Kayenta Arts

Heritage Writers Guild - Winter Writers Conference
2024-02-03 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
Write On St. George presents
The Winter Conference
10am-3pm
More information at: www.heritagewritersguild.com

Coyote Tales: MAKING PEACE
2024-02-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
COMMUNITY & STORYTELLING

COYOTE TALES True Stories Told Live
The Night’s Theme: MAKING PEACE
Friday, February 09, 2024 // 7:30pm
Pre-show party 6:30 pm (event ticket required for admission)
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
Coyote Tales are live, open-mic style storytelling events with amateur and experienced storytellers. Each event has a theme on which stories are to be based. The theme for this event is: “MAKING PEACE.” Potential storytellers may address that theme in any way they choose. Prior to the event, storytellers craft their true, on-theme story, practice the telling (5 minutes or less), and work on eliminating excess detail to nail the perfect ending. When the doors open, potential storytellers put their name in the hat in hopes of being chosen to share their tale. If chosen, the storyteller takes the stage to delight the audience. Coyote Tales is delighted that OUTSIDE MAGAZINE will be recording storyteller David Lindes’ take on the evening’s theme along with David’s original song, Gold in the Ashes for future broadcast on their popular podcast, OUTSIDE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO GET ON STAGE TO SHARE YOUR TALE, PLEASE CONTACT VICTORIA THROUGH THE COYOTE TALES WEBSITE: https://coyotetalesstories.com/
This project is funded by Petite Feast, Utah Humanities, Utah Arts and Parks, Kayenta Homes and Properties, SBDance & Desert Dweller Realty
Tickets $20

ADAM TENDLER: INHERITANCES
2024-02-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
MUSIC
ADAM TENDLER: INHERITANCES
Saturday, February 10, 2023 // 7:30pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
After his father’s unexpected death, pianist Adam Tendler used his inheritance, a wad of cash received in a parking lot, to begin a commissioning project inviting a broad spectrum of sound artists and composers to create new piano works exploring the idea of ‘inheritance’ itself. Woven into one intimate program, these pieces tell a universal story of lineage, loss, and place, and become a meditation on confronting our past while moving forward into the future.
New works to be performed are from a wonderful range of commissioned composers: Devonté Hynes, Nico Muhly, Laurie Anderson, inti figgis-vizueta, Pamela Z, Ted Hearne, Angélica Negrón, Christopher Cerrone, Marcos Balter, Missy Mazzoli, Darian Donovan Thomas, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Scott Wollschleger, Mary Prescott, Timo Andres and John Glover.
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Charitable Giving Simplified
2024-02-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
LECTURE
Charitable Giving Simplified
This event has been postponed from January 22 to February 13
Tuesday February 13, 2024 // Social Hour at 6:00pm, Lecture at 7:00pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
Topics covered will include:
An overview of the charitable giving landscape in the country – who is giving, how much is given, and who is receiving it?
Why do people give?
How do people give? – an overview of the most common giving techniques

Donor advised funds
Charitable trusts (CRAT/CRUT, CLAT/CLUT)
Qualified Charitable Distributions from IRAs
Cash gifts vs. appreciated assets
Planned giving via a will, trust or beneficiary designation

And, questions to ask yourself if thinking of incorporating philanthropy into your financial plan.
Free Entry

Liz Toonkel: MAGIC FOR ANIMALS
2024-02-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
THEATER
Liz Toonkel: MAGIC FOR ANIMALS
Saturday, February 24, 2024 // 7:30pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
Magic for Animals is a one-woman magic show about agency, consent, and animal rights. Liz Toonkel uses sparkling, incisive humor to offer a refreshing antidote to the gendered and speciesist tradition of magic. She examines how we treat animals, and urges us to reconsider how we treat one another. By day, Liz is a production designer who’s shaped the look of such films as Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and Emily the Criminal, by night she’s a performance artist and magician.
Tickets $30

