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by Community Contributor • October 10, 2019 • Comments Off

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15th Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival
Opening Reception at Sedona Arts Center
October 12, 7pm

Meet the 2019 Artists!

The Festival begins with an opening exhibition of finished studio and plein air works that the 24 selected artists have been invited to bring along with them. Hors d’oeuvres and wine served. Free and open to the public!

See the complete schedule of Free events, Paint Outs, Awards, and more at:
SedonaPleinAirFestival.org

Coming up
at Sedona Arts Center

Dave Santillanes

Plein Air to Studio Demonstration
October 18, 2019 9 am – 1 pm

Join in the last session of Dave Santillanes’ 3.5-day workshop during the 15th Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival (Oct 12 – 19, 2019). Dave is the Keynote Speaker and judge for this year’s festival. This half-day demonstration takes you through a studio process as Dave works up a larger painting from a plein air study. This demonstration will be a wonderful overview of the painting process, a learning experience for collectors and painters alike.

This will be a stand-alone demonstration as well as a culmination of the workshop for those that attended.

PLEIN AIR TO STUDIO DEMONSTRATION : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

Upcoming Classes
at Sedona Arts Center

Taking classes on our campus in Uptown Sedona affords the opportunity not only to explore the arts, but also to meet new neighbors and immerse yourself in the Sedona arts community. Ongoing instruction is available in painting and ceramics. Specialized Crash Courses are offered in many subjects and include all materials!

Dennis Ott

Ceramics for All Levels
6-Sessions: Mondays, Tuesdays, & Wednesdays
Starting October 21, 22, 23

Ceramics For All Levels / 6 Class Sessions + 6 Open Studio Sessions

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.

Oct 21 – Nov 25, 2019 / Mondays, 4–7pm / Advanced*
Oct 22 – Nov 26, 2019 / Tuesdays, 9am – Noon
Oct 23 – Nov 27, 2019 / Wednesdays, 9am – Noon

*Note that the Monday class is reserved for experienced ceramicists!
(Beginners are welcome in Dennis Ott’s Tuesday or Wednesday classes.)

CERAMICS FOR ALL LEVELS : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

Suzy Allan

Hand Building Ceramics
October 22 – November 26, 2019

Tuesdays from 1 to 4 pm – 6 Class Sessions + 6 Open Studio Sessions

Come play in the clay! Tap into your creative self and experience various hand-building techniques. Make bowls, boxes, sculptures, tiles, using slabs, molds, and textures. The possibilities are endless. Open to all levels, beginners welcome!

HAND BUILDING CERAMICS : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

Neil Kennedy

Pottery Wheel for Beginners
October 26 – November 30, 2019

Pottery Wheel for Beginners – 6 Class Sessions + 6 Open Studio 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. Tuition includes the first 25-pound bag of clay, firings and glazes, and one open studio session per week.

POTTERY WHEEL FOR BEGINNERS : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

Karen Elaine

Creative Art Journal Crash Course
October 23 – November 1, 2019

Tuesdays / 1 – 4 pm / 6 Class Sessions + 6 Open Studio SessionsCome play in the clay! Tap into your creative self and experience various hand-building techniques. Make bowls, boxes, sculptures, tiles, using slabs, molds, and textures. The possibilities are endless. Open to all levels, beginners welcome!

Tuition includes the first 25-pound bag of clay, firings and glazes, and one open studio session per week.

CREATIVE ART JOURNAL CRASH COURSE : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

Upcoming Workshops
with Sedona Plein Air Festival Artists

Sedona is surrounded by a magical landscape of red rock formations and high desert hills with beautiful Oak Creek meandering through it all. Come experience the Shangri-La of the Southwest, a beautiful learning environment with Art Colony roots going back nearly 100 years.

Elizabeth St. Hilaire

Paper Painting Birds and Blooms
October 21 – 23, 2019

Learn to create beautiful and unique compositions of birds and flowers in mixed media as you apply your own hand painted collage papers to colorful petals and plumage. You’ll learn to experiment with hand-painting, staining, stamping and patterning paper with a multitude of techniques. Learn to rip and glue and apply your papers in a ‘painterly’ manner over the top of an acrylic under-painting.

At the conclusion of this workshop you will have the skills to create impressionistic, painterly collages from initial sketch to complete and ready to hang finished artwork!

This class is focused on learning and growing creatively in a FUN environment. No prior collage experience is necessary. All levels are welcome.

PAPER PAINTING BIRDS AND BLOOMS : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

Betty Carr

Sedona Fall Colors
October 21 – 23, 2019

Learn to capture the beauty of light in this three-day workshop! Betty Carr teaches students to accurately portray the effect of light on any subject in watercolor or oil. Students can work in either watercolor or oils and will explore a variety of locations in beautiful Sedona.

During her workshop Betty begins each day with a demonstration/ lecture covering tools, techniques, brushwork, problems and solutions. Emphasis throughout the workshop is on organization and simplification of darks and lights, value and color relationships, edges, movement and mass to create a dynamic, coherent composition.

SEDONA FALL COLORS : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

Bill Cramer

Sedona Plein Air Painting
October 26 – 27, 2019

This will be an enjoyable and intense 2-day workshop involving painting on-site in the Sedona landscape. We will learn the advantages of plein air painting, as well as the various approaches to working on-site and how to efficiently compose and complete plein air paintings. Emphasis will be placed on how to effectively translate the often complex three dimensional landscape onto a two dimensional plane using thumbnail sketches, limited palettes and the thoughtful use of colors, values, shapes, edges and textures.

SEDONA PLEIN AIR PAINTING : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

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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