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VILLAGE GALLERY FEATURES BETH KINGSLEY HAWKINS AND RIMA THUNDERCLOUD!
First Friday Art Walk: March 5th, 5-8 p.m.
6500 Hwy
179, Village of Oak Creek (at the Cortez Dr. roundabout)
(928)284-1416
(928)284-1416
What
do you get when you pair a renowned Southwest photographer - aka ‘The
Hummer Lady’ who holds a Masters Degree in music therapy - with a
Native artist known for designing and marketing Dream Catchers? A
highly entertaining and therapeutic evening of art and music, free to the public- and guaranteed to send you out the door with a smile.
Join Featured Artists Beth Kingsley Hawkins and Rima Thundercloud and their colleagues-in-art for the Village Gallery of Local Artists’ First Friday Art Walk on March 5th, from 5-8 pm in the Village of Oak Creek. The monthly event is free to the public and more crowded each month as local residents and visitors discover the “little gallery that could!”
Beth Kingsley-Hawkins and Rima Thundercloud produce artistic creations as divergent as the mysterious canyon formations of the vast high desert plateau of Navajo land in northern Arizona and the damp crowded floor of the Minnesota forests, yet both have found deep spiritual satisfaction in their work and share the desire to help others find and develop their own ‘inner artist.’
Beth explains her prize-winning style of photography as an experience in “Visual Music”: “Like classical music, photographic images of nature can connect us to our own inner imagery. Images can be a source of spiritual nurturance, enabling a more creative and joy-filled life.”
A Board-Certified Music Therapist, Hawkins’ extremely successful career as a nature photographer was launched in 1993 when she first explored the ‘slot’ canyons on the Navajo reservation. The illumination of the deep and sacred sandstone cliffs created what Beth describes as “a new connection to Mother Earth.”
She further explains that after an early visit to Sedona in 1992, she challenged herself to photograph the powerful and iconic Cathedral Rock formation through an entirely new ‘lens:’ “I was told by another photographer that pictures of Cathedral Rock were a ‘dime a dozen!’” The result was one of her best known photos, Inner Cathedral, which she describes with the help of George Bernard Shaw: “When my Spirit is groping for an elusive mood, my eye shall be caught by the skyward tower, showing me where, within that cathedral, I may find my way to the cathedral within me.”
The artist and her husband, Ross, purchased a home 17 years ago which insures a constant spiritual connection with the beloved formation which she refers to as her “Rock for all Seasons, in its many moods, colors and manifestations.”- their home is located across from the ‘cathedral’s” spires.
The scope of Beth’s photography extends to all of nature: she is well known for her colorful close-ups of native flowers and luminescent hummingbirds and has been featured in many exhibits and publications. One of her photos was recently showcased in the prestigious “Nature’s Best” Photography contest and magazine where she claimed a top prize out of 7, 500 entries with her winning image, "There’s no other way to make new butterflies".
In addition to framed photos, Ms Hawkins’ own line of Hummerlady Cards is available at the Village Gallery. For additional information about Beth’s art and her international ‘hummingbird’ connections, she can be contacted at hummerlady@hummerlady.com .
Rima Thundercloud remembers her Iroquois and Ojibway upbringing in Minnesota and Michigan fondly: “I remember creating baby blankets by weaving leaves together for my baby dolls at four years of age.” It was the beginning of a fascination with nature than included feathers, rocks, shells, and “anything I could transform into a new beauty.”
After immersion in the traditions of her relatives and elders, her art career quickly blossomed when - as a single mother of three - she began supporting herself and her children by incorporating her spiritual roots with her love of natural objects, selling her beautiful and intricate feathered ceremonial adornment masks, shields and other creations in shows throughout the country.
In the course of her artistic journey, she has been both learner and teacher, taking time to teach and facilitate shield making and ‘empowerment through Art’ workshops at the Duluth Art Institute in Minneapolis. Her extraordinary artistic creations have earned awards for the artist from such venues as The Minneapolis Institute of Art and The Denver Southwest Native American Art Show, and she has collected multiple top prizes over many years at the New Orleans Mardi Gras Mask show and Maskathon. In addition to exhibiting at the South Dakota Native Art Museum, Rima designed and marketed - with the permission of her Ojibway elders - an extremely popular line of ‘dream catchers, and in a more modern turn, designed a theme T-shirt for the first ‘feminist majority conference in Washington, DC, “The Girls are back in Town.”
According to the artist, “My life is a spiritual journey and my art forms represent what I live, breathe, walk and talk. I feel that my art is the poetry of my being, nature is my pallet, and transformation through ceremonial adornment is my endeavor.” At the Village Gallery, Rima’s display includes gemstone jewelry in the tradition of her native roots as well as a formidable exposition of masks and other wearable creations.
The two artists will share their art as well as their positive spiritual vibrations of good will in the form of music and ‘drumming’ at the Village Gallery of Local Artists First Friday Art Walk, March 6th, 2010.
Village Gallery of Local Artists - First Friday Art Walk: March 5th, 5-8 p.m.
