The SaddleBrooke Artisans Fall Arts and Craft fair will be held on Saturday, March 2 from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Your talented friends and neighbors of SaddleBrooke One, SaddleBrooke TWO and The Preserve are participating artisans. Each participating artist designs and creates his/her own unique hand-crafted items. You will see, and be able to purchase items…
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Clubs & Classes, February 2019
Southwest Woodcarvers coming to SaddleBrooke
Southwest Woodcarvers will be providing a carving demonstration and carving show during the SaddleBrooke Spring Art Show, Saturday, March 2, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The woodcarvers will feature some of the finest Woodcarvers in southern Arizona performing carving demonstrations and participating in a carving show at the SaddleBrooke Arts and Craft Center.…
Features, February 2019
Gift Shop featured artist – George Bone
Mike Sedgwick George Bone’s interest in the craft of refurbishing old walking sticks started when he and his brother, Charlie, were searching for antique tools in Oracle. Restoring old hand tools that he found at auctions had previously been George’s hobby in Indiana and he had owned quite a collection, but gave most of them…
Clubs & Classes, February 2019
Continuing opportunities for learning this winter and spring
Gail Kolenda, Education Chair Below are the current classes being offered by the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild. The winter–spring session will continue with more special classes including the group book study of The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron that is moderated by Deb Kress. Don’t miss out. Check the Art Classes page at saddlebrookefinearts.org for…
Features, January 2019
Artist of the Month: Train your eye to see
LaVerne Kyriss When Mary Bubla was growing up in Neillsville, Wisconsin, she had two loves, math and art. As the only girl in her senior math class, she decided on math teacher as her preferred career path. But dissuaded by a guidance counselor who told her there was no career in math for a woman…
Features, January 2019
Gift Shop Artist of the Month: Dixie Diane Irwin
M. Sedgwick Dixie describes herself as a ‘Jack of all trades’ and exhibits a wide variety of arts and crafts items in the Gift Shop gallery. Geckos form her most prominent display, but she also creates jewelry, cards, pottery/ceramics, fabrics etc. A SaddleBrooke fabric painting class she attended in 1998 launched her artistic career (“I…
December 2018, Features
Artist of the Month: December 2018
LaVerne Kyriss “Talent is not the most important aspect in any of the creative arts,” explained Vivian Sathre. “No matter your medium or your forum, you must find your own voice to be successful in any creative endeavor.” “I still copy other artists when I’m trying to understand how they achieved a particular outcome,” she…
Clubs & Classes, December 2018
SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild and UAMA art lecture
Tammy Bearden The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild, in partnership with the University of Arizona Museum of Art, will present a new series of art lectures, beginning on Wednesday, January 9, 2019, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., in the west ballroom of the MountainView Clubhouse. The presenter will be docent Gerry Bates and the subject will…
Features, November 2018
SaddleBrooke Gift Shop featured artist for November
Russell C. Stokes Richard Morrison Kerr (Dick) has an extensive history dedicated to public service. Prior to focusing on his lifelong desire of becoming an artist and author, Dick was a Colorado State Game Warden, is a Korean War Army combat veteran and was a Wildlife Biologist for the U.S. Government. Dick Kerr is the…
Front Page, November 2018
Guild Artists Complete Mural For Cycling Room
LaVerne Kyriss What has 74 wheels, is 36 feet long and took more than 250 hours to complete? It’s not a heavy-duty semi-trailer. It’s the new mural installed on two walls of the spin cycling room at MountainView. It was created by members of the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild. It all started last year when…