Sedona Arts Center: Spring/Summer 2016

Spring/Summer 2016

sedona arts center

Be Bold.

Stay Centered.

Get Creative.

A Welcome from Eric Holowacz, Executive Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kath Gilliam, President Holli Ploog, Vice President James Peterson, Treasurer Lewis Guthrie, Secretary Pam Frazier John Heyer Kathy Levin Sonya Malkhassian Dennis Ott

STAFF

In 1958, in the small town that was then Sedona, some very visionary people decided that our community needed a creative hub. They were artists, sculptors, civic leaders, educators, business owners and—whether they knew it or not—our town’s pioneers in cultural development.

A few years later, they turned an apple packing warehouse into the Art Barn, and set the pace for community arts programming in Northern Arizona. Decade by decade, Sedona Arts Center blossomed beneath the ubiquitous red rocks and quiet canyon trails. Thousands of artists, educators, friends and neighbors began investing in the idea of a more creative community. And then they built one.

With the fruits of their labor, Sedona learned how to express itself, how

Eric Holowacz Executive Director Liz Gregg Finance Manager Vince Fazio Director, School of the Arts

regular home at the Art Barn. New facilities and organizations followed, taking Sedona from the prosaic to the poetic. Cultural elements from map. Artists, pilgrims, thinkers, and energy seekers took refuge in this growing creative community.

Shirley Eichten Albrecht Gallery Director Debbie Winslow Education Operations Director Sharon Manzke Membership & Projects Coordinator Cyndi Thau Assistant Gallery Director Kelli Klymenko Marketing Director Jenny Reed Administrative Assistant

CONTACT US 15 Art Barn Road | P.O. Box 569 Sedona, AZ 86339 928.282.3809 | 888.954.4442 sac@sedonaartscenter.org SedonaArtsCenter.org

On the Cover: Joshua Been painting at the 11th Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival, Photo by Kelli Klymenko

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Then and now, the active ingredient has always been you—the people of the Verde Valley who support the arts, explore the creative process, and make our unique culture come alive around us. Sedona Arts Center proceeds from your legacy of fearless programming, diverse arts education activities, community investment, and wildly creative gatherings.

Because of you, the Art Barn is now a robust campus. The classrooms, gallery, theater, event spaces, and ceramics studio are activated year-round, and serve thousands of people in search of artistic development and genuine community.

What’s Inside

Our once quiet town, still hidden among the towering red rocks and riparian watersheds, has grown up around us. And that shared cultural development ethic, born almost 60 years ago, remains intact to this day.

With a nod to our founders, and an eye to the future, Sedona Arts Center’s board and staff have a few favors to ask: First, help us continue building this unique creative community. Bring your ideas and projects for the coming year. Propose an event or new collaboration. Consider our organization as your creative platform, a resource, a laboratory, a place to kindle your creative spark. Because we are.

Fine Art Gallery

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School of the Arts

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Master Classes

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Art Retreats

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Painting & Drawing

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Special Events

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Plein Air Workshops

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Ceramics

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Local Classes

12-15

Kids Camp

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Guerrilla Filmmaking

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Registration/Policies

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Calendar 18-19

Next, help us expand partnerships and programming in unimagined ways. Tell us what you’d like to see, or do, or experience. Give us feedback on workshops, exhibitions, and cultural activities. Connect our organization—and our shared community—with other forces and new cultural elements from around the world. friend to the ceramics studio. Tell your neighbors about upcoming art classes. Direct a tourist to our front door. Join us as a new annual member. Encourage colleagues to attend a First Friday gallery reception, our Sedona Plein Air Festival, a life drawing session, or a Red Earth Theatre production.

Open this catalog and let a hundred opportunities unfold. Stop by the Learn about and collect art, celebrate plein air painting, listen to local poets read aloud, explore the dramatic arts, and collaborate with others. Help us continue this evolution from simple orchard warehouse to diverse cultural facility at the heart of the American West. Join us here at Sedona Arts Center, and we promise a bold and wildly creative New Year. Our visionary founders, and the many cultural pioneers who follow in their footsteps, wouldn’t want it any other way.

Supported by: The Kling Family Foundation Margaret T. Morris Foundation Arizona Commission on the Arts City of Sedona Arizona Community Foundation Sedona Chamber of Commerce

Proud Member of: Sedona Arts & Culture Collaborative Sedona Gallery Association Sedona Chamber of Commerce Sedona Events Alliance Alliance of Artists Communities Americans for the Arts

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Fine Art Gallery Each year, the Arts Center welcomes over 30,000 people into our Fine Art Gallery in Uptown Sedona. Many of them, whether residents or tourists, go home with a part of creative Sedona to add to their collection. Over 110 local artists are represented here, and their new works are constantly being added as the paintings, sculpture, jewelry,

comment by gallery goers. “This is the best place to learn lovers from Northern Arizona and visitors from around the world have learned that Sedona Arts Center is the best source of contemporary and traditional local art. Adding to that for 2016, our gallery staff have developed the Art Collecting Advisory.

This free service provides hands on research and information for those wanting to buy and collect original staff are available to educate buyers and new collectors, discuss special commissions, assist with the installation and presentation of art in home, and arrange private tours with artist studios and local galleries. It’s a simple way to enhance the promotion of local artists and encourage people to support our creative community.

Open Daily 10 am to 5 pm SedonaArtsCenter.org

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Insiders and art lovers also know that the First Friday Gallery Tour brings an exciting excuse to visit the Arts Center and explore the town. From 5 pm to 8 pm the monthly open house features dozens of galleries, and a free trolley between our campus, Tlaquepaque, Hillside, and participating destinations. Fresh works of local art are celebrated at every stop, and artists are on hand to tell you about their work.

Last but not least, if you are a practicing artist interested in our Fine Art Gallery, consider applying to become a juried member of Sedona Arts Center. We are always looking for high-quality, interesting, original works to consider. Contact us for details on the application and portfolio process. And keep in mind that we also welcome proposals for special visual arts projects, future exhibitions, and community your source for original art and new creative development.

