St. Mary's Art and Retreat Center

“a winter tonic”

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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…

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Dusty Roads, picnics and painting on the Comstock…

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Monika Piper-Johnson palette knife Plein Air painter …gets started on the caretakers cottage The Dusty Roads retreat at St Mary’s Art Center was as always a lovely success. Plein air painters, studio and abstract painters, photographers, installation artists, textile artists and writers from all over…

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How the February shows opened….

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With 50-80 mile an hour winds we had some couple of hundred brave folk who came to our opening in quite extreme conditions…. it was definitely worth it! French pastry chefs had whipped up treats, lovely Italian wines were sipped and 6 galleries packed with…

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EXHIBITIONS OPENING SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 1-4PM

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painting by Carol Aust We are excited to show our new artists for the season and invite all friends of St Mary’s Art Center to join us for our opening reception. Saturday February 15th 1-4 pm Come and make a day of it …up at…

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St Mary’s Art Center new shows – Opening night

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Coinciding with the Nevada Art group retreat, our new shows for November opened on Friday evening 14 November… Photographer Nolan Preece’s solo show titled “Glass Prints” is a series of works that he made by burning soot onto glass plates and treating them with varying…

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Dusty Roads Retreat … a group of artists based in Nevada

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detail of painting above by Mike Bond Twice a year this group of artists meet at St Mary’s to retreat, commune and work on projects with like minded folk around. They created very diverse works and learned and taught much… The group was founded by…

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dusty roads…..

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The biannual Dusty Roads Artist retreat was this weekend …. a band of multidisciplinary Nevadan artists converged on St Marys Art Center for a wonderful inspiring 4 days of work, constructive critique and creation, and feasting! It was such a treat for everyone… and very…

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