Opening Reception - Eve - Appropriate ArtFull Moment Message

This week's ArtFull Moment, "Rebuild" seems to be resonating with many.  Betty's comment from Saranac Lake, NY:

"This is such a good message for me right now.  All of us are rebuilding in some way.  I'm "rebuilding" my body as I recover from a back injury.  I've set this Artfull Moment as my desktop background so I can remind myself of this good message very time I sit down at my computer.  Thank you, Emmie!"

 

Yes, and with the Opening reception tomorrow  for the first-ever Fine Photography Show for ArtFull Moments, we are rebuilding here, too. Here's my explanation of this week's moment:

 

About this Week's ArtFull Moment:  "Offer"

This shot was taken at the Tuzigoot National Monument, an example of "late stage" pueblo construction, inhabited approx. 1100.  Located near Clarkdale and Cottonwood, AZ, southwest of Sedona, this ruin occupies a hilltop, with panoramic views for many miles.  Standing alone on the top lookout level gave me pause to ponder:  One thought, one deed, one stone at a time, a legacy is built.     Emmie

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And if you are in Arizona, please join us at Estrella Fine Art, 15716 N. 76th St., 2nd floor of the Papagno Marble & Granite building, Scottsdale, AZ 85260.  Directions are on Google and http://www.estrellafineart.com/  The ArtFull Moments show includes more than 40 framed moments, archival quality.  Prices range from $60 to $385.00.  We also have a large selection of the magnetic laminated 8 x 10 ($10) and 4 x 5 Moments ($3).  The entire Estrella Fine Art Collection is also on view: over 1,000 affordable original works, paintings, etchings, handmade prints, and sculpture. We are having a drawing for prizes at the show closing reception April 2.  Hope to meet you soon !   Emmie

 

Opening Feb. 25, 2011 First Ever ArtFull Moments Photography Show at Estrella Fine Art

Hi, Everyone!  Arizona friends, please come out to the Opening Reception for the Fine Photogrpahy show "ArtFullMoments, A Visual Mission".

WHERE:     Estrella Fine Art, 15716 N 76th St., Scottsdale, AZ 85260

WHEN: Friday, February 25, 2011, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The show will include  40 ArtFull Moments images in digital giclee, in archival quality framing.  Priced to SELL (Many works will be  UNDER $200!) 

There will be a door prize drawing at the Closing Reception on Saturday, April 2 from 10 a.m. to NOON.  The drawing will include only entries from attendees.

For details about the show, directions,  and links to register, please go to http://www.estrellafineart.com/artfull_show.htm

I hope to see you there.  Please tell friends.  They will be glad you did.

Emmie

p.s. The image above is from the ArtFull Moment message of Feb. 9, 2011.

ArtFull Moment , January 12, 2011 & Gallery update

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Good Morning all!  Today's Momentous response so far was from Virginia in Scottsdale:



"Looks like you were up very early, I am too, getting ready for my daily walk

with a friend.

Beautiful Artful Moment!  You have an amazing eye...thanks for sharing.

Have a memorable day."

 

My day ahead should be productive; I am finishing the packing at my gallery.  I expect the move to happen next week...then the heavy lifting begins to get get back up & running.  I am preparing for an Opening Reception for a show called Artfull Moments: A Visual Mission.  I am looking to schedule it for Friday, February 25 at the new location, 15716 N. 76th St, just north of the Greenway Hayden Loop in the North Scottsdale Design District.  More on that later.

 

I may have found a local printer to produce affordable, high quality posters. So soon we can offer BIG, bright, juicy ArtFull Moments online as well as at the gallery.  In order to  produce a low cost print, we will have to order in quantity, That's a big inve$tment, and I will have to be very careful about which images to select.   Please let me know which Moments you think  would be the most successful as posters. I will keep track of the "votes" and will let you know the winning images. 

 

Thanks, as awlays, Emmie

Happy New Year ! Yikes!

Here is the ArtFull Moment for January 5, 2011.  Sorry, I neglected to post the  weeks since December 15, 2010.  We had a bit of a shakeup here.  Just before Christmas, I got word that I would have to move my Estrella Fine Art gallery because new tenants  wanted the entire suite FAST!  In an effort to serenly accept the things I cannot change, etc., I am looking on this move as a blessing in disguise.  I will be going to an upstairs suite in the Papagno's Marble & Granite building a block away, on  76th Street, just north of the Greenway Hayden Loop.  The space is a bit larger than the present quarters, and will work well for shows and everyday display, too.  I want the move to be as fast as possible.  I was planning a show for ArtFull Moments for January 22, and I hope I can still hold it before the end of Bebruary.  Enough about me.  This week's Moment is all about embracing the new year and being Fabulous!  Enjoy

Emmie

Click here to see the ArtFull Moment for December 22, 2010

I hope this link works so you can see the December 22 ArtFull Moment, the entire message.  I am not sure how long the links last out there on Constant Contact, my email service.

ArtFull Moment for December 15, 2010 "Time"

About this Week's ArtFull Moment:  "Time"

  

So much in life is really beyond our reach, beyond our grasp.  Yet we continue to reach and to grasp.  So much better to huggle someone.  And if these moments, too, are fleeting, repeat as needed.   With gratitude and blessings,  Emmie

Comments so far from Betty in Saranac Lake, NY: "Perfect!"

From Virginia in Scottsdale: "Love the message...makes my day.  Thank you!"
Ann in Scottsdale had this amazing comment:

Another lovely picture.  There is something about the color and design choices that you use that work together to delight the eyes.  You are an artist in every sense of the word.

 

Marketing "experts" say we will reach more people via blogging and Facebook than we can via our free weekly emails, that there are many people who simply will never subscribe, but who will tune in often  in these anonymous ways.  I hope so, though it's way more fun to hear directly from everyone.  Also, the image you get  in the email is way better than the lttle thumbnail on Facebook or even the one on the blog, nice enough to use as a desktop image.  Come on!  Subscribe & Share the Moments.  It's what they're made for.   Emmie

Gentle - ArtFull Moment for December 8, 2010

About this Week's ArtFull Moment:  "Gentle"

So many of us push, push, push ourselves, our bodies, our minds.  It seems no matter how much we do, there is even more to do.  The holidays bring even more pressure to DO.   In this week's Moment, please find permission or a reminder to relax in the midst of all this doing.  Please be especially kind to your body, and give it the rest and nurturing it needs, even if it means that some thing does not get done! With gratitude and blessings,  Emmie

Hello again!  Wow, this week's Moment really touched lots of people.
Ann in Scottsdale wrote:

Loved the picture and you are so right with your advice for slowing down and taking care of the body.  I didn’t and it landed me in the hospital right before Thanksgiving.  … I am trying to do a better job of taking care of me now.  I think I will keep your beautiful, restful picture up just to remind me to slow down.

Larry from Indianapolis said "Great scene Em"

Michael from Tonto Basin (near where the shot was taken of Roosevelt Lake in AZ) says "What a beautiful shot!"

Thank you, it's always great when an ArtFull Moment can transport you someplace uplifting. If you would like to receive an ArtFull Moment directly into your emailbox every Wednesday, please be sure to sign up using the  Big Blue Signup Button.

Homecoming

Here is the aArtFull Moment for December 1, 2010.   That's the moon in the top center of this shot.   I explained in the Artfull Moment email:

This week's Moment is a gentle reminder about one of life's best moments, coming home.  We get to do this often throughout our lives and even at the end of life.  May you cherish every homecoming.

Deb from Colorado says, "This is a scrumptuous photo!!! Thank you for sharing it!
Ginger from Payson, AZ says "THAT PHOTO ROCKS!"