Susan Swanson SBR resident Susan Swanson invites SBR residents to her Holiday Art Show with 12 other artists at the Oracle Art Station. From November 15 to December 23 Oracle Art Station will be open Wednesday through Sunday 10:00-5:00 and Saturday 10:00-7:00. Meet the artist night is December 8 from 5:00-8:00. Please come to Oracle…
Linda Shannon-Hills So many wonderful pieces of art were displayed and sold, but a unique piece of art was the Fairy Odd Mother. The design came from renown doll maker named Eleanor Peace Bailey, but the development of these fun and fanciful dolls was by local artist Barbara Martin. Fairy Odd Mothers bring joy and…
Linda Shannon-Hills As we grow, so does the number of artists participating in the fifth annual SaddleBrooke Ranch ARTwalk. This year we had 25 homes with 40 artists showing their work. Even with adding an extra hour it was a challenge for residents and their guests t.isit all the homes. Unlike typical arts and…
Karen Brungardt On Sunday, November 19, 2017, eight SaddleBrooke watercolor artists will present the second annual “A Celebration of Watercolor” show in the west end of the MountainView Ballroom. This colorful event will be from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is open to the public. Each of the artists, Karen Brungardt, Mary Bubla, Fran…
Carol Thompson Once again the SaddleBrooke PaperCrafters held another very creative Fun Shop. In August 15 members participated in a Card-in-a-Box activity. Each one of us brought a finished card and a kit with supplies to make three others. We exchanged kits, made the cards and came away with three completed new cards! Fun Shops…
Save the date! The fifth annual SBR ARTwalk will be on Saturday, October 28, 2017, from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., an open-studio tour to introduce SaddleBrooke Ranch residents to the talented artists that live within our community. The event invites SaddleBrooke Ranch residents to stroll or cart or drive to the various artists’ studio…
Sharon Groth A volunteer program just completed its first school year bringing a print of a famous painting to grades one through six at the Mountain Vista School in Oracle. This program entails having a volunteer introduce a selected painting once a month from September through April to a specific classroom. Prints are by such…
Nan Nasser Have you ever vacationed at a beach and wandered along the water line looking for or at shells? I have brought home many treasures and then didn’t know quite what to do with them. SaddleBrooke resident Suzanne Stewart knows exactly what to do with those beauties, designing one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry that will…
Eve Fly Save the date Saturday, March 11, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. MountainView Clubhouse. The SB Artisan Arts and Crafts Fair has over 100 artists, and our attendance is over 1,000 visitors from all over the Tucson area. What makes this show different and well attended is that we have so many different artistic…
Diana Creighton Seeing art where it is made and talking with the artists is an event any time, but it’s a really memorable experience among the oaks and granite boulders in the Arizona high desert on the north slope of the Catalina Mountains. This year the opportunity comes on April 8 and 9 when Oracle’s…