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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.
8/21 DESERET NEWS: Art exhibit brings life in southern Mexico’s highlands to Orem A pair of chicken feet, fingers weaving wool, a spindle lying in the dirt, a handful of tortillas cooking on a comal. For photographer Maruch Santíz Gómez, each of these day-to-day items represents a […]
8/1 SOUTHWEST CONTEMPORARY: Alexis Rausch Unpacks America’s Desensitization to Violence Violence and violent media are so common that desensitization to violence is just as normal. Some people are figuring out how to cope with this status quo—but when confronting stories of real-life violence such as police brutality, domestic […]
7/12 CITY WEEKLY: Get to know the Republic of Zaqistan, a micronation enclaved in Utah’s west desert Sculptor Zaq Landsberg came across one of those elusive “Big Ideas” in 2005. After it arrived, he invested his time and his money and then more of his time into it. […]
6/16 2023 SLC Mayor’s Artist Awards Honors Community-Building Artists and Arts Programming Mayor Erin Mendenhall has announced the winners of the 2023 Mayor’s Artists Awards, which will be presented live at the Festival Stage at Library and Washington Square, in conjunction with the Utah Arts Festival on Friday, […]
5/26 The Leonardo announces their roster of Artists in Residence Salt Lake City’s The Leonardo has announced their roster of Artists in Residence. Every Saturday and Sunday the Artist in Residence program will feature a different Latino/Hispanic artist from the community. The program was created in collaboration with […]
5/15 Chie Fueki Awarded Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting UMOCA and the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation have announced that the New York-based artist Chie Fueki has been awarded the 2023 Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting. Chie Fueki (b. 1973) lives and works in Beacon, NY. Fueki […]
Over six years and with the help of dozens of artists from within and outside Utah, South Salt Lake’s The Mural Fest has planted murals all over the concrete garden of its downtown area and adjacent creative zone. At this point you could start walking from anywhere within […]
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums has announced the 15 Utah artists in design, performing, and visual arts that have been awarded $5,000 fellowships to recognize their individual artistic excellence and support their professional careers. The fellowship provides unrestricted cash awards based on review by prominent arts […]
“For nearly 50 years, Ralphael Plescia has been making religious art to explore the story of creation in his private museum in Salt Lake City, Utah. His project has one overriding vision: to tell the story of Biblical creation in the right way by restoring characters and tales […]
In April, Utah’s two flagship modern dance companies respond to the environment. With To See Beyond Our Time, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company joins the swelling number of artistic voices calling for dramatic change to save Great Salt Lake. Co-created by Ririe-Woodbury artistic director Daniel Charon and theatre director Alexandra […]
3/28 SLUGMAG: A Portrait of Humor and Sadness in The Melancholy Play Wasatch Theatre Company presents a charming and eccentric look at mental health at the Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center with the latest show in their season, The Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl. A bank teller named Tilly (Ariana Farber) journeys to find happiness as […]
We scroll the news and social media feeds so you don’t have to. Here are the newest articles related to Utah’s art scene. 3/7 THE INSIDER: Utah Wildlife Walls Brings Big Art to Small Towns Living in rural southern Utah has many unique qualities. Ranging from stunning landscapes, […]
2/24 CHANGES BEHIND THE SCENES AT UMFA Nancy Rivera has announced she’ll be leaving Utah Arts & Museums as of Feb. 24 and will be joining the staff at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. With the Utah Division of Arts & Museum’s two major exhibition spaces — […]
2/5 UMFA Receives $5 Million Gift The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) has announced that it has received a $5 million gift from longtime benefactors, the Price Family, establishing an endowment to support the UMFA executive director position. The Marcia and John Price Executive Director Endowment for the […]
Esther Hi’ilani Candari’s pro-tip for 2023: “If you want to have a lot of amazing projects on your desk, tell yourself that you are going to slow down. It seems like that is when they always come out of the woodwork.” The Hawai’i native now living in Utah […]
1/20 Salt Lake City Public Art Program Commissions Local Artist Team Roots Art Kollective for the Creation of a Permanent Surface Mural at Poplar Grove Park From the press release: “After reviewing applications collected from the 2020-2022 Pre-Qualified Artist Pool, the Salt Lake City Art Design Board recommended […]
Sarah May is a storyteller. Those stories may appear as poems, images, sculptures or combination of the same. You may remember her 2016 exhibit at Mestizo Gallery, where she used the folk art form of the retablo to explore issues of identity and racial stereotyping. In Glances, a […]