Kayenta Arts

VISUAL ART: Eye Candy
2025-03-20 - 2025-04-30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
VISUAL ART
Eye Candy: 2D & 3D Art
Desert Spirit Art Committee Group Exhibition
March 20 – April 30, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday, April 4 at 5:00pm
Judy & Tim Terrell Main Lobby
Using the muse of your choice, tempt the eye with something that might invoke a visual “feeling.” In addition to drawing and printmaking, this exhibit is open to artists working in fabric, clay, weaving, wood, encaustics, needlework, metal, and fiber art.
The Desert Spirit Art Committee organizes three juried visual art exhibitions each season at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta. The Committee encourages and invites both established and emerging regional artists to submit original artwork that responds to the exhibition’s themes.
Exhibition Opening Receptions are held in conjunction with First Fridays at Kayenta. The exhibits are always free and open to the public during the Center’s regular business hours: Monday-Saturday, 10:00a-6:00p, plus during evening performance events.
Learn More & Submit Your Work

FIRST FRIDAY
2025-04-04 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
COMMUNITY
First Fridays at Kayenta
every First Friday / 5:00pm-8:00pm
FREE to attend!
Kayenta Art Village
We’re thrilled to introduce First Fridays at Kayenta, happening on the first Friday of every month, September through June! Enjoy live music, food trucks, and a pop-up boutique market in the Kayenta Art Village beginning at 5:00pm, with film screenings in the theater presented by DOCUTAH, and good vibes all around.
Photo courtesy of Donna Conversano / www.conversanophoto.com

DOCUTAH PRESENTS: The Legendary Dee Palmer and His Fantastic Band
2025-04-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
FILM
The Legendary Dee Palmer and His Fantastic Band
Friday, April 4, 7:30pm
part of DOCUTAH
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
An autobiographical documentary told through the eyes of a man born in 1915, who has spent his whole life trying to bring joy to other people through music.

Tickets $10

Kayenta 5K Color Fun Run
2025-04-05 08:00 - 10:00 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
COMMUNITY EVENT
Kayenta 5K Color Fun Run!
Saturday, April 5, 2025 | 8:00am
Kayenta Art Village
Participants of all ages and abilities can run-walk-stroll through 3.1 miles of our beautiful Kayenta landscape during the Second Annual Kayenta 5K Color Fun Run!
Each color stop during the race will feature powdered paint stations to allow each participant to end the race as a colorful masterpiece! The fun doesn’t stop at the finish line. Enjoy a breakfast snack and beverage (orange juice, water, or coffee) at the finish line while you stroll through the fantastic art of the Kayenta Street Painting Festival.
Registration includes a color run t-shirt.
Race Start and End Location:
Center for the Arts at Kayenta
881 Coyote Gulch Court
Ivins, UT 84738
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
TICKETS & REGISTRATION

This 5K Color Fun Run is generously sponsored by Finish Line Construction and Sagewood Homes

Kayenta Street Painting Festival
2025-04-05 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-06 10:00 - 17:00 | Kayenta Art Village, 881 Coyote Gulch Court, Ivins, UT, 84738, United States
ART FESTIVAL

Kayenta Street Painting Festival

Red Rock Reflections

Friday, April 4, 2025 | 5:00pm-8:00pm during FIRST FRIDAYS at Kayenta
Saturday & Sunday, April 5-6, 2025 | 10:00am-5:00pm

FREE to attend!

Kayenta Art Village

Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of chalk art at the 15th annual Kayenta Street Painting Festival presented by Kayenta Arts Foundation. This year’s theme “Red Rock Reflections” celebrates the breathtaking beauty of our region’s red rock landscapes while incorporating an appreciation for nature and the conservation of our natural resources.

The festival brings students and professional artists together as they create the magnificent murals on asphalt canvases. Witness the magic unfold over the weekend as these artists bring the desert hues to life right before your eyes!

Join us over the weekend to take in the views (on the sidewalk and beyond), vote for your favorite artwork, wander the Art Village galleries, enjoy food trucks, live music, and loads of family fun.

