by Steven Carlson, Curator
The EFFIEgram Archive
If you’d like to take a break from the avalanche of aggressive 21st century political messaging that inundates our media and hand held devices at present, try spending a few minutes with Effie’s peaceful art from a century ago! And read about her life in art and in a very different political era in the early 20th century.
The EFFIEgram Archive is always available to you when you want that dose of history and your escape to an earlier time, filled with beautiful images of Effie’s desert paradise - her refuge from the sturm und drang (storm and stress) of contemporary life, be that her life, or ours!
Included in the EFFIEgram Archive on our Substack site is our latest issue entitled Effie and the Election of 1934. Try downloading the Substack App for easiest access to the latest or any past EFFIEgram.
Our Autumn 2024 Exhibit - Studio 917 in historic DOUGLAS
On our Effie Anderson Smith website - we’ve just announced more details about our Autumn 2024 Exhibit in Douglas, Arizona over Thanksgiving Weekend in the city where Effie made her home in the 1940s and operated an Art Studio at the Hotel Gadsden during the most productive and prolific period of her artistic life.
More details will be forthcoming - on other exhibits taking place at adjacent galleries and museums is Douglas that weekend, and a historic Walking Tour of spots key to Effie’s artistic life there.
Those of you who plan to Escape to Douglas and Vicinity for a great Thanksgiving Weekend (Nov. 29, 30, Dec 1) exploring Effie’s art, the amazing mining history at the fabulous Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum (Douglas is just 25 miles south of beautiful Bisbee - or an hour south of the stunning Wonderland of Rocks at Chiricahua National Monument) and other fun activities nearby like the stunning Douglas Historical Society in the classic craftsman style Douglas-Williams House Museum - will now find our exhibit dates and hours are now posted.
Friday, Nov. 29 - 4:00p to 8:00p
Saturday, Nov. 30 - 11:00a to 6:00p - Reception from 1:00-2:00p
Sunday, Dec. 1 - 11:00a to 4:00p
Our exhibit of 15 of Effie’s best works - including one recently re-discovered and not seen in Arizona in over 80 years - is hosted by our wonderful friends Allyson and Dale at their exquisite and contemporary Studio 917 Gallery, located at 917 G Avenue - just a block south of Effie’s beloved Hotel Gadsden.
We look forward to seeing you in historic DOUGLAS over Thanksgiving Weekend !!