Cattle Track Talks

Join us in the CattleTrack Gallery for a stimulating hour with creative and innovative members of our community.  Presenters/performers will share their expertise and engage in lively conversation with the audience.

TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH, 2025
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

CattleTrack Talks will feature

Multi-Disciplinary Artist
Joan Waters  

A Visual Journey: Exploring her Creative Process from its Roots in
Observation and Drawing through Painting, Ceramics and Welded Steel  

Along the way Joan will present works from exhibitions, public art projects, functional art for everyday use and private commissions. She finds that having a wide variety of tools and expressive materials available often leads to experimentation and freedom to explore beyond the accepted ‘right’ way to do things. “By cultivating a sense of ‘not knowing’ and accepting the necessity of failure, I feel continually challenged by cross-pollinating ideas and materials in my work,” Joan Waters.

Curated selections of Joan’s work will be on view at the presentation.

Originally from England, Joan earned her BFA at MICA, Maryland Institute, College of Art, where she studied painting, drawing, printmaking and African art. Joan moved to Phoenix in 1989 and developed a successful graphic design business with local and national clients. She re-committed to her fine art after having breast cancer and began working in welded steel. This led to public art projects for the Cities of Phoenix, Mesa and Chandler. Her work is in many private and public collections including the Phoenix Sheraton, Burton Barr Library, Northern Trust, Ryan House, Congregation Or Tzion and iLuminate on Roosevelt.

Joan completed the Desert Landscape Certification program at the Desert Botanical Garden with the goal of combining desert plants with her sculptural work. She works at her Tempe studio with her two sled dogs.

CattleTrack Arts and Preservation supports local artists, craftsmen, and students in our commitment to preserving Scottsdale’s unique cultural heritage. We look forward to seeing the CattleTrack family for this 2024-25 season of CattleTrack Talks.