Special Programs
Bryce Canyon: Paint with the GSENM Artist in Residence
Celebrate Bryce Canyon’s centennial year by joining Melody Greenlief, the 2023 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Artist in Residence, for an inspiring morning of painting together at Sunset Point in spectacular Bryce Canyon.
You can pick up a park entry fee waiver form at the Escalante Community Center during artist sign-in and plein air stamp-in. The artist sign-in and plein air stamp-in schedule is available here.
Melody Greenlief loves to play with paint. She enjoys the textures and layers that she can create with different watercolor pigments. She wants everyone to have as much enjoyment looking at her paintings as she did painting them, so she paints people and animals that are filled with character and landscapes that are peaceful and harmonious. She says that if you are going to hang something on your wall it should uplift your heart and make you smile. When Melody is not painting, you will find her chasing the chickens in her backyard, dreaming of travel, telling bad jokes, and laughing with her family.
Kadi Franson: Linocut Workshop for Bryce Canyon Centennial Celebration
Monday, September 18 (1:00 PM to 4:00 PM)
COST: $46 / Maximum of 15; Minimum of 5 / Beginner level
Join us for a collaborative event between Escalante Canyons Art Festival and Bryce Canyon National Park to celebrate art in the park and Bryce Canyon’s centennial year.
In this workshop, you will learn how to hand print a mono-color linoleum block print from start to finish. By the end of the session, everyone will have a carved block and at least one final print to take home. Please bring a few images or sketches to use in your designs. The carving block is 4×6″, so designs should be prepared to fit within those dimensions.
The workshop will be held in the park’s original ranger station, which was built in 1932 near Sunrise Point. It now functions as the High Plateaus Institute, which aids the interpretive, educational, and scientific activities of Bryce Canyon National Park through the support of its non-profit partner the Bryce Canyon Association.
2023 marks 100 years since Bryce Canyon was first set aside for protection, and a variety of celebratory activities and events will occur throughout the year. Learn more at www.brycecanyon.org
All material costs are covered by the workshop fee and participants will leave with their carving kit and linocut print.
You can pick up a park entry fee waiver form at the Escalante Community Center during artist sign-in and plein air stamp-in. The artist sign-in and plein air stamp-in schedule is available here.
Kadi Franson is an interdisciplinary artist addressing ecological resilience and loss during the Anthropocene, the geological era of human impact. She is also a licensed architect in the state of Utah with a special interest in sustainable design and an educator. She graduated with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008 and a Masters of Architecture from California College of the Arts in 2012.
She has lived in Southern Utah with her favorite park ranger since 2018. She is an amateur naturalist and citizen scientist, and has affectionately dubbed their cabin the “Nuthatch Field Station.” She writes a nature column for the local newspaper, The Insider, called “Notes from the Nuthatch.” You can see more of her work at kadifranson.com