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Episode 828: Thursday May 10, 2007

Celtic Musician Hanz Araki

Not only does Hanz Araki play Irish Flute, Japanese Bamboo flute, pennywhistles, and low-whistles; he also sings vocals. This well-rounded musician comes from six generations of Japanese flute players and was taught by his father to play the traditional Japanese Bamboo flute, the Shakuhachi. In addition, influences from his mother's Irish background and highland records led him to take up the Irish Flute.

Video: Watch Hanz Araki perform "Reynardine"

Author Monica Drake

Monica Drake, a teacher at Pacific NW College of Art, is the author of Clown Girl. In addition, she is a contributor of reviews and articles to The Oregonian, The Stranger, and the Portland Mercury and her fiction has appeared in the Beloit Fiction Review, Threepenny Review, The Insomniac Reader, and others. Monica was a student of Tom Spanbauer and an early member of his Portland writers' group, Dangerous Writing, along with fellow Portland writer Chuck Pahlaniuk. Her debut novel, Clown Girl has been met with much success. It is published by Hawthorne Books and is already in its second printing.(photo by Aaron Busch)

On the web:

MonicaDrake.com

HawthorneBooks.com

Photographer Christopher Burkett

Christopher Burkett was reared in the Pacific Northwest. In 1975, while he was a brother in a Christian order, he became interested in photography as a means of expressing the grace, light and beauty he saw present in the world of nature. Over the next twenty years, he gradually perfected his craft so photography could be the means through which he could express his innermost feelings and inspiration. Today he works almost exclusively with color 8 x 10" transparencies. In 1979, Burkett left the brotherhood to pursue photography and married his wife, Ruth. He learned the offset printing process and ran four-color printing presses and laser scanners to create detailed color separations. These years of experience in the printing trade helped develop his fine discernment of color and gave him a deep understanding of the principles of color and tone reproduction. Today Burkett travels extensively throughout the United States to photograph. His masterful printing and numerous exhibitions rapidly brought him international acclaim. His photographs are featured in many public and private fine art collections. Burkett also has taught several workshops sponsored through the Friends of Photography and Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Burkett is a recognized national expert in printing Cibachrome (Ilfochrome), by virtue of his use of sophisticated and unique masking techniques. He meticulously hand prints his 8 x 10" transparencies to 20 x 24", 30 x 40", and 40 x 50", with impressive sharpness and rich tonality. All images are archivally overmatted, signed and numbered by the artist.

On the web:

www.christopherburkett.com