September 18-27, 2026

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  • Scott Geary & Wayne Geary: Slow Plein Air Painting (Three Day Workshop)

    Meet in Escalante Interagency Visitor Center Parking Lot 755 West Main Street, ESCALANTE, UT, United States

    Cost: $275 Maximum of 12 / Minimum 6 - Workshop for serious intermediate to advanced painters. Note: On the first day, September 14th at 10:00 am, we will meet in the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center parking lot for orientation. We will then caravan and carpool to our painting site. The workshop will run from 11:00 […]

  • Terry Chacon: Come Paint With Me (Two Day Workshop)

    Slot Canyons Inn 3680 Utah-12, Escalante, UT

    Oil painting workshop using a palette knife Cost: $250 Maximum of 12 / Minimum of 6 – All levels. A supply list will be provided before class. Note: The class will run from 8:30a till 5:00p each day, with a two hour break for lunch. Achieving luminous light and color with a palette knife is […]

  • Susan De’Armond: Watercolor Unleashed in Plein Air (2 Day Workshop)

    Slot Canyons Inn 3680 Utah-12, Escalante, UT

    Note: The class will run from 8:30a till 5:00p each day. Cost: $250 Maximum of 10 / Minimum of 6 – All levels. Watercolor is a great medium to capture the light of the desert Southwest. You can meet the challenge of watercolor by planning first. We will be painting various locations on the beautiful […]

  • Nita Harper: Plein Air (Two-Day Workshop)

    Slot Canyons Inn 3680 Utah-12, Escalante, UT

    Cost $250 Maximum of 12 / Minimum of 6 - Must have some experience. No beginners please. Note: The class will run from 8:30a till 5:00p each day, with a two hour lunch break; workshop resumes 1:30pm, followed by a critique session. For the workshop, participants will need the following: Nita Harper is an award […]

  • Deb Harwick: Group Painting Excursions

    Burr Trail / Long Canyon (spoiler - a very nice slot!) If you are new to the festival and looking to meet up with fellow artists, or you just enjoy painting with others, please join Deb Harwick on her daily excursions. You will travel as a group to each destination in your own vehicles (although car-pooling is […]

  • Lonny Granston: Saturday Morning Kickoff on Smokey Mountain Road

    Meet on Smokey Mountain Road 2 miles south of Rt. 12

    Cost: none! Minimum of 1 / Maximum of 100 / All ability levels  After stamping in, join us at the monument border about 2 miles south of town on Smokey Mountain Road (pavement/all weather, 2-wheel drive gravel) to paint the boulders and cliffs (and occasional cow) of the western end of the Kaiparowits Plateau (the […]

    $25
  • Grace Welker: Where I’m From- A Write Yourself Down Workshop

    Meet at Grand Staircase Escalante Partners Office 530 W Main Street, Escalante

    Just like visual art, writing offers an invitation to reflect on our relationship with the lands we inhabit, those we choose and the ones we are born onto. We are first shaped by the people and places that raise us, their sights, sounds, smells, and stories residing deep in our bones. In this afternoon workshop, […]

  • Deb Harwick: Group Painting Excursions

    Devil’s Garden – so worth it! (7:30 am – whenever you like!) If you are new to the festival and looking to meet up with fellow artists, or you just enjoy painting with others, please join Deb Harwick on her daily excursions. You will travel as a group to each destination in your own vehicles (although car-pooling […]

  • Wayne Geary: How to Look at a Landscape Painting

    Meet at Grand Staircase Escalante Partners Office 530 W Main Street, Escalante

    Cost: $35 Maximum 10 / Minimum 5 - All levels. Why is a landscape painting more than just a depiction of scenery? How does an artist create the illusion of 3-D space on a flat canvas? What makes a good landscape painting “work”? These are some of the questions we will be discussing in this […]

  • Deb Harwick: Group Painting Excursions

    Mossy Cave If you are new to the festival and looking to meet up with fellow artists, or you just enjoy painting with others, please join Deb Harwick on her daily excursions. You will travel as a group to each destination in your own vehicles (although car-pooling is encouraged where possible). At the destination, set up location and […]