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

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MISSION Tubac Center of the Arts is the core of Tubac’s artistic heritage and identity. We pursue excellence in serving as a venue for artistic expression, appreciation and learning for those who create and enjoy art in southern Arizona.

Better start practicing your dance moves because the

Big Band Express is on its way!

This terrific group of musicians will play quintessential American swing music, songs we have heard, loved, and many of us have danced to, for years.

The marvelous Julie Anne will add her beautiful voice to the band. This pre-Valentine’s Day treat is on Friday, February 13, at 7:30pm.

And don’t forget The Original Wildcat Jass Band is coming to the Center on Sunday, March 1 at 7:30pm. This annual concert is always a sell-out so call now for tickets to hear this delightful group.

Tickets for both of these concerts are $20 for TCA members and $25 for non-members.Call the Center at 398-2371 for more information.

Be sure to visit The Studio Gallery where examples of the work of artists on the 2015 Open Studio Tour are featured.

This year’s Open Studio Tour includes 48 artists at various locations throughout the Santa Cruz Valley welcoming visitors to the tour on March 20th, 21st and 22nd. Be sure to mark the third weekend in March to visit the studios of working artists and see where and how they create. Tell your visitors, neighbors and friends that this annual Open Studio Tour is a “not to be missed” opportunity.

Congratulations to Judith Wenegast, winner of the poster contest for the second time. Judith will be signing copies at the Opening Reception where they will be available at that time and throughout the time of the Open Studio Tour for $20. We will also have a number of prints of the previous two year’s winners, Blanche Davidson’s “Market Colors” and Judith’s “Blooming Cholla”, also available at $10 each.

FEBRUARY 2015

Judy Wegenast “Akhal Teke Duet

ARIZONA AQUEOUS XXIX Through March 8

This popular annual event showcases the many ways

artists create works of water media on paper. This year the juror, Ron Pokrasso, selected 68 pieces from 228 entries. The exhibit features a mix of traditional and abstract works from artists in all parts of the United States, including Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Missouri and Kansas as well as many of our talented artists from Arizona and other western states. Be sure to encourage those coming to visit here in Arizona during to not miss a stop in Tubac to see this national exhibition.

Award of Excellence

Arizona Aqueous XXIXAward WinnersBest of show & URsULA sUess ABstRACt AwARD

Tom Herbert, Glendale, AZ “Circular Controversy”JURoR’s AwARD

Roy Zenner, Panama City, FL “The Sentry”AwARD of exCeLLenCeFiona Lovelock, Tucson, AZ “Water Music”AwARD of MeRitRobert Mejer, Quincy, IL “Crosssroads”honoRABLe MentionM. Bellavia, New Orleans, LA “Lady Lucerne”honoRABLe MentionJustin Kenney, Brattleboro, VT “Between the Distance”

Open Studio PreviewFebruary 6 – March 22

Juror Ron Pokrasso led a workshop with twelve artists who learned about water base printmaking without a press.

Best of Show & Ursula Suess Abstract Award Juror’s Award Award of Merit Honorable Mention Honorable Mention

As I see it...Living in a community of artists has its perks. Artists may seek reclusiveness for a time to focus solely on their art but they also return to the community to seek approval, connections, and influence. For me, having Virginia Hall as my artist mentor in Tubac is a vital part of my artistic development. A

mentor can be defined as someone who helps you with your career, specific work projects, or general life advice out of the goodness of their heart. However, similar to Hall’s artistic style, it is by omission that makes her advise and opinion more elusive. Her silence, her presence, and her eloquence in art are enough for me to delve into her world and provide me with sufficient stimuli to pursue the unknown. Well versed in the creative process, she reinforces the style and ideas that I am exploring.

