A lovely montage of holiday cards offered this year through Art Awakenings in Arizona
I’ve always had a hard time finding holiday cards since I tend to favor the “happy everything” approach this time of year, but “Moon Over Trees,” an abstract work created by an artist working with Art Awakenings, is right up my alley. It’s one of five options, chosen from 35 submissions, available through Art Awakenings this holiday season.
Art Awakenings is a program of PSA Behavioral Health Agency, which helps youth and adults living with mental illness enjoy social supports while developing professional art skills. Folks can experience works by program participants at various galleries and art walks throughout Arizona.
These art walks include First Fridays in Phoenix, Art in the Alley in Casa Grande, First Saturdays in Tucson and Bisbee After 5 (in Bisbee, of course). If it’s holiday cards you seek, hit one of their five galleries or order online. Folks ordering more than 100 cards can ask about options for personalizing those babies.
There’s a nifty order form complete with larger images of the five works selected for Art Awakenings holiday cards this year. “Celebrate” features animals gathered near a Christmas tree, while “Celebration” shows desert animals in a decorated desert landscape.
“Happy Holidays” features a tradition feel, with trees and snowflakes dotting a lovely mountainscape. A final selection has a comedic vibe — with before and after takes on a horse who stumbles on a box of “X-Mas Stuff.” Cards are blank inside and come with envelopes for those of you organized enough to actually get those puppies in the mail.
Most folks know better than to expect such things from me, and I’m ever so grateful for friends and family who graciously accept my “happy everything” with no cards attached.
— Lynn
Note: A Greater Phoenix Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce “Festival of Trees” fundraiser taking place Saturday, Dec. 8 at the Renaissance Hotel Downtown Phoenix benefits PSA Art Awakenings. Click here for details on all the festivities.
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