Art - SCV Art League*
The Sun City Vistoso Art League consists of seven art groups organized under a single charter. *The groups are:
Colored Pencil*
The newest fine art media. Subject matter and technique are as varied as other artistic media. Club members increase skills by mutual sharing of ideas. Instructors and/or videos on occasion.
Fine Arts Studio*
Artists using various media meet weekly to create two dimensional art and share ideas. A voluntary critique period also provides the opportunity for members to offer suggestions and encouragement to each other.
Oil Painting (Merle's Paint Brush)*
"Art Made Easy" is a method of teaching oil painting to beginners
as well as advanced artists. The instructor,
who lives in Sun City, has many years experience
in teaching senior artists.
Palette Knife & Brush Club*
A qualified instructor gives classes for residents interested in painting with oils using either a palette knife or a brush. Emphasis is on the palette knife, but brush will be taught to those who use water-soluble oils.
Printmakers*
Club has its own etching and relief printing presses. Provides free instruction to members in woodblock, linocut, collagraph, monoprint, and etching. Some background in drawing or painting is helpful but not essential.
Sculpture*
Teaches sculpture and helps develop an understanding and appreciation of the art
Watercolor*
Fosters interest and increases skills in the art of watercolor painting. Various outside instructors, covering beginning to advanced watercolorists, teach classes.
Ceramics Club
Discover your artistic or creative ability. Learn to pour molds, fire clay, and finish your projects with interesting glazes or colorful paints. Completed items can be functional and/or decorative.
Clay Club
Promotes fun, interest, and knowledge in all aspects of clay: hand building, throwing on the wheel, decoration, and glazing.
Crafts - Show & Share
An informal group that meets in order to share craft ideas and to do many types of needlework and other crafts.
Embroidery - Swedish Embroidery Guild
Teaches the art of Swedish embroidery.
Garden Club
Men and women of the Garden Club enjoy informative lectures, tours, garden walks, and community beautification projects. Come and exchange ideas and knowledge about growing and maintaining plants in a desert environment with the experts and fellow residents.
Modelers' Club
Club members enjoy collecting, building, and operating radio controlled model airplanes, all model railroad gauges, boats, race cars, etc. Periodically there are workshops, field trips and invited speakers. http://www.suncity-vistoso.com/clubs/modelers
Photography - Vistoso Photo Club
Offers photographers educational and entertaining programs, competitions, workshops, and field trips. A multipurpose Photo Lab for digital photography is available, complete with essential equipment. http://www.suncity-vistoso.com/clubs/photoclub/
Photography - Photo Workshop
Offers photographers at all levels of proficiency the opportunity to learn or improve the technique and art of photography. Non-competitive monthly sessions are designed to promote sharing information on where and how to capture images and how to display them.http://www.suncity-vistoso.com/clubs/photoworkshop/
Quilters
The Quilters are part of the Thimblelenas. Their purpose is to interest newcomers in quilting, whether by hand or machine, and to offer projects taught by experienced quilters.
http://www.suncity-vistoso.com/clubs/thimblelenas/quilters.html
Sewing Club - Thimblelenas
The Sun City Vistoso Sewing Club, known as the Thimblelenas, consists of four groups organized under a single charter. These groups are open to all members. The Sewing Room is open to all members for personal and group sewing.
http://www.suncity-vistoso.com/clubs/thimblelenas/
Casa Amigas, sewing for the children of Casa De Los Ninos.
http://www.suncity-vistoso.com/clubs/thimblelenas/CasaAmigas.html
http://www.suncity-vistoso.com/clubs/thimblelenas/linus.html
The Pet Beds sewing group started in Sun City Vistoso in 2009. Since its inception, over 200 Pet Beds have been donated to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. The pet beds made by this group are used primarily for the cats and dogs residing at the Humane Society. Members of the club cut the donated cotton scraps into small pieces, which are then put into washable pillows.
http://www.suncity-vistoso.com/clubs/thimblelenas/PetBeds.html
Trauma Bears, making stuffed bears for children in crisis situations.
http://www.suncity-vistoso.com/clubs/thimblelenas/teddies.html
Seniors for Kids, sewing for children in hospitals and clinics
Quilters, see separate listing.
Silversmithing & Lapidary Club
Dedicated to the art of silversmithing and jewelry making. Beginner silversmithing classes are given three times a year. Members may be trained in lapidary stone cutting and may make use of the lapidary equipment in the shop.
Stained Glass
Four meetings per year in Feb., May, Aug., and Nov. Instructions are given in the Craft Complex, Lapidary Room two or three times a year. Equipment is available for the use of club members.
Tapestry Rug Hooking
Rugs and wall hangings are created using wool cloth cut into strips and hooked into a backing of cloth or burlap. The wool may be new, recycled, or dyed.
Wood Carvers
The club strives to provide a forum where people interested in wood carving may meet to increase their carving skills through discussion and instruction.
Gourd Art
Club members meet to enhance the art of gourd crafting.
Woodworking Club
The Wood Shop, at the Craft Complex, is open to all residents. New members must undergo a safety class or 10 hours of equipment training before being allowed to use the equipment. The goal is to stimulate interest in woodworking and to aid residents in all phases of the craft
http://www.suncity-vistoso.com/clubs/woodworkers/index.html