Events
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Bob Stevenson: Tracks Across Time
NOTE: Limited to 12 participants. Caravan from the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center. With naturalist Bob Stevenson: Through science and imagination, we’ll travel across time, where present and past converge to cross paths with a dinosaur. HIKE INFO: We will caravan/carpool from the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center to the track site. There, we will hike up short […]
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Günther Haidenthaller: Watercolor Simplified
Hole-in-the-Rock Escalante Heritage Center 1300 UT-12, Escalante, United StatesWatercolor has a reputation for being “hard” which is completely undeserved. Yes, it’s a bit unforgiving, but not difficult. We will first cover the basics of composition/design and dialing in the values. This short (1.5–2 hours) demo will show you how to create background washes with a variety of interesting colors, soft or even lost […]
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Helga Watkins: What is a Good Painting?
Escalante GSENM Partners OfficeCost: $20 Minimum of 8 / Maximum of 14 / All ability levels We will survey the work of artists, historians and theorists, and examine intriguing and unresolved debates about the nature of art and the question of what makes a given work of art good (or not). Although a vast subject, this intensive mini-seminar […]
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Quilt Exhibition
Escalante Multi-Purpose Center 89 North 100 WestEvery quilt has a story. Visit the Quilt Exhibit and enjoy the art, workmanship, and history of these beautiful quilts. Also on display are some of the Best of Show winning artwork from across the years since the festival began.
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Keynote Speaker: Zak Podmore
Escalante High School AuditoriumGlen Canyon Rises: The rebirth of America’s lost National Park In his new book Life After Dead Pool, Utah-based journalist Zak Podmore brings to life the magnificent terrain of canyon country and its complex water politics, presenting an ultimately hopeful portrait of a Colorado River on the brink of rebirth. In the words of […]
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Carol Benally: Monsoon Clouds
Escalante Town Park - Hands on Art TentCost: $25 Minimum of 1 / Maximum of 12 / All ability levels Monsoon clouds come in many shapes and sizes. I will bring some pictures for you to look at while You paint along with me. Beginning with cloud shapes in perspective using oil paint, we will create a composition of clouds. First with […]
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Escalante Historic Walking Tour – Saturday
Meet at People's Exchange 100 North Center Street, Escalante, United StatesNo RSVP needed. Tour begins at the Peoples Exchange, one of Escalante's most photographed historic buildings. Come along to learn more about many of the historic structures throughout town. Escalante was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 as a National Historic District with areas of noted significance in architecture, social history, […]
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Quilt Exhibition
Escalante Multi-Purpose Center 89 North 100 WestEvery quilt has a story. Visit the Quilt Exhibit and enjoy the art, workmanship, and history of these beautiful quilts. Also on display are some of the Best of Show winning artwork from across the years since the festival began.
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Bohemian Cowboy
Escalante Town Park - Festival StageBohemian Cowboy is a 20 year, ongoing musical collaboration by singer/songwriter Raymond King Shurtz & musician Eric Scott Bresselsmith. The two first met at a Boulder community event that featured a collection of musicians playing classic songs. Raymond joined in and called out “Your Cheatin’ Heart boys!”. After leading another handful songs, Raymond held his […]
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Skógafoss
Escalante Town Park - Festival StageSkógafoss is a four-member band that includes a father/daughter duo in Ellie Geslison and Mark Geslison. Rounding out the band is Emily Wall and Geoff Groberg. Ellie plays the fiddle and the Norwegian hardanger fiddle. Emily plays accordion. Geoff plays guitar and banjo. Mark plays mandolin, DADGAD-tuned guitar, and bodhrán (an Irish musical drum). Mark […]