A chat with Nisa Hayden explains why she has so many successful careers. It’s about people skills.
As an actor, freelance writer, gallery director, arts consultant and garden manager, Hayden’s ability to connect led to a wildly diverse employment history.
The Alaska native grew up in the East Bay and planned to become an attorney. A summons to jury duty at age 18 “turned me off the process,” she says, and prompted her to forego a partial college scholarship.
If something interests Steve Kellison, he turns it into art.
For his “Lost Vincent” series, Kellison was inspired by “The Painter on the Road to Tarascon,” a Vincent van Gogh work destroyed in World War II.
The image of a painter on his way to work embedded itself in Kellison’s imagination and sparked a series of drawings and paintings. In each, the central image is recognizable but captured in various styles and mediums—some in charcoal and pastel on paper, some in oil and pigment stick on canvas. Some are abstract, others more faithful to the original.
Since we last spoke nine years ago, Jeff Myers has been busy.
“Tractor Levitation,” the outdoor sculpture he was working on in 2016, was unveiled at McKinley Village. He’s enjoyed several solo exhibitions, received good press and traveled.
Myers also added to his three series, “The Secret Life of Machines,” “The Land Series” and “Bodyen.”
His latest artistic exploration takes him back to his roots: cameras.
Next time you get an urge to shop, try thrifting instead of buying new. Linnea Bohan knows why.
Inspired by her love of thrifting, Bohan, a junior at Rio Americano High School, received a Climate Leaders Fellowship. The program engages young leaders to find climate solutions—one of which is thrifting, rather than buying new clothes.
For the fellowship, high school students around the world identify local climate impact opportunities and complete a 12-week capstone project with help from advisers and peers.
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Kent Lacin finds joy in many places. Behind a camera. Drawing or writing with a new fountain pen. Jamming on jazz piano. Teaching college students. Making films.
“I never felt like I worked a day in my life, I had so much fun,” he says. “I did so many wonderful things and met so many wonderful people, it was a dream.”
Lacin retired four years ago after a decades-long career as owner of Kent Lacin Media Services. But that’s a small part of his story.
Growing up in Arden Park, Lacin loved to draw and play the piano. His parents gave him a Pentax camera at age 8, and he loved that, too. But since neither parent had a background in the arts, Lacin thought of art as a hobby, not a career.
