Daily posts on happenings in Utah’s visual arts community.
In a new exhibit and publication from The Church History Museum, John Burton, Josh Clare and Bryan Mark Taylor travel the Mormon Trail with paints in hand.
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) and the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation have announced the winner of their 2017 Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting: New York-based artist Anna Betbeze. In addition to a $15,000 unrestricted cash award, UMOCA, the permanent steward for the Doctorow Prize, […]
Review by David Layton.
The 2016 holiday season brings us a new release by Brevitas, a vocal ensemble directed by Matthew D. Nielsen. Nowell Sing We is their second album, and their first dedicated to Christmas repertoire. Nielsen has curated an excellent program, combining familiar favorites with the new and unexpected, focusing on repertoire of the last 30 years.
Admission isn’t much: Five bucks or some cans of food on Saturday and Sunday; even $30 (kids are $10) isn’t bad for the big-deal gala on Friday’s opening night with fancy finger food and a live auction when everything you spend goes to help Navajos 75 years old […]
The City Library and Utah Humanities announced the winners of the Sor Juana Prize and the Utah Book Awards, Thursday, October 20 at the Library as part of the Utah Humanities Book Festival. Artes de Mexico en Utah, whose mission is to promote the appreciation of Mexican art […]
I’m not really a plein air painter, but I love to paint outdoors. I mostly avoid those competitive plein air events where artists scramble to produce and frame a landscape painting worthy to display and sell. But I found my comfort level at the annual gathering of WOW […]
“It wasn’t easy – all very strong work.” “I am simply blown away with how strong these submissions are – they’ve been a pleasure to read.” “I can’t even tell you how difficult it was to make a final decision.” These are just some of the laudatory remarks from the judges in […]
Authors Doug Rice and Marc Anthony Richardson will be reading from their new books in Salt Lake City on Monday, Oct. 3rd, at 7 PM at Weller Book Works, 507 Trolley Square. The event is part of the Utah Humanities Book Festival and is in partnership with Western […]
The University of Utah police have released a statement that a painting by the late Alvin Gittins was stolen today from a University of Utah building. “Arnies Boy” features a bearded male model with a bare torso and leather cowboy hat. University police have released a security photo […]
It started, as many things on the Avenues do, over cocktails. That was some three years ago and Avenues Open Studios – “Art . . . Off the Grid” remains a going concern with 24 artists, though the number changes from year to year. Check it out for […]
The Huffington Post ranks Salt Lake City as second nationally for creatives in its blog item listing the Top 10. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/smartassetcom/the-top-ten-cities-for-creatives_b_7904842.html “A vibrant culture,” it says, “is not only valuable in its own right, it also often serves to attract and inspire talented workers in non-creative fields, creating […]
The Utah Cultural Alliance has announced Nancy Boskoff as their 2016 Cultural Achievement Award Winner. “Nancy Boskoff has experienced a long and diverse career in the arts. Thanks to the example set by her parents, Boskoff’s commitment to public service was ingrained in her at an early age. […]