Voyager Lecture Series How to Build a Bird, Evolution-Style
2024-02-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
LECTURES & IDEAS
Voyager Lecture Series
How to Build a Bird, Evolution-Style
Presentation by Jerry Harris
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 // 7:30pm
Optional Social Hour With Like-Minded Friends, Light Snacks And Beverages @ 6:30pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
What makes a bird a bird? And when did all those characteristically birdy features first evolve? The evolutionary origins of birds, and the way that birds were “built” over the course of almost 100 million years, may surprise you!
Dr. Jerry Harris was born at a very early age in Chicago, Illinois. Shortly thereafter, he became enamored with dinosaurs, and his continued fascination with them proves that he’s never quite grown up completely. With a few hiccups along the way, and by continually moving across the country, he has earned B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in the geosciences, focusing on vertebrate paleontology. He has worked at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science; he is currently the Director of Paleontology and a Professor of Geology at Dixie State University and is the scientific advisor to the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm in St. George.

The Voyager Lecture Series is generously sponsored by Voyager Wealth Advisors, Cache Valley Bank, and Richardson Brothers Custom Homes.

Tickets $20

First Fridays at Kayenta
2024-03-01 17:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
Events & Happenings
First Fridays at Kayenta
every First Friday / 5:30p-7:30p and later
FREE to attend!
Kayenta Art Village
We’re thrilled to introduce First Fridays at Kayenta, launching March 1 and happening on the first Friday of every month in 2024! Enjoy live music, food, and fun in the Kayenta Art Village beginning at 5:30pm, and a special screening from DOCUTAH at 7:30pm.

Friday March 1 Lineup:
4:00p-5:00p Introduction to Pyrography Class at MakeSpace
Registration required: makespacekayenta.com
5:30p-7:00p Studio Open House with MakeSpace Instructors
5:30p-7:30p Jazz Music in the Courtyard: Christian Bohnenstengel, Tom Herb, & Shawn Owens
7:30p DOCUTAH Presents: Art For Everybody at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta

Thomas Kinkade’s landscapes made him the most collected and despised painter ever. After his shocking death, his family discovers a vault of unseen paintings that reveal a complex artist whose life and work embody our divided America.
$10 Tickets: KayentaArts.org

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DOCUTAH presents: Art for Everybody
2024-03-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
FILM

DOCUTAH presents:
Art for Everybody
Regional Premiere
Friday, March 1, 2024 // 7:30pm
Arrive early for FIRST FRIDAYS!
Enjoy live music, food, and fun in the Kayenta Art Village beginning at 5:30pm.
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
The Center for the Arts at Kayenta is thrilled to partner with DOCUTAH on a new monthly film series. DOCUTAH seeks to open hearts and minds to the world through beautifully crafted stories on film, promoting education while creating an atmosphere of camaraderie and community.
About the Film:
Thomas Kinkade’s landscapes made him the most collected and despised painter ever. After his shocking death, his family discovers a vault of unseen paintings that reveal a complex artist whose life and work embody our divided America.

Tickets $10

Soiree Musicale: The Art of Fugue
2024-03-02 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Soirée Musicale with Jason Bonham
Bach: The Art of Fugue
Saturday, March 2, 2024 / 7:30pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
Soirée Musicale features top local musicians and guest professionals from across the Western region tackling some of the most advanced and inspiring classical music in the repertoire. Our Spring series is under the direction of Jason Bonham, esteemed musician and principle violist with Las Vegas Philharmonic.
Featuring: Jameson Cooper (violin), Urs Rutishauser (violin), Jason Bonham (viola), Evgeny Tonkha (cello), Robert Matheson (bass), Stephanie Hoernes (piano).
Repertoire:
Vaughn Williams, Piano Quintet in C Minor
Bach, The Art of Fugue
Zwilich, Piano Quintet
Tickets $35

Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
2024-03-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
MUSIC
Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Friday, March 8, 2024 // 7:30pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
Anyone familiar with Martha Scanlan and Jon Neufeld’s unique alchemy on stage will not be surprised by the sense of being taken into the moment – their shows are in and of themselves a journey of improvisation; the way Jon Neufeld’s brilliant innovative guitar playing weaves effortlessly around Martha’s timeless songwriting is simply magical. While currents of deep Appalachian mountain valleys and vast Montana landscapes wind through Martha’s songs, it’s really the accessibility and intimacy that defines them, and how they seem to find their way into soundtracks by TBone Burnett, pages of celebrated American novelists like Rick Bass and Joyce Carol Oates, shared mixes by Emmy Lou Harris, covers by roots musicians from Sarah Jarosz to Andrew Marlin to Solas, quiet song circles and camp fires.

