Off-Peak Art Adventure Guide: Things to Do in Park City, Utah in the Shoulder Season

Background painting by: Frances ReMillard

Explore all of the cultural activities and venues available during Park City & Summit County’s shoulder seasons (early spring and late fall). If the chair lifts aren’t running, or the trails are muddy, our mountain community has tons to offer visitors. Check out local museums, shop at creative small businesses, or immerse yourself into our robust culinary arts scene.

Create your own art adventure.

Child creating an art project with colored paper, markers, and scissors on a wooden table, surrounded by art supplies like tape, glue, and colored pencils.
Three necklaces with large, irregularly shaped stone pendants on a light wooden surface.
Painting of three figures riding horses in front of a large, white flowering tree on a yellow field under a blue sky.
Child holding a heart-shaped stone or object with a reddish-brown color and white spots, with a green textured surface underneath and a blurred background of a person wearing a white shirt with colorful embroidered patches.

Children’s Crafts

Park City Library hosts Crafternoons 2 Go, where kids of all ages can tap into their creative side. Past projects include puppets, sand art, and tracing projects.

The Art of Retail

Olive & Tweed supports many artisans by selling their handcrafted products. There’s something for everyone – from clothing and jewelry to home décor and craft items

The Collective is another local favorite boutique that supports women designers and small business owners. Offering clothing and accessories to home goods and gifts.

Indigo Highway is a modern lifestyle mercantile with a with curated collection of apparel, jewelry and apothecary brands who treat the plant right.

Motherlode Park City thinks the local apparel should reflect the town’s unique personality. The shop features custom apparel with mountain graphics, funny sayings, and homages to local passions like dogs and skiing.

An Eastside Loop

Blue Jayne Studio offers a variety of ever-changing creative opportunities for all ages. Some of their current offerings include after school art clubs for different age groups and Saturday morning kids workshops, designed to inspire and teach new skills.

William (Bill) Kranstover’s Gallery in Peoa showcases colorful, imaginative works that reflect Park City and the surrounding area. Affectionately known as “Kranny,” he has received numerous awards for his paintings and sculptures. He and his daughter collaborated and designed the "Light the Fire Within" for the 2002 Winter Games. This metal torch sculpture is on permanent display at the corner of Kearns Blvd. and Bonanza Dr. 

Get Chiseled

The Chisel and Stone Workshop is a Park City stone carving experience anyone can enjoy. You’ll learn how to shape local Utah alabaster into a unique keepsake you made on your own. You can book a lesson wherever you would like. Carving lessons outside – could it get more poetic?