Jerome First Saturday Art Walk Celebrates The Love of Art
Jerome continues its love affair with ART on February 6th with the First Saturday ART WALK. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the 26 galleries and studios of Jerome will be brimming over with visual delights. There will be plenty of chocolate, music and good conversation at this vibrant event. Meet the artists that night and mingle with other art lovers who are drawn to this charming mountain town. Make a night of it with dinner at one of the town’s delicious restaurants. Maybe even spend the night at one of the delightful B&B’s or hotels. The party starts at 5:00PM. There is plenty of parking and a shuttle is available to transport visitors to galleries and studios. The Jerome Art Walk is an event that has become a great Northern Arizona tradition on the First Saturday of each month.
Specializing in illusion, Nellie Bly Kaleidoscopes and Art Glass ratchets up the fun for Valentines Day. Illusion is believable with fine handmade glass chocolates. Each realistic looking chocolate, signed and dated by the Hulet sisters, will tempt you with thoughts of tasteful indulgence. Patty and Dinah Hulet have been creating art glass confections since 2005 in their studio on the rural coast of northern California. Working with glass for over 25 years, Dinah Hulet is most well known for her glass portraiture. She created mosaic face canes using the historical methods found in the manufacture of millifiore. Dinah, along with her sister Patty have now turned their creative focus to a more whimsical, yet equally detailed, body of work. From kisses to cupcakes, petit fours to chocolates, each confection is intricately flameworked to entice the discriminating glass and chocolate lover. These beautifully decorated pieces are one of a kind and are presented in your choice of a handmade silk box or an individual gift box including the paper cup.
The Jerome Artists Cooperative Gallery will feature the works of southwest photographer Robert Chadwick in a six week exhibition titled “Interpretive Landscapes: Through the Lens of Photographer Robert Chadwick.” Chadwick and his fellow artists will welcome the public during Art Walk from 5 to 8 pm. Known locally for his expert tips on hiking both nearby and far-flung areas of northern Arizona and southern Utah, ‘Bob’ promises interesting discussion for photographers, artists, geologists and area visitors.
Suzy Mound and Suzann Trout at Jerome Bead Creations will feature warm red pieces, many with hearts and some with hands of friendship! If you don't want to give someone your heart, you can always give them a hand! Plus hot apple cider and ginger cookies to warm your heart and your hands!
The Fool on the Hill- a gallery of wonderful things- celebrates this Art Walk with Peace, LOVE, Fashion and Art. Come see our new whimsical collection of Alice in Wonderland jewelry. We will be serving wine and cookies from 4-8. Located at 507B Main Street, The Fool on the Hill features the works of many local accessory designers and unique fair trade and American made clothing from innovation design studio. Call 928-649-0334 for more information. www.thefoolonthehill.com Magpie- a gallery of wearable art- welcomes in a beautiful new season with a prelude to Spring. Come see our new collections of jewelry and clothing that will get your senses pumping for spring and enjoy samples of our latest handcrafted fragrance oils. Located at 509 Main Street, 918-649-0295 www.magpiejerome.com
Clive Pates will be showing new figure drawings at The Pates and Pates Studio at The Old Jerome High School. These are large-scale, charcoal-on-paper, and drawn from life. Clive Pates won a British Fulbright Scholarship to study figurative painting and sculpture at the New York Academy of Art in 1994. Though best known recently for his plein-air landscape paintings, Pates figurative works have previously been exhibited both in New York and Britain, including at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
The February 6th Jerome Art Walk is the ideal time to shop for that special Valentine's Day gift at Pura Vida. One-a-kind handcrafted jewelry, clothing, and home-decor items will make the perfect gift for your loved one. The Pura Vida staff will be on hand to assist customers with their "Wish List", which will be kept on file at the gallery for Valentine's Day and other gift giving occasions. Join Pura Vida for their infamous champagne and chocolate evening while shopping for that special gift.
Step into the new Canyon Fine Art Gallery and Studio for their Grand Opening. Owners Dave and Jan Haskell have renovated part of the library space in the Old Jerome High School, and turned it into a warm, inviting gallery. It’s filled with an exquisite selection of landscape paintings, fiber art, and multi-media sculpture from local artists.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Jerome’s Jewelry artists Rick and Ricky Hernandez have created a fabulous line of amethyst and garnet jewelry in 14k gold and sterling silver. Accent stones of diamonds, and Australian opal are added in some of the creations. Jerome's Jewelry is a great place to find that special gift for your sweetheart. 114 Jerome Ave (928)639-4701
Gallery 527 will be debuting “The Key to Your Heart” necklaces by jewelry artist Marian Ward. These antique looking keys with copper sculpted and designed hearts on copper beaded chains are the perfect way to tell someone “I love you”. Marian has also created dog tags with eclectic designs on the same beaded chains. Virginia Pates shows new ceramic work with lava glazes, copper-reds and mid-temperature shinos. Visibly expanding forms include stacked versions of her simple cylinders, larger cylinders and pots upended. Materials in the clay include dirt from the Mogollon Rim above Sedona and black sand from Rancho Linda Vista in Oracle, Arizona. Musical guest Dave Rentz will be on hand playing his variety of instruments at the corner stage at Gallery 527.
Jerome Art Walk is the first Saturday of every month from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. For more information, contact Donna at 649-2277 or visit www.jeromeartwalk.com.
El Prado celebrates National Women’s History Month with women artists who are destined to become future legends in fine art. Check out our website’s Events page for a listing of artists included in this year’s line-up.
