AZ Art Weekly

Thunderbird Artists, producer of award-winning fine art and wine festivals, lines the banks of the Scottsdale Waterfront with the greatest selection of juried fine arts, delectable chocolates and musicians in the Southwest for the Waterfront Fine Art & Wine Festival.

Patrons love strolling throughout spectacular paintings, bronzes, glass, stone, copper, clay sculptures, photography and jewelry. The Scottsdale Waterfront is a superb backdrop, which adds romance to the event with reflections across the waters.

The Scottsdale Waterfront truly is the most sophisticated and stylish community in Old Town Scottsdale. The newest 1.1 million square foot development revitalization project of downtown has become the place to visit, be seen and shop. The waterfront has banks landscaped with festive palm trees, dramatic flowers, spectacular public art sculptures and fountains, plus open air courtyards that give the area a European flair. The Waterfront is located minutes away from 500 specialty shops, boutiques, over 75 contemporary, upscale restaurants and outdoor cafés, high-rise residential buildings and the Scottsdale Art District.

The event is located just south of Camelback Road along the Waterfront canal banks and is handicap accessible with free parking. Mark your calendars to ensure you don’t miss the Waterfront Fine Art Festival this February!

Thunderbird Artists is so excited for Dakota Pratt, known as a a visionary and innovative artist, to be the featured artist for the 14th Annual Waterfront Fine Art & Wine Festival. Dakota’s captivating creations, crafted from discarded bottlecaps, demonstrate exceptional technique, engineering, and style. His artistic journey begins with collecting bottlecaps from restaurateurs and bar owners who admire his work. He then transforms these discarded objects into intricate, fish-scale patterns, carefully arranging color and texture to create visually stunning pieces. This labor-intensive process involves flattening bottlecaps with a sledgehammer, nailing them onto meticulously crafted wooden forms, keeping in the mind the precise color details and shapes, and finally sealing the sculptures with epoxy for durability and water resistance.