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Prescott Center for the Arts

Prescott Valley Chamber of Commerce

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IF YOU MISSED STEVE’S COLUMN ON THE HOME PAGE……
Steve from Web Design by Steve wants to remind everybody in the hot desert of Phoenix, that there’s always something going on in his coooool home town, the Prescott quad cities area. And this weekend is no different. So choose from these, just what you want to do.
1) We have the Heavenly J’s at the Elks Opera House, Friday from 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM – Don’t miss this epic tribute to: Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, John Denver, Jim Croce and Jerry Garcia!

2) The 58th Annual YavapaiCounty Mounted Sheriff’s Posse May Rodeo is happening at 8:00 AM – 05:00 PM, Fri-Sat-&-Sun at the Prescott Rodeo Grounds

3) And it’s time again for the 26th Annual Prescott Fine Art & Wine Festival… Fri & Sat 9-5 at the Courthouse Square. There will be a Wine Garden with 11 AZ Wineries & Food Vendors

4) The15th Annual MTSR Car Show will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 8 AM – 3 PM at the PRESCOTTMILE HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL 1/2 block from the Courthouse Square. All cars are 1959 or older.

5) And get this – Prescott’s Historical Downtown Walking Tours, The tours are approximately 2 hours. We’ll meet @ 10AM in front of Prescott Chamber’s Visitor InformationCenter… I wonder if they’ll talk about the Whiskey Row fire??

That’sabout all we have time for, but if you want to check out more of what’s happening this weekend in Prescott, visit Prescott.org, & click on the “local events calendar.”

OK, so HEY maybe you need a website, or wanna get your website on Google Page One, Steve is the best man for the job. And just how can you contact Steve? Give him a call at 928-583-3366 and tell him Christopher sent you, or you can email him at steve@webdesignbysteve.com. But BE SURE to tell him that Christopher sent you; he may still have some discounts available. Now, that’s 928-583-3366 or steve@webdesignbysteve.com. You got that written down? 928-583-3366 or steve@webdesignbysteve.com.

Steve Shearer
Web Design by Steve
Prescott Valley, AZ 86314
Cell: 928-583-3366
Office: 928-237-4147

According to 2010 Census, the population of the city is 39,843. The city is the county seat of Yavapai County. In 1864 Prescott was designated as the capital of the Arizona Territory, replacing the temporary capital at Fort Whipple.
The Territorial Capital was moved to Tucson in 1867. Prescott again became the Territorial Capital in 1877, until Phoenix became the capital in 1889.

WHAT TO DO IN PRESCOTT

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Centennial Canvas: Paintings by Prescott Artists

February 11 through September 3
Sharlot Hall Museum
Prescott

Prescott’s beauty and culture as captured by 10 prominent area artists will be on display at Sharlot Hall Museum in “Centennial Canvas: Paintings by Prescott Artists,” a new exhibition that opens Saturday, February 11, 2012.
The exhibition features works by the artists created for this exhibition. The show is being presented in conjunction with Arizona’s centennial celebration. Many of the works will be available for sale, with part of the sale proceeds supporting the Sharlot Hall Museum.

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Mile-High Trail SystemThe Mile-High Trail System contains approximately 28 miles of trails including Rails-to-Trails projects along the former Santa Fe Railroad, the Prescott Circle Trail System, and the Greenways Trails System. The Prescott Circle Trail is a network of trails that continues to expand, and which will eventually encircle all of Prescott. The Greenways Trails are urban trails along Granite and Miller Creeks that run through downtown Prescott.

The towns of Prescott Valley (7 miles east) and Chino Valley (16 miles north), Dewey-Humboldt (13 miles east) and Prescott, together comprise what is locally known as the “Quad-City” area.

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Exhibit: Hopi Summer
May 5 through August 31
Smoki Museum
Prescott
In 1927 a family from the east, set out on a cross-country trip, an eight day stop in Hopi resulted in an amazing friendship between two women from very different cultures, learn about the story, written by Carolyn O’Bagy Davis and see the collection from 1927….. $10, 928-445-1230 http://www.smokimuseum.org

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4th Friday Art Walk
June 22
Prescott
15 galleries stay open late and offer food, musical entertainment, artist receptions and painting demonstrations, 5 pm, http://www.artthe4th.com

Phippen Museum Permanent Collection continues to grow

In his lifetime, Western artist George Phippen completed thousands of pieces of artwork in pen and ink, bronze, watercolor and oil. But as prolific as he was, today, 46 years after his untimely death at the age of 50, these pieces are spread far and wide and held by various museums, businesses and private collectors all across the country.

So when the Phippen Museum was fortunate enough to recently bid on, and win, a Phippen original oil painting, staff, volunteers and museum members stood up and took special notice.

Titled The Crack of Dawn on a Cow Ranch this nocturnal oil on canvas was created by George in 1958. This stunning piece depicts three ranch hands shrouded in the first light of early morning as they prepare for another hard day’s work in the saddle. And the color, composition and subject matter perfectly reflect a morning ritual that has played out on cow ranches all across the country for more than a hundred years.

This art acquisition is part of the museum’s ongoing mission to preserve Art of the American West and George’s inspirational legacy. And because he is the institution’s namesake, the museum was especially proud to give this outstanding artwork a special place of honor in their Permanent Collection.

In the past 4 years, the Phippen Museum has concentrated on purchasing George’s artwork and has subsequently acquired 8 new Phippen oils and numerous watercolors, bronzes and pen and ink sketches by this gifted Western artist.

In addition to growing the Permanent Collection, the museum has also established an extremely successful Adopt-a-Painting program to protect and preserve some of their finest pieces of artwork. And in just two short months, six pieces of original Phippen artwork were adopted and are in the process of being restored, including a whimsical piece generously donated by Mr. Bruce Fee, titled Unforgiveable Sin. As a result, four more pieces have been hung in the museum’s entry gallery and are now available for adoption.

So if you haven’t heard of George Phippen or the Phippen Museum, you should do yourself (and your family) a favor and make time to see the recently expanded facility, several new permanent exhibits, their cultural hall, museum store and two concurrent exhibitions, including newly acquired artwork and this most recent acquisition.

The Phippen Museum is located at 4701 Hwy 89 N, just minutes north of historic downtown Prescott, Arizona. General admission is $7 for adults, $6 for AAA members, $5 for students with ID, and free to museum members and children 12 and under. For more information, please contact the museum at 928.778.1385, or visit their website at www.phippenartmuseum.org.

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