Sedona News – Everyone at Rowe Fine Art Gallery, artists and art collectors included, is trying to hold onto the fleeting days of summer and the golden hours that inspire some of the best artwork. Kick off your Labor Day Weekend celebration at Rowe Fine Art Gallery as we pay homage to carefree days during Summer Serenade, opening Friday, September 2, at 4 p.m. The show continues through the end of the month.
Catch up with your favorite gallery artists to see what they’ve been working on for the past three months. Some have been prolific, taking advantage of long days to paint and sculpt and prep for world renowned shows. Others decided to use the season to recharge and gain inspiration for the remainder of the year.
If you’re sculptor Shirley Eichten Albrecht, there’s no such thing as downtime. For the second year in a row, Shirley has been juried into the National Basketry Organization’s members-only show. Shirley’s Regalia sculpture is featured in the virtual exhibit, which runs through the end of the year. She was one of 165 artists from five countries chosen to participate.
In the meantime, Shirley has two new pieces in the September show, both of which highlight her mastery of color. Soothe the Soul features a tall-body gourd painted a dreamy shade of turquoise and woven with purple, teal and lavender waxed linen and glass beads. Golden Beauty makes us nostalgic for summer – even before it’s over. The gourd is painted a warm shade of yellow and woven with golden yellow, purple and lavender waxed linen and tiny purple glass beads.
Bronze wildlife sculptor Kim Kori has also been busy with exhibitions. Kim’s Dragonfly at Rest bronze was accepted into the Society of Animal Artists virtual show, while Rapid Transit was juried into the Society’s 62nd Annual Art & the Animal Exhibition and Tour. Rapid Transit was one of only 28 sculptures selected for the international show.
Recently, Kim has been reflecting on her body of work, and one piece especially stands out for her at this time of the year. Double Jeopardy depicts moths around a candle flame, while a spiny lizard takes it all in from below. “I often watch moths dance around the candle flames on summer evenings,” says Kim. “I’ve imagined at times how delighted a lizard would be to come across this gathering, which at the same time would put the moths in double jeopardy.”
This month, Julie T. Chapman will also be participating in two prestigious shows. First up is Western Visions, the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s fundraiser and one of the signature events of the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival in Wyoming. And at the end of the month, she’ll take part in the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale in Cody, Wyoming. Though she’s been busy prepping for both shows (and working on pieces that will debut in the gallery later this year), Julie stepped away from her easel this summer to nourish her favorite pastime: horses.
Painter Jen Farnsworth is putting the final touches on new works that the gallery will debut soon. In the meantime, Jen gave us this update: “This spring, I had great fun exploring new mediums and mixed media techniques with my art. I have continued the exploration and experimentation this summer. I am finding new ways to express my love of wildlife and nature with even more color and texture. I am currently working on several new canvases where I use not only ink, alcohol, graphite and tea, but also my vibrant palette of oil colors. Of course I have a new coyote, a bobcat and even an agave making its last stand. It has been a great labor of love!”
John Rasberry recently completed two new oil paintings inspired by the Southwest’s Native American cultures. To Greener Pastures features a Navajo woman moving her sheep into a canyon for the summer. John remembers the day he came upon the scene that inspired the painting. “It was hot and dry, and all was still and quiet except the movement of the sheep and the distant sound of the bell from a bellwether ewe,” he says.
John’s second painting, No Particular Hurry, shows another Navajo woman riding her horse in Monument Valley as storm clouds gather on the horizon.
In addition to these artists, Rowe Fine Art Gallery represents painters Dane Chinnock, Kim Diment, Lynn Heil, Gary Jenkins and Amy Ringholz along with sculptors
Alvin Marshall, Erik Petersen, Joel Petersen, Ken Rowe and Joshua Tobey, and jewelers Liam Herbert and Jennifer Inge.
Rowe Fine Art Gallery represents traditional and contemporary southwestern artists. The gallery, located under the bell tower in Patio de las Campanas at Tlaquepaque Arts & Shopping Village, is open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call 928-282-8877, visit rowegallery.com, or find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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THE MOMENT IS UPON US
The moment is upon us. The time for a united effort to shift the focus back to our community is now.
The ability to thrive in our community, our environment, our workforce, and the tourist industry, is entirely possible because we have all the resources needed for success.
Still, we need a council that isn’t afraid to ask the hard questions, that makes decisions based on data and facts, and through discussion, rather than moving and voting in group unison as they so regularly do.
This is my home. I have been a part of the Sedona community for 28 years. I witnessed the road debacle, the lack of planning, the city circumventing the local businesses ability to thrive, while making choices to expand the local government and be in direct competition with private industry.
I am a unique candidate because unlike the incumbents, I don’t believe the government should expand in size, nor in operations, nor would I attempt to micromanage every aspect of our community.
City government should stay in its lane and allow the competitive market of local private industry to prosper. And it should defend our community from corporate takeover and infiltration of our town.
I do not agree that we should sign onto International Building Codes and regulations by signing Sedona up to the ICC. It is imperative that we remain a sweet, rural community.
Where are the arts? Where is this organic thriving element that we allege to be animated by. Where is our culture? Where is our community?
The discord between the decision making process and the desires of the community have never been more clear. It has been nearly a decade in the making.
It is time for a new era of energy to take charge. An energy that is reflective in the ability to succeed rather than be trapped in out of date consciousness.
It has been a great honor meeting with each of you. I hear your concerns over the insane and out of control spending and I echo them. A budget of $105,000,000 in a town of 9700 residents is completely unacceptable. A parking structure (that looks like a shoe box) originally slated to cost 11 million, now projected to cost 18 million, is incomprehensible. Especially, considering there is no intention of charging for parking.
For those who are concerned that I lack the political experience within our established system- that is precisely what Sedona needs… Not another politician, but instead a person who understands people, who listens to the voices within the community, and who will act in service on their behalf with accountability, for the highest good of Sedona. What I am not, will prove to be an asset as I navigate the entrenched bureaucracy with a fresh perspective. Business as usual, is over.
Creative solutions require new energy.
Every decision that is made by our local government, must contemplate Sedona first.
What we have now is a city government that expands to 165 employees for 9700 residents. Palm Desert has 53,000 residents and 119 city employees. Majority of our city department heads are not even in town. I find this problematic.
Efforts towards championing in and courting new solutions for our medical needs are imperative. We are losing our doctors. We must encourage competition with other facilities rather than be held hostage by NAH, who clearly have their own set of dysfunctions.
We must remember that so many move to Sedona for its beauty, hiking, and small town charm. Bigger, faster, and more concrete does not, in broad strokes, fit the ethos of Sedona.
The old world must remain strong here in balance, as that is what visitors want to experience. Too many have noted that Sedona has lost its edge and charm.
As Mayor I will preserve the rural charm of our community, and push back against the urbanization that is planned for Sedona.
As mayor I will make it a priority to create opportunities to support our youth. After school healthy, enriching programs should be created for our kids, and available to the Sedona workforce regardless of residency and regardless of school they belong to.
As Mayor, I will create an agenda to deliberately embody the consciousness of our collective needs here, allowing private industry to meet the needs of our community rather than bigger government.
I hope to have your vote on Aug 2nd. I am excited and have the energy to take on this leadership role with new eyes, community perspective, and the thoughtful consciousness that reflects all ages of the human spectrum.
Thank you deeply for your consideration.
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