to see if we could see or hear anything from our peeping experience. We saw a girl inside the guys apartment looking into the bedroom toward our apartment and heard her say, Oh my gosh! Needless to say we started studying; were up until 5 a.m. and kept an eye on the apartment window. All we saw was someone on his 1 computer in the dark. At about a.m. one of outside of the on a my roommates stuck note the guys window, which read Im sorry if we embarrassed you, but you guys are quite good danceis. Thanks for letting us watch. Other finals week experiences were going to Dennys at 2 or 4 a.m. and studying there until late morning, and going sledding at 1 a.m. We worry about finals week because of big tests that determine our grades, but it should also be a time to relieve stress and have a good time at the end of the semester. Holly Coombs is the Accent editor for the University Journal. She can be reached at hcoombs suunews .com . . i all year. Former Cedar City Mayor Gerald R. Community members run the Main Street Mile as part of the Great to bring in tourism were created to help increase community said festivals American Stampede parade. Cedar City, also known as Festival Sherratt and winter months. fall, business create spring festivals that for during the city organizers City U.S.A, is known 0 Festival organizers create events to promote tourism By HOLLY COOMBS hcoombssuunews com City employees and businesses have been creating festivals for years to increase business and tourism. Throughout the years, festivals in Cedar City have come and gone, either because of financial, location or labor limitations, Former Cedar City Mayor Gerald R. Sherratt said. Cedar City Mayor Joe Burgess said Sherratt created and provided the means to start many of the festivals the in Cedar City including Christmas Festival and the Utah Summer Games. Sherratt, however, said many people came up with the festival ideas. He started the Utah Summer Games, Groovacious Owner Tim Cretsinger started Groovefest, Cedar Breaks employees started the Wildflower Festival, Zions Bank President Scott Anderson started the Heritage Festival, Theatre Arts Professor Richard Bugg started the Neil Simon Fest and Fred Adams started the Utah Shakespeare Festival, he said. Sherratt said tourism is a major part of the city. The summer months are busy, but other seasons don't bring many tourists so city employees wanted more festivals throughout the rest of the year, he said. It's very tough to keep business going three months out of the year, he said. Cedar City Events Coordinator Byron Lynford said an event keeps going each year when it becomes because the event budget is not very big. He said the Rotary Club took over the July Jamboree a few years ago to keep it going. Another event that didnt happen because of limitations was a winter festival with skiing and ice sculptures, but didn't get it going in time, Sherratt said. He said one festival he hopes will come back is the American Childrens Festival, but there needs to be a location for it. He said it needs financing, but hopefully it will be back next year. However, Sherratt said the parade for that festival still happens. Sherratt said festivals that are still going strong are SkyFest, Great American Stampede, Korean Festival, American Family Festival and the Neil Simon Fest. He said the Utah Shakespeare Festival does a Pumpkin Festival as a part of the Renaissance Faire every year. Burgess said some festivals have not succeeded because there has been no one to do the work to keep them going. He said the Christmas Festival, which Sherratt started five years ago, cost organizers a lot of work and money from their pockets so it didnt last long. had organizers Burgess said Christmas trees that were not sold and they were unable to charge tickets for people to attend the festival. It got to be too much work and we couldnt do it, he said. Sherratt said he wanted to organize a Himmelsk Festival, which would have taken place during April as a part of April Fools Day, consisting of pageant with a King and Queen, but he said he and organizers ran out of time to get it going. Lynford said one event that didnt do so well last year was the archery He said sometimes the event. events need to run long enough to see if people will come or become interested. Lynford said festival organizers want to try some of the events again. It takes awhile for them to get off the ground, he said. Some take time to build. Lynford is in charge of the citys See FEST, Page 8 |