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Sedona Arts Center update for March 15 — 2019 Juried Members’ Exhibition Creativity Award Winners

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2019 Juried Members’ Exhibition Creativity Award Winners

Marti McNamee – Figurative Flower I

Our three jurors each chose three works to receive “Creativity Awards” see all the winners below. The Exhibition continues through March 31st. The above work by Marti McNamee received a Creativity Award and sold at the opening reception! Marti credits her success with this piece to techniques she learned in a workshop she took from Robert Burridge a couple years ago. Robert Burridge’s Figurative Abstraction workshop is offered again June 26 – 28, 2019.

“Loosen up, play, explore and see what comes forth. Bob Burridge’s Abstract Figurative Class and Pash’s Life Drawing group have inspired this piece. Bob encourages a themed approach, painting what you love, thus became the figurative flower. A unique way of presenting the painting comes from Bob as well. This mixed media piece was created on watercolor paper with gesso. It is glued on a wooden panel with coats of varnish. So fun!” – Marti

Additional Creativity Award winners, below from left to right
Deborah Splain, “The Tell”
Chris Wisemann, “Main Street, Stockbridge, MA”
Patricia Donahue, “Watchful Eye”
Lenore Hemingway, “Mustard the Javelina”
Bruce Horn, “An American Dream”

Additional Creativity Award winners, below from left to right
Connie Thomasson, “Guardians”
Julie Gilbert Pollard, “Late Day Glow”
Bruce Stam, “Light Comes Once”

UPCOMING EXHIBITION

March 22 – 24, 2019
Special Exhibition Gallery

This is the once a year exhibition AND SALE of the students and faculty of the fabulous Sedona Arts Center Ceramics Department. The Exhibition is March 22 – 24, 2019. With a special reception Friday March 22 from 4 – 7pm. The exhibition will continue March 23 & 24 from 10am – 5pm daily. All work in the Exhibition has been produced in the department during Classes and Open Studios. The Ceramics Department is headed by Dennis Ott, winner of the 2018 Governor’s Arts Award of Arizona for Arts Education and the City of Sedona Mayor’s Arts Award for Arts Instruction. Dennis teaches workshops and classes for all levels. Suzy Allan teaches Hand Building Ceramics and Neil Kennedy teaches Pottery Wheel for Beginners.

Out of the Fire features works by Dennis Ott, Suzy Allan, Neil Kennedy, John Foster, John Post, Stephen Williamson, Irene Peake, Linda Bender, Ric Bayles, Laura Pokorny, Brenda Clark, Jeannine Reno, Arlene George, Julie Williams, Franz Herbert, Rosie Hoopen, Stacy Moore, Annie Murray, Shelly Fargo, Debbie Wnuk.

A SELECTION OF SPRING ART WORKSHOPS

Abstract Figurative Workshop
June 26 – 28, 2019
Robert Burridge

This workshop pushes you out of your safe zone and into a brand new, looser, abstract direction drawing, painting and collaging the contemporary nude. You will learn expressive painting techniques for the modern painter. If you ever wanted to learn how to paint the freestyle abstract figure, this workshop is for you. Color and design are explored as through the 12 Design Compositions for a successful painting. Your “drawing the nude” skills are not a prerequisite. Plenty of time for action-filled painting exercises, demos and personalized attention.

The Story in the Still Life
April 5 – 7, 2019
Scott Conary

We’ll work on small still life paintings to explore the process – from thumbnail sketches, lighting the subject, considerations of composition, to the application of paint to build form with light, color and mark. We will walk the line between technique and intuition, using the still life as a way to explore paint and why we make art. Finding what interests us in a subject and how we connect to it drives that story, and directs how the painting is made.

Paper Painting Animals and Pets
April 26 – 28, 2019
Elizabeth St. Hilaire

During this comprehensive 3-day workshop you will learn a unique figurative mixed media collage technique. Emphasis will be on defining form using light and shadow, and treating every torn tidbit of paper as a brush stroke. Students will create impressionistic collages that look like paintings.

Painting Tlaquepaque!
May 3 – 5, 2019
Gretchen Lopez

Join us as we explore the light and magic at Sedona’s very own arts and crafts village at Tlaquepaque, plus other sights in Sedona. By concentrating on loose oil sketches this plein air course will teach the student how light effects the shapes and various textures we see. Discover a more impressionistic way of capturing Sedona’s most interesting architectural sights, while taking in the breathtaking atmosphere and culture of the area.

Wet and Wild!
May 3 – 5, 2019
Julie Gilbert Pollard

Learn to paint water that looks wet, reflective and splashy! With stunning Oak Creek as your model, study the anatomy of a water cascade. Techniques will be demonstrated to address the various puzzles with which the artist is faced when painting this stunning, fascinating and challenging subject!

Color | Texture | Feeling
May 6 – 8, 2019
Jan Sitts

Jan’s experience and enthusiasm create an atmosphere of fun and spontaneity inspiring new directions and discovery through innovative combinations of design and materials. By combining aggressive textures and unusual mediums with various “raw” materials in the abstract painting we get surprising results. The layering method yields a magnetism that is particular to mixed media.

Looser Realism
May 10 – 12, 2019
Derek Penix

This three-day workshop is for all skill levels from beginner to advanced. The first half of each day Penix will paint a painting from a photo to demonstrate his process from start to finish using oil paint. The second half of the day the students will paint with Penix’s guidance. Students are also welcome to bring a painting previously painted for Penix to critique.

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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