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WELCOME to PaperWorks 2026 - 2027 Season
Celebrating art and community.
Making and sharing. Learning and teaching.
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Makers of art, of beauty.
How, can we be contained,
Except within the endless
bounds of imagination
and the ability of our own hands.
To make work.
Why do we question. Except
to answer. In some new way,
known only to us. In the moments
When we discover and serve
some higher purpose.
Knowing, no limits.
How are we to make sense
of a world, Gone wild and
Without hope. Except to follow
the wanderings of our own heart
into the unfamiliar Places
we must go, in order to see,
and show the way.
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We are what becomes
A daring idea. the willingness
to move beyond the boundaries
of what Exists. Into the mystery
of the unknown.
Not because it is safe or easy.
But because we are curious
and brave.
We are the tribe of Artists
And Poets. Playing with words.
With Images. Making Art and Beauty.
Shaping form. Shaping thought.
We Bring forth What lies wanting
Deep within.
-Vera Gates
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SEPT
25 Registration ends, Mark Making to Meaning workshop [Oct 2]
OCT
1 PW Meeting, Speaker: Sue Connor
1 Summer Postcard Display and Slide Show by Sue Agnew
1 Registration begins online 3PM, Terence Leach - Four Brush Paper Relationship [NOV 13]
1 Registration online 3PM for Tucson Museum of Art Field Trip [NOV 12]
1 Fall Member’s Challenge Sign up sheets at PW meeting
1 Quiet Pursuits exhibit, gallery open 8AM - 5PM daily, thru OCT 29
2 Sue Conner workshop, Mark Making to Meaning, 10AM-4PM
29 Last day of Quiet Pursuits exhibit
30 Pick up artwork from Quiet Pursuits exhibit at PCC gallery, 11-2PM
NOV
3 PW Meeting, Speaker Rina Yoon
3 Members’ Challenge Display of artwork, (time?)
5 Registration online 3PM for Emiland Kray, Book As ShapeShifter workshop [DEC 13]
5 Registration online 3PM for Maria Lee: Reinventing Print Process wkshop [JAN 8 &15]
6 Registration ends, Tucson Museum of Art Field trip [NOV 12]
10 Registration ends, Terence Leach workshop
12 Field Trip to Tucson Museum of Art,10-11:30AM
13 Terence Leach Workshop, 10AM-4PM
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Gather with us to Learn, Explore, Share and Grow
Thurs, OCT 1 - Members Meeting
Open to the Public - In Person only
St Francis in the Foothills Church, CELEBRATION ROOM
4625 E River Rd, NW Corner of River and Swan
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9:30 - 10AM: Check-in, informal chat
10 - 10:45AM: Welcome, Announcements
Sue Agnew Postcard Slide Show presentation
11AM - 12PM: SPEAKER: Sue Connor
An Artist Journey – Searching for Balance and Meaning
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SUE CONNER - SPEAKER
An Artist Journey – Searching for Balance and Meaning
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Join Sue Conner as she shares an artist’s journey shaped by creativity, nature, and a lifelong search for balance and meaning.
Through images, stories, and personal reflections, she will explore how curiosity, experimentation, and embracing imperfection have shaped her work and artistic voice. This presentation offers encouragement for anyone seeking to live more creatively, mindfully, and authentically.
Drawing from personal experiences, memories, and a lifelong connection to nature, her work explores themes of place, belonging, and the stories that shape us. Through layering, stitching, and mixed-media processes, she creates visual narratives that invite reflection and foster a deeper awareness of the interconnectedness of all things.
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SUE AGNEW:
Summer Postcard
Slide Show
Postcards created for the Summer Postcard Exchange will be featured in a slideshow at the OCT 1 meeting. The cards themselves will be displayed on tables at the meeting. Postcard exchange participants, please bring the postcards you received to the meeting to display on the tables. Look for the cards you made and sign them, and see if you can find the secret pals who sent cards to you! Please remember to pick up your cards before you leave the meeting! If you didn’t participate, be sure to check out all the tiny works of art!
