Phyllis Shafer’s plein air workshop rocked! Against all weather conditions her students prevailed, If you every have the opportunity to take a class from Phyllis you will know why. Utterly passionate about painting, art and wilderness, she inspires and instructs. Thank you Phyllis! Phyllis’ demo of light paint and sage brush Emma on top of…
Artist in Residence
25th April opening of shows!!!
Our reception this weekend went wonderfully well, in spite of the motocross Grande Prix going on right at our gate!!!! Thanks to Deny Dotson for organizing traffic staff and signs for us. Soooo….. A great group of artists who gave lovely artist talks about their lives and works, fabulous contemporary folk musicians from San Francisco…“Paula…
“Anatomy of a Story”
Our Artist in Residence for April is illustrator Lisa Kurt. Lisa works primarily with acrylics and mixed media on canvas or wood panels; her work integrates maps and other ephemera within her paintings. Through her work, she explores stories that involve people, animals, and creatures in mysterious settings, often incorporating nature and the unexpected. Her…
Welcome to the Wild West, Jenny Valloric!
by Kris Vagner Double Scoop ……….. Jenny Valloric arrived in Virginia City Monday with a traveler’s perspective, a cleared calendar, and a weaving loom in the back of her SUV. Jenny’s an Artist in Residence at St. Mary’s Art & Retreat Center, the historic-hospital-turned-art-center a few blocks down the hill from the…
A new mini/micro Residency program for Students…
We are setting up a new micro or mini residency program for Arts students…The Residency comprises of 2-7 days to focus on a project. The artist stays in our Resident rooms with their own studio and the use of our creative spaces. While still in germination phase we tested the idea out and awarded Carolyn…
Merry Merry!!!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year friends of St Mary’s Art Center! 2014 has been a fantastic year for the Art Center, with many great leaps forward! We had 6 international Artists in Residence from Denmark, Holland and the UK, our Art Faire was a huge success, we won the NNDA Comstock Innovator of the…
ART FAIRE
The Art Faire was a huge success made possible by all of our wonderful sponsors, artist vendors, board members and volunteers! Thank you to all who participated in any way with our Art Faire! Thank you to all the artists who donated a piece for our silent auction, you have helped St Mary’s incredibly! Thank…
“a winter tonic”
so its only just started being wintery…but we all enjoyed “a winter tonic” very much! Thank you to all of our artists and visitors who came up the hill to see our new shows on the 15th November opening day!!!! Here is a sample of what you missed… The shows remain up until end of…
Something in the air
Coincidence (or rather Google) brought me to St. Mary’s. A friend wanted to go to Burning Man and since I don’t do camping or deserts, I was looking for a place nearby to work on the final stages of my novel. As it turned out, luck couldn’t have landed me in a better place. For…
UK artist Claire Scully’s creative illustration workshop
4 days of drawing and learning with London based, UK artist, Claire Scully is a very very big treat. Claire is one of our Resident Artists for July and August 2014. The class began with an orientation hike in the local Comstock region, surrounded by wild horses, light, smells, flora and fauna only found at…