Tag: art

Lights, Camera, Live Auction! 2 day Spring Art Show

Mary Kopp MountainView Ballroom – February 16, 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. – February 17, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This is truly something fresh, something new. The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild is hosting a live auction. Come experience the excitement. You never know what original artwork might tempt you. This year’s attendees will interact with…

Artist of the Month

Bruce Capra – Magic things start to happen LaVerne Kyriss Like many pre-teens of his era, Bruce Capra got a paint-by-numbers kit when he was 12. This gift sparked a life-long love of painting. But as a college student Capra became convinced he had no artistic talent and moved into commercial art where he took…

Art Guild hosts extravaganza

More than 30 SaddleBrooke artists will display works for sale at the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild’s spring show, February 16 and 17, set for the MountainView Ballroom. All activities are open to the public. If you go: Friday, February 16, 4:00 to 7:30 p.m., MountainView Ballroom. Doors open at 4:00 p.m. for artists’ reception and…

SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild upcoming 2018 classes

Jeanne OMeara Our SaddleBrooke artists are often heard talking about either initiating their artistic pursuits or enhancing them when moving to our beautiful community. Even the more accomplished benefit from learning new techniques and mediums from their fellow artists in the Guild classes. Are sunrises, sunsets, mountains and Saguaros tickling your creative instincts? Join a…

Artist of the Month

LaVerne Kyriss When you pass Joe Costante’s SaddleBrooke home, you’d never expect to find the botanical garden that inhabits his backyard. But when you discover that Costante has a doctorate in botany and specialized in plant physiology and biochemistry during his working years and that he volunteered as a docent at both the Biosphere and…

Fine Arts Guild and UAMA Art Lecture Series

Tammy Bearden The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild, in partnership with the University of Arizona Museum of Art, will present a new series of three lectures beginning Wednesday, January 3, 2018, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the west ballroom of the MountainView Clubhouse. The first presenter will be docent Tammy Bearden who will discuss American…

A Celebration Of WaterColor

Karen Brungardt On Sunday, November 19, 2017, eight SaddleBrooke watercolor artists will present the second annual A Celebration of Watercolor show in the west end of the MountainView Ballroom. This colorful event will be from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is open to the public. Each of the artists, Karen Brungardt, Mary Bubla, Fran Dorr,…