Get lost in the creative beauty of Glen Canyon Exposed.
Craig Childs
Glen Canyon Exposed: Now + Then is a landmark photographic and film exhibit by celebrated artists Dawn Kish and Tad Nichols. After running from April 2025 – September 2026 at the John Wesley Powell River History Museum, the exhibit will be moving on from Green River, UT.
Join us on September 3rd, 2026 for a closing celebration of Glen Canyon Exposed: Now + Then
Doors for the opening reception at 5:30 pm with snacks and refreshments available. The exhibit will be open for its last viewing until 7 pm. Presentations from featured guests from 7-8:30 PM.
The story of Glen Canyon keeps changing, from Tad Nichol’s documentation, to Dawn Kish’s, to how the canyon is folding and unfolding today. These many-armed and long-drown, freshly-emerging canyons are so complex and spectacular that the only way to understand them is to see them. If you’re not there in person, the next best is coming up close to these photographs and feeling the grain of sandstone with your eyes.
Craig Childs
The Speakers
The program includes remarks from the museum, Glen Canyon Institute, and exhibit co-curators Dawn Kish and Richard Jackson.
The evening features a multimedia presentation from Hopi educator and advocate Georgie Pongyesva and a keynote address from author Craig Childs.
Georgie Pongyesva
Hopi, Village of Hotevilla, Born for the Rabbit and Tobacco Clan
Georgie is a Hopi Tribal Liaison and Consultant changing perceptions about land and water. Western Management Practices often consist of putting Human prescriptions on Nature with the intention to dominate, control and separate. Instead, Georgie educates about holistic understandings of water, land, and cultural “resources” through the incorporation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge into management practices, and co-stewardship with Tribes Across the The Southwest and Beyond. It is all connected, and Glen Canyon is the Heart of the Colorado Plateau.
Craig Childs
Craig Childs is a storyteller and author of fourteen books, including The Wild Dark, The Secret Knowledge of Water, and House of Rain. Winner of the 2026 John Burroughs Medal, he has contributed to Radiolab and NPR’s Science Friday, and his work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Adventure Journal. He lives in Western Colorado.
Please email GCI’s Zanna Stutz zanna@glencanyon.org and JWPRHM’s Janet Smoak jwpdirector@gmail.com with any questions.
About the Exhibit
This unique showcase presents two perspectives of Glen Canyon: Tad Nichols’ iconic 1950s images, captured before the construction of Glen Canyon Dam, and Dawn Kish’s contemporary photographs and documentary film, which chronicle the canyon’s stunning reemergence as Lake Powell reservoir recedes.
The exhibit blends art and advocacy, bringing together the work of two artists separated by decades but united by their shared love for Glen Canyon. Visitors will journey through time, witnessing the power of photography and film to preserve, protect, and inspire action for this iconic landscape.
Although this project began as a story for Arizona Highways magazine, it quickly expanded to encompass other publications, “Tad Talks”, exhibits, and the award winning film Tad’s Emerging World.
Glen Canyon Exposed: Now + Then is the next step in documenting and sharing the story of this hidden treasure of the Southwest.
View images from the project
What’s Next for the Exhibit?
Glen Canyon Exposed is next heading to the Gilbert Historic Museum from October 2026 – February 2027.
Help give continued life to this traveling exhibit and the story of Glen Canyon.
