Program areas at Entrada Institute
Special events at the Entrada Institute are larger, multi-day venue events, such as arts and the park, torrey chamber music festival, bicknell international film festival, apple days, pioneer days, blues & view music festival, cowboy poetry & music festival and sponsored activities around ranching/western themes, auto, motorcycle, hiking/biking, camping and other outdoor enthusiasts. These events feature widely known americana musicians, artists, and craftspeople who promote place-making and appreciation of the Colorado plateau to audiences of 100-600 persons on our outdoor stage. The programming is generally ticketed, with discounted pricing for local citizens.
The sunset series is the cornerstone of the Entrada Institute's annual cultural arts schedule. The program covers weekly workshops, presentations and performances in arts, music, science, and humanities related to the high desert Colorado plateau. Writers, film makers, theatre and dance performers, painters, dark skies and other scientists bring new works and research to present to local citizens and visitors to capitol reef national park and the surrounding area. These programs are typically prsented to audiences of under 75 persons. The programming is free of charge.
In-residencies, art, music, science and humanities. Residencies at the Entrada Institute are programs in partnereship with capitol reef national park and secondary educational institutions promoting cultural arts, music, sciences, and humanities research, classic conversations, and development of new bodies of work related to the local geography and culture. Individuals are selected through a competitive process to come stay at capitol reef national park and/or the Entrada Institute. Each receives a stipend for their period of stay which may range from 1 week to 1 month and free lodging. Dark skies is a common thread which runs through this program in sharing an abiding desire to preserve beautiful day and night skies while encouraging interpretive expression through any number of artistic forms.
Youth educational engagement & scholarships are part of Entrada's programming to assure youth educational opportunities in cultural arts are expanded in grades k-12. This is a critical service delivery element in one of Utah's lowest income counties year after year. Entrada works with partners both inside and outside the classroom to present arts, music, theatre, science, and humanities offerings. Annual scholarship and internship programs are provided directly to wayne county high students seeking post-secondary education.