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School of the Arts This Spring and Summer, the Arts Center is offering hundreds of ways for you to get

creative and develop your artistic potential. We’ve invited the best instructors from around the country, as well as Sedona’s favorite teaching artists, to build a diverse arts education season. The following pages detail what’s in store, but you can also consult learn more about our educational programming, propose a new class, or inquire about future offerings, contact our School of Art Director: Vince Fazio Toll Free: (888) 954-4442 Email: vfazio@sedonaartscenter.org

Art on Demand

Opportunities for instant creative private and group lessons Here at the Art Barn, we always get asked on the spur of the moment “What workshops visitors, and drop-in explorers—the Arts Center now has an answer: Let us arrange a special Art on Demand session, instructor, venue, and materials included. We’ve partnered with over a dozen wonderful local teaching artists to offer classes on demand any time, any place for individuals or small groups. See page 7 for details.

Start with a Pink Jeep tour, creekside lunch at L’Auberge, some indie cinema at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, and that otherworldly hike up Bell Rock or Soldier’s Pass. Then let Sedona Arts Center provide a one-of-a-kind creative afternoon or evening with some of our community’s best artists. Craft dialogues from the heart with theatre director the Smoke. Get creative with painter Libby Caldwell and make your own highly visual handmade journal. Add to your photographic powers with local image-maker Larry We think these short-order opportunities are perfect for families, bridal parties, corporate teams, tour groups, or anybody wanting to experience the creative side of Sedona. And you will too.

Verde Valley Artist Residency Pilot Projects A New Experiment in Creative Community-building

Shhhhh. Please keep this quiet for now, but the Arts Center has a dream to explore the guest-host relationship with artists, creative producers, and cultural managers. We see a town that hosts a steady stream of visiting artists, supports collaborative projects with local partners, and fosters new ideas shared from around the world. We envision town becoming a true platform for 21st century cultural development.

It is still early-stage, but remarkable partnerships are being forged with Verde Valley School, private property owners, faraway arts organizations, and American creative leaders who are ager to join us in this experiment. Keep it quiet, but this summer, we will begin the trial stage and host visiting artists and producers. Sedona Arts Center, and our bold and fearless partners, will connect our guests with landscapes, heritage, local Native America sites and culture, organizations, schools, and an otherworldly night sky.

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master classes

Master Classes We are incredibly fortunate to have two artists on our faculty that represent a kind of pinnacle of

achievement in their respective realms. Indeed, it is a nice educational adventure to go online and explore the websites and various accomplishments of these two masters Stuart Shils and Kurt Wenner. We are pleased to be able to offer these Master Class opportunities as intensive three-day workshops that are expandable to a six day immersion. Follow your impulse!

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Kurt Wenner

Stuart Shils

Perspective & Illusion

Emphasizing Abstraction

May 13–15

February 19–21

Illusion is the magic of art, while perspective is the organization of form and space from one unique point of view. In this 3 day workshop you will learn how to combine these powerful techniques to create stunning results. Artist, Kurt Wenner will cover a variety of hands-on exercises.

Working in the studio from reproductions including older and 20th century masters, we’ll move through a guided series of exercises to understand that abstraction - composition with color and shape - is THE foundation, the great engine behind all painting.

mixed media/all levels/all materials included/$650

oil/intermediate/$875

Drawing Form in Space

Visual Dreaming in the Life Studio

May 17–19

February 23–25

In this workshop, you will learn that in the Renaissance

This 3 day workshop approaches working from ‘life’ through the graphic priorities of ‘painting’ as opposed to

that is still available for us to use. You will learn that you can design drawings using this elegant and controlled language of form, proportion, light and space.

neoclassical ateliers. For us, the presence of the ‘model’ will serve as a shifting and relative point of reference.

mixed media/all levels/all materials included/$650

mixed media/all levels/$875

Get away from the world for three days and immerse yourself in our Sedona Art Retreats, February 15 –18

and May 5 – 8. Chose a Structured Pathway below, or select your own custom creative experiences from the Make Your Own Path offerings. Each three-day retreat starts with a keynote lecture (Amy Hale Anker, February 15 and Elizabeth Welles on May 5) and orientation at 6pm the evening before workshops begin.

Join us for diverse arts instruction and three days of creative development in Sedona!

Choose a Pathway...

February 15–18 or May 5–8, $565 each

Word and Image

Earth Path

Personal Imagery

The Word and Image Pathway creates a three day immersion through the retreat with a focus on personal discovery and many different processes for creating meaningful relationships between words and images.

The Earth Path creates a three day immersion through the retreat with a focus on personal discovery and many different processes for creating meaningful experiences in the landscape and creating in three dimensions.

The Personal Imagery Path creates a three day immersion through the retreat with a focus on different ways of creating images from abstract painting to photography, collage and metal etching.

sedona art retreats

Sedona Art Retreats

Make your own path...

Build your own creative retreat with the Arts Center! Select up to two workshops each day and make a custom path for artistic exploration and personal development. Plan your unique Sedona Art Retreat, using the below ingredients for our scheduled February and May programs, or contact us to discuss options for any time of year.

The Handmade Journal

Creative Photography

Creating Your Story Stick

The Goddess Sculpture

Making a Mandala

Creating a Talisman

Luscious Dream Abstraction

Collage Magic

Out of the Smoke

Vince Fazio / $85

Dennis Ott / $105

Libby Caldwell / $110

Sharon Upp / $115

Julie Bernstein Engelmann / $93

The Labyrinth

Larry Lindahl / $85

Wendy Lindahl / $100

Dr. Myer / $95

Komala U. Rohde / $105

Sharon Upp / $115

The LifeMask

Dialogue from the Heart

Liz Learmont / $95

Kate Hawkes / $85

Creative Journaling

Decorating the LifeMask

COJOMÉ

Libby Caldwell / $100

Liz Learmont / $95

Elizabeth Welles / $85

Mindfulness in Art Amy Hale Auker / $85

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painting, drawing & mixed media workshops

Colored Pencil Adventure

Still Life Painting

Water Color Secrets

March 19–20; April 23–24; June 4–5; July 9–10; August 13–14

February 20–22

March 15–18

Learn the secrets of creating high performance art with Prismacolor™ Art Pencils. Award winning artist Richard Drayton will guide students through step-by-step techniques that will result in rich blended color and exciting composition. Participants may use their own subject matter or projects provided by the instructor.