Learn More & Get Involved

This Festival is generously sponsored by Carpets Plus, Gaia’s Garden Cafe, Red Rock Vacation Rentals, St George City Lifestyle, The Sole Sanctuary, and Zia Pottery

FIREBIRD
2025-04-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-12 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-16 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-17 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
MUSIC / INSTALLATION
FIREBIRD
Created by Touki Delphine
April 11-13 & 16-18, 2025
7:30pm
This event takes place outdoors with General Admission seating.

“An epic update of Stravinsky’s Firebird.” – The Standaard

Inspired by composer Igor Stravinsky’s 1919 “Firebird Suite”, Touki Delphine (visiting Southern Utah from the Netherlands) presents FIREBIRD, a rule-breaking concert program and an extraterrestrial installation in one — including an “orchestra” constructed entirely of light. Over 600 recycled car taillights illuminate the dance of the firebird in this thoroughly hypnotic event that is hard to describe.
TICKETS

Soirée Musicale: Mozart & Mendelssohn
2025-04-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
MUSIC
Soirée Musicale: Mozart, Beethoven, and Phillip Glass
Saturday, April 19th, 7:30pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
Don’t miss the grand finale of this season’s Soirées Musicales: “Mozart & Mendelssohn”
Join us for an unforgettable evening as we close our musical journey with a spectacular chamber concert. Six talented string musicians will bring Mozart’s “Grand Sextet,” Phillip Glass’s String Quartet “Mishima,” and Beethoven’s “Eyeglass Duo” to life.
Experience the pinnacle of classical music in an exhilarating performance that promises to be the perfect crescendo to our season. Book your tickets now for this unmissable conclusion to our Soirée Musicale program!
Tickets $30

Soiree Musicale is generously sponsored by:

Sunday Night… All Right! with Riverhouse Band
2025-04-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
COMMUNITY EVENT
Sunday Night… All Right! with Riverhouse Band
Sunday, April 20, 2025
6:30pm-8:30pm
Kayenta Art Village Outdoor Theater
Join us at the Kayenta Village Outdoor Theatre. Presenting River House Band playing their exhilarating mix of Blues, Southern Rock, Classic Rock, and Country. Join your friends as we celebrate the new season’s warmer weather with music and dancing.
Doors open at 6:30PM and River House Band performs from 6:30-8:30. Feel free to bring your own snacks and beverages. Sit back and prepare for a great toe-tapping time!
TICKETS

SALT Contemporary Dance
2025-04-25 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
DANCE
SALT Contemporary Dance
Friday, April 25, 7:30pm
Saturday, April 26, 3:00pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater

“SALT prides itself on being “current,” we love to bring in new choreographic voices from around the world that are truly making waves in the dance community. We have had incredible success bringing thought provoking contemporary dance to the Utah community of artists and are so pleased to be touring some of these incredible works.”

SALT Contemporary Dance was founded in 2013 in an effort to bring new voices of dance to Utah. In its 10 seasons, SALT has grown exponentially into a well-respected company, working with some of the most sought-after choreographers to create innovative new productions.
This performance will feature choreography from Rena Butler, Ching Ching Wong, Brandon Lee Alley and Racheal Prince.
TICKETS
This performance is generously sponsored by Desert Dweller Real Estate.

VOYAGER LECTURE SERIES: Stories from the Atomic Age
2025-04-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
VOYAGER LECTURE SERIES
Stories from the Atomic Age
With Matthew Malinowski, The Atomic Museum
Tuesday, April 29, 7:30pm
Social Hour begins at 6:30pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
This year’s Voyager Lecture Series follows “The History of This Land,” from the deep time studied in geology, through modern concerns related to our changing environment.
April’s program is presented by the Atomic Museum, a national science, history and educational institution that tells the story of America’s nuclear weapons testing program at the Nevada Test Site. The Museum uses lessons of the past and present to better understand the extent and effect of nuclear testing on worldwide nuclear deterrence and geo-political history.
The Atomic Museum team will visit Kayenta to discuss the history, challenges and consequences of atomic testing at the Nevada Test Site, including the Downwinders living in Arizona, Nevada, and our area in Utah who were exposed to radiation from atmospheric nuclear testing.
Learn more about the Atomic Museum at atomicmuseum.vegas
TICKETS

Voyage Lecture Series is generously sponsored by Voyager Wealth Advisors and Cache Valley Bank.
