Arizona Artists Guild is proud to announce that it has awarded $7,000 in Visual Arts Scholarships for the 2017 year. Please join us for a reception in their honor at the Shemer Art Center and Museum on March 9, 2017 from 6-8:30 pm.
This year’s scholarship exhibition will be co-curated by 2015 scholarship recipient, Zachary Valent and Tess Mosko Scherer, AAG president. The exhibition, titled, New Art in Arizona will run from March 9- April 6, 2016 at the Shemer Art Center and Museum | 5005 E. Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85018 | ShemerArtCenter.org.
Additionally, each scholarship recipient will give a 10 – 15 minute presentation of their work on May 16 at Arizona Artists Guild |18411 N 7th Avenue, Phoenix.
The 2017 AAG Scholarship Recipients are:
Andrew Noble | ASU | AAG Ruth Magadini Scholarship $1000
- Andrew Noble
- Andrew Noble – detail
- Andrew Noble – detail
Layne Farmer | ASU | AAG Erin O’Dell Scholarship $1000.
- Layne Farmer | Sutra III | 2016 | Acrylic on Canvas
- Layne Farmer | Sutra IV | 2017
- Layne Farmer | Untitled | 2016 | Acrylic on Canvas on Panel
Brandi Lee Cooper | ASU | AAG President’s Scholarship $1500
- Brandi Cooper | Fragmented | Paperclay, underglaze, glaze and sand
- Brandi Cooper | Coupled | Paperclay, underglaze, glaze and sand
- Brandi Cooper | Entropy | Paperclay, glaze, sand and patina copper leaf
Tyler Griese | ASU | AAG Marigold Linton Scholarship $1500.
- Tyler Griese | Doubt | Oil on Canvas
- Tyler Griese | Wayside |Oil on Canvas
- Tyler Griese | Separated | Oil on Canvas
Elizabeth Tabor | ASU | AAG Scholarship $1000
- Lizzy Taber | Your Computer Is Listening I |Relief Print, Screen Print
- Lizzy Taber | Sea Level Headed II | Photogravure
- Lizzy Taber | Sea Level Headed I| Photogravure
Shannon Ludington | ASU | AAG Scholarship $1000.
- Shannon Ludington | Ikat Landscape | handwoven and dyed linen
- Shannon Ludington | 14 Places, 28 Years, 2016, 28 Feet | Hand woven wool and bamboo,
- Shannon Ludington | As I Cannot Write| hand woven and embroidered linen with silk