5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
2024 Dates:
March 1, May 3, August 2, & November 1
MAY ARTWALK
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2024
New Location!
Featured Artist - Whit Richardson
Throughout his life Whit has been drawn to wild and dramatic landscapes. Growing up in Boulder, Colorado allowed him access to the outdoors from an early age. He started skiing at 5 years old and took up rock climbing before he could drive a car. In 1990 he spent 3 months in Nepal where his interest in photography began to take hold. Shortly afterwards Whit moved to Telluride and started shooting photos of the adventures and landscapes he was immersed in. Before long he was contributing to many of the well-known outdoor magazines and gear companies.
After switching to digital in 2005 Whit started shooting properties for realtors, architects, and builders, and continues to do so today. But throughout all the years perhaps his favorite subjects have been the landscapes of the Southwest from the mountains of Colorado to the slot canyons of Arizona. He currently resides in Moab. For more info please visit www.WhitRichardson.com
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Featured Artist - Andrew Royal
"Hello, my name is Raven. I make galaxy art. I work with different types of canvases, including skateboards."
Featured Artist -
Joe Day
Gallery Moab's Guest Artist for May is oil painter and draughtsman Joe Day, an Arizona resident who specializes in portraying the animals, landscapes, and people of the American West. His precisely detailed, realistic paintings and drawings also capture the spirit of his subjects. " I want the viewer to feel the drama, mystery, and atmosphere of a western life. "
Watercolors Inspired by Chiura Obata
During World War II, the U.S. Government incarcerated more than 120,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants at remote incarceration centers – including at the Topaz Relocation Center in Delta, Utah. At Topaz, art flourished in spite of the adverse circumstances. Renowned artist and distinguished UC Berkeley art professor Chiura Obata founded the Topaz Art School while incarcerated, and hundreds of
Japanese Americans incarcerated in the barren, remote desert attended lessons on painting, drawing, sculpture, and other art forms. At the May Art Walk, explore digitized selections of Obata’s work, and create your own watercolor inspired by the artistic legacy and resilience of those incarcerated at Topaz.
Chiura Obata, "Topaz War Relocation Center by Moonlight," 1943, watercolor, gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, from the Permanent Collection of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
Topaz Relocation Center, Utah, "Very Warm Noon Without Any Wind. Dead Heat Covered All Camp Ground," watercolor, 1943. Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, from the permanent Collection of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
Featured show: She Started It - Student Art about Utah Women Making History
This exhibition features winning art from the "She Started It" annual contst hosted by Utah women's history nonprofit Better Days. Students across Utah in grades 4-12 create original art portraying a woman in Utah history who made a difference in their community, and the winning art is beautiful! From grandmothers to teachers to mayors and community organizers, women and girls have always been leaders in Utah. Students who participated in this contest are helping spread that message and learning from inspiring new role models.
This exhibition is presented by Better Days and the Utah Women's History Initiative at the Utah Historical Society. For more information, visit utahwomenshistory.org
Elizabeth A Taylor by Lucy at Central Davis Jr. High
Peggy Barker by Grace at Saint Joseph Catholic High School
Susan Hio Wigegee by Cozette at BAPS Academy
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Featured Artist - Whit Richardson
Throughout his life Whit has been drawn to wild and dramatic landscapes. Growing up in Boulder, Colorado allowed him access to the outdoors from an early age. He started skiing at 5 years old and took up rock climbing before he could drive a car. In 1990 he spent 3 months in Nepal where his interest in photography began to take hold. Shortly afterwards Whit moved to Telluride and started shooting photos of the adventures and landscapes he was immersed in. Before long he was contributing to many of the well-known outdoor magazines and gear companies.
After switching to digital in 2005 Whit started shooting properties for realtors, architects, and builders, and continues to do so today. But throughout all the years perhaps his favorite subjects have been the landscapes of the Southwest from the mountains of Colorado to the slot canyons of Arizona. He currently resides in Moab. For more info please visit www.WhitRichardson.com
Featured Artists - Marian Boardley and Brian Parkin
“Solar Exposures: Cyanoty[es - Eclipses & Transits”
I observed eclipses and planetary transits occurring between 2012 and 2024 using a small telescope to project images of the sun onto white paper and captured the projected images using my iPhone camera. Later, I printed digital negatives using Pictorico transparent media and an ink-jet printer. I contact printed the images on hand-coated paper or fabric using a traditional cyanotype process. This involves exposing the paper and negative to direct sunlight then washing with water to remove the light-sensitive chemicals and fix the print.
