Rowena Art

Seth Fairweather - Glass Artist - Showing at Prescott College RT Gallery at Sam Hill Warehouse

 
 

Greg and Trace Glau 2nd Annual Father/Daughter Art Show in Flagstaff, Arizona

 

Vintage Italian Glass Bead - Focal Bead for Ear Rings

Simply Beads - Beaded ear rings are fun to make.

The focal bead is a Vintage Italian Lampwork Bead which I found in an antique shop in Sun City, Arizona.

I enjoy adding fresh water pearls in my bead design.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Simply Buffalo Choker Kit - Design Collaboration: Sharon Poplawski & Rowena Tank

 
Design Collaboration:  Sharon Poplawski & Rowena Tank                               

Distributed by Buffalo Gold

This Simply Buffalo Choker can be worn "Simply" with pure Buffalo Gold yarn or with adornment for the fringe along with your favorite piece of  jewelry or precious stone as an accent piece. 

      This easy chain or braid pattern will take you one afternoon to complete.  The fringe and/or adornment will naturally take a bit longer to create.  

Kit Includes: 

Pattern, 250 yds  of #10 Buffalo Gold Yarn (So soft against your skin) and Wooden Tapestry Needle. Put away those knitting needles or crochet hooks - NOT needed for this fun kit!

This pattern allows you to put your own "Twist" on this Simply Buffalo Choker.  The corded fringe should be designed to suit your personality while the accent piece can be changed out to go along with your moods!

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Arielle Black-Foley -- Outreach Coordinator for Prescott Area Women's Shelter in Prescott - An Introduction

Hi my name is Arielle Black-Foley and I just moved here from Massachusetts to serve as the outreach coordinator for the  Prescott Area Women’s Shelter through the (AmeriCorps)VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program. The Prescott Area Women’s Shelter is the only shelter for homeless women (and women with children) here in Prescott.  In addition to providing women with hot meals, showers, and shelter, we provide weekly case management and monthly workshops on topics such as resume building, financial literacy and self esteem. While our immediate goal is to provide our guests with shelter and fulfill their basic needs, our main focus is to insure that our guests are well-prepared to seek permanent housing and live independently. The above resources help to make that a reality.

             I am so thrilled to be involved with P.A.W.S. and to begin coordinating events, writing grants, speaking on behalf of the shelter and managing our social media (we now have a Facebook page). Furthermore, I am excited to be living in Prescott and finding out first-hand what a close knit community looks like.

Arielle Black-Foley - Americorps VISTA - Prescott Area Women's Shelter - 928-778-5933 (Shelter)

 

Anne Marston - Weaving Showing at Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery on Historical Whiskey Row

 

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Rowena's Arizona Bead Soup Abstract Freefrom Ear Rings - Found at Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery

 

Rowena's Abstract Freeform Ear Rings - Found at Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery

 

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Dream Box by Jeannie Leighton - Prescott, Arizona

 Prescott - Jeannie Leighton is an avid fiber artist and she has some great ideas for gifts and projects.

Here is a Dream Box that Jeannie gave me some time ago and I've always thought about posting it on my Blog. Today, I am posting.

You can often find Jeannie at The Good Yarn in Prescott, knitting or helping someone discover a project which would fit them.

Prescott is full of such talented people.

 

 

 



 When you open the box you find  hand crafted drawings, beads, buttons and special objects to represent what she feels the person she gifts the box to would feel close too.

9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance - Yavapai County, Arizona

August 10, 2011                                                

Erika Stone, (928) 515-4454 or e[email protected]            

 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance

 YAVAPAI COUNTY, AZ – Hundreds of community members across Yavapai County are expected to commemorate the 10^th Anniversary of Sept. 11 by volunteering to fight hunger in our community, in the spirit of service that followed the devastating day.  SERVE Yavapai, a collaborative of the Yavapai County VISTA Project of Prescott College and the Yavapai County AmeriCorps Project of Community Counts, will be leading a two week long food drive to benefit local food banks and food security programs and show Arizona’s commitment to volunteerism.

In 2009, the United States Congress passed bipartisan legislation, signed by President Barack Obama, which formally recognized Sept. 11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance. Thanks to the tireless efforts by the 9/11 families and community, nonprofits, governments and businesses that support them, the day reclaims the legacy of Sept. 11 and creates a permanent, positive tribute to all those lost and those who rose in service. Through the nationwide 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance initiative, SERVE Yavapai will be joining hundreds of other organizations around the country commemorating Sept. 11 with community-based service programs.

Beginning Aug. 28, volunteers can drop off non-perishable food at the following locations: Prescott YMCA, Coalition for Compassion and Justice (located at Prescott United Methodist Church), The SERVE Office on the Prescott College campus, Community Counts in Prescott Valley, and Beaver Creek School.  There are additional drop-off sites for your convenience that can be found on the YCVP website.  The drive will conclude on Sept. 11 with a volunteer run food collection and sorting event at the Prescott United Methodist Church from 12-3pm. Food will then be distributed to local area food banks and food security programs in need. 

 In an effort to demonstrate Arizona’s commitment to volunteerism and service, SERVE Yavapai will also be tracking volunteer numbers for this service project.  “Recently Arizona has ranked 47^th in volunteer engagement nationally.  Too often the beautiful generosity of our community goes unnoticed, underappreciated, and undercounted.” said Margaret Garvey, Director of the Yavapai County VISTA Project. 

