Gila Community College Student Art
Exhibited during July - August, 2008
Some
of the most promising artists from around Gila County will be featured in
a multi-media exhibit in the visitor center gallery at Boyce Thompson Arboretum
during the months of July and August.
"We
will be showing works from the Payson and Gila Pueblo campuses," said
Art Department Chairman Larry Brown, of Gila Community College. "The
range of works will predominantly be landscapes, city scenes and also a few
figures, portraits and botanicals. These are student works in oils, acrylics,
watercolors and various drawing media. Most of the artists are retirees, students
from Globe and Payson. And many of these artists are also amateur photographers,
people who draw from their photography for subject matter."
As
head of the Gila Community College Art Deptartment, Brown has been impressed
with the variety of artworks produced by students from Globe and Payson, including
watercolor painter Cindy Hill, pastel artist Diane Shaefer, and Payson gallery
owner Joanne Bahr (the sole professional artist in the group). Bahr is a retired
Gallery owner from Scottsdale, now residing in Payson and a collaborator and
co-owner of the "Artists of the Rim" Gallery.
Brown has a work or two of his own in the exhibit, which will be on display
from July 14 through August 31.
Brown majored in painting
and art education at Mesa Community College, Arizona State University, and
completed his graduate work at Northern Arizona University. He earned a Masters
Degree in 1991 and has been an art instructor for three decades, most of them
at Miami High School. School ties dont end there, in fact he bought, lives
in and is in the process of restoring the old Buena Vista School in Miami.
Check out pictures and read more
about the artist on his web site http://www.handteqstudios.com.
Contact the artist by email to larry@handteqstudios.com
and also mhs_art@yahoo.com or
by phone at 928-701-1036 or else 928-473-4358, or by mail at PO Box 222, Miami,
AZ 85539
Boyce
Thompson Arboretum is located at Highway 60 milepost #223, just three miles
west of the town of Superior - a drive of about one hour east of Phoenix or
two hours from Tucson (take Oracle Road North to Highway 79 past Florence
to Highway 60, then East for another 12 miles). Monthly exhibits may be seen
in our Visitor Center gallery daily from 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. during June,
July and August. Fall/winter hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Arboretum is
an Arizona State Park and daily admission must be paid to enter the Visitor
Center where the gallery is found. Admission is $7.50 for adults and $3 for
ages 5-12. Annual memberships at the Arboretum begin at $45, and include a
year's access, guest passes for your friends and family, along with many other
benefits. A membership may be purchased in the gift shop on the day of your
visit. Review other recent gallery shows by ...
Judy Bottler Photography
May 2008
Bob
Estrin Photography April 2008
Mary
Isham Watercolors March 2008
Susan
Strom and Cathy Franklin Lightning Photography February, 2008
Arizona
State Parks Plein Air Paintings January, 2008
Carolyn Gray & Connie Thomas December, 2007
Jean Sullivan November, 2007 Sue
Cullumber October, 2007
Adriane Grimaldi September, 2007
Pima College print-making students July-August,
2007
Mesa Arts League June-July, 2007
Fred Charlton May, 2007
Paul Mudersbach March-April, 2007
Linda Kaiser February, 2007
Edith Kreueger-Nye December, 2006 - January, 2007
Cindy Carrillo October-November, 2006
Bob Rice September, 2006
Bud Heiss July-August, 2006
Mesa Arts League June-July, 2006
Sandy Tracey April-May, 2006
CJ Rider March, 2006
Jessica Green February, 2006
Steve Davidson January, 2006
Don & Carole Schupp December, 2005
Carolyn Gray November, 2005
Martha Burgess October, 2005
Boeing Photographers September, 2005
Lightning Lady Susan Strom July/August, 2005
Mesa Arts League June/July, 2005
Jeanette Bronson May, 2005
Tom Stanley April, 2005
Kathy McClure February-March, 2005
Pam Smyth January, 2005
Tina Faust December, 2004
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