Qiang’s approaches to still-life painting will be demonstrated with particular focus on composing dramatic setups by observing the light distribution, and using bold and loose strokes to create a powerful and accurate representation on canvas.

You will learn the process of creating energetic paintings by manipulating values, colors, edges, and brushwork.

Tom likes to put fun into the process of painting, along with enthusiasm for new techniques that make any level of painter feel welcome! There will be daily demonstration with detailed

colored pencil/all levels/$350

oils/all levels/$400

watercolor/all levels/$500

From the Land

Nature Journaling

Paper Painting

March 26–28

April 9–10; May 21–22

April 15–17

Finding beauty and meaning in things retrieved from the everyday, a favorite place, overlooked details of a daily walk, or the inspiration of found materials all become starting points for this unique kind of work. You will assemble, rearrange, tear, layer and cut as you move elements and work from both sides to create new unique works.

In her signature “Nature Sketching &

sketch. Journaling Kit includes all materials.

with photographic reference, you will explore drawing, composition, proportion, value, color and collage application.

mixed media/all levels/$400

mixed media/all levels/$295

mixed media/all levels/$400

Richard Drayton

Cas Holmes

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Qiang Huang

Elaine Hultgren

winning storyboard and botanical artist, will demonstrate a variety of drawing and annotation techniques.

Step-by-step instruction will guide

Tom Lynch

attention to see that each student understands and has created their own example of the day’s objective.

Elizabeth St. Hilaire

collage technique using underpainting and painting various papers to create a palette of colors

The Magic of the Ordinary

Julie Gilbert Pollard

Libby Caldwell

May 9–12

May 13–15

May 20–22

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

Learn to make water look wet,

We’ll start with excursions to a couple

woodsy creeks as our model, we’ll study water in motion and its glassy from life on day one lead to studio techniques demonstrating solutions to various puzzles with which the artist is faced when painting this stunning, fascinating subject!

You will learn unusual techniques for gathering meaningful personal material from everyday scenes using all your senses as well as your journal, sketchbook and camera. Then in the studio we’ll learn to translate our material into oil paintings that capture the essence of the experience.

mixed media/all levels/$575

watercolor, acrylic or oil/all levels/$450

oil/intermediate/$575

Figurative Retreat

Inspired Abstracts

The Soul of the Artist

May 23–27

June 8–10

September 18–22

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 how to paint the freestyle abstract

Abstract painting is an inspired conversation. You speak to your painting through visualization, mark-making, and choice. Your painting speaks to you through its language of color harmony, spatial depth, composition, and integrity. Julie, an award-winning abstract artist, will guide you through this process to create meaningful and powerful abstracts.

Jeanne believes that there is an artist in everyone and imagination is the key, that people love to share their stories and paintings are a way to do that without words. Although many techniques will be demonstrated, Jeanne relies heavily on the emotional impact of her work and shows artists how to tap into their own unique message

painting, we get surprising results.

Robert Burridge

Design Compositions for a successful painting. Tuition includes model fees.

oils/all levels/$630

Julie Bernstein Engelmann

acrylic/materials included/$410

painting, drawing & mixed media workshops

Wet & Wild

Jan SItts

PAINTING, DRAWING & MIXED MEDIA

Texture, Color, Feeling

Jeanne Bessette

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special events

P A L E T:

Plein Air Legacy Event at Tlaquepaque

June 3-5

This spring we are delighted to present a new plein air event, PALET – Plein Air Legacy

Larisa Aukon Shonto Begay Betty Carr Vince Fazio Mark Hemleben Lynn Heil Gretchen Lopez Susan Pitcairn Ken Rowe Williamson Tapia

Event at Tlaquepaque. Works created during the PALET event will exemplify the compositional dynamic of artists painting directly from life with a variety of styles and mediums. Artists will use no cameras for the production of work in this festival and embrace the legacy of truly painting in the moment. The public is invited to walk the

paintings are created throughout the weekend by our participating artists. Landscape PALET experience for both the artists and visitors.

The First Friday Opening Reception on June 3 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm will feature existing work from the artist’s studios.

As the event evolves, the Main Exhibition Tent will feature new work created in and around the beautiful buildings and landscape of Tlaquepaque as the focal point for the artwork. Sales of all artwork will be available on an ongoing basis. This community and cultural event will close with a public reception and awards presentation showcasing all completed work on Sunday, June 5th from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

12x12 Fundraiser

One Day, 100 Artists, $250 each The summer heats up with the Arts Center’s 12x 12 Fundraiser. Take 100 local artists, give each a 12-inch square canvas, and encourage them the one-day 12x12 exhibition. And each work can be yours for $250.

June 10

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Join us at Sedona Arts Center on June 10 as we gather the creative community, celebrate the 12x12 works, serve up wine and and hors d’oeuvres, and raise funds for ongoing programming. To get involved with, or support our 12x12 Project, call 928-282-3809.

Bold Brush Plein Air

Kathryn Stats

Shelby Keefe

April 8–10

April 21–24

April 21–23

This three-day intensive offers master instruction, the support of the Grand Canyon Association’s Grand Canyon Field Institute (GCFI) and coordination through the Sedona Arts Center. We will car pool to various locations on the south rim over the course of the workshop, coordinating our locations to create optimal lighting for the painting experience.

Kathryn Stats is known for her expert values, vibrant color, dramatic compositions and descriptive brushwork. In this studio workshop, students will have the opportunity to choose whether they wish to work on landscape composition from photo-

One of the biggest challenges for plein air painters is to successfully

situation or both! Demonstration and individual attention leads to success!

accuracy, compositional uniqueness and much more. Shelby will share her methods of applying complimentary colors as an underpainting and more!

oil/all levels/$750

oil/intermediate/$525

oil/intermediate/$475

Mountain Springs Cabins

Painting Sedona

Sedona Spring Colors

May 2–5

May 17–19

May 17–19

Beautiful Mountain Springs Cabins in North Carolina will be our base camp for this workshop allowing for wonderful vistas and intimate scenes to work with as motifs right outside our doors. Optional day-trips to beautiful waterfalls, Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountain panoramas and the vast Biltmore estate are also possible.

