1212 Zion Park Blvd, Springdale

May 26^th – Sunset Corner Bluegrass Band
June 2^nd – Johannes – gipsy, world, blues, rock, jazz
June 9^th – Jerone Wedig - Blues/Rockabilly/Americana
June 16^th – Janet Labrum – Blue grass, folks, gospel
June 23^rd – Wendy Taylor – Folk/Alternative Country/Americana

June 30^th – Flute Circle  - Native American flute music

July 7^th – Still House Road

July 14^th – Christina Osborn

July 21^st – Peter Michaels  - Classical guitar and pop

July 28^th – Jerone Wedig - Blues/Rockabilly/Americana

August 4^th – Johannes – gipsy, world, blues, rock, jazz

August 11^th – Christina Osborn

August 18^th – Sunset Corner Bluegrass Band

August 25^th – Katie Taylor

September 1^st – Wendy Taylor – Folk/Alternative Country/Americana

September 8^th – Katie Taylor

September 15^th – Janet Labrum – Blue grass, folks, gospel

September 22^nd – Peter Michaels  - Classical guitar and pop

September 29^th – Flute Circle  - Native American flute music

October 6^th – Still House Road

For more information see http://www.caveofforgottendreams.co.uk/

Support for this event was provided by the Utah Arts and Museums Program.

Support provided by The National Endowment for the Arts

Support for this event was provided by the Washington County Library.

After caring for my mother until she died, I was unable to resume my former life. Grief and remorse were amplified by the anger, hopelessness and sorrow I felt about the current political and environmental situations. I proposed this show as a way to work through these unmanageable feelings by “getting them down on paper”. These were emotions that HAD to be expressed somehow and I am grateful for the outcome. 

Admission is Free.

Artist Reception
April 20, 2012, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Canyon Community Center
126 Lion Blvd, Springdale 

Support for this event was provided by the Utah Arts and Museums Program.

Support provided by The National Endowment for the Arts

For details please read the official announcement (PDF), and the Form Tomorrow website.  Send all submissions to writing@formtomorrow.com.

RiverWork Participant Rules:

• Any participant must live within The Virgin River Corridor or Washington County.
• Professional, freelance, students and all other writers are invited to submit entries in the following categories on RiverWork:
• Adult Non-Fiction Category: any person age 18 plus.
• Adult Fiction and Poetry Category: any person age 18 plus.
• Young Adult Category: any person age 13 – 17. Non-fiction, fiction or poetry.
• Youth Category: any person age 12 and under. Non-fiction, fiction or poetry.

Please note:

• Non-fiction includes any essay, observation, journal entries, memoir
  or excerpt from a longer piece (no more than 20 pages).
• Fiction and poetry includes a short story or excerpt from a longer novel (no more
  than 20 pages), or any poetic prose, free verse or traditional (1-5 poems totaling
  no more than 10 pages).

This event is co-sponsored by local non-profits Form Tomorrow and Zion Canyon Arts and Humanities Council (Z-Arts!).

Form Tomorrow is a 501 (c3) not for profit organization whose mission is to provide education and assistance to communities and design professionals in the disciplines of planning, sustainability, design, and wise use of resources as expressed in the built and natural world. Form Tomorrow is committed to the idea that good community planning comes from local knowledge.

This weekend workshop is the second of two printmaking workshops instructed by Royden Card being offered this spring.  Class size is limited to 8, so please register early. For details, see below.

Workshop will cover:

• Brief history of intaglio emphasizing drypoint with examples
• Plate preparation
• Paper types and preparation
• Inks, inking and wiping the plate
• Proofing and printing on an etching press
• Editioning, curating of prints

Workshop fee includes:

• 1 copper plate
• 1 polycarbonate or plexiglass plate
• 2 sheets domestic etching paper
• 2 sheets BFK
• access to tools, inks, solvents, protective gloves, and press

Student Supply List:

• Pencils (#2 or softer) – pens
• sketchbook
• apron
• Viva paper towels – 1 roll or cotton rags
• an old phone book
• ideas for images
• willingness to get hands very dirty (there is no other way)

Registration fee before April 24^th for Z-Arts members is $185/$200 for non-members, materials are included in fee.  After April 24^th registration fee for Z-Arts members is $200/$215 for non-members.

Note:  If you register for both Royden Card workshops before March 13th, you will receive a $20.00 discount on workshop registration.

To register please contact zarts@springdaletown.com

phone 435.772.3434.x111

or contact Michelle Bonner at branchingout@earthlink.net

Sponsored by Z-Arts! and held at the Canyon Community Center, 126 Lion Blvd Springdale, UT

Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, Blindsight follows the gripping true-life adventure of six blind Tibetan teenagers on a climbing expedition up a summit near Mount Everest. Impaired vision presents challenges under the best of circumstances, but the Tibetan teenagers of Blindsight must also contend with poverty and discrimination.

In their culture, people believe that blindness results from demonic possession or crimes committed in a past life. Fortunately, German-born Sabriye Tenberken, blind since 12, founded Lhasa’s Braille Without Borders to provide them with education and self-reliance. In 2004, she invites American author Erik Weihenmayer to visit. After he lost his sight, his father encouraged him to climb mountains, and Erik would go on to scale the world’s seven highest summits.

