Yuma Art Symposium Featured artist: Deb Stoner
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of stories profiling 10 artists whose work will appear in the 39th annual Yuma Art Symposium, scheduled Feb. 22-24.
Alongtime supporter of the Yuma Art Symposium, Deb Stoner is a fine art photographer with deep roots in craft.
Current projects include making large scale color photographs in her “Flora” series, and black and white compositions in a “Channeling Karl Blossfeldt” series. Her work in photography involves growing plants, collecting insects and choreographing the still life image.
She holds a master of fine arts degree in applied design from San Diego State University, a bachelor’s in geology from the University of California at Davis, and has spent decades teaching at Oregon College of Art and Craft.
She is known for her work in designing and making eyewear from a jeweler’s point of view, for developing new ideas in eyewear for the fashion industry, and for teaching those ideas in workshops at craft centers worldwide.
This year’s symposium brings together nationally and internationally known artists working in metals, clay, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture and photography.
Some events in the Yuma Art Symposium are free and open to the public. Open events on Feb. 22 are a Pre-Symposium featuring visiting artists, beginning at 9:25 a.m. in the Art Building at Arizona Western College’s Yuma campus, an art pin exchange from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Lutes Casino, 221 S. Main St., and opening introductions for the symposium from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Historic Yuma Theatre, 254 S. Main St.
Open events on Feb. 23 include a student art show and art pin auction from 5 to 8 p.m. at Yuma Art Center galleries, 254 S. Main St.
Attendance at other symposium events are by registration only. Registrations fees are $175 or $90 for students.
For more information, visit www.yumasymposium.org, or contact Neely Tompkins, 928782-1934 or neelyandgeorge@ gmail.com.