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Diane Way (Lakota/Cheyenne):
In the Literary Arts, her professional credits include the 1997
Frank Silvera's Writers' Workshop award, the American Theatre
Association National Award and The Women's Conference National
and International Awards in play writing. Diane's writing credits
include "Magnum, p.i." (television) and films "All
My Relations" and "Spirit Dance." Diane is a Story
Teller, performing and conducting oral tradition/oral history
workshops world wide. Diane is a visual artist, and her computer-rendered
photography was featured in Ableza's exhibit "Ancient Whispers/Future Voices" at the
San Jose Institute for Contemporary Arts. and images from her
recent series, "Honor
and Pain," was featured as part of "Truth And Lies"
at the Triton Museum of Art. As a Theatrician, Diane has pursued
a successful career in acting and directing for both stage and
film. Diane's play, "Tiospei," was selected for the
Frank Silvera Writer's Workshop Reader's Series in 1997, and
Diane was awarded the Arts Council of Silicon Valley literary
fellowship for 2000. As an Arts-Educator, Diane filled The Allan
T. Gilliland Endowed Chair at San Jose State University teaching
seven upper-division sections in script writing and oral tradition
and inter-session sections of oral tradition at Stanford University.
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David Yohn(Ojibwe+Sac and Fox): David
is a professional video and film-maker and a digital video editor.
David has started up and served as Executive Director of several
non-profit organizations and two local cable Television stations.
His many Producer/ Director/ Editor documentary credits include:
"The Drum and the Mask," shot on location in Papua,
New Guinea, "The Breath of Life" and "Stand and
Be Counted" for the Media Mentor Project of The Ursa Institute,
many music videos and commercials, and four educational documentaries
for The Center for Living With Dying, as well as hundreds of
industrial and corporate productions. David is a conceptual artist,
and one of his multi-media installation pieces was featured in
Ableza's exhibit "Ancient
Whispers/Future Voices" at the San Jose Institute for
Contemporary Arts. David's video work was featured at the Triton
Museum of Art in their "Truth and Lies" exhibit. As
an Arts Educator, David was a professor for five years at San
Jose State University and Santa Clara University. David serves
as the Executive Director of Ableza and is the web master for
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Richard Sanchez (Navajo): Richard
is an expert costume designer and builder, as well as a mask
maker, actor and singer for over 15 years. Some of his credits
include a featured role in "Honor Song for Crazy Horse"
at Theatre Works, and vocalist in "The Barber of Seville"
and "The Marriage of Figaro" for Opera San Jose, and
in "Peter Pan" for San Jose Civic Light Opera he portrayed
a pirate (not an Indian!) Also at Civic Light Opera he appeared
in "Dreamgirls" and "Evita." He has done
costume/mask work and design for hundreds of shows, including
"Taming of the Shrew," "Sweeny Todd," "Into
the Woods," "Tommy," "Honor Song for Crazy
Horse," "Royal Hunt of the Sun," "Peter Pan"
and "Follies" for theaters such as Theatre Works, San
Jose Rep, San Jose Civic Light Opera, American Musical Theatre,
Western Stage, and California Shakespeare Festival. Richard has
designed for Ableza's productions of "The Breath of Life,"
"Touching the Earth," "Full Circle" and "Dancing the Circle." |
