Abstract Watercolor Painting Techniques
Watercolor painting is a distinctive medium, straddling the worlds of painting and drawing to create a unique art form. Paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble medium and can be applied to everything from paper to canvas, and from wood to fabrics. What makes watercolor painting so unique is its unforgiving nature;lines, colors, and forms...
Emerald Hills Institute Annual Interfaith Iftar Dinner of 2019
On May 16th, Emerald Hills Institute hosted a community Iftar for friends and their families, open to our neighbors from all walks of life. Our keynote speakers were Emma Houston from the Salt Lake Mayor’s office, and Father Elias of the Greek Orthodox community. Emma Houston is Salt Lake County’s Director of Diversity and Inclusion....
School Supply Drive
Emerald Hills Institute has joined United Way of Salt Lake school supply drive. All supplies have been collected by Emerald Hills Institute delivered to drop off location at the Columbus Community Center on July 30. United Way of Salt Lake is targeting to reach out 12000 low income Utah students who are unable to...
Stuff the Bus
565 volunteers who donated supplies, stuffed backpacks, created bookmarks, and more at the United Way of Salt Lake stuff the bus event. While Emerald Hills Institute partnered during school supply drive Talk in Action volunteers joined to the volunteering event. Raised 118,569 individual school supplies with 55 supply drives that impacted more than 12,300 students Stuffed 5,300 backpacks to give...
Emerald Hills Institute Grand Opening Dinner
August 12, 2019 marked the Grand Opening of the new home of Emerald Hills Institute with the 4th annual Encouraging Women in Our Society Awards. The Honorable Cherie Wood, Mayor of South Salt Lake, and Karen Hale of Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson’s office, were in attendance, along with many other...
EHI volunteer Hulya Kablan teaches Water Marbling at the Art Express
The 2019 conference hosted three keynote speakers—Katie Dawson, Antonio Sacre, and Mickey Rowe—and more than fifty breakout sessions with topics ranging from Japanese Bunraku puppetry to Turkish marble painting. This year’s conference focused on creating inclusive environments for those with culturally diverse backgrounds and disabilities as well as helping students express themselves through storytelling...
UVU Interfaith Club Visit and Service Project
The Utah Valley University Interfaith Student Council kicked off their year with a retreat in Salt Lake City visiting with eight different worldview leaders and houses of worship. The retreat included partnering on the third day with Emerald Hills Institute to serves meals at the Women’s and Children’s Center in Murray. There they...
Health and Wellness Series – Yoga Class
Yoga classes under Emerald Hills Institute Health and Wellness series is being held on Thursdays on a weekly basis. While increasing their inner peace and wellness, participants made new friends.
Being Benevolent Seminar
On Saturday, September 7, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm the Emerald Hills Institute hosted our Women’s Interfaith Gathering. Zeynep Kariparduc was our host and taught us about the purpose of the Emerald Hills Institute – a place that focuses on inclusion, love and dialogue to grow together as friends. Kimberly Giles, a life coach, founder of...