News Release

2019 Community Artist in the Parks Selected

Courtesy Antonio Savarese

News Release Date: February 22, 2019

Contact: Karen Garthwait, 435-719-2142

MOAB, UT— The National Park Service Southeast Utah Group is pleased to announce Antonio (Tony) Savarese as the 2019 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP). Created in 2009, the CAIP program highlights the connection between a local artist and surrounding landscapes, particularly at Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments.

Hiking around Monument Valley, Bluff, and Moab in his youth, Antonio found an early and unique appreciation for the rare beauty only found on the Colorado Plateau. He believes that a daily dose of scenery is the best form of medicine anyone—especially artists—can find. “This is a place where, if one looks closely, they may see through the red rocks and into themselves, as nature intended.”

As Community Artist for 2019, Antonio will create original work within the parks for a minimum of 24 hours per month, April through October, and share his inspiration and creative process with visitors. His works will be sold in the Canyonlands Natural History Association bookstores at Arches and Canyonlands national parks during his tenure.

For more information about the program and a schedule of Antonio’s 2019 park activities, visit go.nps.gov/2019CAIP. General program inquires may be directed to Karen Garthwait at 435-719-2142 or via email. Chad Niehaus, the Community Artist in the Parks liaison, may also be contacted for program information via email.