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SADDLEBROOKE FINE ARTS GUILD

A Club for Saddlebrooke Residents

Welcome!

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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Upcoming Classes

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Please make sure you are signed in to receive the member discount!

If you are not a member please consider joining to receive the membership discount of $15 on classes.
Your membership is paid for within just 3 half day classes! To join the fine arts guild click the link below and follow the instructions.

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  “We Rise By Lifting Others” by Dawn Price


And the winners are:

Here are the winners of this years “One Image No Limits” contest


BEGINNER CATEGORY

Award of Excellence: Kelly Caleb

Award of Merit: Jeanette Launer


INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED CATEGORY

Award of Excellence:   Dawn Price

Most Creative Approach: (1 of 2) Deborah Splain

Most Creative Approach: (2 of 2) Michele Benedict

Award of Merit: Mary Bobla

Honorable Mention: (1 of 2) Jean Matheson

Honorable Mention: (2 of 2) Deb Kress



“Butterflies Everywhere” by Kelly Caleb






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Live Model Drawing

Happy Holidays all of you. Here are the dates for 2025 live model sessions

Feb. 15

March 15

April 19 pending attendance

These are all the third Sat. of the month, from 1-4 (doors close @ 1:00), Topaz room, and cost remains the same: $20.00 per person. Jenna will be our model. 

Please put these dates on your 2025 calendar, as there won’t be many opportunities next year for live model drawing.

If you have any questions, please email:  marydonbaum@hotmail.com.

Looking forward to drawing with everyone next year.


Event Details


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Art Salon, February 19, 2025

Matisse

 

 

Suzy Strauss and Dona Ferry will be presenting Henri Matisse, The Cut-Outs at the Art Salon on February 19, 2025 from 10:30 - 12:00 in the Topaz room at the HOA 2 Art Center. It will be a follow up to the early years of Matisse discussion at the Salon in October.

 

The focus of the presentation and the discussion will be on the last dozen or so years of Matisse’s life when he was too ill to continue his earlier works. He completely reinvented himself and created works with cut-outs that seemed to come alive. He surrounded himself with his creations and was able to change them at will. They were ever changing as he rearranged the cut-out to suit his creative mind.

 

We will also try our hand at Matisse inspired creations.

 

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


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Impossible Worlds

March 19, 2025


Let’s start with a question. Is graphic art “fine art?” Yes. A short definition (taken from Wikipedia) states: “A category of fine art, graphic art covers a broad range of visual artistic expression, typically two-dimensional graphics, i.e. produced on a flat surface ….” Join us as we discuss the life and works of the 20th century Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher. Escher produced drawings, lithographs and woodcuts. He also illustrated books, designed carpets, banknotes, stamps and more. He is perhaps most known for his “impossible worlds.” In these, the artist proves to be a master at blending reality and fantasy. The more you look, the more you see. And the more you see, the more you may ask yourself … “How can this be real?”  

This presentation on M. C. Escher is sponsored by the SaddleBrooke Art Salon and is free to all SaddleBrooke residents. The event will be held on Wednesday March 19, 2025, 10:30 am in the Topaz Room at SaddleBrooke Two. 



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Roadrunner Art changeout

March 1

if you have artwork at the HOA 1 Roadrunner hallway you will need to pick it up on March 1st between 8:30am and 10:30am. Please fell free to bring a new piece (or two) of art to be hung at this time.

Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events

Norwegian Rosemaling

Taught by Connie Kotke


Try this beautiful folk art by blending oil paints and applying them with small brushes to the top of a small wooden candle holder. This year, we'll try a new style called "Os" (pronounced oose). It features bright colors and fine details in a more geometric pattern than the Telemark style that was taught the last two years. Instructor will walk you through step by step...and you can add a bit of flair on your own. 


Supply fee of $20 includes holder, candle and all painting supplies.

February 25th 9:00 - 4:00


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