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…
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Generals, December 2017
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…
Front Page, November 2017
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,…
Features, October 2017
Featured Arts and Crafts Fair Artisans
Barbara Johnson Usually we have a featured artisan (singular), but this month we have featured artisans (plural). That’s because this month we’re spotlighting a husband and wife team – Bob and Vicki Long. They may have only lived in SaddleBrooke for two years, but in that time they have certainly made a big impression. Once…
Front Page, October 2017
Fall offerings from the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild
Jeanne O’Meara Fall is the perfect season to give generously of your time and talents to others. Our community is vibrant this time of year regrouping with old friends and making new ones. ‘Tis the season to try new things and expand one’s talents and interests. After a very successful spring Open Studio offering to…
Generals, October 2017
Join us at the Artisans’ fall Arts and Crafts Fair November 4
Your talented friends and neighbors of HOA1, HOA2, including The Preserve, and SaddleBrooke Ranch are participating Artisans in the upcoming fair on November 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each participating artist designs and creates his or her own unique handcrafted items. You will see, and be able to purchase, items to display, items…
Generals, October 2017
Vista Fine Arts season begins October 22
Donna Langwig The 2017-2018 season of Vista Fine Arts opens on Sunday, October 22 at 3:00 p.m. with the amazing Desert Wind Saxophone Quartet. Since its founding in 1990, the Desert Wind Saxophone Quartet has treated audiences throughout the Phoenix area to a wide variety of music from baroque, jazz and popular music, to modern…
Generals, October 2017
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,…
Features, October 2017
Artist Of The Month
September 2017
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 the second of their two-lecture series on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., in the west ballroom of the MountainView Clubhouse. The presenters will be docents Fleurette and Marc Wallach, and their subject…