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TUBAC CENTERof the ARTS
Performing Art Series
TUBAC CENTERof the ARTS 9 P laza Road • Tubac, AZ 85646 • Te l 520.338.2371 • Fax 520.398.9511 • www.TubacAr ts .org
Celebrate Valentine’s Day in Februarywith “Love Letters” featuring Bill Neubauer and Jane Boyland. Tickets are available for the evening performance on Feb. 24th and matinee on Sunday, February 26th.
FEBRUARY 2017
Seattle Stars Come to Tubac Don’t miss this one-time music event with acclaimed singer/songwriter Dave Ellis and Book-it Theatre’s actor/director/composer Myra Platt performing classic songs known so well the audience will want to sing along.
WINNING ARTISTS STATE TITLE AWARD
Cida Smith Wisconsin Three in a Crowd Best of Show -$1,000Susan Hellman Colorado Agate Juror’s Award - $500Kari Bergstrom-Mackenzie Washington Standing Guard Award of Excellence -$250Linda Ward Louisiana Jubilee Award of Merit -$100Bonnie Nelson Arizona Mon Ami Ursus Abstract -$100John James Texas Letters to Remember, as easy as 1, 2, 3 Honorable Mention-$75Courtney Zell California Parque Mexico Honorable Mention- $75
Arizona Aqueous
XXXI Award Winners!
Left: Kari Bergstrom MacKenzie’s award winning “Standing Guard. Right top: Bonnie Nelson, with “Mon Ami”, fUrsus Abstract Award. Right bottom: Cida Smith with the “Best of Show”
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AT 7:30pm FOR ELLIS & PLATT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 AT 7:30pm FOR LOVE LETTERS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 AT 3:00pm FOR LOVE LETTERS MATINEE
Call Ruth at TCA today 520-398-2371to subscribe and we’ll see you at the show!
WILD WEST WHAT? THROUGH FEBRUARY 19
Don’t miss the intriguing and creative work of Monica Warhol featured in The Master Gallery. Although distantly related to Andy, she emphasizes, “It’s not about my name; it’s about a lot more than that.” The exhibit includes 30 pieces of work including prints, acrylic and oil.
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Leslie Miller Master Meed Award Winner for 2016
This prestigious award goes to the artist who receives the most popular votes during the annual Members’ Juried Exhibit. Leslie joins those other artists such as Barbara Borgwardt and Fred Collins whose names are permanently inscribed on the plaque at the entrance of the Smith Gallery. Artists names on the plaque date back to 1971 when Jean Wilson won the first Master Meed Award.
Arizona Aqueous XXXI Through February 26
For over 30 years, this popular annual exhibit attracts entries from all parts of the country, showcasing the many ways artists create works of water media on paper. The juror, Monica Warhol, selected a variety of 68 pieces from close to 200 entries. The exhibit includes a mix of traditional and abstract works from artists from sixteen different states, as well as many of our talented artists from here in Arizona. Be sure to encourage those coming to visit here in Arizona during this timeframe not to miss a visit to Tubac Center of the Arts to see this national exhibition.
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The Essence of Effortlessness...How do you convey your soul with an economy of brushwork and paint? To answer this question, Myrna York has been practicing sumi-e for over fifteen years. Sumi-e is the Japanese term for the ancient
Chinese art of ink painting. Historically, writing and art evolved together using brush and ink on paper. So close is the relationship, one can speak of writing a painting, or painting a poem. In both, the quality of the brushwork reigns supreme. Years of practice go into developing strokes that appear spontaneous and effortless, rather like the flight of a ballerina across a stage.
To master an art that requires such discipline, Myrna speaks of a daily routine that begins with painting her name repeatedly. From here, she might move to a poem. Then to one or more of the nature-inspired themes of this form that incorporate the basic brushstrokes—the bamboo symbolizing summer, the chrysanthemum: fall, the plum: winter, and the orchid: spring.
As we stand in Myrna’s studio, she shows me sketchbook after sketchbook, reams of paper covered with the same stroke—a bamboo leaf, or stalk, or the hoary roughness of the plum tree. How much pressure to apply and precisely when to raise the brush are key in this dance of muscle and will.
