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WomanKraft Art Center:
“To actualize your dreams, take little steps in a consistent direction over a long period of time”
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Welcome to a sampler of WomanKraft members, and their art. Each member described is a professional artist and is regularly showcased in WomanKraft Gallery shows. To find out more about any listed artist or to see their displayed art, call WomanKraft at 520-629-9976.
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Gayle Swanbeck-
Director, Instructor, and Founder of the WomanKraft School of the Arts.
When I was in Highschool, my art teacher asked me what I wanted to do with my life?
I instantly replied, "I want to be an artist, I want to teach art, and I want my own gallery."
She smiled and replied as positively as she could., that our dreams can become reality if
we work at them. She was right about the work. She left out a few of the other details, but
I've figured most of it out along the way, often with a lot of help from a lot of great people.
I have been selling my art for 41 years, teaching for over 30 years, and I've been the
Director of Exhibits for the gallery branch of WomanKraft since 1986. In 1996, our senior
art programs became formalized as the WomanKraft School of the Arts through the
expanded support of a local foundation. This generous ongoing financing allows us to
provide free workshops and classes to low incomed people 50 years and older.
See her page here
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Robin White- Fiber Artist
Robin shown her fiber art in many galleries in Arizona and beyond, and has been a member of WomanKraft since 1987. She gathers and processes the natural fibers she uses in each piece.
“Hundreds of hours are needed to prepare the materials before I can begin to create an individual piece of work. I have a great respect for the ancient tradition in which I work and hope I am adding to it as a contemporary artist.”
Robin crafts work in all sizes which allows many people to collect her work.
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Terri McGuire-
Terri McGuire is a singer, visual artist and has been an instructor at WomanKraft for several years. She came to us in 1999 as a student. It took her a while (with a lot of coaching from Gayle Swanbeck) to be able to say she is an artist. Since then she has gone on to facilitate and instruct Once Junk, Beaded Bookmark, Crochet and a few Collage workshops. She also makes and sells crocheted boas and has recently taken up photography. .
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Patricia Bowne- “Dreaming Muse”
Home of
Dark Muse Designs
and Touch of the Muse Massage
Patricia Bowne is a visual artist, massage goddess and writer/storyteller. She is also an instructor at the School of the Arts.
See her page here
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Quynn Elizabeth- Video Producer, Photographer
As a teen aged girl Quynn wrote poems and made photographs of the human form. As she grew older and began to connect with Nature, she switched her interest to photographing the forms in the Natural world (and she still writes poems).
Quynn looks to document the American west for people today, and as an archive to describe what the land looks like now, for interested people in the future.
Quynn is the founder of the WomanKraft Digital Arts Studio. Her websites are www.shamanworld.com and
www.earthtribetv.org
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Lilla Luoma
Art and Music of the Spirit
“I have been creating art in one form or another all of my life. Nature, the earth and her creatures, have been a continual source of inspiration to me. Animals have always awed and pleased me, from the family pets to the wildest beasts. Art has been my greatest teacher and my greatest pleasure. It has taught me to focus my energy, to observe the world around me, and to find my place and connection with nature.”
See her page here...
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NAN MARGADANT-
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER
“I'VE BEEN A WOMANKRAFT MEMBER FOR OVER 30 YEARS. BEFORE RETIREMENT I WAS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 37 YEARS. TODAY, INSTEAD OF USING MY IINTERPERSONAL SKILLS OF LISTENING, I FIND MYSELF COMMUNICATING WITH NATURE THROUGH MY DIGITAL CAMERA.
See her page here...
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Marnie Ehlers-
Jewelry Artist
“I am a girl at heart that has always loved art and sparkly things. My hope is that my jewelry designs will serve as a good muse in your life.”
See her page here...
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Kaitlin Meadows
Multimedia Artist
See her page here...
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Donette Tyrrell
Donette has chosen the road of creativity ever since childhood. Much of her learning has come from personal exploration and study, mixing her spiritual practice with her artistic expressions.
Donette has used the form of artist, to not only bring pleasure to others, but as a tool to heal herself.
Since becoming a member of Woman Kraft, Donette’s artistic skill and motivation has grown exponentially. “I can totally appreciate what it means to be involved in a supportive, loving community.
Woman Kraft has given me all of that. Plus the confidence to try other avenues of expression that I had either buried or never knew as options”.
Most of Donette’s career has been spent as a muralist. She has painted many blank ceilings and walls within and without the Tucson area, for businesses and private homes. Donette has had her murals in articles in the Tucson Lifestyle and the Phoenix Home and Garden Magazines (January 2008 editions). Her work for the restoration of 100 year old ceiling tiles at the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Nogales, Arizona, received recognition on the channel 4 evening news (November 2007).
Donette teaches courses in mural painting at Woman Kraft, as well as other subjects. Her personal painting focus, as she reaches into the decade of her 40’s, will be on a much smaller scale. Donette desires to tap into the healing medium of mandalas and other sacred images. “My desire is to channel uplifting, peaceful energy into these times of great change”.
CLICK HERE TO SEE HER PAGE
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More member profiles coming soon...
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