Through photographs and home movies, director Lucy Walker (Devil’s Playground) captures Sabriye and Erik as children; it’s clear they enjoyed distinct advantages over their Tibetan counterparts. Erik believes Sabriye’s students would also benefit from climbing, so they select six, pair them with guides, and begin preparations for a trek up the giant looming in their backyard: Mt. Everest (specifically Lhakpa-Ri).

Things proceed according to plan until Tashi, a former beggar, starts to lag behind. Then Kyila falls prey to altitude sickness. The Western team finds themselves with a dilemma: Should they send down the sick and continue climbing, or call off the expedition? At this point, Walker’s documentary shifts from a sociological study to an unlikely thriller.

Though she neglects to explore some avenues in sufficient depth, like the death of Erik’s mother, Blindsight is moving, suspenseful, and inspiring–and the sequence in which the kids sing “Happy Together” surely ranks as one of cinema’s most transcendent.

Support for this event was provided by the Utah Arts and Museums Program.

Support provided by The National Endowment for the Arts

Support for this event was provided by the Washington County Library.

Before living in the desert landscapes he so strikingly captures in his vivid acrylic paintings, Royden taught printmaking for 16 years at Brigham Young University in Northern Utah, authoring a book on the print making process while he was there. He also taught occasional art classes for University of Utah, and Utah Valley University.

Royden’s woodcuts are small glimpses of Utah desert scenes, the texture and quality of the woodcuts echoing the carved landscapes of his subject matter. The prints have an intimate quality, clearly conveying his feeling for the land.

Working with sketches drawn on location and the occasional reference photo, Royden creates a series of drawings with ink and brush to work out a final design. He then reverses the final drawing and transfers it to the block (preferably cherry), and will then spend up to 80 hours carving, making slight changes as he goes along.

His emphasis in his own works has recently shifted to the area of acrylics. He still depicts landscapes of the Utah desert, but has also been painting New Mexican adobe architecture. His architectural portrayals depict portions of a building, a single wall or other element, so the focus is on line, shape, and value contrast. He was recently one of nine finalists for the State of Utah Art Fellowship.

Royden roams the deserts of Utah with a sketchbook, carving art from the rugged redrock landscape. Winds, rocks and sun are his silent partners as he explores the desert, looking for inspiration.”I have a fascination with redrock deserts and also the badlands of Utah, Nevada,Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.

To enjoy more of Royden’s work please visit his website at www.roydencardfineart.com.

Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to immerse yourself in a creative weekend!

This weekend workshop is the first of two printmaking workshops instructed by Royden Card being offered this spring.  Class size is limited to 8, so please register early. For details, see below.

Workshop will cover:

• Brief historical overview with examples of varied relief prints
• Image development
• Block preparation, Tools, Carving and textural techniques
• Black line – White line and Basic color printing
• Printing techniques – Hand & Press
• Proofing, Editioning and Curating of prints
• Discussion of Papers – paper handling

Workshop fee includes:

• 1 linoleum block
• 2 Woodblocks
• 2 sheets Masa or Speedball print paper
• 2 sheets Kitakata, Rives light weight, or Kozo lightweight
• access to carving tools, brayers, inks, solvents, protective gloves, and press

Student Supply List:

• Pencils (#2 or softer)
• sketchbook or drawing paper
• apron
• Viva paper towels – 1 roll or cotton rags
• file folders 2 or 3
• blank copier paper 10-20 sheets.
• brush bamboo or watercolor brush (# 4 -8 ) round (inexpensive)

There will be additional blocks and papers available for purchase.

Registration fee before March 13^th for Z-Arts members is $185/$200 for non-members, materials are included in fee.  After March 13^th registration fee for Z-Arts members is $200/$215 for non-members.

Note:  If you register for both Royden Card workshops before March 13th, you will receive a $20.00 discount on workshop registration.

To register please contact zarts@springdaletown.com

phone 435.772.3434.x111

or contact Michelle Bonner at branchingout@earthlink.net

Sponsored by Z-Arts! and held at the Canyon Community Center, 126 Lion Blvd Springdale, UT

Robert Edward Thies (pronounced “Theece”) is an artist renowned for his consummate musicianship and poetic temperament. He first captured worldwide attention in 1995 when he won the Gold Medal at the Second International Prokofiev Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. With this victory, Thies became the only American pianist to win a Russian piano competition since Van Cliburn’s triumph in Moscow in 1958.

Thies enjoys a diverse career as an orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He has already performed 40 different concerti with orchestras all over the world, including the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, the Auckland Philharmonia (New Zealand), the Mexico City Philharmonic, Mexico’s National Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony, the Pasadena Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra, and the Naples Philharmonic.

A dedicated chamber musician, Thies is highly sought after as a duo (Sonata and art song) partner, and with ensembles of varying sizes.  He frequently shares the stage with members of the LA Philharmonic and the LA Chamber Orchestra. Over the past decade he founded the Thies Piano Quartet, the Pantoum Trio, and most recently, the Thies Consort, a unique ensemble which presents thematic programs of varying instrumentation and color.

www.robertthies.org