Tag: Ceramics Club

Ceramics Club Featured Artist: Sandy Clinton

Karen Vizer The Featured Artist of the month for November/December 2025 is Sandy Clinton. Sandy and her husband Richard Knowles moved to PebbleCreek 10 years ago from Albuquerque, N.M. After viewing several communities they chose PebbleCreek, partly because of the fact that it had so much to offer! The Creative Arts Center was part of…

Ceramics Club Holds Monthly Happy Hour

Karen Vizer It’s always happy hour in Ceramics! One of the fun benefits of our Ceramics Club is our monthly social/happy hour that is hosted by one of our members. It’s a great opportunity to get to connect with members, form deeper friendships, and enjoy the company of our fabulous ceramics community. Thanks to Shoray Wolfe…

Ceramics Club Featured Artist: Lana Raptoplous

Congratulations to the Ceramic Club’s Featured Artist, Lana Raptoplous. Lana has a longtime connection to PebbleCreek. She and her husband, Chris, were in the Phoenix area on business in 1997. They passed a billboard announcing “PebbleCreek Now Open!” and decided to stop by and check out the models and community. As so often happens, the following…

Florence Blum, Ceramics Club Featured Artist

Ardell Roberts Congratulations to June’s Ceramic Club Featured Artist, Florence (Flo) Blum. Flo began her time in PebbleCreek as a snowbird in 2018 when she and her husband, Rick, bought a villa near the Oasis Pool. Flo and Rick had become familiar with PebbleCreek when Rick worked as a loan officer. They visited a Robson community…

Ceramics Club Meets for Happy Hour

Gena Wikstrom Each month a member of the PebbleCreek Ceramics Club hosts a Happy Hour where members and their guests come together to enjoy good friends, good conversation, and good food. March Happy Hour was hosted by member Connie Marsh. A great time was had by all!

Ceramics Club Artist of the Month Is Mindy Smiley

Ardell Roberts Congratulations to April’s ceramics artist of the month, Mindy Smiley. Mindy grew up in Tempe. Her husband, Paul, is from Chicago. They moved to PebbleCreek in 2020 after finding the lock and leave villas worked well for their “snowbird” lifestyle. Their daughter lives nearby in Phoenix. Mindy joined Paul halfway through his Air Force…