Sedona Arts Center — Vince Fazio to leave Sedona Arts Center

Vince’s last day in the office will be July 17^th but he will continue to serve as ED remotely, after relocating to Florida to spend time with his father, until his replacement is hired. To say that Vince embodies the spirit and soul of our organization is an understatement and we wish him well as he journeys to his next adventure.

Over the next few months we will be conducting a search to find a new leader. Along with my board colleagues, I am excited about the leadership the right candidate will bring to the Arts Center and the opportunities for the organization and for our community. A link to the job description is on our homepage at www.sedonaartscenter.org. We welcome your help in identifying potential candidates.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me directly at holliploog0@gmail.com.

Holli Ploog, President, Board of Directors, Sedona Arts Center.

The Sedona Arts Center’s ceramic department operates free from the constraints of grades and benefits from the talents of its ceramic faculty and assistants as well as nationally recognized guest instructors. This combination allows our department to offer flexible and diverse programming in both traditional and contemporary techniques.

Through demonstration and one-on-one instruction, students will learn to throw a variety of forms on the potter’s wheel or techniques to create hand-built works. Slab roller, extruder and forms are also available to create functional and decorative pieces. Tuition includes the first 25-pound bag of clay, firings and glazes, and one open studio session per week.

6 Instructor-Led Class Sessions + 6 Open Studio Practice Sessions:

July 13 — August 17, 2020 Mondays, Advanced
July 14 — August 18, 2020 Tuesdays, All Levels
July 15 — August 19, 2020 Wednesdays, All Levels

Tuesdays  |  1 – 4pm
6 Instructor–Led Class Sessions + 6 Open Studio Practice Sessions

Play in the clay! Tap into your creative self and experience various hand-building techniques. Make bowls, boxes, sculptures, and tiles, using slabs, molds, and textures. The possibilities are endless. Open to all levels, beginners welcome!The Sedona Arts Center’s ceramic department operates free from the constraints of grades and benefits from the talents of its ceramic faculty and assistants as well as nationally recognized guest instructors. This combination allows our department to offer flexible and diverse programming in both traditional and contemporary techniques.

Saturdays  |  9am-12pm
6 Instructor-Led Class Sessions + 6 Open Studio Practice Sessions

This six-week course is designed exclusively for those who are new to wheel work and is open for ages 12 through adult. Have fun while gaining confidence on the potters wheel. Small class size ensures that each student receives personalized, one-on-one instruction and encouragement for a fascinating hands-on experience that will bring out the potter in you.

The Sedona Arts Center’s ceramic department operates free from the constraints of grades and benefits from the talents of its ceramic faculty and assistants as well as nationally recognized guest instructors. This combination allows our department to offer flexible and diverse programming in both traditional and contemporary techniques.

In this 1-day workshop you will learn how to shoot, edit and share remarkable landscapes, portraits and the macro world around you using only your iPhone. Kelli will guide you through simple tips and tricks that will take your photography to the next level. Discover how to capture the essence of a place and your subjects rather than just taking a picture. You will also learn basic video and video editing techniques for use with apps such as Facebook and Instagram.

This crash course also takes place on

The workshop itself will be three lively mornings exploring the relationship between drawing and observation, examining how close and clarified observation can hone our visually analytical minds, regardless of what it is we are looking at. Each day will begin with either a slide talk or a guided conversation exploring issues like:

-visual confidence
-the meaning of simplification
-the shaping and reshaping expectations
-where to begin and how to begin
-what matters on paper

Followed by a sequence of guided exercises intended as tools for carrying back to your workaday studio lives. This is not about recipes nor techniques but rather, addressing the evolution and structure of your own visual literacy. Materials will be pencils and paper and a few other materials for collage.

July 23, 4:30 – 6:00 Intro Talk Free to the Public
Workshop dates July 24 – 26, 2020 | Maximum enrollment 12.
July 24 9:00am – 12:30pm (3.5 hours) (Arizona Time
July 25 & 26 9:00 – 11:30am (2.5 hours a day with a follow-up meeting of 30 minutes arranged with each student individually after the workshop. Maximum enrollment 12.

This 3-day online painting retreat explores abstraction, color and mark through the lens of landscape painting. Abstraction is explored in a structured and intuitive way, meant to give students the tools and confidence to take risks and make informed decisions on the canvas. This workshop will explore unconventional color palettes, investigate one’s own unique mark, pay careful attention to color as value, and most importantly transform reference imagery into rich, energetic, abstract paintings.

Each morning the class will meet remotely via Zoom to engage in discussion and complete a few relevant yet experimental warm-up exercises. Each afternoon will be spent working on larger, and more involved paintings in the comfort of your home studio. Expect demonstration videos for each exercise and at least 1-hour of live painting per day by the instructor.

Despite distance, there will be ample individual attention consisting of daily 1:1 personal meetings. At the conclusion of each day, students have the option to tune into 1-hour of Q&A with the instructor, talk to their cohorts, and share painting updates.