Arts

English photographer and climate activist Nick Brandt’s latest work, “The Echo of Our Voices: The Day May Break Chapter Four” (2024,) explores the transformative power of human connection in the face of adversity. This chapter in his ongoing global series (on display at Gilman Contemporary until January 23, 2025) features portraits of 21 Syrian families standing atop boxes, which Brandt views as “pedestals for the unseen and unheard,” amplifying voices often ignored.

Eventually, Lindsay’s report took him to Cuba. As a matter of fate, he reported there during the Obama Presidency, who ushered in a historic opening of U.S.-Cuba relations, and Trump, who returned U.S. policy to “a Cold War-era policy of economic warfare,” Lindsay explained. “In terms of being able to make a living, have hope, or feel like your country has a future or not.” Lindsay said the outcome of U.S. elections has had more profound effects in Cuba than for most Americans at home.

The 2024/25 season launched with the summer production of Boeing Boeing, a classic farce and slamming comedy. The show became TLTC’s all-time highest-grossing production, selling out the Liberty Theatre from the front row to balcony seats during its three-week run. Originally written in the 1960s, LA-based director Veronica Moonhill infused the retro-style play with her own twist, challenging the classic gender roles baked into the original and adding a unique flair to TLTC’s production.

Meyer still often uses this process (drawing or painting without looking down) when creating new works as a way to help get in the flow and capture the intent of a piece. “Starting with contour drawing offers a way to let my hand interpret the scene as my mind is seeing it so that I can get to the true essence of the painting,” he said.

Like all great stories, SVWC began with an idea. “Years ago, when I was hired as a reporter at The Arizona Republic,” says founder Reva Tooley, “I inherited the responsibility for a popular Books & Authors Luncheon, sponsored by the newspaper. Some years later–after marriage, motherhood, and a home in Ketchum–I got the idea that Sun Valley might embrace a similar sort of event.”