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Tucson Desert Art Museum - EFFIE! Plein Air Pioneer

Jan 11 to Apr 28, 2019

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Tucson Desert Art Museum 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson (entry off of Sabino Canyon Road)

Exhibit entrance graphic with Effie's story - smaller frame is Proclamation honoring Effie's 150th birthday anniversary exhibits by the Cochise Co. Board of Supervisors.

LEFT - "View from the Head of Bright Angel Trail", Grand Canyon, 1929 - On loan from the family of Dr. Thomas Crouch, Douglas AZ RIGHT - "Looking East from Yavapai Point", Grand Canyon, 1928 - On loan from Midge & Dave Grieshop, Sierra Vist

UPPER - "Autumn" (Cochise Stronghold with Sycamores), 1930 - On loan from E.A. Smith Archive, Cotati CA LOWER - Desert and Mountain View of Northern Cochise County, 1926 - On loan from Susan & Brian Bickel, Tucson AZ * Effie Anderson S

BOTH WORKS - "Desert Candles of Our Lord" Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise Co., AZ LEFT - 1938 - On loan from E.A. Smith Archive, Cotati CA RIGHT - 1936 - On loan from Midge & Dave Grieshop, Sierra Vista AZ * Effie Anderson Smith

LEFT - "High Lonesome Road", 1935 - On loan from E.A. Smith Archive, Cotati CA RIGHT - Douglas Smelters, 1931 - On loan from Douglas Historical Society, Douglas AZ * Effie Anderson Smith (1869-1955) *

UPPER LEFT - "Looking Across the Coronado Trail from Stargo, near Morenci, Mogollom in Distance", 1942 - On loan from the family of George & Rachel Stephens, Douglas AZ LOWER LEFT - Mountain & Valley View, 1943 - On loan from E.A. Smith

FAR LEFT - Cactus in Bloom w/ Mesquite, 1942 - On loan from Cindy Hayostek, Douglas AZ FAR RIGHT - Yucca & Valley View, c. 1940 - On loan from Cindy Hayostek, Douglas AZ UPPER CENTER - "The Desert Candles of Our Lord", 1944 - On loan f

LEFT - "Desert Candles of Our Lord", 1944 - On Loan from E.A. Smith Archive, Cotati CA CENTER - "Early Morning Lights on Old Cochise Stronghold - Yucca (The Desert Candles of Our Lord) in Bloom", 1947 - On loan from Steve Snorgrass, Phoenix

"Afterglow on the Sierra", 1948 - On loan from Midge & Dave Grieshop, Sierra Vista AZ * Effie Anderson Smith (1869-1955) *

LOWER LEFT - Lake (River) and Mountain Scene - Arkansas, 1884 - signed... Effie Anderson, Age 15, July 1884. - On loan from E.A. Smith Archive, Cotati CA LOWER RIGHT - "Rain Over Pearce" (The Rain Storm), Undated - On loan from Douglas Hist

Grand Canyon View (from the Head of Bright Angel Trail), 1928-35 - On loan from E.A. Smith Archive, Cotati CA * Effie Anderson Smith (1869-1955) *

Continuous Slide Show on Effie's Life with several photos, newspaper clippings, exhibit invitations and reviews, as well as Smith family silver. (see next image)

Tea & Coffee service from Parmelee-Dohrman Co, Los Angeles CA - c. 1915 Christening Cup for Janet Annadel Smith, Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia PA - 1906 Tea Caddy from E.G. Webster & Son, Brooklyn NY - c. 1915 - On loan from E.

UPPER LEFT - Desert and Mountain Scene, c. 1925 - On loan from Jerry & Cindy Sims, Fallbrook CA LOWER LEFT - Mountain Scene (Cochise Stronghold, from the West side of Dragoon Mountains), 1925 - On loan from Jerry & Cindy Sims, Fallbrook C

UPPER LEFT - Yucca and Valley Scene, 1924 - On loan from Steve Snorgrass, Phoenix UPPER RIGHT - Yucca and Mountain Scene, circa 1930 - On loan from Steve Snorgrass, Phoenix LOWER CENTER - "Arizona Landscape", circa 1930 - On loan from Janis K

LEFT - "The Old Yucca", 1930 - On loan from Steven Snorgrass, Phoenix RIGHT - "Grass Grown Plains (Cow Country), 1930 - On loan from Candace Snorgrass, Paradise Valley AZ * Effie Anderson Smith (1869-1955) *

UPPER LEFT - "Apache Pass - Old Santa Fe Trail", 1932 - On loan from Brian & Susan Ballard, Pearce AZ LOWER LEFT - Chiricahua Mountains, 1936 - On loan from E.A. Smith Archive, Cotati CA UPPER RIGHT - Desert and Mountain Scene - Sulph

LEFT - Cochise Stronghold - Sunrise, 1932 - On loan from E.A. Smith Archive, Cotati CA RIGHT - Grand Canyon View (Looking East from Yavapai Point), 1931 - On loan from George Monthan, Tucson * Effie Anderson Smith (1869-1955) *

UPPER LEFT - Cave Creek Canyon in Chiricahua Mountains from Rustler's Park with Cabin, 1943 - On loan from the Douglas Historical Society, Douglas AZ LOWER LEFT - San Francisco Peaks (near Flagstaff, AZ), 1932 - On loan from the family of Dr. Tho

LEFT - Desert Scene with Yucca in Bloom, 1947 - On loan from Cochise College, Douglas AZ RIGHT - "The Lilies of the Field", 1947 - On loan from Cochise College, Douglas AZ * Effie Anderson Smith (1869-1955) *

View of Leslie Canyon near Douglas, Arizona, 1947 - On loan from Douglas Historical Society, Douglas AZ * Effie Anderson Smith (1869-1955) *

Visitors to the Effie exhibit

Exhibit - Take home items

Chaco Room entry

Effie exhibit - Chaco Room view # 1

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Effie exhibit - Chaco Room view # 5

Effie! OPENING RECEPTION - Jan 12, 2019 - 2-4 pm - Proclamation honoring Cochise County pioneer artist Effie Anderson Smith on the occasion of her 150th birthday, presented and read by Cochise County Board of Supervisors Chair Peggy Judd of Willcox

Steven Carlson mentioning Effie Anderson Smith's life story in Issue #17 of Borderland Chronicles, by Cindy Hayostek - available online at www.BorderlandChronicles.com

Effie! OPENING RECEPTION - Jan 12, 2019 - 2-4 pm

Effie! OPENING RECEPTION - Jan 12, 2019 - 2-4 pm

Effie! OPENING RECEPTION - Jan 12, 2019 - 2-4 pm

Effie! OPENING RECEPTION - Jan 12, 2019 - 2-4 pm

Effie! OPENING RECEPTION - Jan 12, 2019 - 2-4 pm

Steven Carlson, at the desk in the Chaco Room at Tucson Desert Art Museum on opening day of the EFFE! exhibit - Friday, January 11th, 2019

April 28, 2019 - our EFFIE ! exhibit begins to come down. And some of it goes on to Douglas where it will be on view through November 2019.

Gone! See you in Douglas, Arizona at the Douglas Historical Society, 1001 D Ave. May 17 - November 17, 2019. Thanks to the staff of the Tucson Desert Art Museum for all their kindness and promotion in presenting Effie's first major exhibit in T

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