Born and educated in Michigan, at a time when modern art was at its infancy, Hall was a natural at abstraction. Early on, while working on her Masters in Fine Arts, her academic drawings showed an affinity to an economy of line and shape, where minute details and intricacies were present in areas where she would emphasize the obvious but left certain areas to be desired. What makes her work more attractive is her approach to the illusion of three-dimensional space. Hall’s treatment of space is not just a separation of shapes but more of a continuum, joining and connecting as a total object as in the paradox of form is emptiness and emptiness no other than form. Unlike realism which focuses on details of a three-dimensional object onto a flat surface, abstract art has made this space free and open, more and more shallow, and flatness became the objective. The eye may have trouble locating meaning but that’s the beauty of modern art, it challenges us to engage and think and makes the spectator part of the art experience. One fallacy is the tendency to assume that representational art is far superior and recognizable images are always preferable. She maintains that the big piece of her motivation to be “unpainterly” is the currency between science and art. During the same period when cubism was paving the way for modernism, science was exploring the Black Hole. Hall was able to produce extensively within a community of realistic painters, a commercial challenge indeed, and her works attracted collectors and clients that are well informed.

Virginia Hall is preparing for a retrospective, an art exhibit showing an entire oeuvre and representative examples of her life’s work. This is an opportunity to view her artistic development beginning with nude studio drawings, pen and ink renderings of missions.

BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident: Mike Jacoby

Vice President: Dennis EshlemanSecretary: Colin SteffenTreasurer: Tom Potter

Directors: Carole BenequitaHugh Beykirch • Joseph Birkett

Tim Duffin • Meg FlandersNancy Peyton • Kim Roseman

Jean Smith • Polly SchlitzEditor-in-Chief: Myrna York

myrna@myrnayork.com

Design: Chuck Myers, CAMgraphicdesign@gmail.com

by Board President, Mike Jacoby

Change is a part of life. What matters is how we approach change.

I decided that the above introductory comment was appropriate because TCA is embarking on some significant change.

Marty Schuyler informed us that she intended to retire from her position as Chair of our Performing Arts program after the current season. Marty wanted to leave at a time when she saw that everything was moving in the right direction. Marty has given selflessly to TCA for over 25 years as a volunteer, committee member and Board member to name only a few of her many roles here. She has chaired the Performing Arts Committee and series for over 10 years. Well, I guess nothing lasts forever no matter how hard you wish it would. It is with fond appreciation we say “Thank You” to Marty with hopes that she will remain involved in TCA for many years to come.

The analysis of any situation requires consideration of a new range of possibilities. We were also sorry to see Paula Kim, our Education Coordinator, leave for Chicago right before the holiday season. Paula had done an amazing job with the Summer Arts program, helped to start the new ART STARTS program as well as coordinated the adult workshops and assisted with grant writing. We believe the ability to adjust to change is a strength and so with the full backing of a strong and committed Board, we immediate looked at the possibility of expanding the education and programming responsibilities to a full-time position while looking at all our staffing.

We are very excited to be collaborating with a number of community organizations for the upcoming ‘Poetry of the Wild” program which was a natural way to expand upon the Arte de Avian exhibition and Garden Tour this spring. Stay tuned in March for more information about transitions, and positive moves ahead for TCA. Embrace Change!

Board Bits

Executive Director: Karin Toppingkarin@tubacarts.org

Gallery Shop Manager: Bonnie Jausbonnie.jaus@gmail.com

Marketing & Exhibition Manager: Karon Leighkaronleigh@tubacarts.org

Bookkeeper: Pam McNuttaccounting@tubacarts.org

Office Manager: Connie Adenofficemgr@tubacarts.org

Weekend Supervisor: Linda Patmorelinda@tubacarts.org

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.

Editor’s Corner by Myrna York

Spring Workshops – Sign Up Now!

Studio Time with Roberta Rogers • Watercolor Painting Techniques$50 members, $55 non-members • Tuedays from 10am-1pm

K February 10 — Landscapes/Quick Lessons on Landscape Components, Sky, Mountains, Foilage

K February 17 — Figures and Portraits: Using Proportion and Color TechniquesK February 24 — “Artisterariums” - Painting Flowers Beyond Botanical IllustrationsK March 3 — Getting to the Finish Line! How to “FIX” and finish your painting; then

mat and frame it for final presentation

Barbara Borgwardt • Desert Glow • Transparent WatercolorOne day class • Saturday, Feburary 28th from 9am-4pm

$110 members; $125 nonmembers • Some watercolor experience necessary.

