Francesca Romano Romano will be featuring a number of her famous NYC etchings featuring the NYC skyline and the Staten Island ferries. Francesca has won over 150 awards for her etchings and her work is in permanent collections at the Staten Island Museum, the John Noble Museum, the Salmagundi Art Club, and the national Library…
Frances d’Atria Romano Understanding French Impressionism while enjoying fascinating facts about the artists This class will concentrate on the major changes in the latter half of the nineteenth century through art and its movement in France and surrounding areas. Francesca Romano will explain this revolutionary new force in painting and delight her audience with witty…
David Bassham, President, RR Woodworkers Robson Ranch resident Ivo Dabelic is a native of Croatia. He is an active member of the Woodworkers and recently spent approximately 5½ months painstakingly creating a scale model of the 16th Century merchant ship Nava. The Nava was built in the ancient shipbuilding town of Ragusa on the southern…
This group of artists is not only creative but also fun on Friday mornings in the CATC! Great art happens with light-hearted stories. Who would believe any are already great grandparents? Come by any Friday to take a peek what’s happening. There is a fella in these pictures who does exactly that!
If you attended the Robson Ranch Craft Fair recently you might have noticed that we have a lot of very talented craftsmen in the Woodworking Club. If you have visited the Creative Arts Center then you may have seen evidence of that also. The sale of our wooden crafts is how we keep the wood…
The Spotlight Window next to the woodshop at the Creative Arts and Technology Center is highlighting another fine artist residing at Robson Ranch. Donna Shuford, like many of us, is a transplant from another state. She graduated from the University of Illinois and has furthered her studies in France, Italy, Spain, Mexico and Peru and…
‘Twas the week before the craft fair. October 14 and 15 in the Robson Clubhouse, be there. All of the crafters were in a tizzy, Cutting, and painting, and sawing and more. Getting things ready for sale at the Craft Fair store. No time to sleep, no time to rest. Robson’s crafters were making their…
Jan Marx In this day of “objects d’arte” from China and India flooding the market, it’s easy to purchase decorative items for home and office, and much cheaper than a one-of-a-kind article from an individual artist. For this reason, being recognized for artistic talent is often an elusive occurrence. Fortunately several of our own sculptors…
Vicki Baker Girls on Wheels were looking to try something new for their July outing when ringleader Conni Bjella arranged for us to channel our inner artist and spend the day “creating” alongside our girlfriends at Color Me Mine, the paint-your-own pottery studio located in Flower Mound. We relived our grade school days of splashing…
Jan Marx The Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton Chapter, 26th annual Members Exhibition ran from August 12 through 22. The exhibition is juried, and prizes totaling $2,650 in cash and merchandise were awarded. Sixty-six members entered at least one work of art each. This year Denton Mayor Chris Watts judged the Pride of Denton…