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“By
the Water’s Edge,” a 17 x 38 x 16‑inch bronze,
is Allan Houser’s best‑known nude figure. The
Heard Museum North, working with the Houser Archives
in Sante Fe, is mounting a major retrospective of his work in October. © by Anna Marie Houser
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Wild
Holly Gallery in Carefree isn’t waiting until fall to
launch a its new season.
It opened a showcase of kiln‑formed glass art
by Debora Wayne last weekend.
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Laura
Lakey’s oil painting “Cowgirl’s Moon” at Norby Fine
Art Gallery gives viewers a glimpse of what they can
expect in the gallery’s “Wild Women of the West” show
that opens Nov. 3.
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Wild
times ahead for arts scene in North Valley
Galleries
gear up for new fall shows, museum looks back on legendary
talent
by
Chris Moore
NORTH
VALLEY – If Nietzsche was right, that “art is the proper
task of life,” then there’ll be plenty of living to do
this fall when the galleries of Cave Creek, Carefree and
North Scottsdale offer up some exciting new shows and
Heard Museum North pays tribute to the career of a major
force in Native American art.
Getting
a jump on some of the other galleries is Wild Holly Gallery
in Carefree, which opened a show last weekend by a glass
artist new to the gallery, Debora Wayne of Scottsdale.
Working in what is called “kiln‑formed glass,” Wayne
blends ancient Egyptian and Italian influences in modern,
multicolored glass for use as residential, commercial
and architectural design elements.
Wild
Holly Gallery is also planning a cocktail party reception
sometime in October for painter Andy Baird, whose “linear
portraiture” is a major, ongoing force in the gallery.
As
always, big things are happening over at Norby Fine Art
Gallery in The Shoppes at the Creek in Cave Creek. This
fall, they’ll be wild, to boot–and a little bit ladylike,
because on Nov. 3 the gallery will open a new show called
“Wild Women of the West.”
“We
always see a lot about the men who settled the West, but
I thought it would be nice for a change to celebrate the
women who made the West wild. Tongue in cheek, of course,”
says Kathy Norby, co‑owner of the gallery.
The
show will include new works by Laura Lakey, Julie Evans,
Janene Grende, Teresa Moore and what Norby calls the “wonderful
whimsy” of Elaine Elliott, as well as a special new painting
by Robert Ransom. A one‑man show of Ransom’s work
at Norby (probably in March) definitely gives fun‑loving
Foothills art fans something to look forward to longer‑term.
Norby
and other Shoppes‑keepers will also participate
in a “Gourmet Western Market” Nov. 9‑11 during Wild
West Days, hosting a group of specialty vendors providing
food, groceries and various wares. Live music will add
to the atmosphere and celebrity guest Johnny Ringo is
sure to supply some excitement.
Come
October, it’s retrospective time at Heard Museum North located
at el Pedregal in Scottsdale, featuring the works of Allan
Houser, internationally renowned Chiricahua Apache painter
and sculptor. From his first public shows in 1939 until
his death in 1994, Houser had about 50 solo gallery and
museum exhibitions and created close to 1,000 stone, bronze
and wood sculptures as well as a variety of other objects
of art.
The
Heard, which was the first institution in Phoenix to collect
and show his work, is collaborating closely with the Allan
Houser Foundation Archives in Sante Fe to mount the retrospective
for an Oct. 7 opening, so look for the scope to be formidable
and the impact impressive.
The
Linda Budge Studio & Gallery in Cave Creek will once
again serve as host studio for two guest artists, Misty
Mulleneaux and David Day for the Sonoran Arts League’s 10th
Annual “Hidden in the Hills” Artist Studio Tour Nov. 17‑19
and 24‑26. Budge will extend her studio as one of
about 40 locations in Cave Creek, Carefree and North Scottsdale
that will feature 130 artists for the two‑weekend
event. Those interested are encouraged to visit the League’s
Web site at www.SonoranArtsLeague.org
for more information and maps for the self‑guided
tour.
Reach
the reporter at cmoore@thedesertadvocate.com
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