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SADDLEBROOKE FINE ARTS GUILD

A Club for Saddlebrooke Residents

Welcome to the Saddlebrooke Fine Arts Guild. 

Saddlebrooke Fine Arts Guild encourages art appreciation and art skills throughout the Saddlebrooke community.
The Guild offers  presentations, classes,open studios, monthly meetings and our popular Art & Wine evenings. Join us and tap into your creative soul.

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Leonardo da Vinci, a new film by Ken Burns

will have a special preview at the Desert View Theater on November 7, from 4 to 6 pm. 



The documentary airs on

November 18th and 19th on PBS.

The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Club is hosting this event which if free to attend and is open to SaddleBrooke residents, their families and friends.


The film, which explores the life and work of the 15th century polymath Leonardo da Vinci, is Burns’s first non-American subject. It also marks a significant change in the team’s filmmaking style, which includes using split screens with images, video and sound from different periods to further contextualize Leonardo’s art and scientific explorations.


Set against the rich and dynamic backdrop of Renaissance Italy, at a time of skepticism and freethinking, regional war and religious upheaval, LEONARDO da VINCI brings the artist’s towering achievements to life through his prolific personal notebooks, primary and secondary accounts of his life, and on-camera interviews with modern scholars, artists, engineers, inventors, and admirers.


For a preview:

https://youtu.be/aJS-mpU1FDA?si=uB3q2Lv9VxhdXewu


Saddlebrooke Fine Arts displayed at Long Realty


The Guild is excited to have the artwork of it’s 3 artists, Beck Easton, Theresa Poalucci and Delys Nast on display at Long’s Realty in Tucson. Visit Long Realty at 15250 N. Oracle Rd., #110, to experience the vibrant beauty we've shared! 





Photo by Pam Smith


One Image, One Limits contest

The subject for this year’s “One Image, No Limits” contest has been chosen and it’s Tucson Butterflies!

Remember that your art must contain one identifiable thing from the photo and make sure you incorporate a butterfly. The finalized date for all works is to be determined but this will be finalized the first part of November.


See rules and entry form for more details. Must be a guild member to enter.

Entry Form


Art & Wine Is A Popular SaddleBrooke Event

​The next Art & Wine event, sponsored by the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild, is set for October 23 from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Activity Center (64518 E. Galveston in HOA One). Join your SaddleBrooke friends and neighbors to complete an acrylic painting in a seasonal theme while enjoying a sack supper and sipping on wine or water. 

​​For just $49 per person, you’ll get an enjoyable evening that includes your art supplies, an apron, food and two glasses of wine. The instructor and several Guild helpers will guide you every step of the way to make sure you have a fun and memorable experience.

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Saddlebrooke Fine Arts Guild has a library of books on many art topics from beginner to advanced. Plus there is an assortment of DVDs so stop by the topaz room and check out what you can check out!

Library List


Salon Presentation

October 15


Theresa Poalucci talks about digital art and how it is created

 

SaddleBrooke residents are welcome to watch a demonstration about digital art at the Saddlebrooke Fine Arts Guild (SBFAG) Salon on Tuesday, October 15 starting at 10:30 am in the Topaz room at SaddleBrooke 2. The presentation will include an explanation about what digital art is and how its popularity is growing. Theresa will actually create a piece on her computer during this presentation which will show up on a giant screen for all who attend to see — discussing the types of tools and filters that are available for this work.


As an artist, Theresa has married her sense of wonder and awe that nature evokes with the newest creative tools that technology provides by painting with pixels.

 

Her digital art process starts by creating the perfect picture to tell nature’s story. The computer screen becomes hercanvas where she combines a landscape photo, with some plant life, and then perhaps adds a bird, or a coyote, or maybe a rabbit.




Cleanup day in the topaz room

Members are encouraged to volunteer in the annual cleaning and organizing of our Topaz room. Join us for friendly conversation and refreshments too! - The event is to be Saturday October 12, from 9-11AM. 

Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events

Art Sampler September 10, space still available!


If you have always wanted to try your hand at watercolor or Pastel or one of the other art techniques we showcase in our Art Sampler Class, here is your chance! All supplies are provided and the class often have lunch together at the MountainView grill at noon.



Wednesday, September 10, 2024, 9:00 PM until 3:00 PM 


Class Details and signup





This is a great class for beginners. The outlines of the cactus will already by drawn onto Yupo paper, so all the student has to do is add color using alcohol inks, a medium which give surprising results. Alcohol Inks dry right away, so students will take home a finished piece in a mat that will be provided. All supplies included. Rubber gloves will be suggested, and included. Wear an apron or old clothes.


Wednesday, October 02, 2024, 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM


Class details