Gena Wikstrom This month’s “Artist of the Month” is George Wagner. George has been a regular in the ceramics studio since he and his wife, Patsy, moved to PebbleCreek. In fact, one of the main reasons they moved here was because of the Creative Arts Center. He and Patsy were so impressed with the welcome…
Susan Eastman Change followed Hilda and her husband, Juan, when they visited a cousin in Verrado, a realtor, who introduced them to PebbleCreek. After many years in Fremont, Calif., a city in the San Francisco Bay area, they were contemplating retirement. On that fateful trip to PebbleCreek, they found the exact house that fit their…
Gena Wikstrom The Ceramics Club met for the last happy hour of the season. Hosted by Bob and Janet Vine, ceramic members enjoyed lively conversation, discussed plans for the summer, and shared great potluck appetizers and desserts.
Susan Eastman Kathy and her husband, John, were high school sweethearts. After they graduated from the University of Wisconsin, John entered the Army. He trained at Fort Benning, Ga., and was assigned to Fort Ord for the duration. They returned to Madison, Wis., where their twins, a boy and a girl, were born. After the…
Gena Wikstrom Members of the Ceramics Club love to paint and love to get together! An April 12 happy hour was hosted by Linda Galowitch, who opened her lovely home to about 35 members and their guests to enjoy great conversation, superb appetizers, and sharing of summer plans. This was a “so long until fall”…
Pottery/Sculpture Club: Sheila Millendorf When Sheila Millendorf graduated from Cooper Union in New York with a degree in fine arts, she likely would never have imagined the direction her artistic skill and vision would take her. While living in Santa Fe, Sheila honed her passion for multimedia minimalist art vignettes. It wasn’t until she moved…
Gena Wikstrom Twenty residents attended the Ceramics Club “Introduction to Ceramics” class on Feb. 17. Participants were provided with a mug to paint using their choice of crystal glazes to learn the application technique to achieve an interesting result. They also were provided with a greenware vase with which they learned basic cleaning principles for…
Gena Wikstrom All you residents of PebbleCreek, when was the last time you went on a field trip? For most of us it was when we were in high school. In a switch of roles, Desert Edge High School in Goodyear arranged for members of the PebbleCreek Ceramic Club to visit their Conservatory to observe…
Susan Eastman and Gena Wikstrom In an outstanding intergenerational collaboration, the Ceramics Club of PebbleCreek (CCPC) and the Desert Edge High School (DEHS) Conservatory of Art partnered in a program to share ceramic art with 19 students in our Creative Arts Center on Jan. 31. This field trip was unprecedented in PebbleCreek. The Ceramics Club sought approval…
Susan Eastman Although born and raised until the age of 9 in Los Angeles, Nora spent most of her childhood in Reno, Nev., where she later met and married husband Lewis. They settled on a ranch 30 miles from town with horses, pigs, and an array of cats and dogs. At the time Lew taught science…