Bruce Hucko: Look Where We Live! – Painting Landscape, Outside and In (Children’s Workshop)
Escalante Town Park - Hands on Art Tent North 100 West, Escalante, UT, United StatesCOST: $15 / Minimum 3, Maximum of 10, Ages 7 - 10 / All ability levels <!-- To RSVP, please sign up here. --> We each have 2 landscapes - the OUTSIDE one we see with our eyes and the INSIDE one we feel with our heart, soul - and color! In this workshop […]
Bruce Hucko: Personalizing Place: Growing from an Illustrator of Place to Expressing Home
Escalante High School AuditoriumThis 2-part, 45-minute presentation will be illustrated with many images of Hucko's photographic career, from "wannabe NPS photographer" to published photographer about places. The Canyons of the Escalante figure highly in his metamorphosis. Part 1 will conclude with Hucko talking about the "change in vision" that comes when you see all images you make as […]
Matt Burke
Escalante Town Park - Festival StageMatt Burke is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter whose soulful voice and powerful songwriting have earned him critical acclaim. His music draws from a wide range of influences, including 1970s’ outlaw country, 90’s contemporary country, and classic songwriters like Townes Van Zandt and John Prine. Since the fall of 2020, Burke has been releasing a steady stream […]
Mel Soul
Escalante Town Park - Festival StageCreated during the summer of 22’, Mel Soul and the Heartbeat provides the heart and soul to every performance. Notable performances include the Utah Arts Festival 2022. Opening for Robby Krieger during the Sundance Film Festival. Headliner for the Reggae Thursday for the State Room in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sample the music here.
John Hewitt
Escalante Town Park - Festival StageJohn Hewitt is a Canadian touring singer/songwriter whose songs are inspired by the great writers before him. Inspired by the likes of John Prine, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Tom Petty and Van Morrison, John’s stories and songs are melodic, poetic and sound like they’ve come from the era that inspired them. With four full length […]
Anna Vanmeter: Watching the Clouds
Escalante Town Park - Hands on Art Tent North 100 West, Escalante, UT, United StatesTo RSVP, please sign up here. We watch the seasons change through the year, but often forget that the sky is a show we can watch every day. Join Ranger Anna in a discussion about the water cycle, weather, and cloud identification. Learn how you can make your own clouds in a bottle using household […]
Lonny Granston: Pastels – Crayons for Grown-ups
Escalante Heritage Center Escalante, UT, United StatesI will complete a pastel painting during this demonstration. I encourage attendees to ask questions and make comments - I expect a lively discussion! At the end of the demonstration, I will auction off the completed painting to the highest bidder, donating all proceeds to the Escalante Canyons Art Festival. A critic once […]
Runaway Fire
Escalante Town Park - Festival StageThe world’s new original rock and roll band, Runaway Fire, is creating waves in the unisphere with vocal melodies and stylish guitar tones soaring through tube amps so beautiful they may just send a rip tide of audio large enough to shift the weather into a random rainstorm in the desert. Their original songs are […]
Raymond King Shurtz: Astonish Me – Using Photos with Poetry
Escalante Town Park - Hands on Art Tent North 100 West, Escalante, UT, United StatesCOST: $25 / Minimum of 3 / Maximum of 12 / All ability levels <!-- To RSVP, please sign up here. --> Painting Birds I see them coming Walls of winter waves Ragged pointed shapes Signs of what Will come; Black wings against Night stars. Using photos […]
Turnup Truck
Escalante Town Park - Festival StageTurnup Truck is an eclectic group of local musicians performing Rock and Blues from the 60s thru 2000's. They play the songs you forgot you loved and will have you movin' and groovin'. Members include Tony Bertucci, Jimmy Vista and Jabe Beal from Escalante and Boulder, Utah, each who have played in a variety of bands […]