Membership
- Demonstrations by excellent artists at monthly meetings
- Monthly MAA newsletters
- Opportunities to enter shows and display your work
- Workshops taught by nationally known artists and instructors.
- Paint-outs with great people from MAA
Member Meetings
2026 Member Meeting Demo Lineup
We have an excellent lineup of guest artists who will be demonstrating at our monthly meetings in 2026. Meetings are normally held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:00 pm. Some meetings will be available by Zoom, while some will be in person. Everyone is welcome to attend. Details will be sent out in the newsletter prior to each meeting.
January - Shanna Kunz
February - Elizabeth Robbins
March - John Hughes
April - John Poon
September - Emily Thomas
October - Steve McGinty
November - Alicia Finlayson
February Member Meeting
Guest Artist, Elizabeth Robbins, February 18, 6:00 pm
Elizabeth was raised in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. She is best known for her classically beautiful floral Still Life but also enjoys painting portraits and capturing the soul of a person. As a child, her Grandmothers would help her identify various wildflowers at their cabin above Oakley, Utah. This is where her love of flowers began. "I still have the book where I pressed and categorized wildflowers that my paternal Grandmother helped me with."
She has won numerous awards including "Best Still Life" and "Best of Show" at the National Oil and Acrylic Painter's Exhibit and the "Tuffy Berg Award" at the 2008 CM Russell auction. She is a Master Member of the Oil Painters of America and A Master Signature Member of the American Women Artists and the National Oil and Acrylic Painter's Society
Robbins has been featured in Southwest Art, The Artist Magazine, American Art Collector, Western Art Collector and Art of the West
We’re pleased to offer this meeting by Zoom. Click here to join
January Member Meeting
Guest Artist, Shanna Kunz, January 21, 6:00 pm
" As a contemporary landscape painter, my work is a conscious play of mood, light and color, but as a naturalist raised and rooted in the diverse landscapes of western America, a painting means more than a location to me. Each place is an encounter with the land, the trees, and the waters which have always given me a sense of connection and order. When a location intrigues and inspires me, I paint the scene into a series using a range of keys or themes, experimenting and searching to learn more about the natural threads that tie the landscape together with complexity, subtlety and⎯more importantly⎯balance. I look for new ways to express relationships and depth with layers of paint, brushwork, gradations, and diffusions of light. My intention is to bring the viewer closer to an honest translation⎯of both soul and land." - Shanna Kunz
We’re pleased to offer this meeting by Zoom through this link: Click HERE.
November Member Meeting
Guest Artist, Shari Lyon, November 19, 6:00 pm
Learn about painting with Beeswax! Encaustic art is painting with a specific mixture of beeswax and damar resin. Painting with hot, melted was, incorporating photography, oil paints, pan-pastels and ink. She loves the smell of the melted beeswax that fills her studio.
The process requires Shari to have both patience and spontaneity. It’s a rare marriage of being in control and completely losing control. it’s labor-intensive, and there are many steps involved. What Shari loves most about encaustic is that the outcome is a dreamy, ethereal image with texture and appeal, unlike any other art form.
Shari is often drawn to the imagery and symbolism of trees, but she often also plays with beautiful loose landscapes and imagery of the divine feminine. Her pieces can be found in private collections in Canada, throughout the US and in Europe. Together with her husband who is also an artist, they love to support and mentor young or emerging artists, create community and travel the world.
We’re pleased to offer this meeting by Zoom through this link: Click HERE.
October Member Meeting
Guest Artist, Carol Granger, October 15, 6:00 pm
Carol Granger spent her childhood on a farm in Indiana where she loved exploring outdoors, playing in mud, building tree houses, and riding horses. She developed a love of drawing at an early age and spent lots of time doodling and dreaming on paper. She studied art education and commercial interior design at Purdue University where she received her bachelor’s degree in interior design. She spent time working in Indiana, Chicago and Ann Arbor, MI primarily as a designer for health care facilities. Carol was involved with a collective gallery in Columbus, OH prior to her move to Park City in 2018. That gave her a love for meeting people and talking about her art.
With her move to Heber City in 2024, Carol can quickly access the beautiful landscape in and around her new home. Painting in the North Fields and along the irrigation canals are favorite spots.
Carol continues to study and observe other painters she admires by participating in workshops and independent study
Carol will lead us through her painting process from start to finish. We’re pleased to offer this meeting by Zoom through this link: Click HERE.
September Member Meeting
Guest Artist, Bryan Mark Taylor, September 17, 6:00 pm
September's meeting will be a unique opportunity to join Plein Air Utah for a special presentation by Bryan Mark Taylor. Bryan is an accomplished landscape and cityscape painter. He has won numerous top awards at the nation’s most prestigious plein air invitationals. Bryan’s work has been shown in museums across the west. He has been featured in Fine Art Connoisseur, Plein Air, Southwest Art, American Art Collector, and American Artist Workshop magazines. Bryan has had many successful one man shows and has been featured in numerous group shows including the California Art Club’s Gold Medal show. Bryan is represented by galleries in California, Colorado and Utah and his work is found in private, corporate and museum collections around the country.
You are invited to meet Bryan and see the presentation in person at Midway Town Hall, or join us by Zoom.
May Member Meeting
Guest Artist, Kwani Povi Winder, May 21, 6:00 pm
Kwani Povi Winder is a young artist with a passion for learning and creating. She graduated with a BFA in oil painting from BYU-Idaho in 2013 and has been painting ever since. She calls herself a stay-at-home artist as she is always creating with her daughters at her side.
Kwani’s paintings are characterized by deep emotions and vibrant colors. Her subject matters primarily include figures and landscapes. Her work is heavily influenced by being an enrolled member of the Santa Clara Pueblo Tewa Tribe. Kwani’s work often contains spiritual and reverent undertones as she uses art to further understand and deepen her relationship with her creator. She resides in Southeast Idaho with her husband and two daughters.
You are invited to meet Kwani and see the demo in person at the MAA Studio (120 W Main St), or join us by Zoom. Click here to join the meeting
April Member Meeting
Guest Artist, Cadace Rideout, April 16, 6:00 pm
Candace Rideout, an accomplished Utah artist, has over 40 years experience. She graduated from the University of Utah with a double major in Drawing and Painting and also a BFA in Secondary Education. After teaching for only one year at Butler Jr. High she was recruited as the artist for the State Board of Education. When she married and started a family Candace continued her art as she ran her own advertising agency. When the children got older she also worked for O.C. Tanner, sold real estate, designed stain glass windows, designed and sold jewelry and created patterns for needlework as well as did book illustrations for Deseret Book. But all this time she continued to paint and teach painting.
March Member Meeting
Guest Artist, David Dean, April 16, 6:00 pm
David Dean Guest artist David will join us for a demo and introduction to his upcoming workshop April 8-10
