• View of Grand Canyon National Park at sunset from the South Rim

    Grand Canyon

    National Park Arizona

Historic Kolb Studio Art Exhibits

A series of still photos showing the exploits of the Kolb Bros.

The Amazing Kolb Brothers

The Amazing Kolb Brothers:
A Grand Life at Grand Canyon !
Friday, November 30, 2012 - Tuesday, September 03, 2013

At first glance, Kolb Studio is just a house perched on the rim of the Grand Canyon, but, if you look behind the doors or see it from the Bright Angel Trail after a long hike from the river, you realize it is much more than that.


It is the place where the Kolb Brothers created a lasting legacy of adventure, family love, and amazing Grand Canyon photography that will last as long as the Canyon itself.

This exhibit is presented by the Grand Canyon Association, Cline Library and Grand Canyon National Park. Additional funding is provided by the Babbitt Foundation, Pink Jeep Tours, Las Vegas and Sedona and Ms. Penny Schultz.

View the exhibit panels here.

 

 
view of kolb studio

Kolb Studio on the Rim

Kolb Studio
Once the home and business of the Kolb Brothers, pioneering photographers and filmmakers at Grand Canyon, this rambling, Victorian era building (1905) has been restored to its original splendor. Visit the free Kolb Brothers exhibit, A Grand Life at the Grand Canyon in the auditorium, and shop in the bookstore. The exhibit is open through Tuesday, September 3, 2013. .

Kolb Studio is located in the Village Historic District
at the Bright Angel trailhead. This area is under construction through May 18, 2013. Detours are signed.
Open daily 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (winter hours)

Other Visitor Centers
 
Map Spread from 2013 Spring Guide Newspaper

Village "Getting Around" Map

Spring 2013 (March 1 through May 22, 2013)
South Rim Village Transit Map
(1 .29 MB PDF File) letter-size paper (4 pages)

as one large page 22.5" x 17"
(1.3 MB PDF file)
 


Exhibits at Kolb Studio are sponsored by the Grand Canyon Association and Grand Canyon National Park.

For more information on this exhibit and the Grand Canyon Association and its programs, please visit http://www.grandcanyon.org

 

2013 Grand Canyon Celebration of Art (South Rim)
September 14, 2013 - January 14, 2014

Hosted each year by the Grand Canyon Association, the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art is an annual event that includes 6 days of art related events followed by a 3 month long exhibition in Kolb Studio on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

The exhibit opens with a reception on September 21, 2013 from 11 am to 1pm, which is free and open to the public.

The Celebration of Art features 26 artists from around the country who engage in a plein air competition and exhibition. Park visitors have the opportunity to watch the artists paint as they seek to represent the shifting light and shadow, amazing land forms, and vibrant colors of this vast landscape.

Each artist brings a completed studio piece with them and then creates more artwork on the South Rim, on the North Rim, at Phantom Ranch and at Indian Garden during the "Plein Air at the Canyon" and Quick Draw events that takes place in the historic district of Grand Canyon Village. During the auction that follows the Quick Draw event on September 20, 2013, park residents and visitors have the opportunity to bid on the work and to bring a piece of Grand Canyon home.

Proceeds from this event will support the goal of funding an art venue at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. This permanent home will ensure that future generations of park visitors will be able to view the stunning art collection in the Grand Canyon National Park Museum and Grand Canyon Association Collections.

For more information about the 2013 Celebration of Art contact:
http://www.grandcanyon.org/arts-and-culture/celebration-art

Did You Know?

SWITCHBACKS ON BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL

Each year, thousands of hikers enter the Grand Canyon on the Bright Angel
Trail. They follow a route established by prehistoric people for two key reasons:
water and access. Water emerges from
springs at Indian Garden, and a fault creates a break in the cliffs, providing access to the springs.