2026 Community Artist in Parks announced

Contact: SEUG Public Affairs, 435-260-0713

Moab, UT-The National Park Service Southeast Utah Group is pleased to announce the selection of Chrissy Noel Kinslow as the 2026 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP).

Kinslow is a Moab-based community artist whose work weaves together art, nature connection, and shared experience. Rooted in the landscapes of the Colorado Plateau, her practice centers on listening deeply and creating accessible, heart-led spaces for reflection and creative expression. Through guided art experiences, storytelling, and land-based practices, she invites participants to reconnect with themselves, each other, and the natural world.

"Being selected as a Community Artist in the Parks feels like a deep honoring of my relationship with land, art, and community," Kinslow says. "I look forward to creating spaces where people can slow down, listen, and connect-using creative practice as a bridge between human stories and the living landscapes that hold them."

Created in 2009, the CAIP program highlights the connection between a local artist and the surrounding landscapes, particularly Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments. Participating artists must reside in Grand, San Juan, or Montezuma counties.

As the Community Artist for 2026, Kinslow will create original work within the parks for a minimum of 24 hours per month, April through October, and share her inspiration and creative process with visitors. Her work will be sold in Canyonlands Natural History Association stores during her tenure.

For more information about the program and a schedule of the community artist's park activities, visit go.nps.gov/CAIP.