Page 45 - The NOISE November 2015

BY NIKKI CHARNSTROM AND JARED BOHN
She organized fundraisers to benefit the Symphony Guild, the Flagstaff Hospital and the Nativity Catholic Church. She established the Art Barn, Flagstaff’s first community arts center, in the 1960s. Later, she lobbied Coconino County to build the Coconino Center for the Arts. Ms. Babbitt died in 1994. She was 100 years old.
To submit a nomination and view a list of all nominees for the Viola Awards, visit
flagartscouncil.org.
HOLIDAY ART MARKET
The Artists’ Coalition of Flagstaff is hosting a two-day Holiday Marketplace at the Elks Lodge, November 7-8, from 10AM to 4PM. The event will host 25 vendors with affordable original artworks and high-quality reproductions. There will be painting, photography, jewelry, ceramics, fiber arts, glass and much more. The Marketplace event is free to the public.
The Artists’ Coalition is moving to the Flagstaff Mall. ACF Gifts and Gallery will remain at Tam’s Boutique, 117 N. Beaver Street until they finalize the details of their move. flagstaff-arts.org
NORTHLAND ART EVENTS
The Artists Gallery of Flagstaff, 17 N. San Francisco, will feature five artists for the month of November. Christina Norlin of Raven’s Eye Creative Werks, ceramicist Sandy Quintanilla, and fiber artists Katherine Farr, Joan Scott and Arline Martens will be on display in the window. flagstaffartistsgallery.com
The Gallery in Williams is featuring an all-artist show in a fall-harvest theme. Co-owner Tom Williams has one of his three new life-sized, solid steel ravens on display, titled Raven Steals the Sun. The other two will be at the Coconino Center for the Arts for the annual “It’s Elemental,” show. Together, Mr. Williams’ three ravens represent over 700 hours of blacksmithing and welding. Thegalleryinwilliams.com
Red Tree Wholeness Center will be organizing an artisan market on Thursday, November 19, 5PM-8PM. Like last month, all artists are welcome to call and reserve their booth. A change this month is that the Artisan Market is not exclusively for art, vendors who make soap, honey, homemade foods, treats and beauty products can also come peddle their wares! To reserve a space, call Red Tree Wholeness Center. It is free for vendors to have a space, and Red Tree takes no commission
— their way of saying “Thank You!” to the community of Flagstaff. 928/214-8733
redtreewholenesscenter.com
For the month of November Arizona Handmade/Fire on the Mountain Gallery is celebrating their women jewelers Milly Hauptle, Chelsea Stone, Pamela Gemin, Sarah Harms, Sarah Foster, Karen Puckett, Jeanette Hovey, Micheala Pomatto and Peggy Pollack. Their jewelry relates to the Arizona skies, mountains and canyons in a magical way. Azhandmade.com
Patricia Uding’s paintings will be on display at Firecreek Coffee during First Friday and the whole month of November. Ms. Uding comes from a family of artists, painters and carpenters. Besides painting, she works also in other media such as tile mosaics and furniture. She’s been an artist all her life, from her first mud pie as a little girl. She is a nature-inspired artist with influences from surrealists Jonathan Winters, R. Varo and M. Ernst. She suffers from progressive hearing loss, which allows her art to be much more visual and colorful than before. 928/774-2266
West of the Moon, 14 N. San Francisco, is featuring two artists this November. Sandy Thybony and Sid Martin are acrylic painters who express emotion through color. They both rely on simple shapes and abstract patterns, focusing on emotional content rather than simple subjects. westofthemoongallery.com.
The Sedona Arts Center is presenting “Hardscapes,” a free exhibit featuring sculptors, mixed media, glass and more. Artists Evelyn Gholson, Mary Flaisig, Deanne McKeown, Joanne Hiscox,
Byron McKeown and Mike
Turner will be featured.
These works will be on display until November 4. SedonaArtsCenter.org.
At the Green Room during the First Friday ArtWalk, Indigo Art Market will be featuring the artwork of Kayley Monster and Erica Fareio. Other artists on display will be Emma Gardner, Amanda Berman, Jill Sans, Martina Tingley, Rachel Grieg, Siera Smyth, McKenzie Dankert and others. Flagstaffgreenroom.com
Have art? arts@thenoise.us
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