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Sedona Arts Center update for May 31

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First Friday in the Gallery

Exhibition Features 7 Local Artists
Opening Reception June 1, from 5 to 8 pm 

June at Sedona Arts Center’s Fine Art Gallery features a brilliant group of artists who delight in presenting together! The Exhibition will be showing through July 3 and will feature Evelyn Gholson, Art Hiscox, Joanne Hiscox, Dennis Ott, Komala Rohde, Holly Stedman, and Joanie Wolter. Each artist complements the other with glass, ceramic, mixed media, precious metal and pearl jewelry. Meet the artists at an opening reception on Friday, June 1 from 5 to 8pm in Uptown, Sedona.

Art Hiscox

“My architectural art combines man-made materials with nature’s own art (marble, granite, slate, fossils).  My use of color, texture and resin compels viewers to actually touch the surface of my pieces.  I frequently use river stone, granite, marble, copper, shell, tree bark, semi-precious stones and fossils in combination with man-made materials to create functional art pieces that convey nature’s peacefulness.  Many of my pieces depict rivers, streams, landscape, birds and bright colors.”

Evelyn Gholson

“It is so rewarding to give renewed life to a once useful object through mosaic art. Most of my found objects were originally crafted from the earth, served their functional purpose and now deteriorating back into the earth. The medium of mosaics allows me to resurrect these objects and give them renewed life, like putting a puzzle together with the result being an aesthetically pleasing design.

I was raised on a ranch in Texas, love the outdoors and always collecting found objects (from birds’ nests to old bottles, rocks and dried flowers). This gave me a sense of connectedness and continuity with nature and memories, while expressing myself creatively. Today, these personal emotions are artistically communicated through the composition and design of my mosaics.”

Joanne Hiscox

“I love to create architectural art that blends nature with style, incorporating man-made mediums with nature’s own art.  My tables startle the viewer by juxtaposing natural elements (copper, semi-precious stones and fossils) with man-made materials, compelling the viewer to actually touch the surface (bringing in another sense besides sight).  My goal is to create sculptural art pieces that are new and different, constantly changing in design and material composition.  My sculptural fused glass works showcase my strongest point: that I’m a “no-fear artist”.  Present me with a new challenge and I’m on board instantly.”

Dennis Ott
Dennis is head of the ceramic department at the Sedona Arts Center, teaching beginning and intermediate pottery classes as well as workshops in alternative firings. The past few years his focus has been teaching and developing the Ceramic Dept. into a vital part of the Arts Center.  Dennis has shared his talents by developing ceramic learning programs in Italy, Nicaragua, Monument Valley and the Navajo Nation. Dennis was honored with the Sedona Mayor’s Arts Award in Arts Education in 2017 and in 2018 he was awarded the  Arizona Governor’s Arts Award for an individual in Arts Education.

“Clay is my window that allows me to see the creativity that is within me.  I’ll start with an idea and make changes along the way as new possibilities occur.  The end result is a captured moment of spontaneous creativity, with clay being the catalyst.  Each piece represents its own moment and therefore is one of a kind”.

Komala Rohde
Komala is an award-winning jewelry artist and certified instructor. Born in Germany, she travelled the globe and lived in different countries, before settling in Sedona in 1995. Surrounded by artists and art lovers in her youth, she was inspired both by her Grandfather’s Art Nouveau paintings and her parents love for all things Bauhaus.

Komala’s extensive stays in Japan helped her to absorb the essence of “Wabi Sabi”, a comprehensive Japanese aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”, derived from Buddhist teaching. Meditation has been at the heart of Komala’s path for the past 35 years. She presents workshops and classes in “Mindfulness and Art”. Sitting at the workbench and creating jewelry is a meditation.

Holly Stedman
Holly Stedman has been designing and creating stained glass windows, sculptures, and panels for more than thirty years. Describing how her creative process takes form, Holly says; “I create art to satiate my passion, my compulsion (some say obsession) to bring  forth in tangible form this cacophony of vivid visual drama that is always playing in my mind’s eye. It begins with my own history, often after an emotional adventure that can never be quieted. This evolutionary process may command to be expressed in glass sculpture, stained glass, or kiln formed glass; bronze sculpture; or in the printed word. I try to capture three elements in each of my stained-glass windows or sculptures:clarity, richness, and sparkle to stir emotions and the human spirit.”