Join Ed Mell at Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery Tucson for an exhibition and sale of twenty new works. Show runs concurrent with Tucson Museum of Art’s retrospective exhibition Ed Mell: Paintings of the New West.
Artists @ Large Terminal 4, Level 3 East / West End Cases (8) When we stand in front of a very large painting, we are dwarfed by it psychologically and overtaken by its size. It excludes distractions from our field of vision and engulfs us.
Nine Arizona artist’s works are at large in Terminal 4’s eight cases on the east and west ends of level 3. Their art is as diverse in its style and approach as their reasons for painting big.
They may paint oversized landscapes to depict vastness or supersize a flower to depict it’s detail or use size to convey an abundance of visual imagery. For these artists, art is larger than life.
Artists showcased: Charlotte Bender, James Cook, Dyana Hesson, David Kessler, Andrew Polk, Hector Ruiz and DOSE, Jim Waid, Kevin Winters
Animator Chuck Jones helped bring to life many of Warner Bros. most famous characters—Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig. The list of characters he created himself includes Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Marvin Martian, Pepe le Pew, Michigan J. Frog and many others. In addition, Jones was a prolific artist whose work has been exhibited at galleries and museums worldwide. In a career spanning over 70 years, Jones made more than 300 animated films, winning three Oscars as director and in 1996 an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement. Among the many awards and recognitions, one of those most valued was the honorary life membership from the Directors Guild of America. Chuck Jones leaves a legacy of brilliance, comedy, joy and laughter that will live on forever.
Pipe Dreams become reality when you take a group of artists, an industrial ceramic pipe company, plus a ceramic glaze supply company and bring them together in artistic exploration to create large-scale sculptural artwork.
The simple beauty of the massive, functional cylinder proved to be inspirational to six artists invited to work at Building Products Company, a division of Mission Clay Products. The Phoenix based manufacturer of clay sewer pipe, may seem an unlikely alliance for artists. But when working together, artists were able to explore concepts not possible in their own studio, as well as new ways of working and expressing their ideas.
The industrial setting with specialized equipment and technically knowledgeable factory workers made the logistics of working on a freshly extruded wet clay pipe 7-8 feet high and weighing up to a ton a reality. The challenge of finding glazes that would provide positive results in an industrial-sized beehive kiln was achieved after months of test firing by Leslie Ceramic Supply Company. The creative dislogue between industry and artists generates an awareness and appreciation for a humble product hidden underground by escalating it to a work of art.
Participating Artists: Joe Hawley, Don Reitz, Patrick Siler, John Toki, Agnese Udinotti, Bryan Vansell
The Spirit of the Saguaro Photographs by Holly Metz
Terminal 4, Level 3 Center Wall
“The Spirit of the Saguaro project is a celebration of the amazing beauty and uniqueness of this ancient desert being. It is an expression of the gratitude for the teachings the Saguaro (Hashan)has to offer if I become still, give myself over, and see with whole body and mind. . . . Buddhist and O’othham teachings influence my life, this body of work, and the image titles. . . .
“Each photograph is taken in the Gila River Indian Community (south of Phoenix) within a few miles of our home. I am grateful and humbled to discover that I need go no further to experience endless wonder, constant change, and profound beauty. I stand silently with the Hashan in the blazing sun, and the dark of night, as white clouds sweep by, and bird, bat and bee visit. I listen to them creak in the breeze, the sound of wind in their spines like water. I touch and smell their rain soaked skin, and feel the life force vibrations inside them. Raising our two small boys teaches me to release control over where, when and in what light I will photograph. It is a continual lesson in embracing opportunity by being available for life in the moment, at any moment. . . .”
A-Buncha Book Artists Terminal 3, Level 2 Garage Cases Creating one-of-a-kind and small-edition artists’ books, A-Buncha-Book-Artists explore the boundaries of what a book can be. They may use traditional printmaking and bookbinding techniques as well as unconventional processes to create sculptural artworks that may no longer look like books at all.
Artists’ books may include prose or poetry, lettering as pattern or texture, drawings or paintings, photography or collage. They employ a wide range of forms, including fold-outs, accordions, or loose items contained in a box as well as bound printed sheets. Altered bookforms give new life to old books, periodicals and found objects.
Artists’ books are a marriage of form and craftsmanship, that supports a well developed content that is thought provoking and full of surprises.
CraftingCulture: The Albert Long Collection Terminal 4, Level 2 (Center)
Southwest Native Americans have traditionally crafted objects and artworks connected to their daily lives. Whether a woven basket or sand painting, a carved katsina or bronze sculpture, the objects give concrete form to their stories, beliefs and practices. The art provides a window into Native American culture.
The art on view was collected by Albert Long, part Navajo (Diné), a jewelry craftsman and art dealer who purchased the objects directly from Navajo and Hopi artists living in Arizona and New Mexico.
Light, Air, Land Pastel Drawings by Ellen Wagener Terminal 2, Pre-Security
Landscape artist Ellen Wagener has been working in pastels for more than 20 years. In her drawing, she focuses on the atmosphere, clouds and land which drive her interest in portraying fleeting moments in nature. Close up, Wagener conveys details with scribbles and twisted lines that from a distance create the appearance that could be mistaken for a photograph.
“People often ask to watch me draw, which can be similar to watching a cake bake. Slow, messy layers of scribbling . . . then massaging the idea while massaging raw pigment and paper into one another. After days of chaos and discord, even I am shocked when the image comes together. It does it so beautifully with pastels.”
If Wagener’s process is like baking a cake, her technique is the icing on top. She renders and responds to the natural world close to her with a romantic realism that gives the viewer a feeling of wonder.