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Photo of the Week: 3.9.2010

krista — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:30:16 +0000

VOICES Photo by Chris Romero.

Photo edited by VOICES Assistant Photo Editor Lilliana Lopez.

VOICES on KUAZ: Natalee Dawson on her family’s bird collection

krista — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:42:55 +0000

Natalee Dawson, a junior at Salpointe Catholic High School, speaks about her family’s growing bird collection. “There are birds, small trilling creatures, and then there are Birds with a capital ‘B’ – the ones whose beaks are uncomfortably large in comparison to your fingers.”

Fabian De Le Pena Montero: Day of the Dead Altars

krista — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:30:18 +0000

VOICES Youth Apprentice Fabian De Le Pena Montero, 16, a junior at Tucson High Magnet School, investigated the spiritual, cultural and artistic aspects of altars created to remember lost loved ones during Day of the Dead celebration. Montero interviewed five people as a way to explore the different ways that people turn the grief of death into a celebration.

Click below to view Fabian’s Photo Slideshow.

VOICES Fabian De La Pena Montero: Day of the Dead Altars

Photo Competition: The Rhetorical Triangle

krista — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:59:21 +0000

The Spring 2010 VOICES Magazine staff participated in their first photo competition during their training on the basic concepts of rhetoric: Logic, Passion, and Character. VOICES uses rhetoric as a tool to develop stories that explore, challenge and appeal to the logic, passions and character of readers. Working in teams of three, the staff had less than one hour to explore downtown Tucson to find visual examples of the three concepts. Here are the winners, as judged by the photographers.

The Grand Prize was awarded to the photography team that had the best image in all three categories: Logic, Passion, Character. Each category was also awarded a First Place.

Grand Prize: Krystle Marie Chavez, Brian Hernandez, Cassandra Valadez

First Place – Passion: Nini Boufelfel, Julian Juan, Fernanda Frias

First Place – Logic: Fabian De La Pena Montero, Mattea Wallace, Alejandra Durazo

First Place – Character: Nini Boufelfel, Julian Juan, Fernanda Frias

Photo of the Week: 2.19.2010

krista — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:12:45 +0000

VOICES Photo: Krystle Marie Chavez, Brian Hernandez, Cassandra Valadez

VOICES x KUAZ: Jacob Lopez tells how he is using his life-long fascination with make-up

donny — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:52:44 +0000

“Paranoid that someone was coming toward the bathroom, I would wash my face even faster. I was scared as hell. Now that i’m 19, I want to show others the freedom that makeup has given me.”

AZSpotlight_2010_01_29_VOICES_Jacob_Lopez

(VOICES Photo/Lilliana Lopez)

voicesTV takes home 8 awards from the MLK Day Film Projét Short Film Festival!

donny — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:02:22 +0000

A big thanks to all that were involved and congrats to all the winners, especially to our own Jose Morgan who won “Best Documentary” and “Best Film”!

Youth Winners:

Best Screenplay A Look Around (City High)

Best Documentary Jose Morgan’s Last Day at the Drive-In (VOICES)

Theme Integration Noor Jabbar’s Senior Refugees (VOICES)

Non-Profit Entry Juan Acedo’s Humane Borders (VOICES)

Original Music Music is Life (City High)

Performance Female Nini Boufelfel’s Sustainable Style (VOICES)

Performance Male Pedro Reyes’ The Boom Box Kid (VOICES)

Best Tucson Backdrop We have a tie! Clarissa Corrales’ Skrappy’s and Ricardo Bojorquez’s Bike Community (VOICES)

Best Direction A Look Around (City High)

Best Film Jose Morgan’s Last Day at the Drive-In (VOICES)

Honorable Mentions: Anastasia Moneymaker’s Sex Ed in AZ (VOICES), Skating is Not a Crime, A Silent Reproach

Watch them all on youtube now!

http://www.youtube.com/user/VOICESinc

Any youth interested in working for VOICES in video, radio, or magazine (writing/photography), come on by to our offices from 3-5pm. This is THE LAST WEEK we will be interviewing for new youth staff. Must be ages 14-21. More info here: http://www.voicesinc.org/2010/01/04/voices-is-recruiting-for-spring-2010-session/

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voicesTV submits 8 shorts for MLK Day Film Projét Short Film Festival!

donny — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:52:47 +0000

Who needs the Golden Globes when you’ve got voicesTV? voicesTV had 8 youth submissions! Come out and support youth and adult media!

Celebrate MLK Day “A day on, not a day off” January 18th with the MLK Day Film Projét Short Film Festival. Short films are based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s concept of “Beloved Community.” Films were submitted in both youth and adult categories from across Arizona. During the festival, awards will be given to winning films in twenty categories.

For more information contact, Dorian at dtownsend@volunteersoaz.org.

Date: Monday, January 18, 2010
Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: The Loft
Street: 3233 E. Speedway
City/Town: Tucson, AZ

To RSVP through Facebook, check out the event page at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=231833559195&index=1

voicesTV: Last day at the De Anza Drive-In Theater

donny — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:53:53 +0000

Written and Directed by Jose Morgan, Edge High

Vidcaps of De Anza story:

More about the film-maker:

Jose Morgan, 17, Edge High School

I hope to go to college right after high school. I had acquired an interest in journalism and I thought Voices was the perfect opportunity to get a head start. I have always had a passion for all things having to do with the media and I hope to make a living putting in my 2 cents into the whole mess. I hope to become a professional photographer or write for a music magazine. I play guitar in a band so there’s also the whole “Rockstar” thing but that’s a long shot for me. I also do an online radio show or “podcast” on the weekends with a couple of friends as a way to express my comedic genius. My goal in life is to make a living doing something I love, whether it be radio, photography or music.

Sophia Cortes

krista — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:28:51 +0000

Sophia Cortes, 17, Tucson High Magnet School

Three friends and I decided to apply at VOICES simply because we were broke all the time and had heard good things from people who had participated in previous years. I applied for magazine, but was told I would be best suited for radio. I enjoy playing music and exploring the ridiculous desert of the east side. For now, I want to become a speech therapist, but that may change (as it has multiple times in the past).

(VOICES Photo/Lilliana Lopez)