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Salina professional photographer Shelley Griffith will be displaying unique portraits of local business professionals that include elements of their careers in the portraits. The exhibit “Eye Do” by Griffith is in the virtual Gallery 708 and on display at Salina Public Library. The exhibit will be on display until May 31. Griffith wanted to do headshots in a different way and attributes her personality and corky attitude for coming up with the idea. Everybody does the same thing, so I wanted to do something different, said Griffith. I have a friend who is a graphic designer, and he had the idea of putting paint on his face. The whole point is to do something different so that their face and what they do along with what company they represent stays in people s minds. ....
Published in 2017, the book chronicles the history of government-sponsored housing segregation in America. The CRD attempted to hold a similar event last year, but the shutdown due to COVID-19 forced them to shelve the idea for a later date. “Now that we have been able to get through a lot of the uncertainties of COVID, and with technology and having Zoom, we’ve been able to work on bringing it in a safer way to the community,” said Julia Ramos, community relations specialist for the city of Salina. While they would have preferred the option to have an in-person event, Ramos said it was better to hold it online than to not have it at all. ....