A Gathering: Portraits of Moab

by Samantha Metzner

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About the Project

As part of the 2024 public arts project, 

local artist Samantha Metzner will be

hosting a photobooth and collecting

portraits during the May ArtWalk to be

ultimately displayed within a larger

mixed media project. The overall aim

of this project is to celebrate the

diversity and  shared humanity within

the broader Moab community.

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The project will be  displayed in the

Foyer Gallery with the opening in June

and all participants are invited to the

opening to partake in a

celebration of community and art.

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About the Artist

​Samantha is an artist and fine art

photographer currently based in

Moab, UT. She specializes in
historic and alternative printing

processes as well as portraits and is

adept at working across photographic

mediums, including film, digital and

mixed media pieces. Samantha received her Bachelors of Art in Photography from Guilford College in 2015 and has since been featured in various publications and juried shows. Most recently, she was selected as the 2022 Artist in the Parks for the Southeast Utah group of national parks and monuments. Most of her current work revolves around themes of identity and place, playing with the intersections of intimacy within the self and chosen surroundings.

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