The once in a lifetime exhibit of Zion National Park art will be on view only until January 31, 2009. You should not miss seeing this fabulous assemblage of art, which is the most comprehensive exhibit of the art of Zion ever mounted.
While the economic situation remains gloomy, fill your heart and life with art. Visit this amazing exhibit. The beautiful accompanying exhibit catalog with a foreword by Robert Redford is an excellent reminder of your visit.
In this three-part exhibit, entitled Zion National Park: A Century of Sanctuary, visitors experience Zion Canyon, which in the last 100 years has gone from a barely-accessible hidden treasure to an American icon averaging more than two and a half million visitors annually, through the eyes of artists from across the country and over more than a century.
The first part of the exhibit explores the history of art in Zion National Park, and includes seventy-four paintings and photographs progressing through time decade by decade. The exhibit begins in 1870 and commences through changing styles and artistic movements to 2000. Artwork by iconic artists Thomas Moran, Maynard Dixon, Ansel Adams, Frederick Dellenbaugh, and Gunnar Widforss will join the work of many other renowned artists to form a panoramic history of art in Zion.
The second part of the exhibit consists of sixty-eight contemporary paintings of Zion National Park. Peter Hassrick, distinguished American art scholar and Director of the Petrie Institute of Western American Art at the Denver Art Museum, selected the exhibit from a pool of more than 500 entries from across the country. Winning entries reflect the grandeur and human experience of Zion National Park and represent a variety of media and styles, from naturalism to abstraction. This sampling is the best of Zion National Park art being created today.
A contemporary installation of Zion created by Kathy Clement Cieslewicz, Lindsy Stewart Cieslewicz, and Dan Whalen is a multi-sensual experiential interpretation of the park. Sensing Zion consists of dance filmed in Zion that is choreographed to music and projected onto a sheet of gypsum.
These three elements together form this extraordinary exhibit of Zion National Park. The beautiful catalog, A Century of Sanctuary: The Art of Zion National Park features a foreword by Robert Redford and essays by Peter Hassrick, Lyman Hafen, Roland Lee, Deborah Reeder, and Leslie Courtright. Each piece of artwork in the show is reproduced in stunning color in the book along with the artists’ biographies written by Erica Cottam.
For more information on the exhibit, visit the website of the St. George Art Museum at www.sgartmuseum.org. Hours are Mondays 1-8, Tuesdays-Saturdays 10-5.
The 3rd Tuesday Art Conversation of January 20th has been cancelled due to the conflict with the inauguration.
Admission is $3 for adults, children ages 3-11 are $1, and children under 3 are free, as are Museum Members. Museum membership is a gift that can bring an entire year of art and culture to the recipient. Memberships can be purchased at the Museum and begin at only $15 for students.
