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Show www.dailyutahchronicle.com 6 ARTS Wednesday August 29, 2012 Jazz Fest to push education Javan Rivera STAFF WRITER It's rare that a person gets the chance to learn one on one with the most talented people in any given industry. Yet, that's the exact opportunity the Jazz Arts of the Mountainwest and Four Floor Productions will be giving U students this September. This year marks the 12th Salt Lake City International Jazz Festival. The event will provide students and jazz lovers a place to not only listen to some of the best talent in the business, but also to work with them at an intimate level few could hope to experience otherwise. "This is an amazing opportunity for students and jazz aficionados in the area because they get to get up close and personal with some world-class musicians," said Donn Schaefer, professor of music. "The level of artists that are coming in is amazing and everyone could learn from them." Schaefer will be playing as part of the Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra, which will be acting as the house band for the festival. The event is set to include artists such as Tower of Power, Deana Martin, Kathy Kosins, Chuck Findley and Vincent Falcone. The greater emphasis on education makes this year's festival unique. The first day will be entirely dedicated to free, informational clinics held on campus, during IF YOU GO What: Salt Lake City Jazz Festival When: Clinics - Sept. 1, Performances - Sept. 2 Where: ClinicsLibby Gardner Hall (and other U venues), Performances - The Gallivan Center Cost: Clinics are free. Festival: $16 or $11 if attending an educational clinic which students will be able to work with artists. "The music education part is every bit as important as the performances," said Jerry Floor, the festival's director. "We really look at all of it as an educational endeavor." Floor's desire to increase the learning portion of the festival is in part because he wants students to get involved with the clinics. "Jazz is really the only art form that has been gifted to the arts by the United States, and we believe that it's absolutely critical that young people are exposed to it," Floor said. Russell Schmidt, director of jazz studies, said the din- PHOTO COURTESY ED SIMPSON Sheila E. and her horn section performed at the 2011 Salt Lake City International Jazz Festival. This year's event will have free educative clinics at the U that will be open to the public. ics will be particularly beneficial to those who might not have given jazz a chance in the past. "I think if we only target people who already know and like jazz, that audience will forever be getting small- er," Schmidt said. "There are so many rich experiences to be gained from the arts that it's worth experiencing them all." However, only makes up half of the festival. The second day of the event will be dedicated entirely to local talent, including performances from the U's own Hot Club of Zion and the School of Music's Redtet. The range of jazz on display at this year's festival is likely to include something for everyone, Floor said. "Jazz is the father of diversity," he said. "Very rarely do we have anyone disappointed when they come to this event, whether they're jazz aficionados or not." j.rivera@chronicle.utah.edu Photographic film survives despite art digitalization Frances Moody STAFF WRITER PHOTO COURTESY MO BIRKEY Mo Birkey's Waki Paki food truck is among the many that visit Red Butte Garden Mondays through Saturdays. Food truck popularity increasing at Red Butte Lynette Randall STAFF WRITER When food sold from a car was first approached as an idea, nobody believed it would be successful. However, food trucks are quickly becoming the latest craze in the culinary world. From the congested streets in New York City to small towns in Alabama, food trucks are a hot commodity nationwide. Salt Lake City has joined the craze. Red Butte Garden currently hosts six different food trucks — 11:3o a.m. to 1:3o p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, and 11:3o a.m. to 2:3o p.m. on Saturday. Next time you're in a hurry to grab a meal, stop by the food trucks for an inexpensive and scrumptious quick fix. "People are always hungry around lunchtime, and the food truck is a great way to grab some good food on the go," said Mo Burki, owner of Waki Paki Food Truck. Burki got into the food truck business after he was laid off from his mechanical engineering job. He built Waki Paki from the ground up, investing everything he had left. "[Managing] a food truck was something I'd always wanted to do, so I did it," Burki said. Waki Paki is stationed at Red Butte Garden some Thursdays and Saturdays. But lately, Burki has been showcasing his unique food truck at the Gallivan Center every week for Food Truck Thursday, during which seven to io food trucks sell their gourmet food in a display of several cultures and tastes. Red Butte first instated food trucks as a way for employees to grab a quick lunch, Burki said. Now other patrons can enjoy the mobile cuisine as well. Food trucks are perfect for a picnic, solo lunch or a quick snack while studying. While enjoying the Red Butte Garden's beautiful outdoor setting, seminars, concerts or lectures, grab some lunch from the series of food trucks Red Butte hosts outside its facility. Food trucks might not seem like the preferred choice for any meal, but they are becoming increasingly popular as people experience their convenience and quality. Not only are the trucks close by, but they are an inexpensive option for a great meal. l.randall@ chronicle.utah.edu Any acclaimed photographer would recognize the click of the shutter and the rewinding of film by manually turning the advance lever. Yet such sounds seem foreign to novice photography lovers in this digitally advanced time. The marketing and sales of digital cameras have spread like wildfire from storefront to storefront. As a result, we process of developing pictures in the darkroom hides in small photo studios and artist workshops. Throughout the years, tiny businesses have worked to keep the world of photographic film alive. While adapting to the consumer need for digital cameras, places such as Inkley's Camera and Image, located in Holladay, still provide darkroom film products. Attempting to earn profit from a dying art form appears insensible to many. However, believers and admirers of photographic film proclaim the darkroom will survive its decline in popularity. Photographer Amanda Anderson Cooney, who works with Beijing Photospace — a company that has shot and edited pictures for magazines such as Vogue — said she believes stores will always be able to sell nondigital photography supplies. "A lot of photographers use [knowledge of film photography] as their marketing tool," Cooney said. "They are respected because they know it." Specializing in a less common form of photography aids professional photographers in attracting business from other companies. Along with the use for marketing, having knowledge of film and development in the darkroom helps people become better photographers in general, even when it comes to digital photography. Using the idea that familiarity of photographic film creates talented photographers has proved to be an effective business strategy for art schools and workshops in Salt Lake City. The photography department of the Salt Lake Art Center downtown reels in profits from film photography, offering classes that specialize in the darkroom process. Classes are held for a duration similar to that of a semester at the U. The class titled "A Shot in the Dark" is priced at $230 per season. Compared to the digital photography courses offered at $290 per term, beginning film photography appears to be the slightly more economical solution, which is something that could appeal to aspiring photographers. Not only does the art center offer classes, but it also advertises darkroom rentals at $8 per hour for artists. Making darkrooms accessible to the public is a way to bring back the art of film to the photographic world. In a way, developing film and pictures in the darkroom fashions a different art form from digital photography. "I prefer using film when I shoot photos," said Kailey Megan, a freshman at McDaniel College in Maryland who took a class at the Salt Lake Art Center. "To me, it's real art because you are creating something tangible and not just something that shows up on a screen." Although film photography remains decades old, the process and beauty behind it still attracts young people. !moody@ chronicle.utah.edu The only letter you actually want to write.. Share your opinion with The Daily Utah Chronicle! Write a letter to the editor at www.dailyutahchronicle.com/letter-to-the-editor/ _ |