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Oct. 27, 28 — Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition Open Studios Fall

by Community Contributor • October 23, 2018 • Comments Off

Attend the Fall Artist Open Studios Tour In Sedona on
October 26, 27 & 28

The Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition (SVAC) Studio Tour has experienced significant growth over the last several years, becoming one of Sedona’s “Can’t Miss” events. In fact, the Tour has been designated one of Sedona’s top cultural events by the Sedona Chamber of Commerce.

It is a wonderful opportunity to shop for unique, one of kind gifts and meet directly with the artists of the Verde Valley. The studios are located in Sedona, the Village of Oak Creek, Cornville, Cottonwood, and Clarkdale. This year there are 50 artists who will open their studios on Friday and Saturday October 26 and 27th from 10 am to 5 pm and on Sunday the 28th from 12-5 pm. The tour is self-directed and free to the public.

Past tour visitors report one of the distinct pleasures of shopping on the studio tour for their own collection or for gifts, is spending time with the wide variety of artists who offer a personal look at how and where the art is made. It also gives the artist and visitor alike the opportunity to make a personal connection.

Brochures with a complete list of participating artists, including a map, will be conveniently available at numerous locations in Sedona, Cottonwood, Cornville, Clarkdale and Camp Verde, including hotels and restaurants as well as the Sedona Arts Center and the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center in Uptown Sedona. For complete information, including artists’ name and medium, studio locations, and a downloadable map, please go to the SVAC website: http://sedonaartistscoalition.org or contact Mike Upp at 503.789.4437, mjupp10@gmail.com.

At Sedona Arts Center

Meet The Artists

Karen Taylor

Karen Taylor was born and raised in San Francisco. Her study of Anthropology explains her fascination with indigenous peoples, their cultures and arts. After college Karen moved to Nevada, where she lived and taught school on a Shoshone Indian Reservation for two years. The elegance of the culture and the high desert light inspired her to paint and preserve the legacy of Native American artistic traditions. She is a self-taught artist inspired by the faces and lives she shared. She has educated herself by taking numerous workshops in many southwest states.

Karen will be painting in the Gallery Lobby at Sedona Arts Center

Rob Williams

Rob Williams started art classes a few years, taking lessons initially in painting and later in ceramics. Ceramics resonated with Rob and the teachers at Sedona Arts Center (SAC) provided a fundamental understanding of working with ceramics and the freedom and encouragement to be creative. Rob’s work today is inspired by his Native heritage. His Mother was a Native American (Caddo), a homemaker and a seamstress. She had numerous catalogs and collectables with Native designs, buttons, and symbols. In his youth he spent countless hours recreating the images from those catalogs.

Rob will be demonstrating in the North Studio at Sedona Arts Center

Debra Levidow

Debby Levidow is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Scottsdale, AZ. She has always been interested in the arts as a creative outlet. Through the years,= she has loved to paint, knit, sculpt and draw. She was bitten by the pottery bug five years ago after taking a class in Phoenix with some friends. Soon after, she found a home at the Sedona Arts Center and began taking classes there. She spends her free time in her studio throwing on the potter’s wheel. She enjoys the process of raku and the more organic forms of finishing her pieces such as using horsehair and Ferric Chloride and Saggar. She is inspired by the beauty of nature. When she is not on the whee,l she enjoys hiking and spending time with her Goldendoodle, Piper. She currently splits her time between Scottsdale and Sedona.

Debra Levidow will be demonstrating in the South Studio

Our Business of Art series helps artists to bridge the gap between private work in the world of their chosen practice and the public world of galleries, exhibitions and sales. Each session aims to facilitate that crucial transition with experts in various aspects of the process. All the Business of the Arts sessions are FREE for Sedona Arts Center members, or $10 per session for non-members.

Coming up in November:

Photographing Your Portfolio
Bob Coates
Saturday, November 3, 2018, 6-7pm — Theatre Studio at Sedona Arts Center
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How’s Your Cash Flowing?
Roger Totten
Monday, November 5, 2018, 6-7:30pm — at Yavapai College Sedona Center*, Rm. #34
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Photos of your Art for Instagram and other Social Media
Kelli Klymenko
Friday, November 16, 2018, 6-7:30pm — Theatre Studio at Sedona Arts Center
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Intellectual Property, Copyright, & Contracts
Jennifer Mott
Friday, November 30, 2018, 6-7pm — South Studio at Sedona Arts Center
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Inkieee’s Pop-Up Art ShowNovember 2–5

Come check out Inkieee’s pop up art show, where you can see a variety of contemporary acrylic and watercolor paintings, whimsical usable ceramics, and unique 3D stitched arts.

Artists included are: Inkieee, Lee Juyoun, Kyungmin, Hyunsook Cho, daru-Jung Hyang Kim. All artists are recognized in their own fields of fine art and Inkieee will be at the show and First Friday reception. Make sure to mark your calendar for this event and stop by November 2nd First Friday from 5-8pm!

Show will be open 10am to 5pm November 2–4, 2018 and 12–5pm on November 5.

Meditation to Creation Women’s Workshop
February 5, 2019 – February 6, 2019

At the Meditation to Creation Women’s Workshop, you will find inner guidance and begin creating something beautiful.

Join us in beautiful Sedona. Arrive a few days before the workshop and enjoy Sedona’s natural wonders, where you will find much inspiration to fuel your creativity.

Meet us February 5 and 6 at Sedona Arts Center for an inspired workshop where in addition to reflecting and art making, you will also learn and practice the ancient art of meditation. Out of mediation, profound insights arise.

No prior art or meditation experience is necessary. Just the willingness to be more creative, more inspired and more productive in your art form and in your life. Come if you wish to share something lasting; something beautiful.

Register By January 1, 2019 through:
https://squareup.com/store/plein-air-yoga-llc-2/

Note: Attendee maximum of 12. First come. Registrants will receive an advance materials list of packable creative supplies to purchase online and bring to the workshop.

The Meditation to Creation Women’s Workshop meets at the Sedona Arts Center’s South Classroom from 10am to 3pm both days with a one hour lunch break. Flights, accommodations and activities outside of the daily workshop are at attendees expense and discretion.

Led by Certified Meditation Teacher, teaching artist and creative arts facilitator, Ann Brownfield Meara.

Learn more at meditationtocreation.com.

Questions should be directed to Ann@meditationtocreation.com

Sedona Arts Center is one of Northern Arizona’s most well-established cultural organizations and serves as the creative heart of Sedona. Founded in 1958, the nonprofit organization is based at the Art Barn in Uptown and offers year-round classes, exhibitions, festivals, and cultural events that enhance the creative life of the Verde Valley. The Center’s Fine Art Gallery, open daily from 10am to 5pm, promotes the original works of over 100 local artists and regularly offers special assistance for collectors and art buyers, offers private studio visits, and fosters hundreds of arts education opportunities each year. For more information, call the Gallery at 928-282-3865, the Administrative offices at 928-282-3809 or visit us online at SedonaArtsCenter.org.