Daily posts on happenings in Utah’s visual arts community.
Salt Lake City artist Kamille Corry is best-known for her figurative work — classical realism rooted in anatomical drawing and glistening with pearly flesh tones. The studio workshop she ran in Salt Lake City in the early aughts was one of our earliest articles. And she has just […]
“Sometime last year, Tracy [Strauss] and I learned that a book had been published about the extraordinary seven-plus year collaboration of the artists Susan Beck and Bonnie Sucec,” says Salt Lake City artist Brad Slaugh as he’s moving things around in his South Salt Lake studio. “At the […]
Sue Martin spent nearly four weeks in Italy in July in a graduate course offered by the Institute of Christian Studies in Toronto. The course included a seminar on the intersection of philosophy, religion, and art, plus a visual art workshop. “My prior art history and philosophy education […]
Summer, when the days are long and the painting festivals numerous, is often the busiest time of the year for plein air painters and John Hughes often feels that he overbooks himself during these months. This summer, his painting travels took him from Utah to Southern California, back […]
University of Utah College of Science: Life of Tree Returns to Life in the College of Science Few people know that Utah is an art-hungry, art-friendly state. It sports the first state arts council, dating back to 1899, three short years after statehood; more pianos per capita than […]
Portraits are almost awkward by definition: how to pose; to smile or not to smile; what to include in the background. All these decisions, and the primary decision to have ones portrait painted in the first place, give all but the best portraits a sense of awkwardness. Self-portraits […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
