Maynard Dixon Country 09

AUGUST 28-30 2009

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ART SYMPOSIUM: FINDING YOUR OWN VOICE
CONDUCTED BY DAN PINKHAM

Friday August 28, 3:00 pm Art Symposium: Finding Your Own Voice, led by Dan Pinkham, Best of Show 2008 and joined by Charles Muench, Popular Choice 2008.

Pueblo Life by Glenn Dean
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Every year in the last full week of August, The Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts hosts Maynard Dixon Country, an art show, gathering and sale of work by thirty-forty of America's premier artists.

Artist Maynard Dixon treasured the area near Zion National Park, and made some of his most powerful paintings there. Along with his wife, Edith Hamlin, the Dixons hosted many artists at their home and studio in Mt. Carmel. It is in the spirit of Dixon's creative collaboration with his artist contemporaries that Maynard Dixon Country was born.

Maynard Dixon Country artists gather for a week of painting, discussion and celebration of the artistic life. The weekend art show, which is open to the public, features lectures, an art preview, a wet paintings sale, on-site painting demonstrations and a gala awards dinner. All of these events make Maynard Dixon Country much more than an art show; rather, it has become a rare congregation of some of the best talent in the country united in celebration of one of America's most important artists and each other.

Much of the proceeds from art sales at Maynard Dixon Country support the Thunderbird Foundation's projects, including art day camps for people with special needs, the artist retreat program and the emerging artist scholarships, which allow three Utah high school students to join the professionals at Maynard Dixon Country.
Artists seeking inclusion in future Maynard Dixon Country events can make application online. There is a $100. administrative fee for this application.

During Maynard Dixon Country 2009, the following guest artists will be participating in the Wet Painting Show and Sale:

D. Elienne Basa, New Jersey
Jill Carver, Texas
Nicholas Coleman, Utah
Mark Haworth, Texas
Bruce Marsh, Florida
David Michaels, California

Places to Stay when attending Maynard Dixon Country:
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