Saturday, March 6, 2010
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
The Sarahs's School is open for business
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
How Bizarre...
People from the Fred Phelp's following decided to picket The Pembroke Hill School for some reason that no one seems to understand and UMKC for it's screening of The Laramie Project. Many passersby found it very difficult to comprehend the reasoning behind their rhetoric. Several observers tried to get into philosophical and ethical discussions with them and ending in no resolution while others simply responded by showing them the middle finger.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
The Sarahs' School
Sarah Garibaldi in her soon to be school house. ©Rachael Jane
Monday, October 12, 2009
Emancipation Station
After visiting the Emancipation Station, a shelter for women, I thought about it a long time afterwards. I was in awe of Pastor Alice Pigee-Wallack who runs the center. Her strength for dealing with the difficult and hard stories of these women. Sometimes it is a story of mental illness, sometimes drugs, abuse, or just hard luck. Just recently "Pastor Alice" as they call her, told me that the story we did helped them earn a $5000 grant. It motivates me to go out and do more photography like this.
If you or someone you know would like to help the Emancipation Station, contact the Janet Brown Moss at janetbridgeworks@sbcglobal.net or call 816.531.6577. To contact the True Light Family Resource Center, please call 816.561.1700 or emailtruelightfrc@hotmail.com.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
A Teacher of Note
I just finished my work at the MPW. We had our exhibition at the local library with a great turnout. Below is a quick summary of my story. It was a wonderful experience to work directly with some of the most talented people in the industry, Dennis Dimick and George Olson, and to see the end reaction of the town to our work.
©Rachael Jane
more here
Scott Taylor is a music-loving school teacher and softball coach at St. Pius X, a local Catholic high school in Crystal City.
Taylor, as his students call him, often uses music to motivate his students to be more engaged in learning, such as paralleling Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales with “The Battle of Evermore” by Led Zeppelin. He uses many musical euphemisms in class to make things fun, such as a weekly vocabulary list he calls the “greatest hits.” His walls and bookshelves at home and in his classroom are replete with music and sports paraphernalia.
Taylor is responsible for writing many of the songs by The Bottle Rockets, a rock band considered to be the godfathers of the '90s alt/country-roots rock revival originally from Festus and Crystal City. Some members of the band were his students at St. Pius X.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Missouri Photo Workshop
I just learned that I am accepted to the Missouri Photo Workshop starting next week.
It is "a remarkable documentary effort. Since 1949 more than 2,000 photographers from around the world have worked in more than 40 small Missouri communities to create a historic and unique archive."
It is run by the University of Missouri-Columbia's School of Journalism
Looking forward....
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