ABOUT THE ARTS ALLIANCE OF THREE RIVERS
Visual Artists
Rick Badgley • RB Woodworking
phone: 559-561-4823
rick@rbwoodworking.com
rbwoodworking.com
Custom and reproduction furniture in the arts and crafts style, strongly influenced by Gustav Stickley.
Jana Botkin • Cabinart
phone: 559-561-7606
cabinart.net
Known for her detailed pencil drawings of the area, Jana is now an oil painter too. Cards and prints of Sequoia and Three Rivers are available, along with original oil paintings.
Elsah Cort • Collage
phone: 559-561-4671
elsahc@dishmail.net
elsahcort.com
Claims collage as her medium, including words and images as well as the healing arts as an RN who practices craniosacral work. Organizer of the Three Rivers Artists' Biennial Studio Tour every other year. Founder of the Arts Alliance 25 years ago.
Nikki Crain • Handweaving By Nikki
phone: 559-561-4048 cell: 559-288-2701
weave@gotSky.com
Visit a working weaving studio where Nikki makes colorful, often hand-dyed, garments and household items. She also makes healthy soy candles. Call about Candle Classes or Weaving Lessons.
James Entz
phone: 559-561-4873
jimentz@att.net
Entz’s sculptural, topographical paintings constructed from hundreds of layers of acrylic paint, take a year or more to complete. An Associate Professor of Art at Porterville College, Entz exhibits throughout the West.
Aranga Firstman
aranga3r@sbcglobal.net
arangafirstman.com
Mixed media watercolor paintings, collages, and cards. Art is related to the inner self, chakras, and archetypes. Member of the Society of Layerists in Multi Media.
Adrian Green
phone: 559-561-0513
adrian.green@rocketmail.com
www.earthom-arts.org
This one-ton marble sculpture made in Merida, Mexico in 2005, depicts spiritual growth through universal symbols during this time of world calamity.
Fr. John Griesbach • St. Anthony Retreat
phone: 559-561-4595
fatherjohn@stanthonyretreat.org
This artist creates oil paintings of regional landscapes of central California’s coast valleys and mountains. Proceeds from these paintings help support St. Anthony Retreat Center.
Beth Hart
phone: 559-565-3399 cell: 559-300-9301
bethart2005@yahoo.com
Murals and Portraits for homes and businesses. Specializing, for 25 years, in artwork that conveys feelings of the environment for my clients. I love to paint children and animals. Many of my murals are displayed from Oregon to San Diego.
Linda Hayden • Saddle Blankets
phone:559-561-1109
saddleblankets@haydenranches.com
lindahaydensaddleblankets.com
Linda weaves saddle blankets using sheep wool that she spins herself. She dyes the wool using natural plant materials she gathers locally.
Nancy Jonnum • Big Rock Pottery
phone: 559-561-3315
bigrockpottery@sbcglobal.net
bigrockpottery.com
I have been making pottery on the wheel for many years. More recently I’ve focused on hand-built ceramic sculptures.
Shirley A. Blair Keller
phone:559-561-3463
sblairkeller@sbcglobal.net
I wish to publish a memoir and children’s books. I write freelance for magazines and newspapers, play with clay and photography, and create multi-media artwork that I invented: Ink Quilts.
Tom Marshall • Country Bear Originals
phone:559-561-3312
tom@theofficestaff.com
countrybearphotos.com
Bringing good times and places to life through photography.
Eddie McArthur
phone: 559-561-4166
eddiemcarthur@wildblue.net
artbyeddie.net
Eddie works in watercolor, acrylic, mixed media and recycled materials portraying subjects including landscape, still life, portraits and abstractions. Commissions available. Inquiries and appointments welcome.
Denis Milhomme
phone: 559-561-3244 cell: 559-786-1462
milhomme@hotmail.com
denismilhommeartist.com
Denis Milhomme, nationally award-winning artist, paints the beautiful moments of nature. His extremely detailed oil paintings capture the West’s special places for all to enjoy.
Marn Reich • Marnart
phone:559-561-6276 cell: 559-786-3851
marnrr@yahoo.com
Varied functional and whimsical stoneware on display in a small private gallery. Marn’s work is in collections throughout the United States.
Suzanne Rich • Independent Consultant Creative Memories
phone: 559-561-4806
creativememories.com
Live life, take pictures, tell your story and repeat. It's that easy! I'd love to help you create traditional or digital keepsake albums and cards.
Mona Fox Selph
phone: 559-561-4676
snowmoon@snowcrest.net
Mona taught art at College of the Sequoias and other schools for 18 years. She works in a variety of media and subject matter, but focuses on oil and watercolor landscapes.
Nangnoi "Noi" Thomas
phone: 559-561-4452
dennisthomas0622@sbcglobal.net
Fine gourd art. Nature paintings in mixed media.
Martha Widmann • Martha Widmann Design
phone: 559-561-7311
martha@marthawidmann.com
marthawidmann.com
As a artist, Martha creates paintings that reflect an interior or meditative perspective on Life. Her professional work includes a variety of graphic design services.
Sue Winters-Brown
phone: 559-561-0608
Artistically decorated with dye, paint, pine needles and glass, Sue’s gourds are beautifully embellished using wood burning and carving techniques.
Performing Artists
Faena Brava
phone: 559-561-0777
faenabrava@gmail.com
El Flamenco Mestizo. A blend of Latin American rhythms flavored with Mediterranean melodies. Available for performances and lessons; CDs available. We provide support for all your musical needs at our Blossom Peak Recording Studio. In collaboration with Fine Artist, Kevin Yee, we also create original works of ceramic art.
Red Wing Music Ensemble
phone: 559-561-4770 (Jennifer Boley)
Five players and ten instruments (strings, keyboard, whistles, zither, voice and more) create unique, eclectic mixes of tunes (especially Celtic) available for joyful musical experiences.
Sierra Traditional Jazz Club
phone: 559-561-4549 (Rusty Crain)
barc@thegrid.net
jazzaffair.infoThree Rivers is the home of the world-renowned High Sierra Jazz Band. Monthly concerts—second Saturday. Jazzaffair (music festival) every April. Visit website or call for information.
Healing Artists
Lea Spencer • Intutive Healing • Vocalist
phone: 559-561-4942 cell: 559-553-5108
intuitive_healing_leah@yahoo.com
intuitivehealingbyleah.com
Leah practices the Healing Arts—Therapeutic Massage, JinShinJyutsu (Accupressure), and Reiki (chakra clearings)—integrating these, allowing the body to heal itself from the inside out. Life Path Readings are also available.
Leah is also a classically-trained vocalist, specializing in a cappella performances. She’s perfect for outdoor and/or intimate settings such as weddings, funerals, and private dinner parties.
