Bluff Arts Festival

09/25/2026

Workshop Feature! Beginner Acrobalance, which Will be taught Friday morning from 10am-12pm at the Bluff Community Center. Come learn from an amazing instructor and co-owner of Momentum Aerial in Flagstaff, Joanie Grant. Joanie has been teaching aerial since 2007 and has co-founded four aerial arts focused organizations during that time.

Originally trained in jazz and modern, she co-founded the Crested Butte Dance Collective, where she developed one of the only aerial training programs in Southwest Colorado at that time. She first learned aerial at the Boulder Circus School and Aircat Aerial Arts. Later she trained under the mentorship of Jennifer Dempsey of the Salida Circus.

When she isn’t teaching lyra or silks at Momentum Aerial, you can also find her teaching circus arts such as juggling and stilt walking. Joanie completed aerial teacher training with the Paper Doll Militia. She regularly participates in the American Circus Educators annual conference. Don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity! Momentum Aerial

09/22/2026

Featured Workshop of the day is Urban Sketching: Capturing a Moment, taught by Scott Woodruff , an alumni of the Design Build Bluff Program. In this half day workshop, learn to slow down and pay attention to the places we inhabit by observing and drawing. No experience necessary, this workshop will be a chance to engate with your curiosity, experiment and capture a sense of place!

09/21/2026

09/18/2026

Our Saturday, October 17th, all day workshop is Eco Printing on Silk taught by fiber artist Artist Roy Kady Kady Gaaná Bi'tsóí . You will learn the fundamentals of how to print with ecological materials onto natural fibers. All materials are included and no experience is necessary. bluffartsfestival

09/17/2026

Workshops go LIVE tonight (Thurs, Sept 17th) at 6:00pm!!
Our most intensive workshop, lasting two full days, is a silver jewelry workshop in which you will learn how to overlay sheet silver yo created positive a negativos shapes and patterns. This workshop is taught by master silversmith Jonah Hill. Silver is included in the price of the workshop. Register at our link in bio! Only 5 spots total! Jonah’s artist statement:
“Love, light, and happiness are the keys to the universe. I try to express these keys in my artwork. Whether I am working with wood, metal, photography, or printmaking, I try to let these elements flow through me and into my work. Through my efforts I try to produce art that speaks to the inner soul of the viewer, in the hopes that they too will also use the talents they possess to further these ideas. I want to be able to use the creative process to capture the physical being of these elements, as they exist in nature. These concepts live in the hint of a smile, in the leaf of a plant, and in the movement of the wind and water.

I am from the Hopi reservation in Northern Arizona on my mother’s side and Quechan from my father’s side. To the Hopi and Quechan , water plays an important part of daily life. As dry farmers we rely on annual rain and snowfall to benefit our crops and orchards. Spirituality and ceremony are also a daily part of living, and being connected to place and nature has given me inspiration for my various types of expression. I have a vested interest in water issues as they pertain to native peoples and use the artistic process to express my love and concern for water and the related environmental issues surrounding this most precious resource. I have been an artist for over 20 years, I am a river guide, environmental educator, and ethnobotanist, and have worked with various types of media and have exhibited my work in numerous shows and galleries.”

09/16/2026

Mark your calendars, this Thursday, September 17th at 6:00pm (MST) our Bluff Arts Festival workshop sign ups will go live!! visit our website to peruse the current offerings and pick the ones you want ahead of time because slots will fill quickly! Visit the link in our bio for more info and to register Jonah Hill | Silversmith Kingdom Harvest 👑🌺 Casey Teseny Kourtney Morgan Jean-Philippe Clark Maija Fiebig Hiroko Ogiso Katie Terrell Ramos | Artist and Farmer 💜 Scott Woodruff Morgan Sjogren➸Wild Words from the 🤎 of the Colorado River

09/03/2026

Introducing our 2026 ARTS FESTIVAL design! This design was made in collaboration with featured artist Arlene Benally from one of her weaving plans. Arlene draws out her weavings ahead of time on graph paper, then uses those designs to make her weavings with. We are looking forward to seeing these on tshirts in October!

08/27/2026

Introducing our 2026 Featured Artist, Arlene Benally. Arlene Benally is a weaver and educator living on the Colorado Plateau. She will be teaching a Navajo Weaving Workshop during the festival as well as doing weaving demonstrations throughout the weekend. More details and info coming soon on our website! Link in bio