AWA has a busy schedule planned for AWA Artists, Patrons, and invited Guests during our show at the Tucson Desert Art Museum.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
8 am – Noon
All Members Painting/Sketching/Sculpting Social
Open to Everyone, free
Agua Caliente Park
12325 East Roger Road, Tucson
We will have a model on location, 2 costume changes
(If you are painting the model, please bring a tip)
For those flying in, we will have solvent available.
9 am – Noon
AWA Board Members Meeting
Comfort Suites – Conference Room
7007 E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson
2 – 4 pm
Metal Arts Village – Sculpture Studios Tour & Beer Bar
Open to AWA Members, Patrons, and Invited Guests, free
Tour this unique “village” of art studios & sculpture garden
Thursday, November 2, 2017
8:30 am – Noon
All Members Painting/Sketching/Sculpting Social
Open to Everyone, $7/person (tell them you are with AWA)
Desert Botanical Garden
2150 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson
We will have a model on location, 2 costume changes
(If you are painting the model, please bring a tip)
For those flying in, we will have solvent available.
2 – 3 pm – Artists and Patrons whose last names begin with A-M
3 – 4 pm – Artists and Patrons whose last names begin with N-Z
Collector’s Home Tour
For AWA Members, Patrons and invited Guests – not open to the public
Address will be given out in your AWA member’s swag bag which you
will be given when you check into the Comfort Suites or at the events above.
These collectors specialize in art of the American West and their collection
includes works by E. Martin Hennings, J.S. Sharp, F.T. Johnson, Bob Kuhn,
and Z.S. Liang.
5 – 7 pm
Meet & Greet
Comfort Suites – Conference Room, 2nd floor
7007 E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson
Friday, November 3, 2017
9 – 11 am
All Members Meeting
Tucson Desert Art Museum, Auditorium
7000 E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson
11 am – 1 pm
Master Members Meeting
Tucson Desert Art Museum, Auditorium
7000 E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson
4:30 – 5:30 pm
Art Talk with Krystii Melaine
Buckskin and Beads: The Process of Painting the Past
Tucson Desert Art Museum, Auditorium
Sponsored by the Museum, Free
7000 E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson
Open to the public
5:30 – 6:00 pm
Awards Ceremony
Tucson Desert Art Museum, Auditorium
7000 E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson
Open to the public
5:30 – 8:00 pm
Artists’ Reception & Awards Ceremony
Under A Vast Sky
Tucson Desert Art Museum
Open to Everyone, free
7000 E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson
Saturday, November 4, 2017
9 am – 4 pm
Symposium on Women in the Arts
Open to Everyone, free
Tucson Museum of Art
140 N. Main Avenue, Tucson
Speakers include: Custom cowboy bootmaker Lisa Sorrell,
Savvy Painter Podcast founder and AWA member Antrese Wood,
Virtual reality expert and Southwest archaeologist Doug Gann,
AWA Artist and “Master of the Southwest” recipient Dyana Hesson, and
gallery owner and Native American art authority Dr. Mark Sublette.
(more info in future blog)
