Thula Edwards’ 3D multimedia sculpture of a vulture overlooking the terrain at Vulture Mine was selected as a finalist in the “Impressions of Vulture Mine City” art contest.
Susan Skolnik
The PebbleCreek Art Club has had an active spring season, culminating in a pool party and potluck dinner, held at the Oasis Pool on April 14. Attendance was at an all-time high, and everyone enjoyed the games, food, and conversation.
Several members traveled to Vulture Mine near Wickenburg to participate in an event sponsored by the mine to encourage artists to tour the facility and then interpret their impressions as a piece of art. Members Thula Edwards, Sylvia Armstrong, Gary Kotula, Betty Jean Kennedy, Susan Gleason, Donna Mund-Gustafson, and Terese Kramer participated. Finalists included Armstrong, Edwards, and Mund-Gustafson, with Donna Mund-Gustafson winning an Honorable Mention for her painting titled “What’s for Dinner?”
There are a limited number of art classes scheduled through the summer, including encaustic, intuitive art and mixed media, color mixing, abstract art, and “Monet for a Day,” which will be a pastels class. A field trip to the Phoenix Art Museum is also being explored for June.
The Coyote Room at the Creative Arts Center is open Tuesday through Saturday for open studio time. Various media groups have scheduled specific days for those groups to gather, but the studio is open to everyone, and everyone is welcome to bring works in progress, visit with other members, and enjoy spending an afternoon being creative.
The Art Club’s online gallery is being developed and has greatly expanded members’ ability to showcase and market their work. Susan Gleason is exploring sources to reproduce original art as giclees, so members can offer high-quality prints, as well as their original pieces, through the gallery.
We continue to add members to the club. This month we welcome Ronald Shrum and Pamela McWhorte and look forward to seeing their work.