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- CAPITOL REEF: MINDFULNESS & MEDITATION RETREATOff campus Location
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Fee: $299.00
Dates: 3/6/2025 - 3/8/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Days: Th F Sa
Sessions: 3
Building: Capitol Reef Field Station
Room: Commons
Instructor: Jarom Stubbs
Seats Available: 3
Surrounded by red rock and clear skies, step into the stillness of Capitol Reef National Park. Learn to incorporate mindfulness into everyday life and discover the power of your breath through guided Vivation breathing sessions. In addition, learn techniques to ground yourself in nature and enjoy the beauty of the night sky like never before. A mandatory pre-trip planning meeting will be held one week prior to the trip. Food and lodging will be provided. Transportation is not provided.
Ages: 18+
This course occurs at the CAPITOL REEF FIELD STATION
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- CAPITOL REEF: MINDFULNESS & MEDITATION RETREATOff campus Location
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Fee: $299.00
Dates: 3/9/2025 - 3/11/2025
Times: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Days: Su M Tu
Sessions: 3
Building: Capitol Reef Field Station
Room: Commons
Instructor: Jarom Stubbs
Seats Available: 15
Surrounded by red rock and clear skies, step into the stillness of Capitol Reef National Park. Learn to incorporate mindfulness into everyday life and discover the power of your breath through guided Vivation breathing sessions. In addition, learn techniques to ground yourself in nature and enjoy the beauty of the night sky like never before. A mandatory pre-trip planning meeting will be held one week prior to the trip. Food and lodging will be provided. Transportation is not provided.
Ages: 18+
This course occurs at the CAPITOL REEF FIELD STATION
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- CAPITOL REEF: OIL PAINTING EXCURSIONOff campus Location
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Whether you are a novice or intermediate painter, gain skills in color harmony, mixing, tinting, and shading. As we focus on outdoor painting, learning how to capture the geological wonders surrounding the Capitol Reef Field Station. Instruction will focus on oil painting methods. If you are an experienced painting in watercolor, you will still gain even more knowledge in this oil paint medium. A mandatory pre-trip planning meeting will be held one week prior to the trip. Food and lodging will be provided. Transportation is not provided.
Supply List:
- Easel- collapsible, lightweight
- Palette - (recommend 12”x16” glass pallet in a plastic snap lid container)
- Small metal cup that clips to palette
- Brushes – “flats” (no soft nylon)
- #4 width – 1 flat bright, 1 flat filbert
- #8 width - 1 flat bright, 1 flat filbert
- #12 width - 1 flat bright
- Palette Knives - metal triangular shaped tips - 1 small, 1medium
Oil Paints
- Titanium White - 1 Large tube
One medium size tube of each of the following:
- Cerulean Blue, Hue OK
- Ultramarine Blue
- Permanent Alizarin Crimson
- Cadmium Red Medium
- Cadmium Yellow Medium
- Cadmium Yellow, Hue OK
- Yellow Ochre
- Burnt Sienna
- Odorless Mineral Spirits / Paint Thinner (Gamblin brand, Gamsol Recommended) in metal can
- Metal brush washer can with leak proof lid. (Glass OK in classroom but not outdoors)
- Medium- (Gamblin brand, Galkyd Lite recommended). This is to add to oil paint to thin and speed up dry time.
- Painting surfaces - solid panels with heavy gesso texture, not stretched on canvas (bring several panels, recommend: two - 8x10, two 14x11 for vertical, two 11x17 for horizontal)
- Primed Canvas Paper Pad, for color mixing exercises
- Tight fitting examination gloves, Latex or Nitrile - to keep your hands clean.
- Paper towels and/or cotton rags and plastic trash bag
- Camp stool or folding chair & brimmed hat, for outdoor painting.
Suggested text:
Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting, by John Carlson. Dover reprint Paperback edition available on online, $12.00
Composition of Outdoor Painting by Edgar Payne (optional) Hardcover $50.00 online
Ages: 18+
This course occurs at the CAPITOL REEF FIELD STATION
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- CAPITOL REEF: PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPOff campus Location
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Fee: $299.00
Dates: 4/28/2025 - 4/30/2025
Times: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Days: M Tu W
Sessions: 3
Building: Capitol Reef Field Station
Room: Commons
Instructor: Ellen Kowallis
Seats Available: 12
Join us for a weekend of incredible camera techniques, and breathtaking landscapes. Learn how to change night into day with long exposures; then wake up early to photograph the sunrise! Some light hiking required. Focus on composition, learning to see, post processing, lens choice, camera settings, metering, both color and black and white conversion, etc. A basic knowledge of DSLR camera operation such as changing shutter speeds, apertures, and ISO will be helpful. A mandatory pre-trip planning meeting will be held one week prior to the trip. Food and lodging will be provided. Transportation is not provided.
Please bring the following:
DSLR or mirrorless camera with manual controls that can photograph in RAW format.
Tripod
Batteries
Battery charger
Hiking shoes or boots
Ages: 18+
This course occurs at the CAPITOL REEF FIELD STATION
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- CAPITOL REEF: WATERCOLOR WEEKENDOff campus Location
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Have fun while you watercolor in the sun at Capitol Reef National Park! Discover what to look for before you start a painting, how to set up a painting using composition and balance, and how to work with the water to improve your painting style. A mandatory pre-trip planning meeting will be held one week prior to the trip. Food and lodging will be provided. Transportation is not provided.
Please bring the following supplies:
- Watercolor Paper: Bring and use your favorite brand of watercolor paper. Pre cut it into the sizes needed for plein air painting. I would trim it no larger than 12”X 16”. You will most likely use up 6 sheets, maybe as many as 8 sheets of paper.
- Watercolor Paint: You may use any brand of paint that you prefer. I like to use a primary and secondary layout of color in my palette. That would include the colors Red, Yellow, and Blue, Orange, Green, and Violet. Have them pre laid out in a palette of your choosing.
- Plastic Palette, kind of your choosing.
- Brushes: Bring with you a variety of brushes, of different sizes, both round and flat ferruled. Please be sure that they are true watercolor brushes.
- Water Containers: Bring 2 plastic water containers to hold your water for painting.
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Tape
- Board to mount your sheet of watercolor paper on
- Portable or Folding Chair, as you will be outside working, and might want to sit down for your work.
- Portable Table to set your palette, water containers, and brushes on
- Note Book for taking notes
- Camera
- Proper clothing that will protect you against the elements, including a good hat
- The means to be able to carry these things to a remote location, away from your car.
Ages: 18+
This course occurs at the CAPITOL REEF FIELD STATION
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- CAPITOL REEF: WRITER'S WORKSHOPOff campus Location
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Fee: $399.00
Dates: 3/13/2025 - 3/15/2025
Times: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Days: Th F Sa
Sessions: 3
Building: Capitol Reef Field Station
Room: Commons
Instructor: Lisa Mangum
Seats Available: 10
Elevate your writing with this one-of-a-kind writing workshop focused on training that includes one-on-one editorial critiques. This will cover classes on character development, plot structure, and query letters, all while enjoying uninterrupted writing time in the beautiful Capitol Reef National Park at UVU's Field Station. Taking part in the program will give you an opportunity to join a network of writers, where you can develop, and strengthening writing skills. A mandatory pre-trip planning meeting will be held one week prior to the trip. Food and lodging will be provided. Transportation is not provided. See website for more information
Ages: 18+
This course occurs at the CAPITOL REEF FIELD STATION
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