Business, Commentary, Cultural, Education, Entertainment, Events, Local, News, Youth

Sedona Arts Center update for Feb. 1 — Join us (Feb. 1): Raffle Drawing at 7:00pm!

by Community Contributor • February 1, 2019 • Comments Off

Join us tonight: Raffle Drawing at 7:00pm!

Artists Reception February 1, from 5 to 8pm

Sedona Arts Center is hosting an extraordinary legacy art exhibition in their Fine Art Gallery from February 1 through February 26, 2019. Featured artists include: Joella Jean Mahoney, Max Ernst, Joe Beeler, Nasson Gobran, and Keith Schall —artists who have all left their indelible mark on Sedona, the greater art world and beyond. Visit Sedona Arts Center on Friday, February 1st from 5 to 8pm and explore all the galleries at the Sedona Arts Center.

Joella Jean Mahoney [1933 – 2017]

Mahoney was a committed artist since early childhood. “At age three I experienced a powerful connection between myself and nature,” she said, “I could not yet explain wonder and awe in words, but I could through painting and drawing. So, I began serious art making and never stopped.” Her landscapes contain all the elements of her huge originality: the spontaneous brush strokes, the inventive shapes, unique atmospheric color, and monumental scale of work and vision. Mahoney’s distinctive style bridges realism and abstraction using color and structure to share with the viewer the spiritual content of experiencing the miracle of nature and life.

Joe Beeler [1931 – 2006]

Unlike those who received their calling late in life, Joe Beeler always knew he was an artist. “I could always draw,” he commented, “It just came naturally to me.” Beeler was strongly influenced toward Western art due to his own heritage. His father was part Cherokee, so he was raised with deep respect for Native American customs. In addition, his family friends shared with him the stories of the early pioneers, the Civil War, the gold rush, and more. Beeler excelled as both a painter and sculptor, and this rare dual talent was widely recognized and honored. In 1965, Beeler along with fellow artists John Hampton, Charlie Dye and George Phippin, founded the Cowboy Artists of America. Inspired by Western masters Charles Russell and Frederic Remington, they set a high standard for the association: “To insure authentic representation of the life of the West, as it was and as it is.”

Nassan Gobran [1915-1992]

Nassan Gobran was the founding father of the Sedona Arts Center. He was recruited to Sedona to lead the art department at Verde Valley School, and in a few short years had realized the dream of a Center for the Arts in uptown Sedona—a place where artists could share ideas, techniques and finished works. While Max Ernst was living in Sedona, Nassan collaborated with him by creating the molds for one of Max’s most famous works, “The Capricorn.” Nassan sculpted in stone, bronze and clay. This exhibition features a wide variety of his treasured sculptural styles in various mediums.

Keith Schall [1943 – 2018]

Keith Schall’s work was inspired by literature, myth and jazz—literature because of his background as a professor,, myth because it involves broadly human experience, and jazz because of its spontaneity and energy.

“My art is abstract because it understands and reflects the real universe, not the one we see unaided, but the one comprised of vibrating atoms, which includes the paint I use and the hand that holds the brush.”

Among Schall’s influences were the French impressionists, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp and non-representation artists like Vassily Kandinsky and Willem deKooning. Beyond the art world, Schall relied on English poet John Keats for his sense of empathetic awareness and Sigmund Freud’s picture of the human psyche. He tried to depict external conflict, impulses, ironies, feelings and the ideas and atoms of which we are all made in his paintings.

Max Ernst [1891 – 1976]

Ernst was a key founder of the Dada and Surrealist art movements in the early 20th century, and an important influence in the development of the modern art movement In New York post World War II. Seeking refuge from WWII, Max arrived in NY in the summer of 1941, and soon thereafter visited Arizona for the first time. Dramatically influenced by the landscape, and the Native American culture, Max and fellow surrealist artist Dorothea Tanning, who would later become his wife, lived in Sedona intermittently between 1943 and 1957, before finally moving back to France permanently. The artwork both Max and Dorothea produced in Sedona is found in well-known museums around the world.

GET YOUR ART RAFFLE TICKET TODAY! Drawing: February 1, 2019 at 7:00 pm

2019 Art Raffle Rules & Prizes

1st prize is a 24×30 commission painting by Gretchen Lopez valued at $1,400
2nd prize is $500.00 Gallery Shopping Spree
3rd prize is a $220.00 Ceramics class

Ticket donation is $20
Need not be present to win
Drawing at Sedona Art Center, First Friday, February 1st at 7:00 p.m.
Prizes must be claimed within 1 year, before or on January 31st, 2020
Prizes may not be redeemed for cash
No substitution for prizes
SAC Board Members and Staff not eligible to win prizes.

In the Theatre Studio

Winter Co-op Exhibition
February 1 – 18, 2019

20 Artists will be participating in the Winter Co-op Exhibition taking place in the Theatre Studio in the historic Art Barn. Wall art and three-dimensional art will be equally represented. Artists include: Jodie Ball (Oil), Fennel Blythe (Ink), Bill Caldwell (Digital Art, Photography), Dave Carroll (Oil), Brenda Clark (Pottery, Oils, Soaps), Barbara Donahue (Oil), Shelly Fargo (Ceramics), John Foster (Ceramics), Ellen Millar (Pottery, Glass), Annie Murray (Acrylic, Ink), Rosemary Nelson (Oil), Dona New (Oil), John Post (Ceramics), August Priest (Acrylic/Glass Beads) Becky Salon (Jewelry), Karen Taylor (Oil , Acrylic) Charlene Terry (Clay), Rob Williams (Ceramics) Stephen Williamson (Multi-media Ceramics)

In the Special Exhibition Gallery

Sedona Visual Artists Coalition Exhibition
February 1 – 18, 2019

The Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition (SVAC) presents BEGINNING ANEW, an innovative art exhibition that opens to the public on Thursday, January 31st and runs through Sunday, February 10th in the Special Exhibition Gallery at the Sedona Arts Center, 15 Art Barn Rd., in Uptown Sedona. Join us at the Gala Opening Reception, coinciding with First Friday on February 1st from 5:00pm – 8:00pm.

Forty works of art will be exhibited including acrylic, oil, and watercolor paintings, ceramics, glass, mosaic, and sculpture. The SVAC artists have created wonderful works of art in a variety of mediums through their personal interpretations of the title, Beginning Anew. Some artists have created works reflecting changes in their own artistic journeys and how their art work has begun anew, changing the dynamics of their creative process. Other artists have delved into their personal lives and juxtaposed this to their own spiritual journey.

SVAC has been presenting themed exhibitions in Sedona for 22 years. It is SVAC’s belief that art is an expression of visual communication: A personal sharing between the artist and the viewer that is intimate and emotional.

We invite you to explore these exciting works of art from this eclectic and inspirational group of artists. This innovative exhibition is free and open to the public Jan. 31st – February 10th from 10:00am – 5:00pm daily.

Don’t forget to join us for our Gala Reception on Friday, Feb. 1st from 5:00pm – 8:00pm where food and libations will be served.

SVAC is an inclusive organization that welcomes artists at all levels. For more information about SVAC visit our website at: http://sedonaartistscoalition.org.

Pictured is a detail from Autumn by Jackson Pierce.

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.