Utah Arts and Humanities Council speaker Colleen Whitley, an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University, will highlight the lives of 18 outstanding but often unnoted Utah women in her presentation. This slide show and lecture illustrates some of the many ways that women influenced the settling and shaping of the West. Fine arts on display during the week include paintings, photography, pottery, quilts, and needle arts. Approved modern methods will be taught in a historic setting. Tomatoes, peaches, pickles and green beans will be preserved.
Visitors are welcome to participate.
Daily demonstrations on the 1917 Jensen Farm include weaving, cooking, quilting, laundry, butter making and sewing on a treadle sewing machine. Children's activities include paper weaving at the loom, sewing buttons, making paper hats and soft clay. On Saturday there will also be a women's theatrical in the Opera House at 2 p.m. There will be violin music, stories and readings and a readers theater. The American West Heritage Center is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and is located on Hwy. 89-91 in Wellsville.