WHAT: In 2013, the southern
Utah landscape will be explored throughout the seasons by regional artists on
four different SUMA Art Hikes. Beginning on Saturday, January 26, 2013, hikers
can join acclaimed artist Arlene Braithwaite with a Winter Art Hike at Cedar Breaks
National Monument.
WHO: SUMA, Southern Utah Museum of Art, Community Engagement
Committee and Cedar Breaks National Monument
WHEN: Saturday,
January 26, 2013
TIME: 9:30am in
Cedar City; 10:15am in Brian Head.
WHERE: Iron County
Visitors Center, 581 Main Street, Cedar City, UT, 84720
Brian Head Chamber of
Commerce, 56 North Hwy 143, Brian Head, UT, 84719
TICKETS: Free
and open to the general public. All children must be accompanied by a
responsible adult. Free snowshoes are also available must be reserved in
advance by calling the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery at (435) 586-5462
(Tues-Sat, noon-7pm) or send an email to gallery@suu.edu.
SUU´s SUMA
Community Engagement Committee
Launches
Third Year of Free Seasonal Art Hikes
with
Regional Artists
Southern
Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: In 2013, the southern Utah
landscape will be explored throughout the seasons by regional artists on four
different SUMA Art Hikes. On Saturday, January 26, 2013, hikers can
join acclaimed artist Arlene Braithwaite
for the Winter Art Hike at Cedar Breaks
National Monument. Co-sponsored with Cedar Breaks National Monument as part
of their 2013 Ranger-Led Snowshoe Hikes, the Art Hikes have been created by the Southern Utah Museum of Art´s (SUMA) Community Engagement Committee
to build public awareness for the proposed museum. All Art Hikes are free.
On Saturday, January 26, 2013, Arlene
Braithwaite and Anne Smith, SUU Instructor,
Outdoor Recreation in Parks and Tourism (ORPT), Coordinator, Outdoor Education
Series, and a Ranger from the National Parks Service will lead a hike at Cedar Breaks National Monument. On the hike, participants will have the
opportunity to try out water soluble colored pencils, pens and waterbrushes. However,
participants are encouraged to bring their own medium with them to the hike. The
group will snowshoe (snowshoes provided free by Cedar Breaks National Monument)
to the yurt, where Arlene will talk about painting in the winter.
The hike is free and open to
the community. For this winter hike, participants must contact the Braithwaite
Fine Arts Gallery to reserve a space in order for our staff to provide you and
your party with snowshoes. Please call (435) 586-5462 (Tues-Sat, noon-7pm) or
send an email to gallery@suu.edu. Provide the number of adults and children in
your party, in order for us to provide the correct snow shoes as well as
contact information (email address and cell phone) should we have to relocate
due to weather and road conditions. If you already have snowshoes, please bring
them but call to reserve a spot for the hike. Please be advised due to the
winter elements of this hike, this event is not suitable for young children. In
addition, for this hike, please dress warmly in layers based on the weather
that day. Free hot chocolate will be provided at the yurt, Cedar Breaks Winter
Ranger Station.
Hikers will meet at Iron
County Visitors Center, 581 North Main Street, Cedar City at 9:30am. If you do
not want to come to Cedar City but want to participate, you may also check-in
at 10:15am at the Brian Head Chamber of Commerce, 56 North Hwy 143, Brian Head,
Utah, 84719. However you still must contact the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery
to reserve a space.
Pastel painter Arlene Braithwaite earned her Masters degree from the University of
Utah. Her pastel paintings have been shown in solo exhibitions at the
Springville Art Museum, the St. George Art Museum, the Utah Museum of Natural
History and Zion National Park's Museum of Human History. Her work has been published
in the magazines "Pastel Journal" and "International
Artist" and Poulton and Swanson's book "Painters´ of Utah's Canyons
and Deserts" and Olpin's "Artists of Utah." Additional
recognition has come through first place and director's awards in statewide and
regional exhibitions. Her pastels have twice been selected as Grand Prize
winners at the Escalante Canyon Plein Air Art Festival. In 2011 she won the
People´s Choice Award and a Purchase Award at the Zion National Park Plein Air
Invitational. To build interest in painting on location Arlene taught workshops
for the Utah Art Education Association, Southern Utah University and Snow
Canyon State Park. She currently has 20 paintings of landscapes from the Dixie
National Forest on display at the Sears Gallery in St. George. Before
committing to full time painting, Braithwaite enjoyed a 32-year career as an
art educator at Southern Utah University where she was awarded the University's
"Distinguished Educator" Award. Arlene was also recognized as
"Art Teacher of the Year for the State of Utah" by the National Art
Education Association.
Additional hikes will be scheduled for the
spring, summer and fall. Participants are welcome to bring their own art
supplies. All children must be
accompanied by a responsible adult.
Hikers
need to provide: Own transportation**, an adequate lunch, warm
snowboots, knapsack, a minimum one quart of water per person, warm clothing,
personal first aid kit, sun screen protection (even in winter), and layered, warm
clothing (for any type of weather) and your own art supplies are optional. Ski
or walking poles are recommended but not required.
SUMA
Art Hikes have been created to
provide an opportunity for the southern Utah community to discover the special
places where local artists gain inspiration for their art. Participants will
get to hike to these inspiring locations with the artist as well as a
representative from the Public Lands such as the National Park Service, the
Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management or Utah Division of Natural Resources
who will educate and enlighten the hikers to learn more about these unique
locales. In addition, all participants are encouraged to bring their own art
supplies (sketch books, pencils, pastels, watercolors or whatever a hiker´s
media) and cameras to capture the natural beauty of the region for themselves.
Detailed
information can be obtained by calling (435) 586-5462 or visiting
www.suu.edu/pva/suma. To make a contribution to SUMA, please contact Donna Law,
Director of Development: CPVA, at 435-865-8182 or law@suu.edu. Contributions can be made
online at www.suu.edu/pva/suma.
ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The
Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of
nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and
Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration and the new Center
for Shakespeare Studies. The College offers 16 different degree areas,
including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees;
professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre
degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60
full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring
over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195
arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances,
lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College´s affiliate
organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet,
Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more
information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office
of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by email at cpvamktg@suu.edu.
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