Kuki Hargrave, born in 1949, is an award-winning Arizona artist living in Prescott, Arizona, United States of America. Her paintings and prints are in galleries, museums, private collections and publications nationwide. She is the 1st cousin 3x removed of Fiorello H. LaGuardia, who lived in Prescott 1882-89. She is the niece of actor and musician Ron Hargrave, icon of 1950's music.

     Creative from an early age, Kuki began showing her original oils and watercolors in art galleries and shows in California when she was 15 years old. Her family supported and encouraged her artistic endeavors. ​

     Kuki attended Orange Coast College and the University of California, Irvine in Southern California, where she studied Art and History. An avid Western history buff and reenactor, Kuki and a companion packed up on two burros and in 1983 completed a 2000+ mile walking journey from Big Bear, California to Trout Lake, Washington. Dressed in handmade buckskins and carrying black powder guns, tipi, and accessories from the 1820 Fur Trade Era, the artist traveled the highways and backcountry of California, Oregon and Washington State. The trip provided research and inspiration for numerous paintings exhibited and sold in the Columbia River Gorge Region. In 1993, she released “Wagons at South Pass,” a limited-edition print celebrating the Oregon Trail Sesquicentennial Event.     

       An Arizona resident for 30 years, Kuki and her husband Tom moved to Prescott in 2010.

The pair are members of Old West Reenactors groups in town, and enjoy owning and driving vintage automobiles. A favorite is their 1903 Curved Dash Oldsmobile, the same model as the first horseless carriage driven into Prescott in 1903.

       Kuki is an active artist, with a national and local following, and hometown shows at the Mountain Artists Guild Gallery, Suze's Prescott Center for the Arts, ‘Tis Gallery, the Ian Russell Gallery on Whiskey Row, The Phippen Museum of Western Art, Prescott, and the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona. She also runs an online art gallery on Etsy, where collectors will find everything from original wall art to antique photographs and historical documents. ​

     In 2019, her work “Fab Town” appeared on the cover of Prescott Living Magazine. In 2020, the City of Prescott purchased her work “Homeward Bound” which was presented to the hotel owners during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the new Hilton Garden Inn in Prescott.​

    

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                                        Ongoing Community Sponsorships

                             PRESCOTT COMMUNITY FUNRAISING EVENTS

 

                      Yavapai CASA for Kids Foundation Annual Masquerade Gala

                                        Sept. 18th 2021, Hassayampa Inn, Prescott

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                             Prescott Western Heritage Foundation Annual Banquet

                                                             November 6th 2021

                                              Silent and Live Auctions- Art Donations

                                      Prescott Resort and Conference Center, Prescott​

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                                      Prescott Western Heritage Foundation CASINO NIGHT

                                                   June 2022, Elks Theater, Prescott

                                                                    Art Donation

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                                           Granite Creek Trail Mural Project 2023

                                                                Cash SPONSOR

                                                               Species: Bald Eagle

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                                      Elks Theater Performing Arts Center (ETPAC)

                                                       SPONSOR-- Art Donation

                                             Elks Opera House Guild High Tea 2023

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        Prescott Western Heritage Foundation DOC HOLLIDAY Plaque Installation 2024

                                                       SPONSOR-- Art Donation

                                                August 14th, 2024, Hassayampa Inn

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​                                  EMPTY BOWLS Project of Prescott, Arizona - 2024

                                            SPONSOR-- Art Donation - Silent Auction

                                               September 8th, 2024, Courthouse Plaza

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                                               'TIS GALLERY - ART SWOOP 2024

                      To Benefit the ‘Tis Annex FREE Art Education Classes for Children.

                                                    SPONSOR-- Art Donation - Swoop

                                    September 21, 20204, 3rd Floor 'Tis Building, Prescott

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