La Encantada
Fine Art Festival

January 19 & 20, 2019

Saturday, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Sunday, 11:00 AM-4:00 PM

From metalwork to locally-designed fashion, the La Encantada Fine Art Festival is sure to be a visual surprise for all ages. The majestic garden courtyard of La Encantada stages the visual fine art festival, featuring the finest artwork in Southern Arizona and captivating performances set in breath-taking mountain views as attendees browse extraordinary art in all forms.

This limited capacity show brings the region's finest artists in touch with the community to display and sell their handcrafted work, along the scenic walkways throughout the La Encantada Shopping Center.

Why?

SAACA aims to produce one of the largest and most well respected fine art festivals in the region, under the backdrop of the scenic Tucson Foothills, in the plush setting of the La Encantada Shopping Center.  The festival features well-respected and talented regional and national artists,  exhibiting their original art in a quality showcase setting.  The festival provides an opportunity for local artisans to exhibit and showcase their art to the community, while drawing business to the La Encantada Shopping Center. 

Free Admission

There is no cost to attend the art festival.

Event Partners

Location

La Encantada Shopping Center
2905 E Skyline Dr, Tucson, AZ 85718

Setting a standard for luxury shopping in the Sonoran desert, La Encantada is a two-level, outdoor specialty center that celebrates the splendor of old-world Spanish traditions alongside modern sophistication. The first and only luxury shopping center in Southern Arizona featuring world-class upscale brands, including Louis Vuitton, Brooks Brothers,  Michael Kors,  Apple and Tiffany & Co.  La Encantada is Foothill’s premier dining and social destination, featuring Ra Sushi Bar, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, AJ's Fine Foods, The Living Room, Humble Pie along with North Italia and Blanco Tacos + Tequila.

Get Involved

Participate in the event as a featured artist. The festival is a juried fine art festival. 
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Live Educational Demos

Saturday, January 19
10:30-12:30 | Paul Hopman/Scratchboard University

​Demonstration of the art of scratch board. Kits and educational videos will be available. 
10:30 - 12:30 | Mosaics by Andrea Edmundson

​Andrea Edmundson's mosaics are about consumerism and creativity: Her goal is to inspire and delight others with her mosaics while proposing that we can all be more with less. She will be demonstrating how to create a tapestry-style mosaic, using reclaimed and
re-purposed materials. Andrea teaches this method and several others at Blue Raven Art School.
12:30 - 2:30 | Hirotune Tashima, Artist, Head of Ceramics, Pima College West Campus

Demonstration of wheel throwing and hand building.
12:30 - 2:30 | Nina Borgia Aberle

​Public artist Nina Borgia-Aberle will demonstrate methods she utilizes in making dimensional ceramic tile. The demonstration will include techniques for creating original dimensional tiles, instructions on how to make plaster molds for production purposes, as well as a tile pressing using molds from Nina’s collection. She will also demonstrate an easy way to make slabs with a rolling pin and slats. Participants will have the opportunity to press tile into molds used in some of her projects including the Peacock (“Pavo Cristatus”) at Reid Park Zoo. Nina will be offering a variety of tile making workshops in her studio in 2019. 
12:30 -4:30 | Special Interest Metalwerks: Jason E Butler, MFA

Jason will be showing photographs of projects done for clients and the public. Many handmade objects will be on display to demonstrate texture, finish, miscellaneous metals, etc.
2:30 - 4:30 | I.D.E.A. Arts Studio with Christine Lytwynczuk

Christine will demonstrate an oil painting. Learn more about painting and drawing classes.
​2:30 - 4:30 | Trish Hastings-Sargent Fiber Landscape Artist

Trish is a fiber landscape artist who works solely from her own photographs. She will be demonstartin her technique of using a photograph to make a pattern to create your own fiber landscape. Using her method your art will have the correct perspective, proportion and dimension to create a realistic Fiber Landscape.
Sunday, January 20
11:30 - 1:30 | The Mourning Project

Learn about this huge community art project designed to save babies' lives.  Local artist Mary Vaneecke is collecting 23,000 pairs of handmade black, white, and gray baby booties by Mother's Day 2019 to draw attention to the problem of infant mortality in this country.  Booties can be sewn, knit, or crocheted.  Learn more about the project, embellish a pair of booties and help spread the word.
11:30 - 1:30 | Tucson Clay Co-op

Join members from the Tucson Clay Co-op for a hands on activity. Paint your own bisque fired mug or cereal bowl. Finished glazed mugs will be available for pick up at their studio. Cost $20.
1:30 - 3:30 | Visual and Textile Arts of Tucson

VTAT members will be demonstrating a variety of artistic mediums including weaving, spinning and rug hooking.
​1:30 - 3:30 | Los Amigos

Elizabeth and Frank Amigo will demonstrate turning a bowl, decorating, and carving. Learn about wood turning, carving, and pyrography (wood burning) classes. 

2019 Participating Artists

Emily Grace Newkirk & Vikki Carpenter
Jewelry
Fort Omotse Creations
Leather
Gail Rieder
Jewelry
Gary Burke
Sculpture
Get Hammered Metalsmith Studio
Jewelry
Glass Fire Designs
Glass
Holladay Designs Jewelry
​Jewelry
Jacqueline Chanda
Painting
Sam Mayhob​
Metal
Sean Hill
Jewelry
Sedona's Jewelry
Jewelry
Sol Design Studio
​Painting
Studiojere
Jewelry
Susan Libby Art
Painting
The Designing Lady
Home/Décor
Wonderland Design
Jewelry
Woodn't It Be Nice
Wood
Write Stuff of AZ
Mixed Media
Deborah O'Rourke Fine Art
​Painting
Geri Bringman
Painting
Julian Soncco Fine Art
Painting
Laureen Sky Designs
Fiber/Textile/Artisan Food
Leah Crain
Jewelry
Mary Sherwood
Glass

Festival Tips

Parking is available free of charge at the La Encantada Shopping Center.  Although parking is available surrounding the shopping center when the front side of the center as well as the back, when the lot is full, attendees are encourage to park on the Southwest corner of Campbell Ave and Skyline, at the Plaza Colonial Shopping Center.  Please keep the weather in mind when you attend outdoor events and plan accordingly (bring water bottles, sunscreen, umbrellas, jackets, etc).  Dogs are allowed at the event on leashes.  A SAACA Information booth will be located in a central location onsite, to help answer any questions you may have upon arrival. 

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