$35

Diamonds Are Forever Gala
2024-03-16 18:00 - 22:00 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
Kayenta Arts Foundation presents
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER GALA
Celebrating 007 YEARS OF ARTS AND INTRIGUE!
Wear your best JAMES BOND attire and enjoy an evening that is shaken, not stirred, as we dine, drink and dance the night away.
Prepare for a delicious dinner with accompanying Bubbly or Wine.
We’ll have LIVE piano music by Paul Taylor.
Special guests: Heidi Anderson, Christian Erickson, and
Soul What? with Alice Ericksen.
And, you will have the opportunity to support our programing through a fun
“Paddle Philanthropic Experience!”
Saturday, March 16
6:00PM MST
Center for the Arts at Kayenta
881 N Coyote Gulch Ct
Ivins, UT 84738
SCHEDULE
Doors open at 5:30pm
Walk the Red Carpet
Welcome – 6:15pm
Dinner Served – 6:30pm
“Philanthropic Experience” – 7:00pm
Theme Song Trivia – 7:30pm
Auction: Gary Collins Painting – 8:20pm
Theme Song Trivia – 8:30pm
Music and Dancing 8:50pm-10:00pm
MORE INFORMATION
There will be a costume contest for the:

Best James Bond Look alike
Best Bond Character look alike

Plus, MANY more surprises that you’ll have to be there to see!!
We’re excited to enjoy this evening with you!

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS

Purchase options:
$175 (After March 1st)
1 Table (Six Seats) – $1,000
GALA TICKETS

DaEun Jung: BYOUL|NORRI
2024-03-22 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-03-23 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-03-24 14:00 - 15:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
DANCE
DaEun Jung: BYOUL|NORRI
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday March 22-24, 2024 // 7:30pm on Friday-Saturday & 2:00pm on Sunday
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
BYOUL|NORRI by Los Angeles-based choreographer DaEun Jung features Pansori song (Korean folk opera), original electronic beats, irregular folk rhythms, Hangul (Korean alphabet system), and chance operation that deconstructs, reinterprets and transforms classical Korean dance. The hour-long concert is performed in two parts, Byoul (별): “star,” a solo performance by the Choreographer herself, and Norri (놀이): “play’, a four part ensemble work.
In her dances, DaEun Jung connects different times and spaces together across cultures and geographies. Her work has redefined the principle, form, structure, and function of Korean classical and folk dance in multicultural settings. DaEun studied at UCLA where she received her MFA in choreography and the Westfield Emerging Artist Award. Previously, she performed in Asia and Europe as a dancer of Gyeonggi Provincial Dance Company, a dance organization renowned for its traditional and contemporary Korean dance repertoire, and also performed as a main actress in Tokebi Storm, a rhythmic physical theater group, presenting Korean-style drumming and dance in more than 1,000 shows to worldwide audiences.

