News release: A Grand Canyon Celebration of Art Grand Canyon National Park September 14, 2013 – January 20, 2014
April 17, 2013
The Grand Canyon Association and Arizona Public Service are pleased to announce the 5th Annual Grand Canyon Celebration of Art at Grand Canyon National Park. This event features twenty-six artists from around the country who have created a studio piece for the exhibition and will paint plein air during the week before the exhibit opens.
Visitors will have the opportunity to watch the artists paint as they seek to represent the shifting light and shadow, amazing land forms, and vibrant colors of this vast landscape. Artists will be at the North and South Rims and, for the again this year at Phantom Ranch and Indian Garden September 14-20.
Long before there was color photography, artists like Thomas Moran and Gunnar Widforss contributed to capturing the beauty and mystery of Grand Canyon through art. It was their paintings that helped communicate to the world the need for preservation of such a special place. In 2009, the Grand Canyon Association rejuvenated this idea and brought artists to the South Rim for a week of painting and appreciation of art in the canyon. Today, Celebration of Art exposes tens of thousands of people to live artist renderings at Grand Canyon. It has become the model for outdoor art events in National Parks.
Event Schedule
Plein Air at Grand Canyon
September 14 – 20, 2013
North and South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Quick Draw and Auction
Friday, September 20, 2013
9:00 am – noon
Buyer’s Preview and Reception
Friday, September 20, 2013
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Kolb Studio
Grand Opening Reception and Sale
Saturday , September 21, 2013
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Kolb Studio
Exhibit and Sale
September 21, 2013 – January 20, 2014
Kolb Studio
Exhibition & Sale at Kolb Studio from September 21, 2013 – January 20, 2013
Please visit our website for information and updates at http://www.grandcanyon.org/celebration.asp.
Proceeds from this event will support the goal of funding an art venue at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. This permanent home will ensure that future generations of park visitors will be able to view the stunning art collection in the Grand Canyon National Park Museum and Grand Canyon Association Collections.
2012 Grand Canyon Artists
Joshua Been
Elizabeth Black
Bill Cramer
John Cogan
M.L. Coleman
Robert Delegowski
Cody DeLong
Jake Gaedtke
Linda Glover Gooch
George Handrahan
David Haskell
Gregory Hull
Sam Jones
James McGrew
Larry Moore
Tim J. Morse
P.A. Nisbet
Glenn Renell
Dave Santillanes
Aaron Schuerr
Julia Sellos
Brian Stewart
Serena Supplee
Williamson Tapia
Rick Wheeler
Jim Wodark
This event is made possible by the generous support from our sponsors.
Zoroaster
Arizona Public Service
Brahma
Xanterra South Rim, LLC
Sally and Craig Clayton
Anonymous
Isis
BEST WESTERN PREMIER Grand Canyon Squire Inn
DNC Parks & Resorts at Grand Canyon
Juno
Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf-Astoria resort
Loven Contracting, Inc.
Picerne Fine Art Collection, Courtesy of Doreen, David and Danielle Picerne
Kolb Studio is located along the Rim Trail in Grand Canyon Village, 200 yards west of Bright Angel Lodge. For more information about Grand Canyon Association and its programs, go to www.grandcanyon.org.
Founded in 1932, the Grand Canyon Association (GCA) is the National Park Service’s official nonprofit partner raising private funds to benefit Grand Canyon National Park, operating retail shops and visitor centers within the park, and providing premier educational opportunities about the natural and cultural history of the region. GCA works to help preserve and protect Grand Canyon National Park by cultivating support, education and understanding of the park.