UTAH'S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
When I think of the dead, it means they’re thinking of me … Cheering or haunting, depending on your perspective, are these opening lines from Marianne Boruch’s “The No-Name Tapestries,” a work Natasha Sajé chose to read for us in honor of National Poetry Month. Sajé, a professor […]
Although the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art is closed due to COVID-19, its programming is still being made accessible to the public online and off-site. The museum has created 360 virtual tours of current exhibitions, allowing viewers to move through the museum and view artworks as if they […]
… Mutter all you want: in this You are different from nobody, even in your feeling Alone at night when darkness brings itself down And all you find gazing out from where you are is light Blazing the house across the way, where you imagine Neighbors you haven’t […]
“Poetry is about trying to re-create an experience that, technically, can never happen again,” Trish Hopkinson said in our profile of the poet, blogger and literary arts advocate in April, 2019. “It’s specific to the poet or the character they’re writing through.” You can find Hopkinson’s work online […]
Earlier this year, Laura Durham was asked to be on a panel for a book club discussion hosted by Utah Arts and Museums about Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven. “The book is set 20 years following a pandemic,” Durham says. “Crazy timing, right? Anyway, the book is about […]
In honor of National Poetry Month, we’ve asked poets in our state to read from their own work as well as from the work of a poet they admire. Rob Carney is the author of six books and three chapbooks of poems, most recently Facts and Figures (2020). […]
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is scheduled to be closed through Friday, May 8 (though dates could change at any time). Below are some virtual art experiences the museum is offering that may interest you in the meantime: UMFA at Home https://umfa.utah.edu/museum-at-home is a new online portal launched in late March. […]
As this case in Washington proves, the COVID crisis is not a good time to be participate in a choir. Along with everything else in Utah’s performing art community, the crisis forced Utah Chamber Artists to cancel the final concert of their 2019-2020 season. To assuage the appetites […]
Artists of Utah is excited to announce the artists for its 5th iteration of 35×35, an exhibition that explores the varied interests and talents of Utah’s young generation of artists. From a surfeit of exceptional submissions, the organization’s board of directors has narrowed the field to the following […]
Salt Lake City March 18 – April 14 Artist Reception: March 20, 6-9 p.m. ” This show will feature 9 large abstracts painted in January of this year. These works by local artist Bill Reed illustrate a diversity of process and emotions, and reflect 15 plus consecutive years […]
Due March 1, 2020 Nominations for the 8th annual 15 Book Awards are open. Books must be Utah-centric (author must live in Utah, have a strong connection to Utah, and/or the book must be set in the state or have important themes that speak to the population of the Beehive […]
“I am living that phrase, ‘Careful of what you wish for,’” says Salt Lake City artist Stephanie St. Thomas, who is gearing up for a very, very busy March. She has been accepted into the prestigious La Quinta Art Signature Event (Mar. 5 — 8), will be attending […]
