Daily posts on happenings in Utah’s visual arts community.
It’s time again to vote for SALT LAKE CITY as a TOP 25 ARTS DESTINATION in the mid-sized city category. Salt Lake City has been included in the TOP 25 list of AmericanStyle Magazine for three years in a row. It’s easy to vote . . . and […]
For January Gallery Stroll Gavin’s Underground headed over to Art Access, where he interviewed the two exhibiting artists: Daren Young, who brought in his mixed media art entitled HOMO/evocative, and self-taught photographer Julia Voye with her collection of up close works. Check it out here: http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2009/01/21/3663531.aspx Daren Young […]
Matt Glass, a drummer who has played in a number of local bands and recent graduate of the Photography department at Weber State, makes unsettlilng photographs with a touch of comedy. He describes his Apocrypha series as ” cinematic, baroque, apocalyptic and cool.” He has two upcoming shows, […]
Local artist Alex Bigney, who teaches at Utah Valley University, has just published a book entitled Talking to Tesla. Over the past four years the painter has undergone experiences that have profoundly impacted his art and changed his life. In a series of uncanny dreams the enigmatic and now […]
The Utah Division of Arts and Museums (what you might know better as the Utah Arts Council) has announced its 2009 Visual Arts Fellows. Colby Brewer of Salt Lake City and Josh Winegar of Ogden have each received a $10,000 award and a place in the 2008/2009 Visual […]
Old Story: a Norwegian, a Scotsman, and a German walk into a community center in a tiny rural town. They’re carrying a suitcase that they claim contains treasures from the wider world. In an alternate version they claim the valise contains a time machine that can show the […]
Boise, Idaho native Katie Woslager is the new Grants and Endowment Manager for the Utah Division of Arts and Museums. Woslager, who joins the Division with a background in management, human resources, and sales, will play an integral role in the development and roll-out of the Division’s new […]
Every month in our Mixed Media section of 15 Bytes (page 10) we publish links to articles about Utah’s visual arts scene that appear in other publications. Of course, by the time we publish some of the shows reviewed in the Mixed Media section have already come down, […]
The Salt Lake County Art Committee held its annual Open House Tuesday Evening at the County Building on State Street. At the event, the committee unveiled its 2008 acquisitions and donations and showed a video of interviews with a number of the artists whose works were purchased (these […]
The Southern Utah Watercolor Society is holding their "Fall Show" in at the Mesquite Fine Arts Center in Mesquite, Nevada. Their opening reception was this past Friday night, November 14, at which awards where given for top honors and ribbons were displayed. This juried event featured 26local artists. […]
Victoria Rowe Berry , Director of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University , and Andrew Yarosh, Director of the Moab Music Festival recently joined the Utah Arts Council Board of Directors. “I am excited that we will have expanded geographic representation from northern […]
Yesterday NPR reported on recent art auctions, by Sotheby’s and other houses. Recent art auctions in New York and London have resulted in weak bids and withdrawn pieces. A commodity once thought to be recession-proof is showing signs of vulnerability. But some insiders say that may not be […]
Artists of Utah is now accepting submissions for our 35×35 exhibition, coming to Finch Lane Gallery, Mar. 13 – Apr. 24. This exhibition is open to all Utah artists 35 years old and younger.
