Sedona Arts Center Reopens June 5

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Sedona Arts Center Reopens June 5!
Fine Art Gallery, Classes, and Special Online Exhibitions!
The Sedona Arts Center will be re-opening its Fine Art Gallery and classes to the public in early June with a Covid-19 protocol of: ongoing sanitation, social distancing, following government guidelines, and wearing face masks when social distancing is not possible.
The Fine Art Gallery on the Sedona Arts Center campus will re-open First Friday, June 5th from 10am to 5pm. According to Vince Fazio, Executive Director of the center, “We are going to start with the Gallery open on a three-day per week scenario, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. When we see that there is ample audience we will open the Gallery more days per week”. Valerie Pulido former Community Relations Director at the Arts Center, will be the Gallery Manager. She will continue to evolve the Online Gallery that has been her focus during the Covid-19 crisis while managing the re-opening of the Gallery to the public.
New Featured Artists in the Gallery!
Featuring Mary Flaisig, Jeff Perkins, Joan Roberts, Vince Fazio, and Betty Carr
June 5th welcomes new Featured Artists in the Gallery for the months of June and July they are: Mary Flaisig with fiber art wall sculpture, Jeff Perkins with raku ceramics and sculpture, Joan Roberts with jewelry as well as Vince Fazio and Betty Carr with new paintings.
June 5th at 5:30pm we will present a virtual gallery tour launched on the Arts Center’s Facebook page. The video tour will profile the various areas of the gallery including the new featured artists, the online gallery and the new online Magic and Dreams exhibition. Part of the Sedona Arts Center’s 2020 “Year of the Woman” theme, Magic and Dreams is an all woman exhibition celebrating the creativity of women artists in Arizona. The juried exhibition will be available online through the month of June with each work being profiled and for sale in the online gallery. First, second and third place awards will be announced on the video and on the Sedona Arts Center website.
New Virtual Exhibition!

Virtual Magic and Dreams Exhibition

June 5 – 30, 2020
Virtual Reception: June 5, 2020

This year the Sedona Arts Center is celebrating women artists through major exhibitions and events!

Magic and Dreams is a juried exhibition that will feature the work of women artists in Arizona. The theme is completely open to interpretation. The exhibition has been juried by the arts center staff on the basis of creativity, skill and expectation of sales. Jewlery, Sculpture, Photography and Digital Media as well as Painting, Drawing, Collage and Mixed Media artists are participating.

For more information click here!

Online Learning
Gretchen Lopez
Online Class | Painting for all Levels | New Dates

Fridays  |  11:30 am-4:30 pm (Arizona Time) | Online !

Gretchen Lopez has pivoted elegantly into online teaching take this one day experience to gain the confidence to be a painter! From the beginning to the experienced student, this one-day class in oil or acrylic will guide and teach students how to approach the painting process with confidence, while exploring the basics of value-pattern, composition and color. Students may work from life and/or photos. Instructor demonstrations and lots of individual attention provided.

Using special outreach funding we are currently able to offer this course at a reduced fee of 45.00 per student. Allowing students to work safely from home while developing their painting practice!

Enrolled students will receive an email invitation with a link to join the ZOOM meeting platform. You will be asked to download Zoom and the class will start with a brief Zoom orientation. New Dates: May 22, 29, and June 5th are available for registration. HERE

EXPLORE ONLINE LEARNING!
iPhonography Online Crash Course
Kelli Klymenko

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.

Learn how to get the highest resolution images on your iPhone and apps. Practice creative techniques including HDR (High Dynamic Range)
Shoot panoramas
Learn about the latest editing, filters and stylizing apps
Learn about iPhone equipment: lenses, remotes, tripods and more
Learn how to use the hottest new tools on your iPhone
Next Available Date: May 23, 2020. Multiple Dates Available! Explore more HERE

EXPLORE IPHONEOGRAPHY WITH KELLI KLYMENKO!
Ceramics Studio Reopens
Ceramics Studio

Ceramics courses start the first week of June and are available in six-week sessions. There are three different sections of “Ceramics for All Levels.” These courses are for students interested in pursuing either-or-both, hand-building and wheelwork. Tuesday and Wednesday sessions meet from 9am to noon. The Monday session is specifically designed for the advanced potter and meets from 4 to 7pm. Ceramics for All Levels is taught by Dennis Ott, department head of the Ceramics Studio and winner of the Governor’s Arts Award for teaching by an individual artist.

Neil Kennedy teaches the next sessions of “Hand-building for All Levels” on Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 4pm. Neil will also be teaching a Saturday morning course starting June 6th, “Wheelwork for Beginners” that meets from 9am to noon.

Enrollment levels will be strictly limited with working stations in the studio set up to accommodate social distancing protocols and face masks will be worn by students and faculty while in the Ceramics Studio. Each class includes an opportunity for one Open Studio session weekly on Wednesday or Saturday afternoon from 1 – 4pm. Enrollment in Open Studio sessions will also be limited and require a sign-up sheet to limit volume of students in the studio.

EXPLORE OUR CERAMICS SCHOOL CLASSES
Loving Bowls
Loving Bowls will be take place in a new way this year! Loving Bowls is a special project wherein volunteer potters from around the Sedona area create over 1500 bowls each year and sell them to benefit 5 local non-profits including the Sedona Food Bank, the Meals on Wheels program at the Sedona Community Center and the educational programming at the Sedona Arts Center. This year will also benefit the Verde Valley Sanctuary and the Humane Society of Sedona. Rather than the traditional large gathering of people on a Saturday in December, this year, starting on June 5th, the Gallery will be selling the bowls all year long at the traditional price of $10 each. Special larger Salad Bowls will be available for $50.
New Work in the Online Gallery
Over 250 works are now on display in the recently expanded Online Gallery. Among them Al Brown’s beautifully composed photo of the Washer Woman formation in Monument Valley pictured above. Browse by category and Artist to explore the diversity of our professional member artists work HERE
SHOP THE ONLINE GALLERY!
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