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PAPERWORKS FALL FIELD TRIP
Tucson Museum of Art
NOV 12 | 10 - 11:30AM | Meet in Lobby
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Tucson Museum of Art
140 N Main Ave, Tucson
WEB: www.tucsonmuseumofart.org
Parking: El Presidio Parking Garage
160 W Alameda St
MAP Download
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Online Registration Begins
OCT 1, 3PM
Closes NOV 6
Members Only
Limit: 16, with a wait list
$15 participant or $12 Senior
paid to museum on day of field trip
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The Fall field trip for Paperworks members will be a tour at the Tucson Museum of Art. From it’s roots in 1924, the museum continues its mission “to connect art to life through meaningful and engaging experiences that inspire discovery, spark creativity, and promote cultural understanding.”
Our tour will be led by PW member and museum docent Miriam Otte, and will last
1-1.5 hours. For those interested in enjoying lunch together after the tour, we will adjourn to Cafe a La C’Art, the restaurant just a few steps from the museum.
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FALL MEMBERS' CHALLENGE
Theme: MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD BOOK WAS....
Sign-up Sheet on Info Table at OCT 1 Meeting
Bring your work to Display at NOV 3 Meeting
Did your favorite childhood book take you on an adventure or introduce you to new and amazing animals? Did the book invite you into the lives of other kids and their families? Maybe fantasy and fairy tales spring to mind. Whatever memories come rushing back, take them and create a work of art. You may include the author/title of the book if you wish. There are no size restrictions but keep in mind that there are limits on the tables we have to display the entries. Art work can be any medium, 2D or 3D.
Please do not put your name on your piece
as the membership will be voting on 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards.
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NEW! 2027 MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS START NOW
Your membership sustains PaperWorks as a thriving, creative community.
Paperworks now has just one category of membership dues:
$50 per person for either New or Renewing.
Anyone who already joined over the summer,
and continuing through the end of DEC,
is granted membership through the end of 2027.
NOTE: The Membership Directory will be updated each month
rather than annually as in the past.
Please join-renew now and consider making a donation
to the Scholarship Fund at the same time.
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WEB: www.sueconnerartist.com
IG: @sueconnerartist
FB: @sueconnerartist
Sue Conner is a mixed media artist who combines encaustic, handmade papers, found objects, and photography. Through layered surfaces, she creates art that invites reflection, offering a quiet space to find meaning, solace, and connection.
Contact: education@paperworks.info
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WORKSHOP
SUE CONNER
Mark Making to Meaning
Creating a Personal Narrative Through Visual Language
OCT 2 | 10AM - 4PM
Members only
In person
Tucson Pastel Society
2447 N Los Altos Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85705
$120 | Limit: 15
Online Registration LINK
Ends: SEPT 25
Participants will create art that communicates a personal narrative beginning with an exploration of their own "language" of symbols, lines, shapes, and colors. They will craft their own handmade brushes and stamps, experimenting with expressive mark-making, creating a series of collage papers.
These papers, along with personal photographs, found objects and ephemera, will then be used to construct a unique composition that becomes a visual story, capturing memories, emotions, and identity.
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ONLINE Registration only
Begins: Thur, OCT 1, 3PM
Ends: NOV 10
in person
LOCATION: TBA
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NEW! WORKSHOP
TERENCE LEACH
The Four Brush Paper Relationship
Fri, NOV 13, 10AM - 4PM
10 participants, max 15
$50 Members only
Class level: All are welcome
Learn the four brush/paper relationships and the timing associated with them. These relationships govern how water and pigment move between the brush and paper in watercolor. They are affected by time. How long it takes for the water to dry or how thick the paint is on the brush controls the final color.
Review values and make a quick value chart. Practice this timing after reviewing values. Participants will paint-along using at least 3 of the brush/paper relationships.