Tickets $35

Voyager Lecture Series: The Hidden World Beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet with John Priscu
2024-03-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
LECTURES & IDEAS
Voyager Lecture Series
The Hidden World Beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Presentation by John Priscu
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 // 7:30pm
Optional Social Hour With Like-Minded Friends, Light Snacks And Beverages @ 6:30pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
Discover the secrets that lie beneath the largest block of ice on Earth that covers more than 5.4
million square miles and contains over 68% of all the freshwater on our planet.
John Priscu is a Regents Professor Emeritus of Ecology and senior scientist with Polar Oceans
Research Group. He has spent 40 field seasons in Antarctica conducting research on life under
ice-shelves, the Southern Ocean, sea ice, permanently ice-covered lakes, life beneath the two-
mile-thick Antarctic ice sheet, and climate change. His work also focuses on Himalayan glaciers
and the study of life on icy worlds beyond Earth putting him in Tibet, Alaska, and Greenland as
an investigator on various Chinese and NASA projects. He chaired the Scientific Committee on
Antarctic Research international subglacial group of experts and led the first winter expeditions
to study ecosystems in the Transantarctic Mountains during the polar night.
Professor Priscu is a Fellow of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography,
American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Geophysical Union, is
a German Humboldt Scholar, and has received numerous awards for his research, including the
Goldwaithe Medal in Glaciology for his work on polar ice sheets, the International Medal for
Scientific Excellence from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, and the E.O. Wilson
Biodiversity Award for his work on polar microbial diversity. An Antarctic stream and valley, and
two cold-loving microorganisms have been named after him. Priscu has published more than
300 scholarly articles on his research, edited four books, and is the featured scientist on the
recent award-winning documentary “The Lake at the Bottom of the World” available on Prime,
AppleTV and other media outlets.
Tickets $20

St. George Jazz: Love & Fusion
2024-03-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
JAZZ MUSIC
St. George Jazz: Love & Fusion
Saturday, March 30, 2024 // 7:30pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
The St George All-Stars present a blend of love songs from the Great American Song Book
paired with contemporary jazz offerings. Vocalist Joey Forte fronts the ensemble performing
arrangements and compositions by band leader Glenn Webb.
Tickets $30

Opening Reception: Impressions on Paper
2024-04-05 17:30 - 19:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
VISUAL ART

Opening Reception: Impressions on Paper

Friday, April 5, 2024 // 5:30pm-7:30pm

The Center for the Arts Lobby

The Desert Spirit Art Committee organizes three juried visual art exhibitions each season at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta. The Committee invites established and emerging regional artists to submit their original artwork that responds to the exhibition’s theme.

The exhibitions are free and open to the public during the Center’s business hours as well as during performances and special events.

Impressions on Paper is open to printmaking only.

ABOUT THE THEME:

Welcome to our first Kayenta Printmaking exhibit! This will be a showcase of the many types of printmaking, including woodcuts, linocuts, screenprints, monoprints, intaglio, collagraphy, etc. So get out your brayer and spread some ink!

SUBMISSION DATE: March 27, 2024

To learn more about submitting artwork, click HERE.

EXHIBITION RUNS: April 5-May 15, 2024

WE BELIEVE THAT ART, IN ALL FORMS, ENHANCES OUR LIVES AND DEMANDS DISPLAY.

First Fridays at Kayenta
2024-04-05 17:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
Events & Happenings
First Fridays at Kayenta
every First Friday / 5:30p-7:30p and later
FREE to attend!
Kayenta Art Village
We’re thrilled to introduce First Fridays at Kayenta, launching March 1 and happening on the first Friday of every month in 2024! Enjoy live music, food, and fun in the Kayenta Art Village beginning at 5:30pm, and a special screening from DOCUTAH at 7:30pm.

Friday April 5 Lineup:

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DOCUTAH presents: Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
2024-04-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
FILM
DOCUTAH presents:
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
80 MINUTES
Friday, April 5, 2024 // 7:30pm
Celebrate the Launch of our DOCUTAH Series with Light Snacks And Beverages @ 6:30pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
The Center for the Arts at Kayenta is thrilled to partner with DOCUTAH on a new monthly film series. DOCUTAH seeks to open hearts and minds to the world through beautifully crafted stories on film, promoting education while creating an atmosphere of camaraderie and community.
A look at the life and work of the Austrian composer who pioneered the musical scoring of films – hundreds of them – from King Kong, to Gone with the Wind, to Casablanca and beyond.
Tickets $10

KAYENTA COLOR FUN RUN
2024-04-06 08:00 - 09:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
KAYENTA COLOR FUN RUN
We’re taking “Colors of the Desert” to the next level! Join us on April 6, 2024 for our first ever Kayenta Color Run 5K!
Participants of all ages and abilities can run-walk-stroll through 3.1 miles of our beautiful Kayenta landscape. Each color stop during the race will feature powdered paint stations to allow each participant to end the race a colorful masterpiece! The fun doesn’t stop at the finish line, make sure to join us for a fabulous DANCE PARTY after the race!
Each participant will receive a race t-shirt and a swag bag filled with surprises!
Packet Pick-Up will be held at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta on Friday, April 5 10:00am – 8:00pm.
Join us for our First Friday Kayenta Celebration! Experience our village come to life by enjoying a delicious meal at one of our local food trucks, dance the night away with our live entertainment, and stroll through our village shops and restaurants.
Kayenta Color Fun Run

