September 30, 2024
14 new works were placed downtown Saturday morning September 28th by the three crack Moab ArTTrails crews.
All works are installed in the heart of Moab for a year. The sculptures are available for sale to buyers, and up for consideration in the public's permanent collection.
Moab ArTTrails purchases at least one sculpture per year to be donated to the public collection.
How can we choose which one to keep for the permanent public collection, we ask you? Well, we ask you.
Voting for the "Keeper" is open until September 1st.
It is great fun, but it isn't easy to choose from all the submissions. Each year, a rotating volunteer selection committee, composed of local community members, merchants, artists and civic representatives do just that-select a show out of a wide pool of submissions from a national call to artists.
The installation, ArtStroll and cash awards event on September 28th, 2024 offers a chance to enjoy the exhibition, with the artists on hand to describe their work.
Since its inception in 2015, Moab ArTTrails has added over $100,000 of art to the public sphere with eleven sculptures acquired for the public permanent collection. The sixth year of this program is produced with the kind support of the Moab Arts Council, the Moab Arts & Recreation Center, Grand County, the City of Moab, RAP tax funds, and the grace of a whole host of totally wonderful artists, foundations, private contributors, arts lovers, civil servants, builders and friends. If you are interested in more info, or participating in the program, Moab ArTTrails is excited to hear from you!
2022-2023 Purchase Award
This year we were lucky enough to purchase 2 pieces. The 2023-24 Selection Committee along with a public vote selected "Winter Hibiscus Leaf" by Provo, UT artist Nathan Johansen and "Was I Just Another One" by Phoenix, AZ artist Hector Ortega
"Winter Hibiscus Leaf" permanently placed at the entrance of the Grand County Library
"Was I Just Another One" Permanently placed at Dixie Park on 400E
2024-25 Best in Show
"Desert Winds" by Myles Howell
Placed at site 3 in front of Moonflower Market
2024-25 Honorable Mention
"Matriarch" by Steve Grater
Placed at site 10 in front of Wells Fargo
Moab ArTTrails is...
Moab ArTTrails is a non-profit organization that celebrates the vibrant culture and resilient beauty of place through the exhibition and procurement of artworks for the public’s permanent collection.
Moab ArTTrails launched its program in 2015 with a permanent gift of art to Grand County. Forces At Play. 4 large scale stone and steel sculptures by sculptor and ArTTrails Co-Founder Michael Ford Dunton stand as elegant invitation to Place, installed and enthusiastically received by the community at one of the oldest shared pathways in the Far West, the Moab Crossing at the Colorado Riverway Bike and Pedestrian Bridge.
The mission of Moab ArTTrails is...
Moab ArTTrails conserves the cultural and economic health of the community through the exhibition and acquisition of enduring public artworks which connect beauty, people and place on shared trails through time.
Sponsors
Moab ArTTrails is made possible through the generous support of foundational and individual donors and sponsors who recognize the value of art as a vital factor of a vibrant community. You can help sustain and grow this program by donating or sponsoring and artist.