Cynthia Schwartz In 2011, Sandy and her husband Mike moved to PebbleCreek. They were drawn to our community for the Creative Arts Center (CAC) and pickleball. Sandy had started her sewing journey in middle school and now the CAC offered something different—a class called Sew You Think You Might Want to Quilt. Sandy commented, “It…
Julie De Simone is new to making pottery but she hasn’t let that hold her back. Julie came to the Creative Arts Center looking to join any paper crafting group since she has been a Memory Keeper for 25 years. While looking around the pottery studio, she was taken by Gordon Cooper’s sculpting of a…
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…
Cathy Howell The PebbleCreek Sewing Club has a new board of officers for 2024: Donna Aybar, Treasurer and Co-President; Edna DeFord, Publicity and Emeritus; Barbara Rzeszowski, Secretary; and Kathy Brown, Co-President. The sewing club has lots of fun projects coming up this year, so please come by. The PebbleCreek Sewing Club meets on Wednesdays for open sewing and…
Jeff Wilson The last Beginning Pottery class of 2021 was another huge success. This class stood out in two ways. First, they caught on to the tools and techniques quickly and finished their projects in record time. Second, there were three married couples in the class. Now, 2022 is off to a fast start, with…
Jeff Wilson The most common comment from someone on the first day of a beginning pottery class is, “I hope you have patience because I have no artistic ability.” On leaving the class, most people say they can’t believe they made the beautiful things they did. Watching people discover talent they never knew they had…
Sherry Blatner Who could imagine 33 years after his death, “The Great One” would be immortalized anew by gifted artist Judy Bihary in PebbleCreek. Her charming fiber clay piece is entitled “Tribute to Jackie Gleason (And Away We Go).” Judy has worked her magic in a different medium for this tribute, but I daresay his figure…
Linda Strauss-Lewis Did you know that since their inception, acrylic paints have been considered the poor relation of oil paints? Old masters certainly didn’t use them. Even traditional, contemporary painters “pooh-pooh” their virtues when compared to the creamy, velvetiness of oil paints. Well, move over oils! There’s a new sheriff in town, but not for…
June Bennett The Creative Art Center Tuscany Falls Christmas is fast approaching and the Artisans of PebbleCreek have the answers to those last minute gifts or that special gift you have been looking for. The entire art center will be filled with original hand-made gifts for that special someone or the art you have been…
Sherry Blatner Fall is coming—on the 22nd. It’s time to explore a new image for yourself and your home. What better medium to explore than glass, made from the heating of sand and chemicals, a perfect desert complement. Take a look at a special work entitled Tree of Life. It is made of iridized glass,…