A very special thank you to our service day partners and sponsors:  Coalition for Compassion & Justice, Prescott Alternative Transportation, First Things First of Arizona, Prescott Area Leadership, Prescott United Methodist Church, Head Start, Yavapai County Habitat for Humanity, Prescott Area Women’s Shelter, People Who Care, Neighbor to Neighbor, Yavapai College and the Retiree Connection, Yavapai Community Health Services and the Medical Reserve Corps, SeniorCorps of NAU, The Call to Duty Foundation, Beaver Creek Regional Council, Juvenile Probation Office, Prescott Fine Arts Association, Stepping Stones Agencies, Prescott YMCA, The City of Prescott, Granite Peak Universalist Unitarian Congregation, ECOSA, Community Counts, Prescott College, and Corporation for National and Community Service.

 SERVE Yavapai seeks to help build and sustain the efforts of Yavapai County service providers and community members to continually improve the quality of life across the region.    

 For more information, please contact Erika Stone, Yavapai County VISTA Project, at (928) 515-4454 or [email protected].  Additional drop-off locations can be found at: www.ycvp.org.   

 

Mary Kaye O'Neill Donates Copper Necklace to PAWS Annual Holiday Fundraiser 2011

This necklace was created by Mary Kaye O'Neill.

Textured hollow-copper form, with sterling rivets. 

 The back of this pendant has a line from an original Mary Kay O'Neill poem etched about change.

  This necklace hangs on 20" sterling and copper double chain.

 

 

Mary Kaye shows her work at The 'Tis Gallery located in The 'Tis Building in Prescott.

This unique necklace will be part of The Prescott Women's Shelter Annual Holiday Fundraiser and proceeds raised goes to PAWS.

November 18, 2011 - Ticket information to be posted soon.

 

 

 

 

Netherlands Felter, Elis Vermeulen, to Teach in Glendale, AZ - Sept. Oct. 2011

Elis Vermeulen from The Netherlands will be teaching a beginning and advanced felting class in Glendale.

 Beginners will be Friday and Saturday Sept. 30 and October 1 for $250.00 Advanced will be Sunday, October 2 for $125.00 Classes are from 9:30 am to 4 or 5 pm. 

Contact Jean Donaldson for more information at (H) 602-993-8476 or (C) 602-561-8273  email:  [email protected]

Native American Beaded Bag Created by Karen Clarkson

 

Artist, Karen Clarkson lives and does her Choclaw Art here in Prescott, winning many awards for her work. Karen writes, “Although many of my works depict Native American, I also create works in still life and landscape as well as portraits in other mediums. Being self taught has encouraged me to experiment with several types of expression, although I keep coming back to the human form. And who know? Maybe my first grade teacher will read this someday and decide she really does want me to draw her portrait! Some of my earliest memories of childhood are of drawing people.”

Karen is a Choclaw tribal member and registered Choclaw artist and is in the National Registry of Native American Artists.

Karen shows her work at Whiskey Row’s Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery. Prescott celebrates their artists! www.artsprescott.com 

www.clarksonart.com

AWARDS - Karen Clarkson

First Prize - 2008 Painting Categoy - Choctaw Nation Art Show

First Prize - 2005 Gold Medal Award in Drawing Category - Conservatory Art Classic

First Prize - 2004 Fine Arts (amateur) - Powwow.com

Heritage Award - 2006 All Media - Choctaw Nation Art Show

Second Prize - 2005 Other Media Category - Artist Showplace Competition

Second Prize - 2006 Painting Category - Choctaw Nation Art Show

Third Prize - 2005 Drawing Category - Choctaw Nation Art Show

Third Prize - 2005 Painting Categoy - Choctaw Nation Art Show

 

 

Flat Peyote Stitch Cuff

 
This cuff is created using Flat Peyote Stitch and Stitch in the ditch. The lampwork piece is made of recycled Merlot Wine Bottle Glass and the closure is simply vintage glass buttons. This goes in the gallery today. www.artsprescott.com

Also, don't forget the Prescott 4th Friday Artwalk. Pick up your guide at Arts Prescott or go to the ArtWalk web site and print on our yourself. www.artthe4th.com

 

 

Navajo-Churro Sheep Story Gourd Donated by Maureen Hawthorn - Annual Holiday Fundraiser for PAWS

Maureen Hawthorn donated this unique Gourd Art Oil Lamp to the Prescott Area Women's Shelter 2011 Annual Holiday Fundraiser. This fundraiser is to be held in November at St. Micheal's Hotel here in Prescott. Next week I'll have more information on how you can get your ticket to this event.

Here are details about this Gourd art! Navajo-Churro Sheep Story Gourd            Retail:   $225.00 - Artist:  Maureen Hawthorn

 Maureen writes: "This piece contains several elements significant to the story of Navajo-Churro sheep.  Including a rug on a loom, spun wool, a lamb in front of landscape of Canyon De Chelly, faux turquoise stones, hummingbird, poppies and more.  This is a signed original.  The design is drawn and burned pyrographically onto the gourd.  Hand painted with layering of acrylic, mica powder, dyes and metal leaf.  Sealed with gloss polyurethane."

"As I was traveling back from one of my trips to Montana I was inspired to create this gourd."

"On my shuttle ride from the airport in Phoenix my granddaughter and I shared a seat with an elder Native American from the Blackfoot tribe.  Coincidently, he was from Montana as well." 

"This man was traveling with his adult daughter to Page, Arizona.  While there, he planned to choose and purchase some Navajo-Churro sheep from a breeder and transport them back home." 

"I found myself enchanted by his story of how he wanted to acquire this particular breed of sheep to share and teach of their important history and culture with his grandchildren." 

"Once I got home I did quite a bit of research online concerning the plight of these sheep and people as told to me.  A series of federal government actions led to the almost total eradication of the Churro, negatively impacting Navajo culture, weaving, traditional lifestyle, and self-sufficiency.  I have always felt very sensitive to the many forms of harmful treatment to our Native Americans.  It is part of our history that I am not proud of."