Tag: art

Pottery and Sculpture Club open studio

Jeff Wilson The Pottery Room continues this fall to be a hub for creativity. Pottery classes aside, the daily open-studio has seen a steady increase in participation. Open-studio occurs seven days a week and is especially well attended in the afternoons, often times with 15 or more participating. As seen in the photo, club members…

Art Walk 2017

Nancy Stifter, Artwork Chair The PebbleCreek Art Club presents the Art Walk 2017. Save the date for Saturday, November 4 from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. This event will be held at the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse. Come and browse or buy original art, including a special exhibit “Outside the Box”, a challenge to the artists to step…

Artist Of The Month: Connie Haskell

Reflections, a painting by Connie Haskell, is on display at the Creative Arts Center.

Connie Haskell The PebbleCreek Art Club is very happy to award Connie Haskell Artist of the Month for October. Connie and her husband Dave relocated often during his corporate career and lived in some very interesting places! They moved from their original home in southern California and lived for a time in the Bay area,…

PebbleCreek sculptor

Sheila Millendorf with her sculpture Wonderland Story Teller.

Jeff Wilson That’s amazing! Such detail! How did you do that? These exclamations and more can be heard every day Sheila Millendorf is in the pottery/sculpture room working on one of her awe-inspiring creations. The Pottery/Sculpture Club of PebbleCreek is pleased to highlight in the month of September the creativity, talent and enthusiasm of this…

Artists Of The Month

Pastellist Nancy Stifter with several of her paintings

Marianne Graff From prehistoric cave dwellers to present day Pastelists, art historians continue to explore the methods, materials and successes of the pastel medium. Emily Beeny, Associate Curator of Drawings for the Getty Museum, demonstrates the importance of pastel in the current installation of 18 works: The Birth of Pastel on display until December 17, 2017.…

Ready for some summer fun?

Carol Jones We’ve got just the thing that will cure those air conditioning blues. Nadine Larder and Henry Bosak are prepared to transport you to a place that will most certainly entice you to leave the summer doldrums behind. Nadine — artist, author and entrepreneur – will share her high-energy brand of Intuitive Painting for…

Pottery/Sculpture Club sponsored clay and jewelry class

Jeff Wilson The Pottery/Sculpture Club of PebbleCreek sponsored a clay and mixed media jewelry class in July. Students made pendant necklaces, beaded necklaces, brooches, bracelets and more. Inspiration for projects came from many sources including African, Papua New Guinea, Native American and Pinterest. This class, like the handmade pottery class, was eight sessions in length…

Artist of The Month: Pastel Part 3: The Art

Shirley Smith painted a portrait of her mother-in-law.

Sharon Adamy Two of the presenting artists prefer painting people as well as animals. Although accomplished in all subjects, Shirley Smith prefers portraiture of people as well as animals. While doing a commission piece she may take up to 32 hours working on the resemblance. A shorter time is involved when painting wild animals as…

Artist series subscriptions still available

Traci Baker, Director, Community Activities and Communications The popular Artist Series subscription offers PebbleCreek entertainment lovers tickets to six shows; two each in January, February and March of every year. Season subscriber renewals are now complete and we are pleased to report that a few subscriptions remain available for purchase for both the 4:00 p.m.…