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AT TOP: the 10th annual Nutcracker in Modern Bare Feet is performed at the Clifford White Theatre December 13 & 14; Water Dragon by Elizabeth Bonzani is at “It’s Elemental.”
near death abandoned in a warehouse. She was brought to our orphanage where she thrived and grew.”
The SAGA: Visions of Fine Art Show will be held at the Old Marketplace, 1370 W. 89A in Sedona, thru December 5. SedonaSAGA.com
ARTS BRIEFS
West of the Moon Gallery features the new landscape paintings of Sam Jones for the months of December and January. Westofthe- MoonGallery.com
This December, Flagstaff’s Canyon Move- ment Company presents the 10th Annual Nut- cracker Suite in Modern Bare Feet, a 21st Cen- tury Interpretation of the Holiday Classic. This family friendly event is now performed at the Clifford E. White Theater on the Northern Arizo- na University Campus and will run December
13 & 14 at 7:30PM with a matinee on December 14 at 2PM. 928/523-5661 CanyonMovement- Company.org
Celebrate Sedona Art & Wine for Christ- mas at the Sedona Arts Center, December 6 and 8, with an opening reception on Decem- ber 6 from 5PM to 8PM with a wine tasting by Fire Mountain Wines, the first Native Ameri- can owned winery in Northern Arizona. The weavings of Wendy Bialek, photography of Stephen Moody and the ceramics of Sharon & Mike Upp are featured. SedonaArtsCenter.org
Mark “Arne” Arnegard is the featured art- ist this December at Arizona Handmade/ Fire on the Mountain Gallery, 13 N. San Francisco. AZhandmade.com
For the Month of December the Artists’ Co- alition of Flagstaff’s Gallery is having a $25 and under show, featuring the artwork of all their artists with a wide selection of items and paintings. Flagstaff-arts.org
Flagstaff Arts & Leadership Academy will have their 2nd Winter Festival & Art Market on December 7, from 10AM to 3PM.
Dear Readers,
After 50 plus issues over the last four and
a half years, I am passing on the torch as editor of It’s the Arts to Sarah Gianelli. I am excited to take a month off. In my years with the Noise I have only ever taken one break, to raft down the Colorado River for three weeks in February with a boatload of artists. A few years later I attempted to write my column from Bony England... and if you read “The Misadventures: Banned in the U.K,” you’ll recall why that didn’t work out.
I have thoroughly enjoyed writing “It’s the Arts,” these past years, from the early days when I’d religiously meet a handful of Flagstaff artists at the Pay N Take on Tues- days, then playing the role of muse and even appearing in a painting on the cov- er of the Noise, later as a subject in many of Gretchen Lopez’s plein air pieces, and most recently finding my own way of ex- pressing myself through assemblage art.
The artists I have shared coffee and lunches with, modeled for, painted little bits of murals with, and shared adventures and stories with have been an inspiration to write about, while seeing their art and the way they create has inspired me to cre- ation as well.
Every interaction has been a spring- board launching me forward into new facets of life, shaping my experiences and bringing me so much good.
While I retire from my role as Arts Editor, I still plan to be a part of the Noise and take on new writing roles as they present them- selves to me. This magazine is dear to me, and I hope to be a part of it as long as it ap- pears on the newsstand and in the hands of our treasured readers.
Love, Clair Anna Rose
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