The cyanotype (blueprint) process was invented by the astronomer, mathematician, and chemist William Herschel and is an appropriate technique to use for eclipse and transit photography. The intense blue color is sympathetic to the subject matter and captures my own experience of these astronomical events.
Making pictures of solar events using sunlight itself to both create and expose the final prints was a satisfying additional dimension to the work.
PAST ARTWALKS
March art Walk
march 1, 2024
Featured Artist - Gretchen Goldsmith
Gretchen is a full-time Moab Artist and Artsyologist, her artworks are fueled by her addiction...to collecting all things desert!!
"I study, admire, investigate, curate, orchestrate and create art pieces made from found items (artifacts) of geologic, nature-made and human-made origins. I call these collectables 'Trail Treasures'"
Her current series, Nature Narratives: 3D Assemblages (assembled collages), were born from her participation in the University of Utah, Moab, Women Welding Workshop. Subsequently, her works are fastened together using hot cold welding techniques.
Ceramic Sculptor, Gee Wirt, will display her work in our Guest Artist spot for the month of March. Gee uses coiling technique to hand build her extraordinary figurative sculptures made with low fire stoneware clay. In addition, her use of metallic glazes with rusty accents give the sculpture an almost ancient quality. Gee has wandered the world and brought a variety of cultural influences with her. Don't miss her show of imaginative and playful ceramic sculpture. Gallery Moab will also have a demonstration of intaglio printmaking by Jess Hough using her handcrafted press.
Join Moab Museum staff for three fun-filled craft nights this winter! Add color and creativity to the winter months with an art project rooted in the Moab Museum’s Collections.
Make your own Zines: Preserving and sharing stories is at the heart of what museums do – and it’s lots of fun for all of us! Join us at the Moab Museum to create a ‘zine’ telling your story. Zines are homemade mini magazines – collaged, drawn, or otherwise crafted to tell a story. We will have several locally published magazines and publications from our archives to serve as inspiration.
FREE admission via ART WALK!
Join us on for a building-wide showing of the Library’s permanent art collection spanning numerous formats and styles.
The Grand County Public Library’s permanent art collection includes over 50 pieces from local and regional artists such as Tom Till, Chad Niehaus, Mick Kaniecki, Gail VanSlyke, Tim Morse, Ekaterina Tatarovich, Nick Eason, Steve Mulligan and many others.
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Featured Artist - Tim J Morse
Family roots drew Tim to Moab, Utah where he found construction work and began to create studio and plein air landscape paintings of the area. He infiltrated the local music scene, played with one of Moab's favorite bands, The Desert Dance Kings and did solo and duet gigs entertaining tourists on Colorado River trips. With time and lots of practical experience, Tim became handy with watercolors and oils. He began to sell his paintings around Moab and taught painting classes at Moab's Art Center. He opened The Overlook Gallery in Moab and has worked with several art galleries and art organizations in Utah and Arizona.
Over the years, Tim would occasionally pass through the
town of Helper, Utah. He was attracted to the historic
downtown architecture. He got wind of a cultural shift
happening and became acquainted with some of the
artists who had set up shop there. In 2019 he rented a
space and made the move. He was welcomed into Helper's
art community and was invited by Steven Lee Adams to set
up a studio space and art display in Steve's large gallery in
the old J C Penney building on Helper's Main Street. Art
interested visitors are encouraged to stop by Steven Lee
Adams Fine Arts to experience the impressive gallery space
and to view Steve Adam's and Tim Morse's artwork.
Featured Artist - Jan M. Rastall
Jan has been drawing in her travel journals since 1981 when she hitch-hiked across New Zealand’s North and South Islands to backpack through most of its National Parks. In the summer of 2022, she thru-hiked the 486-mile Colorado Trail, in forty-one days. She carried a sketchbook, pens, and watercolors to record her experience in daily entries. Jan lived most of her life in Colorado before re-locating to Moab in 2021 to live near her grandson.
Show Statement: My work is about reverence and joy – in the mystery and awe of life; in the process of drawing and painting; in each new day and the promise it holds. I was raised with a strong work ethic. Being creative is the way I connect with a Greater Perspective. It roots me in the present. I travel into wild, undeveloped places to be surrounded by the beauty of the natural world.
