Guest Artists
Guest Artists
January 11 – February 13: Mary Pivetti
January 15 – March 15: Millicent Meng
January 17 – February 26: Leyla Dzhaforova
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We are currently accepting monthly guest artists working in 3D, 2D or both.
Become a Guest ArtistTahoe City Guest Artist
Mary Pivetti
January 11 – February 11
About the Artist
Mary T. Pivetti is a watercolor artist based in Northern California. Her work focuses on light, atmosphere, and the natural flow of pigment, creating quiet, reflective paintings shaped by process rather than strict representation.
Kings Beach Guest Artist
Millicent Meng
January 15 – March 15
About the Artist
My work starts with time spent in observation of nature, architecture and human beings. I work in a meditative practice, visiting the same sites and situations repetitively, and appreciating impermanence. I look, and then look again, and make as many as a thousand source images every month. Those images are culled to keep only the most essential. My photographs influence my paintings, and my painting process informs my photography.
This Kings Beach show with North Tahoe Arts is so meaningful for me, because the opening date is on the anniversary of when I was hit by a drunk driver at Crystal Bay, fourteen years ago. I suffered a brain injury, and it took a long time to recover the level of creative thought needed for me to paint. I am happy to report my creative thought process has completely healed. I’m grateful to everyone at North Tahoe Arts for this show opportunity. Thank you!
Kings Beach Guest Artist
Leyla Dzhaforova
January 17 – February 16
About the Artist
My work is a devotional practice—an exploration of the Divine Feminine, archetypal memory, and the sensual poetry of nature. Rooted in oil painting and inspired by my background in fashion design from FIT New York, I bring together classical form and intuitive, soul-led storytelling. Each piece is a portal—an invitation to see the beauty, mystery, and power that lives within and around us.
I often depict goddess-like figures that resemble my own reflection, weaving personal myth with universal feminine archetypes. Birds and elements of the natural world appear as sacred messengers—guides that carry the energy of freedom, transformation, and grace.
My paintings aim to awaken remembrance: of softness, of strength, of the beauty that heals.
