Celebration of Fine Art

With big crowds and record breaking sales the 18th annual Celebration of Fine Art is off to a smashing start. [Continue Reading]

The artists are arriving and building beautiful studios to display their new art. Hammers are flying and saws are running. Paint is drying and carpet is going down.

What does it take to create 100 studios? Artist’s creativity, 3 semi truck loads of lumber, drywall, light fixtures, paint and carpet, installation of ceramic kilns & glass kilns, instillation of life sized sculpture, 4 days of hard work, years of artistic learning and dedication to creating beautiful art, months of putting that talent into individual masterpieces and, TA DA, you have the Celebration of Fine Art.

 A special thanks to Tony Maribito and the Home Depot crew for the 3 semi trucks of raw materials!

Yes, as unbelievable as it may seem from the current chaos, we will be ready for you to see the grand opening of the 18th Annual Celebration of Fine Art at 10:00 am on Saturday January 12th, 2008. We look forward to seeing you there. This is truly a place where art lovers and artists connect.

January 12 at 10:00 am is coming fast.  Everyone is anxious for the 18th annual event to begin. The tents are going up and our out of state artists are leaving their snowbanks behind and heading for the sunshine.

We have some great coverage in the press. If you want to see what others are saying about the show you can pick up copies of these publications to preview the event and some of our talented artists; Art & Antiques “Collector’s Sourcebook” Winter 2008, Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine January 2008, American Style February 2008, American Art Collector, January 2008.

See you soon!

 From Sarah Webber:

 ”I have two pieces juried into the American Women Artist’s Master Signature and Signature Member Show view the work at http://www.americanwomenartists.org/ . This show is held every two years and is very prestigious.  There were 1300 submissions from all over the country (world, I heard) and they chose 101 paintings from 70 artists.”

From Brian Sturges:

“Debbie (Edgers Sturges) and I went up to Bozeman Montana this weekend and took some shots of a wonderful red fox. You can bet to see some paintings of this fellow this winter.”

From Douglas Tharalson:

Dear Friends,

I am not exactly sure how this happened, but to put it in a nutshell, a guy named Tim came along and leased the big two story barn out on Mulholland Hwy. just a few minutes walk from my studio. Over the past few months he has transformed it into THE CORNELL WINERY AND TASTING ROOM, go to http://www.cornellwinery.com/

Tim and I have struck up the perfect relationship. He loves my artwork and I love his wine. I have been put in charge of the walls of the winery and currently have forty original paintings on exhibit there.

From Roberto Gutierrez:

I would like to advise you that I was chosen as the 2008 Art Walk Featured Artist In San Diego ” Little Italy” California. As a Featured Artist, I will appear in different local news stations and other personal community events, as always my work will be featured in the ArtWalk Magazine. The show will be at April 26 and 27, 2008.

From Curt Mattson:

“Just wanted to let you know about an award Curt just won. The piece that won is “The Hoolihan Man”.

The award is the top award for sculpture at the American Artists Professional Leagues 79th Grand National Exhibition, New York, NY.

The name of the award is “Frank C. Wright Jr. Medal of Honor”.

From J.R. Eason:

I recently installed a four-foot “Damn Rain”, placed on a large boulder, at Shadow Ridge Country Club in Omaha, Nebraska.

This piece was purchased the last day of our show, 07, by President-owner of the golf course, Steve Shanahan and his wife Linda.  The placement of the piece is awesome!  This piece will also be available at six-foot this coming season.

Also, this past week, my four-foot “To Know Joy” was selected for installation in a public park in Stevensville, MT.