The Santa Rita Art League is currently presenting the “11th Annual Eva Briggs Abstract Art Competition” featuring approximately 50 abstract paintings.

Dates: January 31 - February 26thWhere: Community Performance and Art Center, 1250 W. Continental Rd. Green Valley, AZ 85622Hours: 11AM - 2PM Mon. - Fri. and one hour before performances and during intermission.

8 Otero Street Gallery is now 8 Otero Street/The Art Yard, Celebrating the Art of the Treasure Hunt, and features both new and previously-owned home decor, art,

Business & Artist Members News

gifts, jewelry, clothing accessories and novelties. Artists include Donna Thoreson, Nancy Child, Trudy Baker, Steve Hickman, Joan Cawthorn, Betty McDonald, Carol Swiggett, Linda Larriva, Irene Miller, Barb Quigley and Judy Chisholm.

The public is invited to join the Simon/Steinway Gallery in Tucson for a community presentation by Tubac’s Ann Groves. Ann speaks about her legendary father, Hal Empie (1909-2002). Her talk is widely popular as it covers Arizona history of the Empie family in the state since 1886, her father’s art career with works selling over 85 years. His famous Empie Kartoon Kard Postcards, still on the market for 75 years, and his pharmacy career as the youngest licensed pharmacist in the state’s history. You are invited to join Simon/Steinway at 3001 E. Skyline Drive, Suite 117, Tucson on Thursday, March 5th from 4 to 6pm. There is no charge to attend, however seating reservations are required. Call 520-325-9797.

The entire community is

working together to celebrate birding this spring. Participating organizations include Tubac Center of the Arts with our Arte de Avian exhibit, The Anza Trail Coalition, Tubac Presidio State Park, Tumacacori

National Historic Park, Tubac Golf Resort and many local galleries and businesses.

Tubac Center of the Arts received over 250 entries for the national juried exhibit of bird themed art opening on March 13th. As part of the “Poetry of the Wild” program, creative poetry boxes will be installed along the Anza Trail between the Presidio and the Tumacacori Mission and in locations in the village. Visitors will have an opportunity to explore the trail, discover the boxes, read the poems and, if they wish, leave comments in the public journals that are part of

each box. This project serves as a catalyst for exploring our village, the Anza Trail and seeing how art and poetry come together in this temporary public art installation. Donated boxes will return to TCA in April and be auctioned on April 18th, the day of the 2015 Garden Tour. Auction proceeds will benefit both TCA and The Anza Trail Coalition.

Presentations about birds and birding will be at the Presidio State Park and the Tumacacori Mission will sponsor bird walks along the trail on weekends in March and April. The Tubac Golf Resort will offer a special “birding” package for the resort as will other local B&Bs.

Mark your calendar for March 7th and join in the inaugural “Poetry Walk” with Artist in Residence, Ana Flores, sculptor from Rhode Island and founder of the Poetry of the Wild project.

Art a la CarteDinner with Artists

Featured artists Fred Collins, Cynthia Wearden and David Voisard spoke to a sold out audience at the Tubac Golf

Resort Chapel on January 22nd. Those attending enjoyed cocktails, a delicious dinner and an opportunity to hear career highlights and see numerous examples of art from all three

artists. Patty Nigbur commented, “This was the most enjoyable evening I ever remember spending here in Tubac”.

Thanks go to these three talented artists who made this evening so special. The Benchmark Foundation underwrites this event with proceeds benefiting those future artists attending the Summer Arts program for youth.

Tubac Takes Flight!

Poetry Box by Karen Rand Anderson

“Rorschach/Wais” by Edie Heberer-Lauderbach, 1st place winner.