Howard Carr is considered a master of color and an outstanding teacher who emphasizes the simplicity of how a painting works and how to do it. Pure, clean, luminous results in your landscapes are taught stepby-step, from beginning to end, with daily demonstrations and individual instruction.

Learn to capture the beauty of light! Betty Carr teaches students to accurately portray the effect of light on any subject in watercolor.

Students can work in either medium 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.

oil/intermediate/$1150

oils/all levels/$475

watercolor/all levels/$475

David Santillanes

Howard Carr

detail and express the essence of a scene. Students will learn and apply

plein air painting workshops

Plein Air in the Studio

Bill Cramer

PAINTING, DRAWING & MIXED MEDIA

Grand Canyon

Betty Carr

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ceramics department

Ceramics Department The Sedona Arts Center’s ceramic department operates free ceramic faculty and assistants as well as nationally recognized guest instructors. This combination allows our department to contemporary techniques. Starting February 29, 2016:

Ceramics for All Levels Dennis Ott

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 deco-

6 Sessions: $220/members $202 Mondays 4–7 pm (experience required) Tuesdays 9 am–12 pm Wednesdays 9 am–12 pm

Handbuilding for All Levels Suzy Allan

Beginning Wheel Work Richard Bayles

This course is designed for those who are new to wheel work and is open to ages 12 through adult. Small class size ensures that each student receives personalized instruction and encouragement for a hands-on experience that will bring out the potter in you! Tuition tools and glazes, and one open studio session per week.

6 Sessions: Saturdays 9 am–12 pm/$220/members $202

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

6 Sessions: Tuesdays 1–4 pm/$220/members $202

Alternative Firing Workshop Dennis Ott April 3 & 10 Come experience the excitement of ‘Alternative Firing’ techniques. This workshop is a great way to introduce yourself to ceramics or explore new possibilities. Includes Raku, Sagar will create 3 - 5 pieces using the wheel (experience required) or hand-building (no experience required). On the second

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Vessels: Beyond Tradition Workshop Patrick Crabb May 28–29 Developing a distinct personal expression with new aesthetics will be the goal in this unique workshop revolving around a non-traditional (sculptural) attitude to vessel making. Using many techniques, we will create modular parts for three different projects on day one, with a separate assembly process on the second day. During the weekend, Patrick will show personal and student works discussing ideas for materials included/ceramics/all levels/$275

Sedona residents and newcomers alike look to Sedona Arts Center for their introduction to, and ongoing involvement in the arts. The Arts Center’s School of the Arts programming is designed to reach out to all aspiring artists and students of all ages and levels of learning. Ongoing instruction is available in a variety of mediums. Immerse yourself in the Sedona arts community with a weekly class. Members of the Sedona Arts Center receive a discount on most ongoing weekly classes.

Fun with Art & Wine Melanie and Brian Gold

January 15; February 26; March 25; April 29; May 20; June 24; July 22 This is a fun two-hour adventure for those who like wine but may know nothing about making a painting. You will be led through creating a 12x16 acrylic painting on canvas in a step-by-step process. Local landscape subject matter and a surprisingly fool-proof process lead

local weekly classes

Local Weekly Classes

suitable for framing! $35 includes all art materials | 6–8 pm Must be 21 or over to participate.

Friday 6–8pm

Painting for All Levels Gretchen Lopez

February 5 or 19; March 4 or 18; April 1 or 15; May 13 or 27; June 3 or 17 beginning to the experienced student, this one-day class in oil or acrylic will guide and teach students how 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. $95/members $85 Friday, 10:00 am–4:30 pm

COJOMÉ

Elizabeth Welles March 26; April 9; June 11 COoking + JOurnaling + MEditation = COJOMÉ This experience is a thoroughly fun afternoon of Food for the Soul. First, you learn how to make a healthy delicious dish (a soup, dessert or pasta) with an easy-tomake recipe. While the food cooks, bakes or chills, you will experience joyful camaraderie, playful journaling exercises, and a quiet meditation before awakening to the sensual pleasure of eating. $65/members $60 Saturday, 1:00–4:30 pm 13

local weekly classes

Plein Air Writing

Writing for the Stage

Performing Wellness

Kate Hawkes

Kate Hawkes

April 30, 1–4 pm & May 1, 2–4 pm; June 5, 1–4 pm & June 6, 2–4 pm

April 19–May 5 Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4–6:30 pm

Yes, writing! The beauty of Sedona will speak to us in poetry, prose, or journal entries, as words fall from our pens like leaves from a tree. An award winning poet, Elizabeth will provide a choice of topics for focus, much as

Unleash your playwright within and learn how to get that on stage.

This crash course in playwriting will introduce structure, dialogue, character development and staging/ production basics for live theatre. A series of exercises and activities will culminate in your new play being read by actors on stage with an invited audience.

February 26–28 Friday 6–9:30 pm; Saturday 9–5; Sunday 9 am–4:30 pm

Elizabeth Oakes

what the red rocks have to say to you, whether you are a beginning writer, a all materials included $60/members $55

writing/all levels/ 15yr–adult/$170

Shakespeare Alive Scott Coopwood May 22–29 This is an incredible opportunity to study and play with a professional theatre actor with enormous stage experience in many of Shakespeare’s plays, who is also dedicated to teaching the craft and sharing the passion he has for Shakespeare on stage. Here for one week only, Scott is offering a variety of class options for your experience of Shakespeare Alive as well as one specially crafted live performance. As a teacher, Scott is the Co Founder/Executive artists in four counties in northern California. Scott has taught young artists from elementary school through college-age actors for the last 18 years.

