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Sedona Arts Center update for April 22

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This Friday, Saturday and  Sunday an exciting self-guided tour is free and is open to the public. Roam through artists studios from 10 AM -5 PM Friday and Saturday and from Noon – 5PM on Sunday.  The event is put on by the Sedona Visual Artists Coalition. The tour has built a reputation as a golden opportunity for art lovers to visit with professional artists in authentic working environments as well as purchase art while enjoying the lush landscape of Sedona and the Verde Valley.

The Sedona Arts Center will be participating for the first time this year.  An anchor of the artistic community in the Sedona and the Verde Valley since 1958, the Arts Center brings creative people together for classes, workshops and annual festivals. Their Fine Art Gallery is open 363 days per year. During the tour, they will be hosting three unique artists who will be exhibiting and demonstrating their work.

At the Sedona Arts Center three artists will be demonstrating and exhibiting their work. In the Gallery lobby Claudia Ronaldson will be featured with her delicate and intricate mixed media drawings. In the North Studio Catherine Beers will be demonstrating her work on the potter’s wheel and showing vessels with a variety of finishes while Leanne Lee will display and demonstrate her unique paintings on marble.

Brochures with a complete list of participating artists, including a map, will be conveniently available at numerous locations around the Verde Valley, including hotels and restaurants as well as the Sedona Arts Center and the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center in Uptown Sedona.

For complete information, including artist’s name and medium, studio locations, and a downloadable map for planning a personalized tour, please go to the SVAC website: SedonaArtistsCoalition.org or contact Mike Upp at mjupp10@gmail.com.
Catherine Beers

I was born and raised in NW Pennsylvania, but have lived in Sedona since 2004.My creative work is primarily the result of my need to be challenged. With discipline and passion, I have studied under Dennis Ott’s instruction for  only 3 years; creating a vast range of both decorative and functional pottery. Inspiration for me can pop up at any time and in any place. I love to both re-create and originate pieces from things I’v e seen elsewhere or just as a learning experience for myself. Art is always subject to interpretation. I hope that you can enjoy what has come out of my vision for each piece.  I define my work as a balance between understanding of technique, and ability to express an emotional reaction. The ultimate goal is to keep practicing, be unafraid to exhibit what I create and bring joy to others with what I share. My work can be found at the Sedona Tree House in Uptown Sedona, as well as the Student Gallery in the Sedona Arts Center Ceramics Studio.
Claudia Ronaldson

I have a BFA and a MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an Ed.D in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco. My studio background has been in weaving and fabric design and drawing became a separate and integral part of my creative process. I have worked both as an educator and as an art therapist and believe that art is an inherent part of expressing and understanding one’s self.The visual effects of textures have always fascinated me and I have been drawing natural objects I have found on beaches, hiking trails and walks around the neighborhood for many years. I prefer working in pencil and colored pencil and occasionally use ink to accent the linear designs in my drawings. The blending of color, value and light in producing shapes and textures on paper is important to me in creating unique images from nature. It is a process that takes on a life of its own and, in the end, produces images separate from the original object.
Leanne Lee
I’ve had a love of different art forms since my mid-twenties. Scrimshaw, India ink. paintings on wood, and copper foil stained glass were some areas that interested me. I had taken some art classes, but mostly consider myself a self-taught artist. Lifestyle changes, raising three boys and moving from Illinois to Colorado also altered my art. Then I had the opportunity to tour the Yule Marble Quarry in Marble, Colorado and decided that this stunning pure white stone would become my canvas. This marble from the high mountains of Colorado is some of the best quality in the world and is used in many well known national monuments. My subject for oil paintings includes wildlife and the scenic mountain beauty of Colorado and the raw desert of Arizona.