Escalante Canyons Working Art Festival
Everett Ruess Days
September 25-27, 2008 in Escalante, Utah
(Plein Air Competition: September 21-25, 2008)
PLEIN AIR COMPETITION 2007
The Fourth Annual Escalante Canyons Art Festival held on October 4th, 5th, and 6th 2007 was a great success. The festival committee congratulates the 2007 Plein Air award winners from entries in two categories, Oil/Acrylic, Watercolor/Mixed Media. There were 91 entries by 75 artists representing 13 states. The artists' ages and abilities ranged from young to old from professional, to student, and amateur. We are very pleased about the growing number of artists participating. (the number of artist’s and the quality of the art gets better each year). Grand Prizes were awarded to Cynthia Mohseni of Sheridan, Wyoming in the Oils/Acrylic category and Arlene Braithewaite from Cedar City, Utah in the Watercolor/Pastel/Mixed Media category. Please click on the link below for a complete listing of all the participants and all the winners.
The 2007 First Place Winner: Arlene Braithewaite, Watercolor/Pastel >>
In addition to the plein air painting competition and exhibit, the festival also included 48 artist vendors working in various mediums from wood, ceramics, textiles, stone, and glass and well as many painters in watercolor, oils, and acrylics. Our lectures and speakers were well attended and were on topics of interest ranging from Prehistory to Pioneer History, Visual art, local Architecture and Astronomy. A more complete write up of the speakers and topics can be found on the Speakers page. The crowds were entertained all day on Friday and Saturday in the festival Plaza with a great variety of talented musicians and dancers, many homegrown Escalante and Boulder talent.
<< The 2007 First Place Winner: Cynthia Mohseni, Oil/Acrylic
For a complete listing of artists, see: 2007 Festival Archive