Officers of the Board of Directors
Elizabeth (Liz) Horning, President
& Building Committee Member
Ms. Horning started out living and working in the North East and began her career in art as a teacher, setting up and implementing art programs in the elementary schools of Franklin, New Hampshire, until 1973 when she moved to Arizona where she lives and paints today. She has been able to use her artistic talent in numerous interconnected ways subsequent to her move: as an illustrator, as a commercial artist, as an art director of a commercial enterprise, as a designer, and of course as a creator of fine art. If you love the splendor of flowers and the glories of the pageant of life, you will cherish the paintings of Elizabeth Horning, for she possesses a rare ability to communicate the joy she receives from flowers in her favorite medium-oils. Ms. Horning’s works can be found in galleries from Vancouver to San Diego and from Honolulu to New York, as well as in many corporate and private collections. Website: www.leslielevy.com. Phone: 520.803.7157. Email: lhorningfa@q.com.com
Vice President, Elizabeth Line
Members Program Director, Gallery Curator &
Art in the Park Food Court Chairperson
Elizabeth Line became a full-time resident of Sierra Vista when her husband James retired at the end of December, 2009. They moved to Sierra Vista from South Dakota. Prior to June, 2007, they lived in Colorado where in 1987 Elizabeth launched her art career.
She considers herself a watercolorist, creating paintings by using layers of paint toachieve color and value. Many of her paintings are of every day things from her surroundings. Generally her compositions are visually placed onto the paper then with her brush she begins placing shapes in the foreground or background. Her work has been accepted into juried shows and other exhibits, winning numerous awards including the Huachuca Art Association’s 2009 Open Show where she was awarded Best of Show for her painting Afternoon Shadows. In 2005 she
started doing miniature paintings to enter a specific show in Golden, Colorado and continues to paint several of these challenging small works, each year. From the
beginning and to this day Elizabeth finds art to be a rewarding part of her life. She haswork in several private collections. Phone: 520.803.o195 Email: Elizabethjline@aol.com
Edie Manion, Secretary, Art Gallery Director
& Assistant Art in the Park Chairperson
Edie grew up in Bergen County, New Jersey, and moved to Broomfield CO. When it was time to move out of the snow, the logical place was Sierra Vista. Edie left the banks and municipal offices well deco-rated with her paintings after 30 years. She has been drawing and painting all of her life and is mainly self-taught, with many wonderful teachers and workshops along the way. Beauty, color and design motivate her. She finds still life a favorite subject, and to her, a portrait is a still life with a person in it. Although she taught oil painting and composition to adults for 12 years, Edie‘s main medium is pastel. Edie has served HAA in several capacities over the years and is still a mainstay of the Association. Currently Edie is on the building committee, handles the info booth at the Art in the Park, and sits on the Sierra Vista Arts and Humanities Commission. Website: www.huachuca-art.com. Phone: 520.803.1262. Email: edieartist@cox.net.
Sue Ziegler
Treasurer/Bookkeeper, Board of Directors
Phone: 520.803.0087. Email: sziegler@powerc.net.
Members of the Board of Directors
Pat Anderson, Board Member
Gallery Curator
Claudia Apperson, Board Member
Gallery Curator
Trilby Arnold, Board Member
Trilby’s love of art has been life-long. But it was in Santa Barbara, California she accomplished sales, commissions and awards for a number of years then, as happens to many artists, life took its turns and art was put on the shelf as I pursued a successful career in psychology. Semi-retired now, Trilby has returned to the art she loves with pastels. Lately her attention is on the much over looked medium of scratch board engraving. She is exploring many different subjects, however, nature and wildlife subjects remain her mainstay. Workshops and classes with masters in their mediums continue to be her education and development as an artist. Trilby contributes to the education of others through the workshops she teaches several times a year. Currently, Trilby is on the HAA board as a member of the building committee and the members tent at the Art in the Park. Website: www.trilbyarnold.com. Phone: 366.5767. Email: arnotr59@aol.com.
Sherry Harig, Board Member
Children’s Art Class Director
& Building Committee Member
Sherry Harig is a new member of the HAA and has brought her talent and experience to the gallery as director and instructor for children and adults. Her background as an artist in residence for several states and artist in schools for several counties has given her the expertise in art lessons for students of all ages. She has taught groups of students in public schools, special needs classes, juvenile detention and county jails. Murals were her main program offered to communities and public buildings, working with teams of inner city youth and state prison inmates. Along the way Harig has developed a teaching style with students of all levels of capability. She is an accomplished muralist and has completed over 200 major mural projects in three states with major funding provided by the State Arts Councils of Nebraska, Oklahoma and California, United Way, YMCA, U.S. Department of the Army, parent’s clubs and groups of private citizens and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2009, Harig placed more than 3,574 images of students on Artsonia website and her school, “Winnemucca Art Room” and was designated as # 1 Art School in Nevada. Her work here in the Sierra Vista area has included not only the classes at the HAA art gallery, but Cochise College Summer Art Camp and the mural project for the new animal shelter water tank. Currently, Sherry is teaching art classes at the Gallery, and volunteering as the HAA Art Gallery. Her work with the HAA board is on the building committee and upgrading the HAA presence on the internet. Website: www.sherryharigartroom.com. Blog: www.sheary-visualjourney.blogspot.com. FaceBook: www.facebook.com/sherry.harig. Twitter: www.twitter.com/sherryharig. Phone: 502.508.2448. Email: sherryharig@gmail.com.
Georgia McKellar, Board Member
Phyllis Gardner-Mitchell, Board Members
Gallery Curator
Angel Rutherford, Board Member
News & Photography
Angel was born in Germany to a Dynasty of Dancers and Actors and grew up behind the stages of the largest German speaking Theaters and Television sets. She studied Theater for 4 semesters in a famous acting school in Berlin. Angel saw the world at a young age, her camera always ready, she also lived in England, France, and the Canary Islands, Spain.
Angel came to America almost 30 years ago and lived several years in Alaska. She absolutely loved the Alaskan Wilderness, for her it was a photographer’s heaven. Here she also started to garden and to enjoy taking images of wildflowers and wildlife.
In 1996 the Rutherford’s moved to Sierra Vista. In 97 Angel became a Cochise County Master Gardener and a member of the SV Area Gardeners Club. Her qualification is in Desert and Water Gardening. She also has a monthly column in the “Herald” and teaches occasionally Pond building and maintenance classes at Cochise College. For several years she became the photographer for the Cochise Cowboy Poet and Music Gathering.