6500 Hwy 179 at the Cortez Rd roundabout, Village of Oak Creek/Sedona.
Join Featured Artists Beth Kingsley Hawkins and Rima Thundercloud and their colleagues-in-art for the Village Gallery of Local Artists’ First Friday Art Walk on March 5th, from 5-8 pm in the Village of Oak Creek. The monthly event is free to the public and more crowded each month as local residents and visitors discover the “little gallery that could!”
Beth Kingsley-Hawkins and Rima Thundercloud produce artistic creations as divergent as the mysterious canyon formations of the vast high desert plateau of Navajo land in northern Arizona and the damp crowded floor of the Minnesota forests, yet both have found deep spiritual satisfaction in their work and share the desire to help others find and develop their own ‘inner artist.’
Beth explains her prize-winning style of photography as an experience in “Visual Music”: “Like classical music, photographic images of nature can connect us to our own inner imagery. Images can be a source of spiritual nurturance, enabling a more creative and joy-filled life.”
A Board-Certified Music Therapist, Hawkins’ extremely successful career as a nature photographer was launched in 1993 when she first explored the ‘slot’ canyons on the Navajo reservation. The illumination of the deep and sacred sandstone cliffs created what Beth describes as “a new connection to Mother Earth.”
She further explains that after an early visit to Sedona in 1992, she challenged herself to photograph the powerful and iconic Cathedral Rock formation through an entirely new ‘lens:’ “I was told by another photographer that pictures of Cathedral Rock were a ‘dime a dozen!’” The result was one of her best known photos, Inner Cathedral, which she describes with the help of George Bernard Shaw: “When my Spirit is groping for an elusive mood, my eye shall be caught by the skyward tower, showing me where, within that cathedral, I may find my way to the cathedral within me.”
The artist and her husband, Ross, purchased a home 17 years ago which insures a constant spiritual connection with the beloved formation which she refers to as her “Rock for all Seasons, in its many moods, colors and manifestations.”- their home is located across from the ‘cathedral’s” spires.
The scope of Beth’s photography extends to all of nature: she is well known for her colorful close-ups of native flowers and luminescent hummingbirds and has been featured in many exhibits and publications. One of her photos was recently showcased in the prestigious “Nature’s Best” Photography contest and magazine where she claimed a top prize out of 7, 500 entries with her winning image, "There’s no other way to make new butterflies".
In addition to framed photos, Ms Hawkins’ own line of Hummerlady Cards is available at the Village Gallery. For additional information about Beth’s art and her international ‘hummingbird’ connections, she can be contacted at hummerlady@hummerlady.com .
Rima Thundercloud remembers her Iroquois and Ojibway upbringing in Minnesota and Michigan fondly: “I remember creating baby blankets by weaving leaves together for my baby dolls at four years of age.” It was the beginning of a fascination with nature than included feathers, rocks, shells, and “anything I could transform into a new beauty.”
After immersion in the traditions of her relatives and elders, her art career quickly blossomed when - as a single mother of three - she began supporting herself and her children by incorporating her spiritual roots with her love of natural objects, selling her beautiful and intricate feathered ceremonial adornment masks, shields and other creations in shows throughout the country.
In the course of her artistic journey, she has been both learner and teacher, taking time to teach and facilitate shield making and ‘empowerment through Art’ workshops at the Duluth Art Institute in Minneapolis. Her extraordinary artistic creations have earned awards for the artist from such venues as The Minneapolis Institute of Art and The Denver Southwest Native American Art Show, and she has collected multiple top prizes over many years at the New Orleans Mardi Gras Mask show and Maskathon. In addition to exhibiting at the South Dakota Native Art Museum, Rima designed and marketed - with the permission of her Ojibway elders - an extremely popular line of ‘dream catchers, and in a more modern turn, designed a theme T-shirt for the first ‘feminist majority conference in Washington, DC, “The Girls are back in Town.”
According to the artist, “My life is a spiritual journey and my art forms represent what I live, breathe, walk and talk. I feel that my art is the poetry of my being, nature is my pallet, and transformation through ceremonial adornment is my endeavor.” At the Village Gallery, Rima’s display includes gemstone jewelry in the tradition of her native roots as well as a formidable exposition of masks and other wearable creations.
The two artists will share their art as well as their positive spiritual vibrations of good will in the form of music and ‘drumming’ at the Village Gallery of Local Artists First Friday Art Walk, March 6th, 2010.
Village Gallery of Local Artists - First Friday Art Walk: March 5th, 5-8 p.m.
6500 Hwy 179 at the Cortez Rd roundabout, Village of Oak Creek/Sedona.
For
more information, visit the gallery online at www.VillageGallerySedona.com or
call the gallery at 928-284-1416.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
UPCOMING EVENTS:
The Gallery is excited to be a regular participant in the VOC First Friday Art Walk which takes place on the first Friday of every month. Our doors remain open until 8PM, and food and drink are served. Gallery artists are in attendance to meet, inform, give demonstrations and enjoy good conversation with the community.
The gallery is currently accepting applications from local artists. For more information, call (928) 284-1416.
REGULAR GALLERY HOURS: 10 am - 6 pm daily
Phone: 928-284-1416
6500 Hwy 179, Village of Oak Creek (at the Cortez Dr. roundabout)
(928)284 1416
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