Deer Valley Rock Art Center Summer Camp

The Petroglyph Pathfinders camp is back!

Deer Valley Rock Art Center hosts 2 weeks of great summer camp options for youth.

June 2-6 & June 16-20, 2014

"The Deer Valley Rock Art Center offers an action-packed summer camp for children 8 to 11 at a real archaeological site and desert nature preserve.

Campers learn about archaeology, cultural anthropology, American Indian cultural traditions, desert ecology and animals through hands-on educational activities, archaeological fieldwork and demonstrations, art projects, nature hikes, storytelling and games."

https://dvrac.asu.edu  

check their website for details and pre-registration.

I will be offering art workshops at the camp 4 out of the 5 days each week.  Themes include Petroglyphs, Archaeology, Desert Animals, Native People, and Desert Plants.  

 

Ready for my close up (viral and bacterial)

What I have been working on…

Specimen 1 (left) Specimen 2 (right)

My current work explores and transforms sexually transmittable disease into a tactile patterned sculptural form. Each piece is covered with a combination of stitched glass seed beads and a smooth milky camouflage of false skin.  I see the preciousness or beauty of the materials I use as a  seducer, something that draws a viewer into a state of physical intimacy with my work.  

These materials help to give the forms the appearance of active transformation like shedding skin, cell growth, and cold to-the-touch morbidity. This helps my goal of showing that something can be visually appealing while at the same time, thematically disturbing. 

 

 

each piece is 25" H x 12" W x 6" D

Foothills Library Free Art Workshops

Foothills Library is hosting 2 free art workshops in May!

Please join me for one of these great workshops.  

All you need to bring is your creativity, I will provide the rest.

Foothills Branch Library

19055 N. 57th Ave.

Glendale, AZ 85308

http://www.glendaleaz.com/library/

Call the Foothills Library Branch or

check their website for more information 

registration is required

class size is limited for both workshops

May 13th, 2014  4:00-5:30pm

"Hero Figures"  Youth class

May 14th, 2014    6:00-7:45pm

"Memory Jars"  Adult class

New Mexico Art in Public Places

Two of my pieces have made it to the finalist round for the  

New Mexico Arts AIPP (Arts in Public Places) Purchase Initiative. In the next round, my work will now be shown to Regional Buying Committees made up of representatives from the owner and/or user agencies of eligible sites throughout the State of New Mexico. 

This group of individuals will be responsible for selecting the artwork to be displayed in their facilities.

Excitement!

Glitter Figures

Limited Edition Figures 

what can I say, sometimes I cannot resist the glitter 

 

Princess Doris

Meet Doris, a custom piece inspired by 1 cool cat!

all photos by Dave Saker

Deer Trevor

 A couple of new pieces to share

"Trevor"

"Caruso"