Arizona's premier fine art & wine festivals in Carefree, Scottsdale, Surprise and Fountain Hills.
It is the mission of Thunderbird Artists to promote fine art and fine crafts, paralleled with the ambiance of unique wines and fine music, while supporting the artists, merchants and restaurateurs.
Thunderbird Artists was founded in 1981, by Judi Combs, CEO, and is still owned and operated by Judi. She began with small, local shows in Arizona (until March of 1992,) when she produced her first juried fine art festival in Scottsdale. The overwhelming success of Thunderbird Artists’ first festival led to additional festivals in Carefree, Sedona, Denver, Lake Tahoe, Tucson, Colorado and Scottsdale.
Over the past 30 years, Thunderbird Artists has produced over 289 fine art events, attracting millions of patrons who share in our love and appreciation for fine art. Thunderbird Artists isn’t a job to our family; it is a passion that plays a central part in all of our lives. Our goal is to provide an outstanding variety of mediums, subject matters, sizes and price ranges that satisfy the desires of each and every patron that strolls through one of our festivals. We want people attending to find something that appeals to their liking and to walk away with special memories of a first class event.
Our success has been primarily due to the consistent quality of fine arts and selected fine crafts juried for each event. Our festivals have developed a reputation as collector’s shows, due to the unwavering standards that are applied during our jury process. We have built our reputation on trust and consistency, with our patrons, artists and corporate partners alike. This has earned us an unprecedented level of credibility in our local business community and the art industry as a whole.
Thunderbird Artists Festivals are outdoors and three days in length. Each festival consists of sensational oil paintings on canvas, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, charcoals and mixed media. Other mediums include spectacular small, medium and life-size bronzes, luminous glass sculptures, small, medium and monumental sized metal creations and fabulous batiks. There is also hand thrown clay, Raku pottery and sculptures, traditional and color scratch board, hand woven baskets, inlaid wood turned bowls, unique and one of a kind jewelry, black & white or color photography, elegant stone, copper, clay and mixed media sculptures. Subject matters range from southwest and traditional to contemporary and abstract, figurative, floral, wildlife, European, African, Native American and much more!
In addition to the fabulous gathering of artists at each of our festivals, live musical entertainment can be heard throughout, including classical, jazz, Indian and reggae. Fantastic gourmet food and first class wines are a constant at all of our events. We produce Arizona’s three largest wine-tasting events, featuring wines from all parts of the world, including Germany, France, Italy, Chile, Australia and of course, Arizona.
Thunderbird Artists Mission is to promote fine arts and fine crafts, paralleled with the ambiance of unique wines and fine music, while supporting the artists, merchants and surrounding community.
