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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 live in-person classes to the public in early June with a Covid-19 protocol of: ongoing sanitation, social distancing, following government guidelines, and wearing face masks in our indoor public spaces. June 5th is the opening day for our Fine Art Gallery come see the exhibition from 10am – 5pm!

Special First Friday Scenario! Please join us on our Facebook page at 5:30pm for a virtual reception featuring our Magic and Dreams exhibition prize winner announcements and new featured artists in the Gallery. On our Facebook page at 6:00pm Red Earth Theater brings a special live performance from our Hummingbird Garden, Manifesting the Goddess, poetry, music, dance and sculpture! These events are part of the Sedona Arts Center’s, “Year of the Woman”, celebrations acknowledging the creativity and cultural contributions of female artists.
The Fine Art Gallery on the Sedona Arts Center campus re-opens 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!
School of the Arts Reopens
at Sedona Arts Center
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 Classrooms.
Pottery Wheel For Beginners
with Neil Kennedy
June 6 – July 11, 2020

Ceramics – Pottery Wheel for Beginners

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.

 
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Painting for all Levels
with Gretchen Lopez
June 19, 2020
10am – 4:30pm at Sedona Arts CenterGain 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. Students should take a drawing class prior to attempting painting.

 
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Drawing Crash Course
with Vince Fazio
June 23 – July 2, 2020
5 – 8pm at Sedona Arts CenterTuesdays & Thursdays  |  5-8pm  |  4 Class Sessions

Vince Fazio offers you the chance to take an intensive course that provides all the tools you need to learn to draw from life.  Whether you are interested in a refresher course or drawing for the first time, this course will provide you with the foundations you need in the language of drawing.  Learning to see in terms of lines, shapes, and value pattern is the essential skill required to translate the three-dimensional world to any two-dimensional surface – regardless of the medium you ultimately wish to explore.  As well as learning to draw, you will learn the most essential thing in all the visual arts: how to see, the foundation of all art.

All materials included!

 
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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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