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.
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 […]
For the first time, Salt Lake City has been named one of the top 40 most arts-vibrant communities in the United States. SMU DataArts, the National Center for Arts Research announced the seventh iteration of their Arts Vibrancy Index Report at the conclusion of 2022. Salt Lake City […]
Artists of Utah is excited to announce that Cedar City writer and SUU professor Danielle Beazer Dubrasky has won the 2022 15 Bytes Book Award for Poetry. A graduate of Stanford (MA, English/Creative Writing) and the University of Utah (PhD, Creative Writing), Dubrasky is a three-time winner of […]
Artists of Utah is excited to announce the winner of this year’s 15 Bytes Book Award for Creative Nonfiction: Rob Carney. The Salt Lake City poet and Utah Valley University professor is the author of eight books of poetry. With Accidental Gardens, published by Stormbird Press, Carney updates […]
Artists of Utah is excited to announce that Salt Lake City author David Kranes is the recipient of this year’s 15 Bytes Book Award for Fiction. Kranes, a professor emeritus of English at the University of Utah, has published eight novels and three previous collections of short stories. Performance […]
12/15 Utah Division of Arts & Museums Alexis Rausch’s painting “No Story, Thanks,” has received the People’s Choice award at the Statewide Annual UT ‘22 Exhibition on display at Ogden Contemporary Arts through January 6. (Read our review of the exhibit here). 12/12 David Dibble on the Undraped […]
11/26 Sweet Spirits (Hello Sunday – Season 3, Episode 9) featuring Emily Larsen Art historian, curator and collage artist Emily Larsen discusses her struggles with mental health and the importance of art therapy in her life. WATCH THE VIDEO (starts at 9:55) 11/25 SLTRIB: This BYU student’s […]
Do you remember the days when you barely left your house? When your sweatpants felt like a second skin? If you bought art, it was online? Well, those days are definitely over. Some fine threads should be on your gift list. And you should get out. Because the […]
11/10 SLTRIB: A study found West Valley City to be the least artsy city in America. Is that true? There are people in West Valley City who would like to have a word with those who labeled their town “the least artsy city in America.” West Valley is […]
In October, Salt Lake City’s Public Art Program commissioned local arts and culture writer Bianca Velázquez to write on the “art, legacy, and impact of Ruby Chacón in Salt Lake City’s public art scene.” The city has commissioned Chacón to create several murals, including her Art-in-Transit commission for […]
10/25 Southwest Contemporary: Salt Lake City Bids Farewell to John Sproul’s Beloved Nox Contemporary John Sproul is well known to many in the Utah arts community. A gregarious, if soft-spoken figure, Sproul crafts textured paintings that encase human figures in layers of pigment, inviting a rumination on both […]
10/14 KUER: Nude portraits removed from St. George-owned art gallery after confrontation The City of St. George has taken down work from a Utah Tech University art student in the Electric Theater Center Gallery after a woman publicly criticized the show’s content. On Monday, Oct. 10, UT student Maddison Smith […]
10/4 SLTRIB: Meet the Utah poet long-listed for a national award for her collection on Black pioneerism. Rio Cortez is from Salt Lake City and says growing up as a Black woman, particularly as a teenager, in the state was isolating. 10/4 SLTRIB: Utah Shakespeare Festival sees another […]
9/24 Leroy Transfield and Rose Datoc Dall featured in BYUtv’s Artful Leroy Transfield expresses his faith through sculpture. Rose Datoc Dall uses her skills as a painter to depict scenes of the Savior. WATCH THE VIDEO 9/26 KRCL’s Meet Your Maker, a series exploring creativity with local maker […]
For more than 40 years, the Glendinning mansion on South Temple has been home to the Utah Arts Council/Division of Art and Museums. No more. The division is getting the boot to make way for the expanding complex of their neighbor and boss: the governor. Which means the […]
The Salt Lake Arts Council and the Public Art Program celebrates the newest addition to the City’s public art collection, The Crossing, (unveiled July 26, 2022) with an interview with the artist Jiyoun Lee-Lodge. … What is your favorite medium to work with? Pen and iPad for immediacy […]
loveDANCEmore announces that Arin Lynn will replace Samuel Hanson as editor of the dance publication. “As I leave the position, I would like to thank our talented writers, as well as the artists whose work we’ve catalogued and critiqued in over 250 articles, reviews and digest pieces,” Hanson writes in a press release. “I also want to thank the many photographers who volunteer their time to document dance — both for our publication and for dance companies and independent producers across our state. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to take a look at our virtual exhibition, Through the Eyes of a Dancer, a collaboration with the Utah Division of Arts and Museums. We hope to present this exhibition, which celebrates Utah dance photography, in a gallery show in 2023 or 2024.”
