clue #1 Found @ Steenblick Stuart Howe	clue #2 Found @ West Pointe unknown	clue #3 Found @ City Creek unknown	clue #4 Found @ Memory Grove Steffani Saxey
clue #5 Found @ Pioneer Park Sage & Rachel Turk	clue #6 Found @ Liberty unknown	clue #7 Found @ Sugarhouse Gage & Shauna Fisher	clue #8 Found @ Tanner Park Rondi Mattson
clue #9 Found @ Popperton Mike, Sydney & Sophie	clue #10 Found @ Jordan Park Rick Anderson	bonus clue #1 Found @ Memory Grove unknown	clue #11 Found @ Steenblick Stuart Howe
clue #12 Found @ West Pointe unknown	clue #13 Found @ City Creek unknown	clue #14 Found @ Memory Grove Steffani Saxey	clue #15 Found @ Pioneer Park Sage & Rachel Turk
clue #16 Found @ Liberty unknown	clue #17 Found @ Sugarhouse Gage & Shauna Fisher	clue #18 Found @ Tanner Park Rondi Mattson	clue #19 Found @ Popperton Mike, Sydney & Sophie
clue #20 Found @ Jordan Park Rick Anderson

Gage Fisher Sugarhouse Park First to find!	Sydney, Sophie, Maya & Mike Popperton Park Fish on a rock	Stuart Howe Steenblick Park Laying with the cats	Stuart Howe Steenblick Park Small little park
Stuart Howe Steenblick Park Earth Turtle	Maya & Sophie Creating art in the park City Creek Park	Steffani Saxey Memory Grove Park Guitar Turtle	Steffani Saxey Photo by Candice saxey "Do Not Touch"
Rondi & Emma Winners with Bearded Bunnies Talented hunters	Art in the Park Liberty Park A fun crowd	Aiden Gonzales Drawing an ant eater Great young artist	Tara Gonzales Her impressive artwork Great colors!
Sisters Creating some artwork Loving those markers	Victor Gonzales With bearded bunny Click name for his blog	Mermaids & Turtles Original work Liberty Park	Treasure Hunters with Bearded Bunnies Pika and Fish bunnies
The Fisher Family The first to find winners Fun people!	An American Girl Great Flag Drawing Young talented artist	Stuart Howe & friends Earth Turtle winner Found at Steenblick	Rachel & Sage Turk Gold Bird winners Talented Hunting couple
Jimmy, Mar and Me Drawing pictures Art in the Park	Jimmy & Mar Juarez Holding their great artwork With two bunnies	Robert & Jacob Sagers with Jango Bunny artists and jedi in training

umbrella Found @ Jordan Park Rick Anderson	butterfly Found @ West Pointe unknown	tortoise Found @ Tanner Park Rondi Mattson	fish Found @ Popperton Mike, Sydney & Sophie	flowers Found @ Sugarhouse Gage & Shauna Fisher
castle Found @ City Creek unknown	guitar Found @ Memory Grove Steffani Saxey	recycling Found @ Liberty unknown	earth Found @ Steenblick Stuart Howe	gold bird Found @ Pioneer Park Sage & Rachel Turk

The Salt Lake City art hunt began at sunrise July 26th, 2008; the hunt ends when all ten artworks are found!
important rule: only one artwork per family. however, if you find one turtle and want to find more...simply call a friend or another family to join the hunt with you. Help spread the joy of treasure hunting to everyone.

WINNERS GET TO KEEP THE ART! Ten brightly colored and hand drawn miniature Desert Tortoise artworks (see above) will be hidden in the public parks of Salt Lake City in Utah. Winners keep the miniature artwork! Minneapolis artist William Hessian is creating the art and then hiding the art in hidden locations in the pulic parks. The hunt is open to the public and everyone is invited to seek out your local parks and search for these tiny treasures. Each artwork is 1 inch by 1 and a half inches. All ten works will appear on this website prior to the hunt, and visual clues will be posted to help aide those art seekers. All winners and art hunters are invited to send in pictures to be added to the website.

All clues are photographs of the artwork in its hiding places, feel free to print pictures to take on your hunt
Saturday = hard clues
Sunday = medium clues (some clues will be posted randomly during the day)
Monday = easy clues (if neccessary)

Kelsey and myself will be painting in the parks this weekend. Times and location will be added to the website by Friday night. Winners of the hunt will be able to claim their small prize during the paint in the parks.

Since the Desert Tortoise art hunt is a grass roots independent art project it relies heavily on word of mouth exposure. Please help out and pass on this website and the dates and times to friends, families, children, schools, teachers, park enthusiasts and anyone else that might be interested in the hunt.

Please show your support for Art as Treasure, self representing artists, bring the joy of art to thousands of people and help fund artwork in the parks, by donating (using the Paypal links at the top and bottom of this page or by mail). Find out how to recieve a free bearded bunny art print for your donation. (If you've found a Tortoise, have pictures to submit, or have any questions or concerns please contact: William.hessian@gmail.com)

Feel free to talk about the hunt with other Salt Lakers here

THANKS TO UTAH DONATORS:

Mike & Sydney Husseman
Deborah Martin
Anne Swensen
Utah Parks
Ben Flint
Salt Lake City Tribune
Utah Museum of Fine Arts


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