Intro to Shakespeare on Stage May 22: $30, 2–5 pm, Shakespeare Speaks May 23, 25, 26: $120, Adults 10 am–1 pm ; Youth 4 pm–7 pm Shakespeare Fights May 27–28: $120, Friday 6–8 pm Sat 9 am–4 pm Final Class presentation with ALL students Sunday, May 29 10 am–4 pm Full Package: Special price $220

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Imagine that you can uncover and give words to your deep-heart story.

Imagine further that you can perform/ tell that story out loud. This workshop ate that story and share it with others as an empowered artistic being.

Experience as a writer or performer of any kind is absolutely NOT necessary. writing/performance/$240

Luscious Abstractions

January 30; February 27; May 7 9 am–4 pm

February 1–10; May 2–11; June 13–22, 5–8 pm

February 27; May 28 (1-Day) March 19 & 20; April 26 & 27

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, iPad or iPad Mini. 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 rather than just a snapshot.

Whether you are interested in a refresher course or drawing for the

Abstract painting is an inspired conversation. You speak to your painting through visualization, markmaking, and choice. Your painting speaks to you through its language of color harmony, spatial depth, composition, and integrity. Julie, an award-winning abstract artist, will guide you through this process to create powerful abstracts.

iPhone/beginner/all levels $110/members $100

materials included/all levels $130/members $118

materials included/all levels $130/members $118

Glazing Crash Course

Painting Crash Course

iPhoneography 2.0

February 2–11; March 22–31; May 24–June 2; July 5–14, 1–4 pm

January 23 & 24; April 16 & 17; May 28 & 29

March 26; June 4, 9 am–4 pm

Color, Light, Shadow, Translucency - These are the ingredients that we will work with to create a beautiful painting for you to take home. Our the glazing technique we will apply thin layer upon layer of oil paint to achieve the depth and translucency associated with all things in nature.

Get to know your brushes and how they can work for you, with a bolder and looser approach to painting. If you want to loosen up and learn to build your skills of observation, this crash course is for you. Learn how simple shapes and a limited palette of color, can help build a landscape.

Students will leave with small studies

In this 1-day workshop you will go beyond the basics and dive into apps, technique and editing with your iPhone, iPad (mini/pro, etc). Learn master techniques, use some of the top apps, accessories and tools to capture the very best photos and videos using only your iPhone! Take this hands-on crash course to further enhance your skills, share socially and learn how to sell your work!

materials included/all levels $145/members $133 Tuesdays & Thursdays 1–4 pm

materials included/oils/all levels $130/members $118

iPhone/advanced $110/members $100

Cyndi Thau

Vince Fazio

course for painting. Learning to see in terms of lines, shapes and values is the essential skill required to translate the three-dimensional world to any two dimensional surface - regardless of the medium you wish to explore.

Gretchen Lopez

Julie Bernstein Engelmann

local weekly classes

Drawing Crash Course

Kelli Klymenko

PAINTING, DRAWING & MIXED MEDIA

iPhoneography 101

Kelli Klymenko

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what you need to know

Registration, Policies & Travel Thank you for getting creative with Sedona Arts

Center. Below are some details to help you register and plan your artistic time. Our staff are always available to answer questions and make things easier. For more detailed descriptions of courses described in this catalog, visit SedonaArtsCenter.org

REGISTRATION ONLINE is easy and always available on our website at SedonaArtsCenter.org/School.

Select your workshops and click through to the registration form. Online payment is safe and secure, &

REGISTER BY PHONE with credit card at our toll-free number, 888-954-4442 or locally at 928-282-3809. Arts

REGISTER BY MAIL by sending your workshop requests

(name and dates of class) to Sedona Arts Center, P.O. Box 569, Sedona, AZ 86339. Include your mailing address, phone number and email address, and enclose a check payable to Sedona Arts Center.

PAYMENT & CANCELLATION POLICIES

Advance registration for workshops require a non-refundable deposit of $125 to hold your place. The balance is due 30 days before the workshop, and we will charge the remaining amount at that time. We require 30-day notice in order to refund deposits.

Field Expeditions have their own payment and cancellation policies; please refer to online information or contact us for details.

Local Weekly Classes should be paid in full at the time of registration. There is a 15% fee for cancellations up to 7 days before the class; no refunds given after that date.

Cancellations should be made by written request.

Students will receive a full refund in the event that the Arts Center cancels a workshop. If travelling to Sedona, we strongly urge students to purchase refundable airline tickets or travel insurance in case of workshop cancellations or other unforeseen changes.

Sedona Arts Center is not responsible for non-refundable ticket purchases or lodging fees.

TRAVEL SUPPORT: Sedona Visitors Center offers

Arizona, one hour south of Flagstaff, two hours north of Los Angeles.

WORKSHOP DETAILS on subsequent days with a one hour break for lunch. available should you need support, phone messages, or help in any way.

excursion, dining, and travel information. See their website visitsedona.com, or contact them directly at (800) 288-7336 for advice. See our lodging partners on page 23 for preferred hotels.

SCHOLARSHIPS & OUTREACH

TRAVEL BY AIR: The closest major airport is Phoenix Sky

application and guidelines. Scholarships are not available for international Field Expeditions or Painting in the Grand Canyon.

Harbor (PHX), approximately 115 miles south of Sedona.

We are a peaceful two-hour drive away, through the spectacular Sonoran Desert. Arizona Shuttle operates regular van service from PHX to most Sedona hotels: arizonashuttle.com or (800) 888-2749.

Non-discrimination Policy: The Sedona Arts Center does not discriminate in its programming or activities on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender or disability. Hearing impaired? Dial 7-1-1 for AZ Relay Service.

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TRAVEL BY CAR: Sedona is located near the center of

Thanks to generous sponsors the Kling Family Foundation and the City of Sedona, we are able to offer scholarships in support of workshop and class fees. If you

Our outreach program supports arts education in the community. If you are school, group, or community facility interested in Arts Center classes or programs, please contact us to plan something creative.

