Art N' About
Featuring area arts and events
The Synergy of Women Coming Together
Local business owners Cecilia Lookingback and Candace Devine believe that when women come together, authentically, they can achieve powerful results.
Since the two met, they have cross collaborated on many projects, sponsoring and promoting each other’s brands. The latest example of that: their brands will work together during the Pure Imagination Festival on May 20 in Prescott, alongside a lineup of other local businesses and partners.
The relationship Cecilia and Candace have developed is about an even bigger movement: women empowering women. Candace said she’d love to see businesses cross collaborate on a larger scale, choosing female-led partners to support one another.
The Arts: Unlocking Potential, Bringing People Together, and Building Life Skills
The belief that all youth should have equitable access to quality arts experiences was one of the major drivers of Suze’s Prescott Center for the Arts’ (PCA) campus expansion. Now that the new studio theater, gallery, and classrooms are open, Suze’s PCA is poised to fully carry out its mission as a full-service arts center by providing youth arts experiences.
Bella Jenkins, Rodeo Queen Extraordinaire
Today’s rodeo royalty has come a long way from waving to rodeo crowds and posing for photos with adoring fans. Today’s queens serve in multiple roles. They are ambassadors to the sport of rodeo, they demonstrate athleticism on horseback and act as role models to the upcoming generation of cowboys and cowgirls. They educate the public on the sport of rodeo and serve as public speakers who help preserve America’s Western heritage.
Suspended Fluidity
Jen Martin is a master of movement, transitioning from one skill to the next with the grace and fluidity earned after years of dance training. She is strong and elegant, creative and artistic.
And she accomplishes all this while suspended in the air on one of several different apparatus.
Cultivating Stronger Connections
MAG’s Executive Director, Andre M. Lewis, is a Marine who is deeply committed to expanding veteran art classes by joining forces with the Veterans Affairs and local Legion chapters. Thanks to these partnerships, MAG offers free art classes to more of our veterans than ever before.
A New Year… a New Gallery
You may have noticed the completion of the new Suze’s Prescott Center for the Arts (SPCA) Studio Theater, but did you also notice the new gallery within that space? SPCA is excited to use this space for exhibits that complement the seasons and shows held in the new studio theater.
Experiencing the Infinite Variety of Percussion Instruments
Maria Flurry said she’s been addicted to the infinite variety of sounds and experiences percussion instruments provide since she played her first note on the marimba in middle school.
A Hometown Community Center, for One and All
The newest addition to the SPCA property is the Studio Theater, which opens this winter! Members of the SPCA board have been busy seeing this to fruition for the past several years, and as it nears completion, they are excited to share it with the community.
The new Studio Theater will house not only a 99-seat theater in the round with LED lighting, digital sound, and 360-degree projection capabilities, but it also includes multi-use classroom space, an art gallery, rehearsal space, box office and concessions, costume and prop storage, and an outdoor amphitheater/event space.
‘My Calling is Service’
Teri Drew, Northern Arizona Council of Governments Economic Workforce Division, is the recipient of the 2022 Prescott ATHENA Award. The award actively supports and celebrates the ATHENA mission to support, develop, and honor women leaders, to inspire women to achieve their full potential, and create balance in leadership worldwide.
Teri embodies the spirit of the award which honors individuals who strive toward the highest levels of personal and professional accomplishment, excel in their chosen field, devote time and energy to their community in a meaningful way, and forge paths of leadership for other women to follow.
Farming Roots
Mortimers have taken farming far beyond what their ancestors could have imagined. Mortimer Farms welcomes thousands of visitors each year to pick their own food, participate in a huge variety of activities and games, and enjoy seasonal festivals including the wildly popular Pumpkin Fest and Corn Maze each fall.
50 Years of Friendship
On August 14, 1972, Prescott Mayor Taylor Hicks signed Resolution No. 727, establishing a formal relationship between the City of Prescott and Heroica Caborca, in Sonora, Mexico.
The Sister City Association of Prescott was born, linking these two communities which share a history of ranching, mining, and agriculture. This year, the Association celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Capturing the Beauty … Outdoors
The Third Annual Prescott Plein Air Art Festival, October 13–16, brings art outdoors. Fifteen professional painters will take their studios outside to capture the area’s natural, architectural, and historical beauty.