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…
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…
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.…
Sherry Blatner As the summer temperatures settle in at 110 plus, I think you’d believe anything that had a cooling sound to it. Hold that thought; remember to plan for December 2, PebbleCreek’s own artist’s festival held indoors at the Creative Arts Center to avoid the chill in the air outside. And, you only have…
Pastel: The Artist Part 2 Sharon Adamy Continuing the pastel journey, Penny Cooper began using pastels after attending a workshop in the Art Center. In the exhibit her Red Onions were entirely painted during class—about four hours. Another artist who can quickly and elegantly finish a painting is Elizabeth McCarthy whose painting A Walk in the…
June Bennett The Creative Arts Council will be holding The PebbleCreek Artist Holiday Fest on Saturday, December 2 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Creative Arts Center. Every room in the Creative Arts Center will be filled with unique crafts and beautiful art works all done by PebbleCreek residents. This will be your…
Carol Jones and Ila Larson The PebbleCreek Art Club recently sponsored a field trip to the Arizona Opera Costume Department in Central Phoenix. Sixteen club members and guests enjoyed a fascinating talk by Department Manager Kathleen Trott who displayed and described costumes worn in Riders of the Purple Sage (an Arizona born and bred opera); Madame…
Pastelists Part 1 Taking advantage of the summer months, the PebbleCreek Art Club is offering something a little different in its Artist of the Month venue. The art medium Pastel, the artists who work with it, and the works of art they have created will be showcased in the PebbleCreek Creative Arts Center during the…
Gretchen Olberding Kathie Janda, Sharon Adamy and Gretchen Olberding were recently juried into the first Open National Pastel Show competition sponsored by the Arizona Pastel Artists Association, to be held in Sedona at the Sedona Arts Center from April 13 to 25, 2017. With nationally known painters submitting artworks, this was a fierce competition. Judges…
The PebbleCreek Art Club is delighted to present Donna Gray as our May Artist of the Month. Donna, an active member of our PebbleCreek community, inspires club members with her creativity and energy. Donna and her husband Joe have been married for 50 years and have two children and four grandchildren. Donna was born and…