Joanie Wolter
After her career as a long-time teacher in California schools Joanie moved to Arizona where she learned the art of working with clay and more specifically sculpting in Fiber Clay. The whimsical pieces she creates are who she is – a little goofy and fun loving. After learning to create with paper clay and because of her appreciation of the beauty of the outdoors – particularly flowers, she began making them from paper clay to embellish her hand-built ceramics. She and her husband have now moved to N. Scottsdale, AZ. Where she spends much of her time in her home studio teaching others to work with Fiber Clay.  Joanie has been lucky enough to be able to combine her two passions – teaching and fiber clay.  Her new motto is “Have Clay, Will Travel!!”

School of the Arts
Workshops, Crash Courses & Summer Camp

Hand-Stamped Jewelry Crash Course
Naomi Martnick

June 28, 5–7pm
In this class we will learn the techniques to create hand-stamped jewelry using copper, brass, or nickel discs and niobium ear wires! Make a stunning pair of texture earrings and a hand-stamped pendant with a word that speaks to you.

First, we will learn how to texture metal with hammers and pick the design, shape, and texture of your earrings.

Next, we will create a hand-stamped pendant that is custom for you. Think of a word you want to stamp on your necklace and what texture you would like, too.

Finally, we will adorn the earrings and necklace with a wire-wrapped bead.

Summer Kids Camp: The Art of Filmmaking
Bryan Reinhart

Camp Dates: June 18–29, 2018 / July 9–20, 2018
Full-Day Summer Camp — Ages 10–14
Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm, Students should bring their own lunch

Summer Art of Filmmaking Camps at the Sedona Arts Center provide a rich artistic environment for youth ages 10 – 14. Students begin by deconstructing scenes from contemporary favorites, examining all the aspects that make a scene work. Students then develop their own unique storyline to bring to the big screen.

Filmmaking is a very collaborative process that involves all the arts. Students will explore writing, story development, acting, camera work, lighting, editing, graphics and presentation. The process creates a great opportunity for students to discover new interests and skill sets. The camp culminates in a screening of the final film but students have the opportunity to create their own individual edit during camp from the footage they have developed together.

Hands in Clay: Ceramics Kids Camp
Rayna Griffin

June 18, 19, 20, and 22, 2018
Our hands are our most important tools! Hand-building is both fun and presents endless possibilities. 30,000 years ago, before the potters wheel, people were making small travel-sized figurines of human and animal forms. Pinch pots were developed for cooking and coil forms that led to larger vessels. Together you will discover and explore ‘ancient’ hand-building methods that are still fun today. Class is limited to 8 students. No experience necessary.

LEARN MORE

In the Art Barn
Special Exhibition Gallery
Soul Food Gallery, created by Arianne, is an interactive emotional art experience that dances between cyberspace and art in person. The two virtual exhibits that live atsoulfoodgallery.com come to life in real time at The Sedona Art Center’s Special Exhibition Gallery from May 31st-July 1, 2018.

In the Art Barn
Theatre Gallery
Red Rock Quilters of Sedona – Exhibition and Raffle

At the June 1st  First Friday event, there will be a colorful, children’s quilt exhibition and one day raffle held in the SAC theater room to support the Red Rock Quilters of Sedona, a non-profit organization, in their efforts to supply snuggly quilts to children in need within the Verde Valley. Please join us from 5 to 8 pm to view these spectacular quilts made with love for needy children in our community.

At 8:00 pm the winning ticket will be drawn. The 40 best quilts from the past year will be on exhibit. The winner may choose any one quilt as their prize.
Raffle tickets may be purchased all that day in the theater – $10/ticket or $20/for 3 tickets.  If the winner is not present, he/she will be notified by phone and the quilt will be delivered to the winner.  Proceeds from the raffle will be used to purchase more quilting supplies for community charity quilts.
For over 25 years, the Red Rock Quilters of Sedona (RRQ) have created and delivered quilts to needy within the community.  In 2008 RRQ began a focused program to supply vibrant, cozy quilts to children with serious illnesses, those displaced from broken homes, or people with special needs.  Since that time, we have delivered over 250 quilts and 500 pillowcases to children in need.  On the back of each quilt is this poem:

“A Gift to You from the Red Rock Quilters in Sedona, AZ” 

May this quilt keep you safe from harm,
May it be your good luck charm.
i do not know your name nor the mountains you face, 
But what you hold in your arms is a quilter’s embrace.

—Kathy Miller, Quilter
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 or visit SedonaArtsCenter.org.
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