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Through the North End Artists Co-Op, the City of Yuma promotes artists living in the Yuma area by providing the opportunity to display works and demonstrate their work to the public.
The North End Artists Co-Op!
NEAC (North End Artists Co-Op) is not accepting applications at this moment!
About: Through the North End Artists Co-Op, the City of Yuma promotes artists living in the Yuma area by providing the opportunity to display works and demonstrate their work to the public. The group presents weekly demonstrations and workshops each Saturday from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, from September through May in the Yuma Art Center’s United Building where they also have works on display in the front windows.
Meet the members:
Angelina AispuroWorking with clay is my passion. I enjoy creating artwork for those who appreciate the ancient medium, ceramics. I received my B.F.A. from Northern AZ University. I create treasures for many people unknown to me but who appreciate my style and creativity. I also create in the mediums of bronze, jewelry and swas preferred style of art is more classical and very influenced by the Renaissance with an emphasis on figurative art.”
“My name is Jose Dorame. I was born in San Luis R.C., Sonora and was raised in Yuma, Az. I attended ASU and am an elementary school art teacher. My preferred style of art is more classical and very influenced by the Renaissance with an emphasis on figurative art.”
“It was in 2010, when my life was going through many changes, that an urge deep within led me to pick up a pencil. The sense of familiarity was something not felt since childhood. With a personality that leans towards that of a perfectionist, this is expressed in my work with realistic impressions of the desired subject. I am a local artist born and raised in Yuma, Arizona. Relying upon self-study and discipline to get me started, distance learning with Sadie Valeri Atelier, along with workshops at Scottsdale Art School, have provided a great foundation for development of technique.Witnessing people enjoying my work for the first time brought great fulfillment. It was then that I realized art is a visual language of humanity and a means of expression that should be shared. Visual communication through art brings about a healthy society. These experiences have brought great insight to my work and has helped me grow as an artist.”
Albert Escalante
Escalante is best known for his Gorditas, which are highly embellished figurative sculptures of the female form. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona in 1999. Albert is having a successful and fulfilling career as a ceramics teacher at San Luis High School for the past 16 years. For the last nine years he has also been a ceramics instructor for Parks and Recreation at the Yuma Art Center and North End Community Center.
“I enjoy the quietness and the concentration that working with clay provides. With a leather hard piece of clay in my hand and a few carving tools, I can sit for hours at a time carving away. I put in a large amount of thought, effort, time and passion in each ceramic piece I create.”
Andrew Layne
“My artwork is a reflection of the world around us. I create relief prints that have a very graphic colorful feeling to them that tells stories through symbolism. My paintings have intense brushstrokes and a careful attention to aesthetic color.”
Judy Phillips
“Much of my life has been spent outside enjoying nature. I have recreated the stunning vistas I have enjoyed in using many media. And now? I have combined my love of nature and my passion for creating in glass!” www.judysfusion.com
"Being of indigenous heritage, Mexico and South Western United States, I have been rand suburban mythologies of my region, ancestors and the world. Through the artifacts I make available, I practice a theme and variation discipline. What becomes apparent are a lot of symbolism, abstract, humor and colorful concepts, manipulations of the clay medium through the Raku firing technique. The images are in story and inside joke form, the whole idea is more about learning and teaching, not really for sale, but the donations are used to acquire more supplies and to further more research to benefit other artists."