Even before Myrna puts brush to paper, she meditates. “Clearing the mind is very important and by that I mean no judgment. No expectation.” Buddhism and Daosim help her to understand the philosophy of acceptance. Only in releasing her inner critic was she able to cultivate the spontaneity required for the ability to “capture the chi in one stroke.” Sumi-e is not about realism, rather, the aim is to portray the essence or the chi of the subject through observation and study.
“It took me two or three years to understand the essence of the vermillion flycatcher,” Myrna says, as I admire the paintings in her online portfolio. (www.myrnayork.com) A dash of red, a stroke of black from the hand of a master—all it takes to create the excitement of a fleeting glimpse of this glittering bird.
Myrna incorporates the same discipline and attention to detail in everything she does, especially her service as editor of this newsletter. Joyce M. Jackson, who replaces Myrna, had this to say about her: “How do you encapsulate all that energy in one statement? I have never seen anyone give more to more people!” Though Myrna steps down as editor, she continues to serve. Whether gardening at the Presidio, teaching sumi-e, or writing, Myrna has captured the essence of what it is to belong to the Tubac community, and she does it with effortlessness and grace.
Myrna will be offering a workshop in color theory—Feb. 18, 2017. See the TCA website to register.
Editor’s Corner by Rilla Jaggia
BOARD OF DIRECTORSExecutive Director: Karin Topping
[email protected] Shop Manager: Bonnie Jaus
Bookkeeper: Pam [email protected]
Office Manager/Education:Ruth Romano
[email protected] Supervisor: Linda Patmore
TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS GALLERY HOURSMon-Sat 10-4:30 • Sun Noon-4:30520-398-2371 • www.tubacarts.org
Supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts with funding from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts.
President: Colin SteffenVice President: Steve SmithSecretary: Dennis Eshleman
Treasurer: Tim DuffinDirectors: Carole Benequista
Joseph Birkett • Stephanie Fagan • Mike Jacoby
Gail Rich • Kim Roseman Jean Smith • Polly Schlitz
Editor-in-Chief: Rilla Jaggia
Meg Flanders
Exhibits Manager: Michael [email protected]
Gift a Brick!Lasting longer than flowers or a box of chocolate, give someone you love a brick for Valentines’ day. A message and/or name(s) are engraved on both large and
small size bricks to be permanently placed on the front plaza area of TCA. Contact TCA or stop by for the form to order a small ($100) or large ($150) brick.
There’s a sound to the voice that conjures up True Grit and a commitment of spirit worthy of Steel Magnolias. It’s no accident that Frances Causey, living and creating in Tubac, AZ, beckons us into the world of films. A former CNN journalist and current, award-winning, documentary filmmaker, Frances recently shared how the power of place influenced her early life. Being born and raised in Greenville, North Carolina shaped her drive to set the record straight for others whose voices had been unjustly silenced.
Frances grew up privileged (her word). She also grew up troubled by the lack of fairness she witnessed in her daily life. As a very small child, she sensed that something was not right. Good people, contributing equally to her community, were denied rights and respect simply because of their race, gender or socioeconomic class. This divide among people she loved fueled her childhood curiosity. It caused her to challenge her surrounding circumstances and ultimately, it formed her artistic purpose. She determined to surface truths and tell stories of inequity and injustice.
She became a journalist. Her CNN news team was honored with News and Documentary Emmys for coverage of the Olympic Park and Oklahoma City bombings. After 14 years as a CNN producer, Ms. Causey struck out to become an independent filmmaker. Finally, she would realize her childhood dream of creating significant stories of her own choosing. National recognition of her work multiplied.
Her short film titled Ours Is The Land, profiles the Tohona O’odham Nation and its fight to prevent an open-pit copper mine from desecrating ancestral lands. Last fall, her most recent work, The Long Shadow, won the coveted A& E Pitchfest. This film chronicles the history of slavery in the United States and demonstrates how it continues to influence race relations today. Her 2012 documentary, Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?” garnered a New York Times Critic’s Pick award and is now seen in more than 50 countries.
Ms. Causey’s name could seem to reference the many causes she pursues. But actually, her name is from Medieval Latin, calciata, meaning paved highway. That meaning seems more appropriate for Causey films. Frances paves a way for us to deeply examine significant events. She illuminates issues relevant to our times and then, as always with artistic work, what you walk away with is up to you.