Summer Filmmaking and Art Camps at the Sedona

Arts Center provide a rich artistic environment for youth ages 10–13. Filmmaking is a very collaborative process that involves all the arts. Students will explore writing, story development, acting, camera work, editing, graphics, and sculpture during the two week camp. The camp culminates in a screening and an awards ceremony of statuettes that they have made commemorating various aspects of the experience.

Filmmaking and Art

Two-Week Summer Camp for Kids, Ages 10–13 All materials supplied.

Students will bring their own lunch.

Ages 10–13 June 13–24; July 11–22 Monday–Friday: 9 am–4 pm Filmmaking 9:00 am–12:30 pm Lunch 12:30–1:00 pm Writing, Acting and Visual Arts 1:00–4:00 pm

Guerrilla Filmmaking with Bryan Reinhart July 25–August 19

special summer programming

PAINTING, DRAWING & MIXED MEDIA

Summer Kids Camp

Instructed by: Bryan Reinhart, Kate Hawkes & Dennis Ott Scholarships available, call to apply $500.00

a career, the opportunity to learn the basics of the craft in a short immersive format. The course is designed as a boot-camp/hands-on approach to Classes and hands-on workshops are held throughout the week and some weekends are reserved for additional classes or shooting. Time will be required outside of class for writing, location scouting, casting, and editing. The fourth week is

Each student writes, directs, shoots and edits scenes of his or her own using high-def digital software. Classes in directing, writing, editing, cinematography, and production cover the creative and technical demands of telling a story with moving images. provided. $2400 17

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Local Weekly Class Calendar

pages 12–15

Jan 15

Fun with Art & Wine

May 2-11

Crash Course - Drawing

Jan 18 - Feb 22

Ceramics (Advanced)

May 2-11

Crash Course - Drawing

Jan 19 - Feb 23

Ceramics for All Levels

May 7

iPhoneography 101

Jan 19 - Feb 23

Handbuilding for All Levels

May 13

Painting for All Levels

Jan 20 - Feb 24

Ceramics for All Levels

May 20

Fun with Art & Wine

Jan 23 - Feb 27

Beginning Wheel Work

May 22-29

Shakespeare Alive

Jan 23-24

Crash Course - Painting

May 23 - June 27

Ceramics (Advanced)

Jan 30

iPhoneography 101

May 24 - June 28

Ceramics for All Levels

Feb 1-10

Crash Course - Drawing

May 24 - June 2

Crash Course - Glazing

Feb 2-11

Crash Course - Glazing

May 24 - June 28

Handbuilding for All Levels

Feb 5

Painting for All Levels

May 25 - June 29

Ceramics for All Levels

Feb 19

Painting for All Levels

May 27

Painting for All Levels

Feb 26

Fun with Art & Wine

May 28 - July 2

Beginning Wheel Work

Feb 26-28

Performing Wellness

May 28-29

Figure in the Landscape!

Feb 27

iPhoneography 101

May 28

Luscious Abstractions

Feb 27

Luscious Abstractions

June 3

Painting for All Levels

Feb 29 - Apr 4

Ceramics (Advanced)

June 4

iPhoneography 101

Mar 1 - Apr 5

Ceramics for All Levels

June 5-6

Plein Air Writing

Mar 1 - Apr 5

Handbuilding for All Levels

June 11

Cojomé

Mar 2 - Apr 6

Ceramics for All Levels

June 13-22

Crash Course - Drawing

Mar 4

Painting for All Levels

June 13-22

Crash Course - Drawing

Mar 5 - Apr 9

Beginning Wheel Work

June 13-24

Kids Summer Camp

Mar 18

Painting for All Levels

June 17

Painting for All Levels

Mar 19-20

Luscious Abstractions

June 24

Fun with Art & Wine

Mar 22-31

Crash Course - Glazing

July 1

Painting for All Levels

Mar 22-31

Crash Course - Glazing

July 5-14

Crash Course - Glazing

Mar 25

Fun with Art & Wine

July 5-14

Crash Course - Glazing

Mar 26

Cojomé

July 11-22

Kids Summer Camp

Mar 26

iPhoneography 101

July 15

Painting for All Levels

Apr 1

Painting for All Levels

July 18 - Aug 22

Ceramics (Advanced)

Apr 9

Cojomé

July 19 - Aug 23

Ceramics for All Levels

Apr 11 - May 16

Ceramics (Advanced)

July 19 - Aug 23

Handbuilding for All Levels

Apr 12 - May 17

Ceramics for All Levels

July 20 - Aug 24

Ceramics for All Levels

Apr 12 - May 17

Handbuilding for All Levels

July 22

Fun with Art & Wine

Apr 13 - May 18

Ceramics for All Levels

July 23 - Aug 27

Beginning Wheel Work

Apr 15

Painting for All Levels

July 29

Painting for All Levels

Apr 16 - May 21

Beginning Wheel Work

Aug 5

Painting for All Levels

Apr 16-17

Crash Course - Landscape!

Aug 19

Painting for All Levels

Apr 19 - May 5

Writing for the Stage

Aug 29 - Oct 3

Ceramics (Advanced)

