https://www.thecurrentflows.com/additional-resources daily 0.75 2021-04-14 https://www.thecurrentflows.com/home daily 1.0 2022-11-20 https://www.thecurrentflows.com/about-colleen daily 0.75 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/1618426778873-SJ0UOOQC5R8YBCWIXD3I/_A039382_p.jpg About the Artist - Colleen J. Miniuk Photographer/Author After a 10-year stint as a software engineer, Colleen Miniuk fled the grey cubicle walls to pursue a more colorful, meaningful life as a full-time photographer, author, publisher, instructor, speaker, stand-up paddleboarder, and water lover. In 2019, she paddled or rowed six rivers: Colorado, Yampa, Green (twice), Arkansas, Chama, and Snake. She resides in Chandler, AZ, on the ancestral homeland of the Hohokam, near the Consolidated Canal which distributes water from the Salt River to her home and the metro Phoenix area. To learn more about her work, including how to order prints, join a photography workshop, or arrange a speaking engagement, visit www.colleenminiuk.com. https://www.thecurrentflows.com/contact-colleen daily 0.75 2023-03-15 https://www.thecurrentflows.com/about-the-exhibition daily 0.75 2021-05-27 https://www.thecurrentflows.com/behindthescenes-photos daily 0.75 2023-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/c092c51e-1ee1-4a11-a5da-4f088fab4657/IMG_5691.jpg Behind the Scenes Photos Reviewing print proofs at Tempe Camera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/3342e524-fdb1-4886-b0f2-2d5ce52cddfa/IMG_5840.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos Two of the 16 matted photographs, waiting to be signed, labeled, and framed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/70b94612-f267-4394-b0da-f8c89222430b/IMG_5883.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos Labels on the back of all of the prints https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/10361887-28d6-42ef-92fd-b80d856db308/IMG_5884.jpg Behind the Scenes Photos Matted prints packed for transport to Jeanne Adams, exhibition curator, who, along with her son, Matthew, framed all sixteen of my pieces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/3365c55e-1b26-4506-994d-b9f94c1cda25/IMG_5896.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos Jeanne Adams (Ansel Adams' daughter-in-law and owner of the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite, along with her husband, Michael) came to Phoenix to pick up my matted prints. We decided to go camping together for a few days. This is from the Aqua Fria National Monument in Arizona on the first night of our adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/9ec0c78e-ba58-4a97-a1b7-c9033a9ddbca/IMG_5921.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos Jeanne meets the Colorado River nears Lee's Ferry in Marble Canyon in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, AZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/099f20c9-fed4-43c3-827e-6b4c5affd73b/IMG_6475.jpg Behind the Scenes Photos Showing off the proof of my exhibition catalogue at the printer, Courier Graphics, in Phoenix, AZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/c2013e3a-4d8c-43d1-871e-127a95db76a6/IMG_6470.jpg Behind the Scenes Photos Proofs of the exhibition catalogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/bb693240-738f-4505-a70c-c3c72184dc7c/IMG_6902.jpg Behind the Scenes Photos When I first walked up the stairs to the 3rd floor of the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center and saw my exhibit on the wall for the first time, I was so overwhelmed, I teared up. It was so beautifully put together by the amazing SDCACC staff. After over a year of work, it’s really real! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/6606afe6-7bef-42ec-b654-648ae5a3c35d/IMG_6940.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos Posing with Jeanne Falk Adams (curator and Ansel Adams’ daughter-in-law) and SDCACC CEO Jim Richerson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/7ee97072-2142-4d6b-aa0d-451a4ac9cc6b/IMG_6950.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos Having a moment with Michael (Ansel Adams’ son) and Jeanne next to an Ansel print from Arizona! Michael, who was 9 years old when his dad made this photograph on a trip together, recounted the wild experience they had navigating the sand in a convertible in Canyon de Chelly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/6b243195-73cd-4732-9940-e0c8992c83a8/IMG_6957.jpg Behind the Scenes Photos When I picked up my first camera 20 years ago, never in my wildest dream would I have imagined Michael Adams, Ansel’s son, looking at my photographs...but here we are... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/b3605b9b-6fa9-4041-ab1f-1f7816114645/IMG_6976.jpg Behind the Scenes Photos Filled with so much gratitude for the Adams family (Michael and Jeanne) and my family (Jacque and Bob) for giving me this opportunity to share the love of the Colorado River with others through this solo exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/351f9bca-31bc-4fe5-b31d-699422902cbb/IMG_6999.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos My mom, dad, and I got all fancied up for the “Wonders of Water” gala on Friday, June 4, 2021 to open the “Vital Waters” and “The Current Flows” shows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/9a2844e8-e0db-4e10-a786-dd3042f901a7/IMG_7007.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos All 16 photographs featured in the show have fun backstories with fun people involved. These two images from the Grand Canyon along the Colorado River are for all of those who I’ve shared a rafting trip with, my river guides, and the commercial outfitter who made both of these photos possible, Hatch River Expeditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/652ec716-85db-43b1-9a83-6f1756055c80/IMG_7011.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos I felt so fortunate to share the opening gala moments with my parents, Bob and Jacque Miniuk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/606e027f-392e-48c9-b716-9c222cbeba82/IMG_7012.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos Me and my papa at the gala dinner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/796df919-3e07-4d71-89d6-f5b98f2d2269/IMG_7032.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos At Saturday morning’s “Coffee Talk with the Curator,” Jeanne Falk Adams shares how the “Vital Waters” exhibition and "The Current Flows" exhibit came to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/b897e472-3875-4163-8780-dc1bdec1a1e8/IMG_7059.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos Then it was my turn! After Jeanne talked about how she and I met at my “Visualization” presentation at the February 2020 Out of Yosemite conference, I had the chance to explain how my exhibit, “The Current Flows,” brings the messaging of “Vital Waters” (which is focused on oceans) onto a local, river-based level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/79f25643-2ca9-46e5-a31e-127d46a7795d/IMG_1230.jpg Behind the Scenes Photos Having a lovely evening on the deck of Jeanne and Michael's home in Carmel (which used to be Ansel's house) while visiting them to pick up my exhibition prints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6077276366147a028df0497e/d77b7212-cfcb-4cde-b39a-ae325f76183d/IMG_1253.JPG Behind the Scenes Photos This is Ansel's darkroom (at the Carmel house). Those are my exhibition prints. 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