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NTL SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2025
Our Featured Artist: Desirée Maultsby is a Tucson-based process artist and founder of Sacred Circle Institute. Her work explores the beauty and complexity of becoming through grief, joy, memory, and change. At midlife, she paints to stay close to what’s real: the wisdom of the body, the healing power of color, and the quiet
She believes we don’t have to wait for clarity to begin—we can begin with the brush, with the breath, with the courage to mark what we feel.
The Drawing Studio is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, creative learning organization that brings art and the benefits of creating art to the entire community. The Drawing Studio offers affordable fee-based and free classes and workshops, hosts events and exhibits, and fosters awareness of the positive effects of creativity on individuals. The mission is to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to embrace art practice as a pathway to personal growth and a healthy community. PCOA and The Drawing Studio proudly partner to feature original work by older artists in Pima County in Never Too Late , celebrating and showcasing the creativity of older adults in our community. If you would like to see more of the artist’s work, or to begin an art practice of your own, call (520) 620-0947 or email anthony@thedrawingstudio.org.
voice of intuition. Her art is layered, emotional, and alive—emerging from a practice she calls “sacred noticing.” Each piece becomes a companion in her journey through aging and transforma- tion. A lifelong
Desirée Maultsby
educator and creative guide, Desirée holds space for women of color to reclaim creative expression as a source of healing, truth, and pleasure.
ON THE COVER: Interconnected , 11"x15" watercolor and permanent marker on watercolor paper
PCOA Board of Directors Estella R. Searcy, Chair Beth Smith, Vice Chair Ava S. Butler, Secretary Kristin Norstad, Treasurer Agnes C. Poore, RN, Immediate Past Chair
Karla Bennington Stella Mae Smith Carla Castaneda Fred Bossemeyer Denise Ochoa-Puchi PCOA President & CEO Robert Ojeda, Ph.D.
R. Wayne Wood, MD David Yarger
Allan Gordon, Advisory Council Chair Paula Chronister
Title III Programs Advisory Council Allan Gordon, Chair Wendy Ascher, Vice Chair Frederick R. Eisele
Piper Frithsen Kristin Norstad Christina Noz Mary Okoye Denise Taylor
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