Street Painting Festival: Colors of the Desert
2024-04-06 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-04-07 10:00 - 17:00 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
Festival
Street Painting Festival: Colors of the Desert
Saturday & Sunday, April 6-7th, 2024 // 10:00am-5:00pm
Kayenta Art Village
Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of chalk art at the annual Street Painting Festival presented by the Center for the Arts at Kayenta. The 2024 theme, Colors of the Desert, will showcase the incredible talents of professional street painting artists from the region and students throughout Washington County and surrounding counties. Witness the magic unfold as these artists bring the desert hues to life right before your eyes!
Street Painting Festival

Heroes of the Fourth Turning
2024-04-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-04-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-04-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-04-24 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-04-25 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-04-26 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-04-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
THEATER
Heroes of the Fourth Turning
an Award-Winning Play by Will Arbery
directed by Rachel Park
April 18-27, 2024
Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30pm / Sunday at 2:00pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater

“The sneaky, simple brilliance of Heroes of the Fourth Turning is that it’s not actually about its characters’ talking points at all. It’s about them. It’s not shouting; it’s listening.”
Vulture
It’s nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard after-party. They’ve returned home to toast their mentor Gina, newly inducted as president of a tiny Catholic college. But as their reunion spirals into spiritual chaos and clashing generational politics, it becomes less a celebration than a vicious fight to be understood. On a chilly night in the middle of America, Will Arbery’s haunting play offers grace and disarming clarity, speaking to the heart of a country at war with itself.
Will Arbery is a playwright and screenwriter. His play Heroes of the Fourth Turning premiered at Playwrights Horizons in 2019 and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, OBIE winner, Lortel winner, New York Drama Critics Circle Award winner and John Gassner Memorial Award winner. It was named one of the best plays of the year by The New York Times, Vulture, Time Out and more. Corsicana premiered at Playwrights Horizons in 2022 and was a New York Times Critics Pick. Evanston Salt Costs Climbing had its New York premiere at The New Group and was the subject of a feature in The New York Times Magazine. Other plays include: Plano (Clubbed Thumb), You Hateful Things (NYTW Dartmouth Residency) and Wheelchair (3 Hole Press). He was the recipient of a Whiting Award in 2020. TV: Succession and Irma Vep. His work has been featured in The Paris Review. He’s currently under commission from Manhattan Theatre Club, Adventureland and The Met Opera. willarbery.com

“A perfect production that left me with my heart in my mouth.”
Time Out New York
TICKETS
Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery asks its audience to engage with intense content and characters in spiritual crisis. This production is intended to create conversation, one we hope you will find worthwhile, entertaining, and challenging.
This show delves into mature subject matter, encompassing explicit language, complex adult themes, and thought-provoking explorations of religion, sexuality, abortion, race, politics, and gender.
This production may contain: very loud and sudden noises, including gunshots; the use of a non-firing prop gun, and simulated vomiting.

Sunday Night… All Right! with River House Band
2024-04-21 17:30 - 19:30 | Kayenta Outdoor Theater, 881 Coyote Gulch Court, Ivins, UT, 84738, United States
COMMUNITY EVENT
Sunday Night… All Right! with River House Band
Sunday, April 21, 2024
5:30pm-7:30pm
Kayenta Art Village Outdoor Theater
Join us for the fun Kayenta tradition of Sunday Night…All Right! at the Kayenta Village Outdoor Theater. Our April 21 date will feature a fan favorite from Art In Kayenta: River House Band!
You are welcome to bring a snack and/or beverage. Light snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for sale. Join your friends as we celebrate the warmer weather with music and dancing.
TICKETS
