Events: Arizona - Phoenix - Scottsdale

A Grand Canyon Celebration of Art

Grand Canyon National Park September 10, 2016 – January 16, 2017

The Grand Canyon Association and Arizona Public Service are pleased to announce the 8th Annual Grand Canyon Celebration of Art at Grand Canyon National Park.  This year, the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art is joining Grand Canyon National Park

in celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the National Park Service.

Since its inception in 2009, the artists participating in the Celebration of Art have created a studio painting prior to the event of a Grand Canyon scene. This year’s participating artists will have their choice of which National Park they would like to capture on canvas. Since the 26 participating artists come from all around the United States, the variety of parks represented will result a rich and exciting mix of artwork.

The plein air work produced during this year’s event (September 10-17, 2016)

will be Grand Canyon paintings. Visitors will have the opportunity to watch the artists paint as they seek to represent the shifting light and shadow, amazing land forms, and vibrant colors of this vast landscape.  Artists will be at the North and South Rims and, again this year, at Phantom Ranch and Indian Garden.  In addition there will be free artists demonstrations scheduled at various locations during the week.

A new dimension to the 2016 Grand Canyon Celebration will be the introduction of sculpture to the event—during the plein air event September 10-17, Sedona sculptor Michael Trcic will be working on a wildlife sculpture along the South Rim!

The Celebration of Art exhibit opens at noon on Sunday September 18 and will continue through January 16, 2017 at the historic Kolb Studio. Admission is free and open to the public.

Event Schedule

Plein Air at Grand CanyonSeptember 10 – 16, 2016North and South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park

Special Evening Program (free and open to the public)

Curt Walters speaker

Friday September 16, 2016

7:30 pm   Shrine of the Ages

Quick Draw and Auction (free and open to the public)Saturday, September 17, 20168:00 am –12:00  pm

Bright Angel Trailhead

Grand Opening Reception and Sale (free and open to the public)

Sunday, September 18, 201612:00 pm-2:00 pm

Kolb Studio

Exhibition & Sale at Kolb Studio from September 18, 2016 – January 16, 2017

Please visit our website for information and updates at: https://www.grandcanyon.org/arts-and-culture

Proceeds from this event will support the goal of funding an art venue at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.  This permanent home will ensure that future generations of park visitors will be able to view the stunning art collection in the Grand Canyon National Park Museum and Grand Canyon Association Collections.