Annual Show and Sale Features Artwork from 20 Renowned Landscape Painters For the last 12 years we’ve celebrated the legacy of art in Zion National Park with an annual fall event. This year, due to the pandemic and the fact that the facilities where we traditionally host our annual show are still closed, we are …
Before dawn on a crisp November morning artist Roland Lee climbs in his camper truck and drives to a special place he’s already scoped out in Zion National Park. On this day he’s not alone as two other artists soon arrive and hurriedly set up their outdoor painting easels. From a lofty perch at the …
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Twenty-four award winning artists providing in-park demonstrations, interactive wet-paint exhibits and special receptions with proceeds benefitting Zion’s education programs – connecting thousands of children to the Zion experience every year. SPRINGDALE, UT – It has been remarked that it takes an acre of canvas to get one good painting. That every painting is about …
Call-for-Artists for 10th Annual Zion Plein Air Art Invitational Zion National Park and the Zion Forever Project are seeking artist applications for the 10th Annual Zion Plein Air Art Invitational, November 5-11, 2018. The week-long event features 24 of the country’s most accomplished landscape painters, working in one of the most spectacular settings in the …
The 2017 Zion Plein Air Art Invitational was a huge success, allowing the Forever Project to make a very significant contribution to fund youth and education programs in Zion National Park. Thank you to all of the artists, volunteers, patrons, guests, employees, mother nature, and everyone else who played a role in making it such …
Now Available for Purchase The paintings below are by 24 of the top landscape painters in the country. These artists have been invited to participate in the 2017 Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational during the week of November 6-12. As a preliminary feature of this event, each artist submitted two studio paintings of national …
The Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational, November 6-12, 2017 By Lyman Hafen, Executive Director For hundreds of years people have been trying to communicate what Zion Canyon means to them with symbols on rock, words on paper, and images on canvas. The early explorers and scientists did a remarkable job of recording in prose …
Schedule of Plein Air Events | 2016 Invited Artists | Studio Painting Exhibit & Sale John Cogan, in awe of the beauty of creation, strives to capture it’s beauty on canvas. He paints the landscapes and wildlife of the American West in a unique style that has become known throughout the United States and the …
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Schedule of Plein Air Events | 2016 Invited Artists | Featured Artist: John Cogan By Lyman Hafen, Executive Director Every day multitudes of people see Zion National Park for the first time. Their heads tilt reverently back and their gleaming eyes trace the towers of Kayenta and Navajo sandstone from the Virgin River’s edge up …
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Schedule of Plein Air Events | 2016 Studio Paintings Exhibit | Featured Artist: John Cogan The Zion National Park Plein Air selection committee has announced the artists who will participate in the 2016 Zion National Park “Centennial Edition” Plein Air Art Invitational. Twenty-four selected artists will paint approximately 300 pieces in preparation for the public …