Exhibitions/Events

2008

September 11-20

Mixed Media: Up Close and Personal
Autumn Art Workshop
Nebraska National Forest
Halsey, NE

1st Session: Sept 11-16, 2008
2nd Session: Sept. 17 -20, 2008
Contact Louise Milby 308-384-2244
Email:  gimilby@yahoo.com

Create something beautiful from nothing using watermedia (liquid acrylics and water media drawing tools.) Each composition will emphasize one of the basic elements: color, shape, or texture.  Focus will be on the painting process rather than the painting product.  Some collage included along with journal writing.

August 29 – September 30

Art on Boston in Chandler, AZ
Arizona Artists Guild Fall Juried Exhibition
Award of Merit

 

April 4 – June 29

Garden of the Soul (Group Juried Exhibition)
Herberger Theater Center
222 E. Monroe St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Hours: weekdays 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and during theater presentations.
Also viewable online at www.herbergertheater.org

 

March 16

Fine Art in the Garden
Annual show and sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Shemer Art Center
5005 E. Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ 85018

 

March 7-10

20th Annual Chandler Ostrich Festival

Ruth was one of  twelve valley artists selected to “decorate” a life-size fiberglas ostrich statue for the festival and display through November in Downtown Chandler.  Many can be viewed on San Marcos Place and Boston Avenue (south of Chandler Blvd and west of Arizona Avenue).  Ruth’s “Olivia Ostrich” features over twenty different fruits and vegetables.

 

January 19 – February 17

Glendale Arts Council 45th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition
Fruit Packing House
Sahuaro Ranch Park
59th Ave. And Mountain View Road
Glendale, AZ

 

2007

Wednesday June 6
First Wednesday ArtWalk in Chandler

Vision Gallery welcomes artists and friends from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Each month, fine art and crafts artists line the historic downtown section of Chandler on the covered sidewalks of San Marcos Place and Boston Street. The City of Chandler offers an abundance of free parking along the downtown streets, plus covered parking in free parking structures.

 

Friday, May 25

"Meet and Greet the Artists"
Vision Gallery Summer Exhibit Reception
7 p.m.- 9 p.m.

 

May 12 through July 31

Vision Gallery
80 South San Marcos
Chandler, AZ 85225
Gallery hours: Monday –Friday 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Closed Sunday

Five of Ruth’s Acrylic paintings are included in a group exhibit in Vision Gallery.
A portion of each sale benefits one of the non-profit gallery’s programs,VISION KIDZ.
For more information, please call 480-917-6999

 

February 2, 6 –10 p.m.

First Friday Art Walk
Gallery 3 Plaza
Suite E – 1 (Upstairs)
3819 N. 3rd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85012

Easy to find location: South of Indian School on East Side of 3rd St. Parking on either side of the Plaza or in the back, approachable from 4th St. and Clarendon. Art Link Shuttle Available.

2006

December 4, 7 p.m.

“Discovering Self: Explorations of Color from Impressionism to the Abstract”
First Mondays: Monthly art salon hosted by Ernest McIntyre
“Cookies with the Artist” Reception 6:30 p.m.
Pulliam Auditorium, Burton Barr Central Library
1221 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix 85094

 

October 13 – November 15

“The Painted Desert”, first juried art exhibition in The North Mountain Visitor Center, sponsored by the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department

 

October 23 - November 4

Shemer Art Center and Museum
Silent Auction, annual Sunday at Shemer Art Festival Fundraiser

 

March 3 – April 15

The Chandler Center for the Arts, “Connections to the Land”, solo exhibition