Apr 26-27

Luscious Abstractions

Aug 30 - Oct 4

Ceramics for All Levels

Apr 29

Fun with Art & Wine

Aug 30 - Oct 4

Handbuilding for All Levels

Apr 30 - May 1

Plein Air Writing

Aug 31 - Oct 5

Ceramics for All Levels

Sept 3 - Oct 8

Beginning Wheel Work

Workshop Calendar February 15-18

Sedona Art Retreats

Various

pg 7

February 19-21

Emphasizing Abstractions

Stuart Shils

pg 6

February 20-22

Still Life Painting

Qiang Huang

pg 8

February 23-25

Visual Dreaming Life Studio

Stuart Shils

pg 6

March 15-18

Water Color Secrets

Tom Lynch

pg 8

March 19-20

Colored Pencil Adventure

Richard Drayton

pg 8

March 26-28

From the Land

Cas Holmes

pg 8

April 3 & 10

Alternative Firing

Dennis Ott

pg 12

April 8-10

Grand Canyon

Bill Cramer

pg 11

April 9-10

Nature Journaling

Elaine Hultgren

pg 8

April 15-17

Paper Painting

Elizabeth St. Hilaire

pg 8

April 21-24

Plein Air in the Studio

Kathryn Stats

pg 11

April 21-23

Bold Brush Plein Air

Shelby Keefe

pg 11

April 23-24

Colored Pencil Adventure

Richard Drayton

pg 8

May 2-5

Mountain Springs Cabins

David Santillanes

pg 11

May 9-12

Texture, Color, Feeling

Jan Sitts

pg 9

May 13-15

Wet & Wild

Julie Gilbert Pollard

pg 9

May 13-15

Perspective & Illusion

Kurt Wenner

pg 6

May 17-19

Sedona Spring Colors

Betty Carr

pg 11

May 17-19

Painting Sedona

Howard Carr

pg 11

May 17-19

Drawing Form in Space

Kurt Wenner

pg 6

May 20-22

The Magic of the Ordinary

Libby Caldwell

pg 9

May 21-22

Nature Journaling

Elaine Hultgren

pg 8

May 23-27

Figurative Retreat

Robert Burridge

pg 9

May 28-29

Vessels: Beyond Tradition

Patrick Crabb

pg 12

June 4-5

Colored Pencil Adventure

Richard Drayton

pg 8

June 8-10

Inspired Abstracts

Julie Bernstein Engelmann pg 9

July 9-10

Colored Pencil Adventure

Richard Drayton

pg 8

July 25 - August 19

Guerrilla Filmmaking

Bryan Reinhart

pg 17

August 13-14

Colored Pencil Adventure

Richard Drayton

pg 8

September 18-22

The Soul of the Artist

Jeanne Bessette

pg 9

2016 Fall Workshops Preview Sept 29 – Oct 2, 2016 Oct 3 -5, 2016 Oct 29 - 30, 2016 Oct 19 – 21, 2016 Oct 24 – 28, 2016 Oct 25 - 29, 2016 Nov 3 - 6, 2016 Nov 7 - 9, 2016

Painting on Location Sedona Plein Air Painting Sedona Expression and Response Sedona Fall Colors Figurative Retreat Texture, Color, Feeling Paper Painting

Jim McVicker Howard Carr Bill Cramer Lori Putnam Betty Carr Robert Burridge Jan Sitts Elizabeth St. Nelson

12th Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival October 15–22, 2016 30 Top Landscape Painters Keynote and Workshop with Lori Putnam Learn more at: SedonaPleinAirFestival.org 19

Creative Community and Unimagined Territories Join Us in Making the Most Beautiful Creative Place on Earth T

in the 21st century: Community Outreach, Creative Placemaking, Artistic Development, and Cultural Celebration. The driving goal of our efforts—past, present, and future—is a more interesting, expressive, and creative Sedona. Here’s a look at our blueprint for the year ahead...

First, the Arts Center will strengthen our core programming with expanded classes and arts education, more robust gallery programming, and innovative projects like the Art of Recycling, 12 x 12, Loving Bowls, and a new Plein Air Legacy weekend in June. Then, we’ll add a stronger outreach and scholarship focus to bring the arts to more of our community.

And for our generous members, our staff and artists will continue working hard to develop exciting and enchanting creative experiences.

Beyond that, with the help of generous patrons and sponsors, our board is researching potential improvements and expansion possibilities for our historic campus. We’d love to increase teaching space, better equip the theater studio, landscape the public space around the Art Barn, and enhance our entire physical plant with technology, security, and accessibility.

Our 21st century Arts Center will be fearless in exploring bold and innovative program partnerships. This year we will lay the groundwork for a Sedona Artists-in-Residence program, and begin stewarding new collaborations with cultural institutions and creative people from around the world.

We’ve been a quiet, hidden gem for too long, and the world should know about Sedona’s creative community and the extraordinary environment we share. We will invite and host cultural forces from San Francisco to Chicago to Helsinki to Beijing—and then connect them with our own cultural identity and sense of place.

Finally, our future will depend on local partnerships, and strengthening capacity with friends here at home: Sedona International Film Festival, Red Earth Theatre, Sedona Arts Festival, Chamber Music Sedona, Sedona Library, and others. Behind the scenes, our organization is expanding arts education opportunities at Monument Valley High School, exploring arts education projects with Sedona Recycles, collaborating with L’Auberge de Sedona, Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village, and hoping to grow our offerings during the First Friday Gallery Tours.

And we are now working more closely with the City of Sedona, Verde Valley School, visionary property owners, major donors, and civic organizations to ensure a vibrant and healthy cultural ecosystem.

Together, we celebrate this wonderful creative community, incubate ideas and projects, and guide Sedona into unimagined territory. Some amazing new arts, culture, and heritage opportunities await.

We thank you for joining us.

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support sedona arts center

Sedona Arts Center circa 1963. Photo by Bob Bradshaw

Join Us as Member, Patron, or Volunteer

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP Our annual members are the bedrock of Sedona Arts Center. With just a $50/year donation, include membership in over 800 museums and cultural facilities, through the North American

Here at the Art Barn everything we do is powered by hundreds of annual members, patrons and sponsors, and a wonderful cadre of volunteers. In fact, the past 60 years would not have been possible without them— and our staff, board, and artists invite you to join us to make the next six decades even more exciting and vibrant.

To the right are some ways that you can support Sedona Arts Center and get involved in our mission and creative community. If you have any questions, our staff are happy to discuss any of these possibilities with you.

special events and behind the scenes opportunities, exhibition and co-op projects for practicing artists, special member rates on our classes, discounts on purchases in our Fine Art Gallery, and free professional and technical development opportunities.

PATRON SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP This year, we’ve launched a new membership category for local philanthropists and major donors. The Arts Center’s Patron Circle, for annual charitable giving of $1000 or more, includes special receptions and events, complementary Patron Circle workshop offerings, hands on support from our Art Collecting Advisory, use of our facilities for special events, and a surprise or two throughout the year. If you think you might be our next Patron Circle member, contact us to learn more, You’ll be supporting our future in a big way!

