“Use of color” is an expression over-abundantly used, often because someone doesn’t know what to say about art, or artists: as an artist, you are congratulated on “your use of color” when, of course, you usually have no choice. Color’s there, it happens; you might have chosen the […]
What is contemporary dance? As a dancer, I have encountered this question more times than I can count; Wasatch Contemporary Dance Company (WCDC) attempted to answer it with Nerve and Sinew. The performance spanned multiple techniques and featured pieces by both established professionals and emerging artists. I appreciated […]
Nightingale is the fifth full-length book of poems by award-winning poet Paisley Rekdal, Utah’s current poet laureate and director of the University of Utah’s creative writing program. The cover features a stunning black and white image by New York artist Sara VanDerBeek entitled “White Nude.” Nightingale is published […]
The future of ballet may very well look like the third annual Choreographic Festival presented by Ballet West, only more so. The performance itself was breathtaking. The sheer range and breadth of artistic perspectives, institutional development and support, and scaffolding of public engagement made it an unforgettable experience. […]
There are countless frames in this dance, walls that rearrange themselves, curtains and doors that close — a hazy story about a hotel where tall tales are told. Memories of an audition. A history lesson. Ponce de León and the Fountain of Youth. There’s definitely a heroine: Gertrudine, […]
AM Source 2285 S. Main Street South Salt Lake What will South Salt Lake’s downtown area look like in two decades? Who knows. As Evan Jed Memmott’s mural reminds us, “Nothing Lasts.” Right now, however, the area is going through a revival, with hundreds of new residences popping […]
Shades Brewing 154 W. Utopia South Salt Lake He’s got a BS in Interpersonal Communications from the University of Utah, an MFA in Drawing & Painting from Utah State University, and a KA (kick ass) from the streets. Raise a glass to Chuck Landvatter’s for his latest mural, completed for […]
READ LOCAL First represents Utah’s most comprehensive collection of celebrated and promising writers of fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, and memoir. This month we bring you four poems by Kim Welliver. In 2018, Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum awarded her poem, “Thriving,” First Place in the Utah Original Writing Competition. Welliver has lived in Indiana […]
Gustin Hydraulics 151 W. Commonwealth Ave. South Salt Lake Life got you down? Feeling under pressure? Ann Chen’s mural on the face of this high-pressure hydraulics shop may be just the message you need — “Change Starts With You.” The mural was completed as part of South Salt […]
Life magazine published “Three Mormon Towns” on September 6, 1954. Today, the photo-essay by Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams — two of the best-known photographers in the medium’s history — is largely unknown. James Swensen’s new book, In a Rugged Land: Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and the Three […]
These paintings should not be as good as they are: with their muted palette, square format and generally flat lighting, they should be boring. But are not. Patricia Kimball has never been a flashy painter, one who indulges in bright colors and virtuoso effects in her figure paintings […]
David Ericson Fine Art is a gallery’s gallery: old, jumbled, cozy. In this 1883 building, two chairs have been carefully set across from each other in front of the small fireplace, with its old ornamental insert, the solid, dull brass looking like an ancient shield against winter. There’s […]
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Live Release: The Line Paintings of Paul Reynolds
During Salt Lake City’s May Gallery Stroll at Modern West, Paul Reynolds will be demonstrating the technique for his line paintings described in this article by Geoff Wichert.
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