Daily Bytes

Daily posts on happenings in Utah’s visual arts community.

Daily Bytes

New Home, New Mural, New Clothes

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 […]

If You Really Wanted To Get Me Something | Visual Arts

If You Really Wanted to Get Me Something … Colour Maisch, Connie Borup, Darryl Erdmann

I’ve been thinking about Colour Maisch’s porcelain pieces ever since I saw them at Current Work in the fall. Not sure why. Maybe because they remind me of a philosopher’s stone (as in the Chinese Gongshi, not as in Harry Potter). I just think I’d like to look at them for a long while. Sculpture isn’t cheap, though (Go big or go home, is how I’m feeling this year), and I don’t really hang with a wealthy crowd, so, here’s what I’m thinking: she’s got a show going up at the Kimball In Park City on December 9. Hang out in their parking lot next week and while she’s loading the pieces in and out …