ArtChix Show - March 21 and 22

The ArtChix are holding an art show/sale this weekend, with seven artists participating. I have received photos of four of these artists from the Sun City Grand Art Club's Historian, Jim Greenwald. The artists shown here are: Diane Eason, Susan Roper, Norma Miller and Ruth Malins. When I receive the photos of the others I will add them here. It was a beautiful day to be strolling through an art show!

I, as the ArtChix Blog Mistress, have set up another important art blog for the Vanguard Artists.
We are a group of artists in the West Valley and disprove the fact that good art begins and ends at Central Avenue and is to be found only in the East Valley (Scottsdale) area. There are many lifelong artists in this group and their rich and varied art experience shows in their magnificent work.

ArtChix members who belong to Vanguard Artists are: Ann Stubenrauch, Arlen Madole, Barbara Lang, Diane Eason, Norma Miller, Madeline Ledzinski, Ruth Malins, Carol Kennedy and Sharon King. Members of the Sun City Grand Art Club who also belong to the Vanguard group are: Kandyce Olson, Judy Visker, Ron Anderson, Woodie Mackey, Steve Plichta, Connie Bollard and Kay Verstraete.

There are slideshows of some of the individual artists' work, and this sidebar feature is being developed more as we speak. Do stop by and have a look at: http://vanguardartists.blogspot.com/, we'd love to hear from you!

Upcoming Art Sale!

Be sure to mark your calendar for the next ArtChix sale. It will be Saturday and Sunday, March 21 and 22. The participating artists are working hard producing great art for display and sale. I hear tell that there will be some lovely new pieces of Artisan Jewelry available as well.

Artisan Jewelry is a new art media offered through the Sun City Grand Art Club and involves the sculpting of wire to produce jewelry and to enhance objects. Come and see what we are up to now!

Join Us This Weekend!

The ArtChix will be holding an art show again this weekend, January 24 and 25. Please join us as we have many new paintings on display as well as many of us will be doing painting demonstrations as we work on our newest masterpieces!

Holiday Art Alert!

Holiday gifts will abound at the weekend ArtChix sale December 13 and 14! We have all been painting and framing, card-making and packing; all to be ready for this big event. See you at the Sun City Grand Art Club!

ART ALERT!

Remember that the next ArtChix show is Saturday, November 8 and Sunday, November 9. Many new items will be available, we have been painting and creating all summer and look forward to seeing you there.

ArtChix of the Month - Patricia (Patty) Potter

It is my pleasure to again choose an ArtChix of the Month from our group of illustrious artists. This month, it is to be Patricia (we call her Patty!) Potter. She graces our art shows with her sometimes whimsical, sometimes abstract, sometimes thoughtful, sometimes warm and fuzzy "old-school" but, always, good art pieces.

Patricia was born in Kansas, graduated from High School from Aberdeen, Mississippi. She received a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from Denver University and a Master’s Degree in Communication from Denver University in Denver, Colorado.

Patricia is a retired Secondary School and College educator from Colorado. After retirement, Patricia explored a deferred passion for art. She challenged this passion with taking beginning art classes and continued with great persistence with advanced workshops with Judy Patti (Littleton, Colorado), Frank Francese (Grand Junction, Colorado), Raleigh Kinney (Colorado) and Tom Lynch workshop (Santa Fe, New Mexico) as well as other continued art experiences.

From an all-community art show in Sun City, Arizona Patricia won two first place ribbons and one second place ribbon. At the Art Alliance Fine Art Festival in Wickenburg, Arizona Patricia won a first place ribbon in watercolor and first place in encaustic (hot wax and pigment). She is a juried member of the Arizona Art Alliance and a juried member of the Vanguard Artists, a member of the Sun City Grand Art Club and a member of the Wickenburg Art Cub.

Patricia describes her art pursuits as “somehow my paint brush connects with a creative force waiting in my mind, and together this hand/brain synergy gives me pure joy and, sometimes, good art”.