Sedona Arts Center is celebrating The Year of the Woman as the theme for 2020! A Special Exhibition opens Friday, January 3, 2020

31 Women Artists Exhibition
A Special Exhibition at Sedona Arts Center
January 3 – 26, 2020

The Sedona Arts Center is presenting a special curated international exhibition exploring the theme of Surrealist influence in the contemporary art of women.According to Vince Fazio, Executive Director of the center, “Over 220 women artists from 38 states and 8 countries responded to this unique ‘call to artists’. The work is stylistically diverse as the Surrealist influence goes well beyond traditional painting and sculpture having an impact on so many subsequent art movements like abstract expressionism, magical realism, collage, assemblage, film and photography.”

Sedona has significant roots associated with Surrealism due to the influential artists Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning who lived in Sedona intermittently for many productive years from 1943 – 1957. Surrealism was the prevailing modern art movement in 1943 when Peggy Guggenheim launched a special exhibition curated by Max Ernst entitled Exhibition by 31 Women at her Art of This Century gallery in NYC.

The Sedona Arts Center’s 31 Women Artists exhibition has been curated by Dr. Catriona McAra, University Curator at Leeds Arts University in England. She has published extensively on the art and literature of Dorothea Tanning and Leonora Carrington with a particular interest in feminist aesthetics and surrealist legacies in contemporary practice.Dr. McAra selected 25 contemporary women artists who have applied to the exhibition. She will be presenting a Curators Talk at the Sedona Arts Center on January 23, 4 – 6pm “30+1: Dorothea Tanning, Sedona and Contemporary Art”

The exhibition will also include historically significant works by six of the women artists who were featured in the original NYC exhibition from the collection of local art historian Mark Rownd, including works by Leonora Carrington, Dorothea Tanning, Leonor Fini, Hedda Sterne, Sonja Sekula, and Hazel Guggenheim. According to Rownd, “In many ways women are the unsung heroes of contemporary art, creating artworks and actively participating in all aspects of modern art from early on.”

A catalog of the exhibition with one image and artist’s statement from each artist juried into the exhibition will be available during the exhibition. To purchase a copy of our exhibition book and have it shipped to you, click here. All proceeds help to bring you the cultural and educational programming you love at Sedona Arts Center.

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Wearable Art – Fiber & Jewelry
January 3 – March 3, 2020
Artists Reception January 3, from 5 to 8 pmFiber
Isabel Simmer, Patti Barker, Sandra Seifert, Joanne Doty, Nancy Bollard, Evelyn Gholson, Mary Helsaple, Linda Kimberly

Jewelry
Joan Roberts, Karen Puckett, Lesley McKeown, Deanne McKeown, Gale Craig, Sue Horine, Chikako Myers

First Friday Receptions – January 3, 2020 & February 7, 2020

“What could be more enticing than handmade jewelry, garments and purses? Our Featured Artists for January and February understand this perfectly and have produced a beautiful array of handmade items to keep you warm and looking stylish as we enter the Year of the Woman, 2020.”

Cyndi Thau, Gallery Director

Preview our 2020 Magazine
& School of the Arts Catalog!
Click here

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.

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