ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

James Kingneon Gucwa - Painter - Artist in Residence, James ‘Kingneon’ Guçwa, is no unfamiliar name in the Southwest. A long time photo-real/hyper-real painter of the American Roadside, his famous neon paintings brought him both local and international fame. He has had scores of one man gallery exhibitions throughout the years and is in many prestigious collections.

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 R. Geoffrey Blackburn - Painter - A passion for painting Southwest red rock landscapes was born of involvement in the uranium boom of the 1970’s. Invented and later patented a new, user-interactive art form, "Trans-Dimensionalism".

 Charles Pabst - Painter - Raised in northern California, his early influence was from such painters as Russell Swan, a marine artist that painted Monterey Wharf and Cannery Row. He studied art at Arizona State University, where he received his degree in Fine Arts.

Ning Lee - Painter - Inspired by the Renaissance masters and the seventeenth century Dutch masters; he applies his outstanding realistic skills acquired through years of academic trainings into creating still life paintings of long-lasting beauty.

  Barbara Edidin - Painter - Working with only colored pencils she creates remarkably realistic still lifes composed of simple objects, flowers, fruit and fabric. The influence of her quilting background is apparent in the repeated juxtaposition of patterns and the intricacy of her textile subjects.

  Fred Hambly - Painter - A fifth-generation Arizona native, Hambly has portrayed the cowboy and horse in his art since childhood. The West is in his blood, and he comes by this heritage honestly: his great-great grandfather was Sheriff of Tucson in 1867.

  Carol Ruff Franza - Sculptor - Creates classical bronze forms and oil paintings filled with energy, grace, and spirit.

  Errol Beauchamp - Sculptor - Errol Beauchamp, a highly stylized bronze sculptor, carves the clay with passion. As a sculptor, Beauchamp defines his experiences of western landscape as a minimalist statement. He uses a graphic designers eye to simplify ideas into 3D forms of clay that will later become a patinated bronze in a public place or private residence.

  Jay Dusard - Cowboy Photographer - Having studied with Ansel Adams and Frederick Sommer, has established himself as not only a consummate creator of images, but one of the greatest black & white printmakers. Best known for his black-and-white images of the working cowboys and landscapes of the North American West.

  Larry Halverson - Ceramics - Combining his interests in primitive art, ancient tools, natural forms and a lifelong love of pattern, he creates an ever-evolving body of work. The recent focus of his work has been a series of free-standing totems, including sculptures, birdbaths and tables and work for the wall.

  Tom Wallick - Ceramic - Tom Wallick started throwing in high school and has been doing it for over 30 years. He knew from the beginning that it was what he wanted to do. Every other firing can bring no results, he says, it is all chance and no two (pieces) are alike.

  Jane Hoffman - Weaver - Uses wool, alpaca, angora, mohair, cotton and silk fibers in tapestries and felt sculptures. Conveys a sense of the precious that is integral to the ecology of the landscape.

  Kathleen Beck - Weaver - Kathleen is a self taught weaver and also attended both Paier Art School in New Haven, Connecticut, and Hartford University Art School in Hartford, Connecticut. The Navajo weavers, their history and the presence of historic trading posts such as the Hubbell Trading Post, all captured her attention and influenced her artistic style and design choices.

  Susan Cassler - Weaver - Susan is a self-taught pine needle basket artist. Her connection with nature drew her to the craft. Between 1974-1976 she attended SUNY at New Paltz, NY, majoring in Art History. After moving to Arizona, she attended Arizona State University, and received a BFA with honors in 1982.

  Deborah McLean - Jewelry - Working primarily in silver with semi-precious stones, Deborah's jewelry is contemporary and spans the spectrum of hard edge industrial to soft edge organic design. She fabricates earrings, bracelets, and broaches/pins and also assembles neckpieces with an eye for asymmetry.

  Ann Turpin Thayer - Jewelry - Ann Turpin Thayer is an internationally renowned Master Wire Artisan whose elegant designs are distinguished as the only Wire Art Jewelry, a technique not using solder, juried as fine art. Her magnificent creations have been displayed in more than 100 prominent shows and exhibitions, and have earned her membership in the prestigious International Guild of Wire Jewelry Artists.

  Deborrah Daher - Jewelry - Deborrah Daher approaches fine jewelry with an artist’s sensibility, creating handmade, rough-hewn pieces balanced with fluidity of form in traditional jewelry categories like cuff links, earrings, brooches, and tuxedo pins. Fine jewelry, mass produced by machines, has the advantages of perfection and ubiquity. But Daher’s human touch, with its appealing irregularities bestowed on those same traditional jewelry categories, is comparatively compelling.

  Jennifer Knollenberg - Jewelry - Jennifer Knollenberg was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado. Intrigued by the art and science of beauty, she first studied cosmetic chemistry and claims to be “a beauty school dropout.” In 2001, Jennifer completed the graduate jeweler program at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts and apprenticed to a San Francisco jewelry designer. As her own work evolved, she merged her scientific background with her creative expression.

  Curtiss Brock - Glass - Curt has a BA from Goddard College and an MFA in Sculpture from University of Illinois, Champaign. In 1988 he received the Shimono Sake Museum Prize at the International Glass Now Competition. He has been the recipient of two NEA Grants, a Southern Arts Fellowship Grant and a Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship.