The Grand Canyon Association and Arizona Public Service are pleased to announce the 5th Annual Grand Canyon Celebration of Art at Grand Canyon National Park Sept. 14, 2013- Jan. 20, 2014. This event features twenty-six artists from around the country who have created a studio piece for the exhibition and will paint plein air during the week before the exhibit opens.

Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park 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 Sept. 14-20.

Long before there was color photography, artists like Thomas Moran and Gunnar Widforss contributed to capturing the beauty and mystery of Grand Canyon through art. It was their paintings that helped communicate to the world the need for preservation of such a special place.

In 2009, the Grand Canyon Association rejuvenated this idea and brought artists to the South Rim for a week of painting and appreciation of art in the canyon. Today, Celebration of Art exposes tens of thousands of people to live artist renderings at Grand Canyon. It has become the model for outdoor art events in National Parks.

Event Schedule

Plein Air at Grand Canyon

Sept. 14 – 20, 2013

North and South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park

Quick Draw and AuctionFriday, Sept. 20, 2013

9:00 am – noon

Buyer’s Preview and Reception

Friday, Sept. 20, 2013

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Kolb Studio

Grand Opening Reception and Sale

Saturday , Sept. 21, 2013

11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Kolb Studio

Exhibit and Sale

Sept. 21, 2013 – Jan. 20, 2014

Kolb Studio

Exhibition And Sale At Kolb Studio

Kolb Studio is located along the Rim Trail in Grand Canyon Village, 200 yards west of Bright Angel Lodge. For more information about Grand Canyon Association and its programs, go to http://www.grandcanyon.org.

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.

National Parks Kristen Calron

GRAND EVENT -- In 2009, the Grand Canyon Association rejuvenated an idea that earlier painters had had and brought artists to the South Rim for a week of painting and appreciation of art in the canyon. Today, Celebration of Art exposes tens of thousands of people to live artist renderings at Grand Canyon. It has become the model for outdoor art events in National Parks.

Please visit our website for information and updates at http://www.grandcanyon.org/celebration.asp.

Founded in 1932, the Grand Canyon Association (GCA) is the National Park Service’s official nonprofit partner raising private funds to benefit Grand Canyon National Park, operating retail shops and visitor centers within the park, and providing premier educational opportunities about the natural and cultural history of the region.

GCA works to help preserve and protect Grand Canyon National Park by cultivating support, education and understanding of the park.