ARTS BUSINESS CIRCLE MEMBERSHIP Sedona Arts Center has built strong relationships with our business community and local corporate citizens. This year, we’ve created a new category—the Arts Business Circle—to encourage membership from local small businesses, the tourism and hospitality industry, promise new partnership ideas and community projects that support your products and services.

Business membership begins at $250/year, with unique sponsorship opportunities at the $2,500 and above level.

PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP Our staff work hard to plan and deliver hundreds of workshops, events, and cultural opportunities for the community. We are blessed with a diverse group of funding partners—the City of Sedona, Kling Family Foundation, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Arizona Community Foundation, and others. Our organization also works together with Bashas’, BMO Harris Bank, L’Auberge de Sedona, Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village, and other wonderful sponsors to expand our creative reach. For gifts and in-kind support of between $2,500 and $25,000, we work to connect generous sponsors with core programming like Sedona Plein Air Festival, our School of Art, Fine Art Gallery and exhibitions, and community outreach projects—and develop custom

PLANNED BEQUESTS & LEGACY GIVING To ensure strong long-term support, our board and staff have begun working to establish an active Legacy Giving Program. If you are interested in supporting our mission with a planned bequest, charitable remainder trust, donation of appreciated securities or real estate—or just want to work with the Arts Center to learn more about these things—we are ready to plan with you. With special gifts, donors can honour a loved one or mentor, improve and name a facility, ensure long-lasting scholarships and arts education programming, help us build a permanent endowment, or foster expansion into new locations and communities. If you’d like to enrich our 21st century organization, we’d love to talk.

BECOME AN ARTS CENTER VOLUNTEER On any given day, the Arts Center might have 3 or 4 volunteers helping make our organization

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to lend, or a desire to help Sedona Arts Center as a volunteer, please let us know. We always welcome new volunteers into our team.

Patron Sponsors Mary D. Fisher City of Sedona Arizona Community Foundation David and Isabel Simmer Jay and Sheri Young John and Pam Frazier Terry and Janet Klebe Holli Ploog and Bert Campbell Jack and Carole Wooldrik Patron Circle Member Laurel Estrada R.A. and Mary Flaisig Lorie Garver Kath and Bill Gilliam Julie Hardesty John and Gail Heyer Kathy and Lew Levin Sharon Manzke Byron and Deanne McKeown Dennis and Pat Ott Christie and Thomas Palmer Bruce and Ann Peek Jim and Betty Peterson Wayne and Joan Roberts Karen Schrock Adele Seronde Dick and Jan Sitts Ed Southwell and Catherine Moore Ed and Melanie Voboril Ed Wade and Carol Haralson Debbie Winslow Rosel Witt and Jim Hergert Annual Members Joan Bankert Barbra Barker Richard and Renata Barnwell David and Jennette Bill Leroy and Anne Brorson Peter and Janet Fagan Jeffrey and Debra Fleeger Lynn and Deborah Heil Inge Hilberg Barbara Lago James and Linda Muir Neil and Mary Pope Patsy Reed Janice Saunders and Alan Stephenson William and Elaine Belvin Bill Birkeland and Susan Sagahon David and Marian Bowers BJ Cobb Tanya Collins John and Sheron Foster William and Cheryl Geffon

Annual Members (continued) Eleanor Hamilton Craig and Cornelia Hartley Robert Hartmann Rojon Hasker Steven Heilbrunn Adriana Selvaggio Mary Heyborne Art and Joanne Hiscox Denise Israel Beth Jaynes Stephen and Susan Moody Peter and Caroline Morse Ed and Beverly Nedderman Rick and Virginia Newnam John and Elizabeth Oakes Tom and Linda Pallas Norris and Carolyn Peterson Bill and Celeste Peters John Roberts Maurice and Kathleen Shoger Barney Tumey and Judy Cooper Dick and Cynthia Weisbaum Charles and Joanie Wolter

The Kling Family Foundation

Program Sponsors L’Auberge de Sedona Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village Goldenstein Gallery Earth N Sky Creations Arts Business Circle Members Kathy Becks Dos Tortugas Draxler & Associates, Inc. Gateway Cottage Wellness Center Pamela Conner Jewelry Art by Pam Peter Conner Photography Sedona Camera Club Sedona Fudge Company Shrader & Martinez Construction Sterling Financial Services The Melting Point The Rose Tree Inn In-Kind Sponsors Arizona Crate & Canvas Bashas’ Elaine Belvin Beverly Copen Eric Holowacz FW Media Inc. Google Ken Rowe Gallery Lamar Outdoors Deanne McKeown Scott Miskiel James N. Muir Sedona 360 Photo Sedona Arts Festival Sedona Main Street Program

Lodging Partners Contact these wonderful hotels for a Sedona Arts Center discount and plan your stay Best Western Plus Arroyo Roble Hotel 800-773-3662 bestwesternsedona.com El Portal 800-313-0017 elportalsedona.com

thank you to our members and supporters

Patrons / Angels The Kling Family Foundation: Daryl Kling and Lewis Guthrie Donalyn G. Kling Donalyn Mikles Vicki Gumm

Hampton Inn 928-282-4700 hamptoninn.hilton.com/Sedona La Vista Motel 800-896-7301 lavistamotel.com Poco Diablo Resort 928-282-7333 pocodiablo.com Sky Ranch Lodge 888-708-6400 skyranchlodge.com The Rose Tree Inn 888-282-2065 rosetreeinn.com 23

15 Art Barn Road Sedona, AZ 86336

sedona arts center

Introducing:

The Sedona Ukulele Posse!

Late last year, we discovered the unstoppable musical force that is the Jerome Ukulele Orchestra.

We met the founder and creative impresario, Tommy Anderson, and dreamed up an idea to extend his community music-making across the Verde Valley to our town. This Spring, under Tommy’s leadership, the Sedona Ukulele Posse will be born.

Sedona Arts Center will host two-hour song-learning sessions every month, and see where the music takes us. Stay tuned for an announcement of dates, costs, and instructions on how to begin your ukulele