Daily posts on happenings in Utah’s visual arts community.
The Visual Art Institute’s new GARFO Gallery opens this weekend with an exhibition entitled 1982: let’s start here. The Gallery has been carved out of empty space in Sugarhouse’s Garfield School by VAI staff Kenny Riches and Cara Despain. The Visual Art Institute has been in the Garfield […]
During the May Gallery Stroll Gavin, of Gavin’s Underground, stopped by the Pickle Factory and talked to Executive Director Kristina Robb about the space’s past, present and future. The exhibition space is currently showing works by University of Utah students. Read the article here. 15 Bytes
Local artist and art promoter qi peng interviewed Artists of Utah Executive Director and 15 Bytes editor Shawn Rossiter for examiner.com. You can read the interview here. 15 Bytes
If the promise of warm weather and a visit to Nathan Wotkyns’ Wide-Angle Art gallery isn’t enough to entice you to Utah’s Dixie, here’s one more reason. The St. George Art Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year on Easter weekend, Friday and Saturday, April 10 and […]
“The first-graders of Providence Hall charter school walk up to the 1998 Ford F-Series van full of chatter and shouts. Once inside its 40-foot cargo space, however, they settle into whispers. They walk a meandering path surrounded by inflated plastic bags stuffed into cardboard boxes and suspended from […]
Cat Palmer has become one of the most prolific photographers in the Utah arts scene. Capturing works that both intrigue and defy while still maintaining a lure that almost mesmerizes, seizing your interest beyond first glance. With multiple gallery and festival appearances, and just as many awards to […]
We’ve been following Amy Caron’s developing Waves of Mu project ever since Ed Bateman profiled the artist in our March 2007 edition of 15 Bytes. Caron was still in the developmental stages of her installation/performance informed by the developing science of “mirror neurons” when Bateman wrote: “As Caron describes Waves of Mu, the performance […]
In our article on how the economy is (or isn’t) affecting the local art community (March edition), we forgot to mention Artspace, the local non-profit that has developed numerous properties as affordable living spaces with an emphasis on artists. Their fifth housing project, the Artspace Commons, is now […]
Gavin (at Gavin’s Underground) recently, interviewed Chew, a local business owner, father of two and a Graff artist who actually gets paid to do his work. To read the interview go to: http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2009/03/18/3735560.aspx 15 Bytes
From our article "The State of the Community" . . . No outside organization currently exists to fill the role of the Folk Arts Program, however; and many, including former directors of the Utah Arts Council, don’t believe the program should be contracted out. The general unease felt […]
USA Today published an article today entitled "Fine arts are in survival mode as funds dry up". Our upcoming edition of 15 Bytes (out Wednesday) will feature an article on how Utah’s own visual arts community is doing in this difficult economy, including the results of our survey […]
Yesterday the Senate passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act with a vote of 61 to 37. As the bill heads to Congressional conference, $50 million in recovery funds to be distributed by the National Endowment for the Arts hang in the balance. Unlike the Senate bill, which […]