Business & Artist Members News
Learn Something New!
Leslie Miller is not only the Master Meed winning artist, by has a new venture that artists should know about. In her own words: “You Can’t Be Creative Until you’re Unburdened by the Technical.”
Enter, Artrepreneur Outliner.
“Hello, I am Leslie Miller, artist, polymath and creator behind Artrepreneur Outliner. My passion is empowering artists to create and achieve their vision of success. By providing Outlines and Templates to free your mind and take your art career to the next level. Art business specific outlines and templates are designed to be used within Evernote a powerful, fully customizable, and free virtual filing system. Evernote is available on multi platforms so your ideas, inspirations and everything about your business is stored in the cloud and available to you anywhere, anytime.
The upcoming Open Studio Tour is the perfect opportunity to see how the templates can be of immeasureable value to you. I am so excited to share with the artists participating in the open studio event, templates to use for cataloging and preparing your art work and a Open Studio checklist. Using these templates in Evernote will leave you prepared and organized to hostyour best Open Studio Event yet.
Your templates are waiting, contact me at [email protected]”
Talented Instructors Teaching Workshops and Classes
Color Theory with Myrna York – One day exercise with watercolor or acrylic to understand hue, chroma, value, saturation, intensity, temperature and the importance of color theory in painting. SATURDAY, Feb. 18th, 9am-3pm.
A Painting per Class with Rodney Reveal – Step by step process where participants will leave with a completed watercolor painting. SATURDAY, SUNDAY, March 4th and 5th.
Color it Yours with Barbara Borgwardt – Explore color theory in a fun and creative way with this talented three-time winner of the Master Mead award. Students will use transparent watercolors and should have some experience. SATURDAY , MARCH 11th 9am-4pm.
“Back by Popular Demand” – Jan Thompson will repeat her two-day workshop on pastel techniques TUESDAY MARCH 6 & 7 from 10am to 3pm. Rich Wheeler will teach a one-day class on Field Sketching from 10am -4pm on MARCH 25th.
Call TCA at 398-2371 for more information, costs and to sign-up for any of these workshops or classes.
OPEN STUDIO PREVIEW JANUARY 20 -MARCH 19Be sure to visit both the front gallery and The Studio Gallery where examples of the work of artists on the 2017 Open Studio Tour are featured. This year’s Open Studio Tour includes 61 artists at various locations throughout the Santa Cruz Valley from Sahuarita to Nogales. Mark March 17, 18 and 19 on your calendar to visit working artists and see a variety of their work. Tell your visitors, neighbors and friends that this annual Open Studio Tour is a “not to be missed” opportunity.Congratulations to LINDA GAETA, winner of the poster contest. Posters are available at TCA throughout the time of the Open Studio Tour for $10 each. We will also have a number of prints of the prior years winners, Blanche Davidson’s “Market Colors”, Judith Wegenast’s “Blooming Cholla” and “Akhai Teke Duet”, as well as Joan Brittain’s “Rooster” also available at $5 each.
ARTISTS...ALL OVER THE PLACE! by Joyce M. Jackson
Join the Mobsters!Calling all “Muscular Old Boys” to be part of this exclusive group of men who are talented with tools, know how to build or repair things and want to volunteer their time and talent on an “as needed” basis. Besides those regular volunteers
in the Gift Shop and Gallery, there are always special projects at TCA where help is needed. Peter Benequista is in charge of the list of “mobsters” and welcomes anyone interested in being “on call” for anything from setting up tables, fixing door hinges, moving pedestals to putting up the TCA booth. Call Peter at 520-388-0227 to join this distinguished group.
WISH LIST! √ Microwave oven √ Vacuum cleaner
Both our microwaves are no longer working and neither is the canister vacuum. Anyone with either a microwave or vacuum to donate, it would be appreciated.
NOGALES • TUBAC • AMADO • GREEN VALLEY • SAHUARITA
GALLERY NIGHT
MARCH 174–7PM
Open Studio TourTours de Studios
March 17, 18 & 19, 2017 • 11 am to 4 pm17, 18 y 19 de Marzo del 2017 • 11:00 a 16:00
Rich Way working on luminaries
