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Artist Diana Madaras at work
Julia Young
The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke announces the first ever Art in the Afternoon featuring the paintings and holiday gifts of renowned Tucson artist Diana Madaras. The Rotary Club is bringing Madaras Gallery to SaddleBrooke with an opportunity for guests to shop for the holidays and see the award-wining paintings of Diana Madaras, named Tucson’s Best Artist six times. All proceeds from the ticket sales benefit art programs for school children.
The event will include wine, hors d’oeuvres and art on Sunday, December 4, 2016 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at MountainView Country Club in SaddleBrooke.
Diana Madaras is well-known for her bold, colorful artwork and her generous charitable giving. Madaras owns a gallery in Tucson that has just moved to a new permanent home at 3035 N. Swan Road. She is also president of the non-profit Art for Animals Foundation, a charity she founded in 1999 to help abused, injured and orphaned animals.
Schedule of events:
Diana Madaras, who says painting “fills her with joy,” will speak about her new book Colors of Tucson at 2:00 p.m.
Live auction at 3:00 p.m. for a $440 Diana Madaras giclee.
Four $250 shopping sprees at the Madaras Gallery are to be awarded by random drawings throughout the afternoon.
Sponsored by Fairwinds Desert Point, all ticket proceeds benefit the Fine Art programs at Coronado, Mountain Vista and San Manuel Elementary Schools.
Admission is $25 and tickets are available online at SaddlebrookeRotary.org, at MountainView Clubhouse or call 520-297-4858.