This is our chance to check in with members of Utah's art community to see what they've been reading, seeing, doing.
Crystal Young-Otterstrom is currently the Audience Development Manager for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, a composer and a fan of the visual arts. Crystal started Vivace, a funkified bunch of 20/30/40 somethings (single, partnered, married) that just happen to get their groove on to classical music and opera. […]
While Meri DeCaria is well-known in Utah as the Director/Curator of Salt Lake City’s Phillips Gallery and also as President of the Salt Lake Gallery Association. she is equally recognized for her work as a visual artist. Producing art in an age where social commentary and complex, visually difficult imagery are […]
This month, Park City’s Coda Gallery features the unique visual world of Salt Lake’s Melissa Peck. Peck studied at Salt Lake Community College and Utah State University and uses pencil and brush to create storybook characters, inspired by her travels, her reading and, most importantly, her two daughters, Aleah and Eve. […]
2007 has been a good year for Salt Lake City artist Nate Ronniger. In addition to exhibiting at the Bountiful/Davis Art Center and Terzian Galleries in Park City, Ronniger has been recognized for his work with purchases, awards and publication. The Salt Lake County Art Committee purchased his work, […]
Salt Lake City’s Nate Ronniger 2007 has been a good year for Salt Lake City artist Nate Ronniger. In addition to exhibiting at the Bountiful/Davis Art Center and Terzian Galleries in Park City, Ronniger has been recognized for his work with purchases, awards and publication. The Salt Lake County […]
Trent Call was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from the University of Utah in 2004 with a BFA and has been publishing the local art zine, Swinj, off and on since 1998. He is well-known for his graffiti-influenced paintings and prints, skateboard decks, and […]
What hangs above your mantel? A large abstract of mine; I hung it there as I was moving in (the only spot on the wall with a nail). Lee Deffebach saw it hanging soon after and told me I should never move it. I haven’t; that was 7 […]
You can find Salt Lake City artist Karl Pace in his studio at the Poor Yorick Open Studio, September 28th & 29th. Go to page 8 for more information. What hangs above your mantel? The artwork above my mantel changes frequently, but usually there is a monotype that my wife, Martha […]
Doug Braithwaite is known around the state for his plein-air landscape paintings, which have won numerous awards (see page 6). Brandon Cook reviewed the artist’s recent exhibition at the Eccles Community Art Center in Ogden for our June edition. What hangs above your mantel? I have a 1986 etching called […]
Mike “Satch” Fletcher is a self-taught artist who lives in Ogden with his wife and three cats. His experimental and colorful abstract paintings are currently on exhibit at the Visage Salon in Salt Lake City. What hangs above your mantel? Abouve my mantle hangs “lotus,” a fine art […]
Eileen Doktorski is an assistant professor of sculpture at Utah State University where she has taught since 2002. Her installation “Domestic Arsenal” is currently on display at the Salt Lake Art Center through May. Doktorski was a Fulbright Scholar at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland […]
Susan Harris is Associate Professor of Art + Design at Southern Utah University, where she has taught ceramics and sculpture since 1996. Prior to that, she was Artist-in-residence at the Alliance for the Varied Arts in Logan for 17 years and is a Fellow of the Council for […]
Chris Dunker, an MFA graduate of Utah State University, maintains a successful commerical photography business which includes drum scanning and large format inkjet printing as well as copy art and post production services. He is part of the Rio Gallery’s current Grantees Showcase exhibition through March 3rd. What hangs above […]
1. What hangs above your mantel? “1928 International Truck ” 24×30 by Utah Painter, Ron Russon 2. What was the most memorable exhibit you’ve seen recently? Harvey Dunn, “The Original Donation” at the South Dakota Art Museum; a powerful exhibit of prarie and homesteader paintings painted by an […]
Shawn Porter works for the University of Utah art department. He is included in the faculty show at the UMFA this month. 1) What are you reading lately? Lately I have been reading, (or rather looking at) a book by Rainer Zerbst about the architect Antoni Gaudi. I find his fusion […]
Sylvia Ramachandran teaches ceramics at the University of Utah. She is included in the faculty show at the UMFA this month as well as Terra Nova’s Great Things/Small Packages exhibit in Provo. 1) What are you reading lately? Right now I’m reading James Trilling’s Ornament: A Modern Perspective While I was in art school, I […]
by Tom Livesay & Anna Marie Boles The following was originally published in Utah 2006: Fine Crafts & Photography, the exhibition catalogue for the Utah Arts Council’s Annual Statewide Exhibition on exhibit through November 2006. The show was juried by the authors. Tom Livesay is the director of the Whatcom Museum of History […]