Supply List LINK
Contact: education@paperworks.info
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NEW WORKSHOPS
COMING SOON
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EMILAND KRAY
Book As ShapeShifter (above)
SUN, DEC 13
2-6PM
in person
Members Only
ONLINE Registration only
Begins: Thurs, NOV 5, 3PM
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MARIA LEE
Making Meaning:
Reinventing the print process -
all without a press (below)
2 Day workshop
FRI, JAN 8 & 15, 2027
10AM-4PM
in person
Members Only
ONLINE Registration only
Begins: Thurs, NOV 5, 3PM
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QUIET PURSUITS Exhibit
Pima Community College
West Campus, 2202 W Anklam Rd
Visual Arts Gallery, Bldg A, 2nd Floor
Through OCT 29
open 9AM - 5PM daily
OCT 29 Last day of exhibition
OCT 30 Pick up artwork at gallery,
11AM-2PM
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COMING SOON
UNBOUND
A PaperWorks Members Exhibit at the Steinfeld Gallery
FEB 6 - MAR 18, 2027
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THEME: Unbound invites artists to wander without limits. To be unbound is to be unfettered: free of the constraints of convention, expectation and the familiar. It is the moment an idea slips its tether and moves into territory yet unexplored.
The exhibition follows the imagination wherever it goes. It may arrive as a new medium, an unexpected method, or a question finally asked. It may be the setting aside of a habit of style or subject that has quietly held your work in place. Whether your work breaks a boundary or dissolves one, freedom lies in seeking new expressions once ideas are unbound.
More info to come in NOV Enews
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HELP NEEDED
The Programs Committee is seeking a Co-Chair to assist Nancy Scott Patton in scheduling speakers for each monthly meeting (Sept to May). The Co-Chair will work with Nancy to identify a list of prospective speakers. They may assist in contacting potential speakers, scheduling meeting dates, and corresponding with speakers.
Please contact Nancy for more details.
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Our PaperWorks website Home page LINK
is a quick reference for current events and announcements.
It also links to our current Monthly Enews
Look for the Blue "Enews" button.
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JOIN PAPERWORKS
Since 2001 PaperWorks has thrived as an organization because of your membership and continuing support.
YOU make a difference.
Join or Renew HERE
Returning members, if your contact info has changed (phone, email, address) please notify the Membership chair.
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So many benefits, including invaluable and enduring friendships. Need more reasons to join or renew?
A message from our Founder
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BOOK AND PAPER ARTS CALENDAR
Check out Book & Paper Arts Calendar organized by PW member Jade Quek. It an extensive list of events and classes offered in the west, across the country and beyond. Subscribe to the monthly newsletter that supplements the calendar, e-mail Jade Quek.
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E-NEWS SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: 10th of each month before the next month's e-publication
Example: Sept 10th for Oct 1st enews
Full enews: SEPT - MAY emailed: by the 1st of the month
Summer Shorts enews: emailed in JUN and AUG only
Please include the following:
- Who, What, When, and Where
- Website addresses/links (yours & theirs)
- and of course, we all love PHOTOS!
PHOTOS: Jpegs only, no larger than 1 MB
Send your information to PW enews
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SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS
Our local art resources, Arizona Art Supply, Posner’s and Sarnoff have offered discounts to PaperWorks members, promoted our exhibits and supported our activities in a variety of ways. Act with your wallet.
Buy local and let them know we appreciate them.
| | PaperWorks MEMBERS! Receive discounts at these local art supply stores! Sarnoff, Arizona Art Supply, and Posner's. Just mention that you're a PaperWorks member! | | | |
About Us
PaperWorks, the Sonoran Collective for paper and book artists provides educational and creative opportunities for all who work with and on paper, and promotes the appreciation and enjoyment of the paper and book arts through regular and special events.
PaperWorks is based in Tucson, Arizona.
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