The 22nd-annual Robert N. and Peggy Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show and Sale, recognized as one of the biggest art events in the state of Utah, is currently open to the public at the Dolores Dore´ Eccles Fine Arts Center on the campus of Dixie State College.
The Sears Dixie Invitational, which has been a mainstay at Dixie State College, features nearly 240 works from 130 renowned artists from Utah and the United States, making this year’s show the largest in the event’s history. Award categories for the show include oils, watercolor, pastels and other media. In addition, the show regularly features several bronze works.
Since the inaugural Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show in 1988, a portion of each painting purchased has been allocated to help fund the art gallery in the Eccles Fine Arts Center. The Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show made its debut in that new gallery in 2005, which will remain the show’s permanent home. Appropriately enough, the gallery bears the name of the show’s founders, Peggy and the late Bob Sears.
The exhibit will be on display through Sunday, March 22. Exhibit hours are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays, and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sundays. Call (435) 652-7905 for more information.
