Returning for another year of bringing art lovers and artists together in meaningful, impactful ways is the 36th annual Celebration of Fine Art. The 2026 edition boasts just under 100 artists featuring artworks across a range of mediums and styles. Visitors can expect to find everything from watercolor, oil, acrylic, encaustic and carved paintings, to Japanese paper, woven fiber, bronze, stone, clay, glass and steel sculpture—as well as jewelry, wood and copper works.
“The styles are as diverse as the mediums, spanning impressionism and abstract, covering subject matter like portraiture, wildlife, landscape, floral and Western art—and everything in between,” says co-owner and show director, Susan Morrow Potje. “It’s a rare opportunity to experience the full spectrum of fine art, all in one inspiring place.”
Gregory Sievers painting at Celebration of Fine Art.
Sculpture artist Laura Lee Stay talks to collectors at the 2025 Celebration of Fine Art.Potje continues, “We offer a welcoming and friendly environment where everyone from first-time buyers to seasoned art collectors feel seen and heard. There is an enduring sense of community that keeps collectors coming back year after year. It truly is a happy place filled with amazing works of art by extraordinary artists who are passionate about sharing their work and connecting with the visitors.”
Find artist Brit Hansen at this year’s showcase, presenting carved paint pieces like Agave.
“I am inspired by the beauty of nature in the Southwest,” she says. “The desert is a harsh environment with resilient plants and creatures thriving. Being a desert native, I see myself as something that thrives off this harsh landscape, and I can recognize how beautiful it really is. I carve my designs into layers of acrylic paint which gives my artwork depth and changes as the light crosses the carving.”
Laura Lee Stay Bradshaw, Caduceus, clay in process, 4½ ft. tall.
Artist Heidi Rosner offers two unique bodies of work—both in watercolor. “My inspiration comes from my love of the outdoors, particularly my time spent hiking far away from the chaos that sometimes fills my life,” the artist says. “My bright, bold color palette is used to capture and celebrate the amazing colors that are present in nature, frequently in the Sonoran Desert, yet I’m often inspired by my travels as well. My more monochromatic palette pieces titled The Serenity Collection, represent a more contemporary body of work. These compositions allow the viewer space to explore stillness, and find peace and calm. The interplay between shadow and light is a metaphor for the viewer to interpret as they wish.”
An example of Rosner’s vibrant color and Southwestern subject matter plays out in pieces like Agave Glow.
Heidi Rosner, Agave Glow, watercolor on canvas, 36 x 48 in.
For Jenny Welden, everything is interconnected. “My textiles are navigations; layered, frenetic and ventricular,” she adds. “Each tiny stitch is a paradox [that]pierces yet also strengthens. The work is a network of lived experience—a life cycle of connection: creation-destruction, loss and renewal, and personal sacrifice toward higher good. To stitch is to pierce, to draw together, to heal, to illuminate and to always begin again.” In Joseph, made of free motion stitchwork, torn silk, wool, acrylic glaze, mixed fibers on acetate and found fabrics, we find Welden’s vision brought together.
Brit Hansen, Agave, carved paint, 36 x 12 in.
Laura Lee Stay Bradshaw shares that sculptural works like Caduceus, is a constanct dance of losing and finding forms. “The journey unfolds through endless hours in the studio—learning when to push the concave, when to exaggerate the convex,” she says. “Shape becomes meaning; order emerges from chaos. The creative process is a language I’m always trying to speak—subtle, yet precise.” Caduceus, while currently in its clay form, will be cast in bronze to be displayed at Celebration of Fine Art.
Besides the many stimulating artworks, attendees can expect an exciting weekly program called the Art Discovery Series which takes place each Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Celebration Cafe. Weekly panel discussions include topics like the “Art of the Still Life” and “Wide Open Spaces,” featuring landscape artists. A full schedule of each series is available on the art fair website.
Pete Tillack, The Line, oil, 40 x 24 in.
Jenny Welden, Joesph, mixed media, 52 x 54 in.
Celebration of Fine Art is open to the public January 17 through March 29, and is located at the southwest corner of Hayden Road and Mayo Boulevard in Scottsdale, Arizona. —
36th Annual Celebration of Fine Art
When: January 17-March 29, 2026
Where: 7899 E. Mayo Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ 85255
Information: (480) 443-7695, www.celebrateart.com
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