Daily posts on happenings in Utah’s visual arts community.
Utah’s Justin Taylor was recently recognized by the Portrait Society of America. His piece, “What to Make of It” (24 x 24 oil on canvas) was chosen, from among 1200 entrants, as 20 finalists for the Society’s conference in Philadelphia this April. Taylor, a native of Las Vegas, […]
We’re hard at work on the April edition of 15 Bytes, crossing our fingers that we’ll get back into our tradition of actually publishing it on the first Wednesday of the month (even if at 11:59 pm). We feel a responsibility to work hard on this project because of all the […]
In the March edition of 15 Bytes, Sue Martin provided some tax tips for artists. One of her tips, involving artists donating their work to non-profits raised some questions among our readers. Because Sue wrote that artists should have the receiving organization give them a receipt for the value of their […]
The Art of Small Things by John Mack Reviewed by Laurel Hunter It is no small thing to read through this book. Every time I picked up The Art of Small Things, I became totally absorbed in the beautiful color photographs that illustrate the book – the objects shown are […]
People are taking notice of Jen Suflita, a young Salt Lake City-based painter and printmaker. Describing her current exhibit at the Finch Lane Gallery on page 8 of this month’s edition of 15 Bytes, Geoff Wichert, wrote that “Jennifer Suflita makes portraits that strive to capture both the enduring […]
Artscience: Creativity in the post-Google Generation by David Edwards I really want to like Artscience. I am totally in agreement with its premise that artists and scientists can benefit by immersing themselves in the other’s discipline. The author David Edwards, a biomedical engineering professor at Harvard, is obviously […]
Artists in China by Philip Tinari and Mario Ciampi reviewed by Aaron Moffett Artists have been an important part of China’s history for thousands of years. Fine artists in porcelain and ceramics have existed all the way back to the Han Dynasty. The Ming and Ching dynasties produced […]
UCACA, the Utah Committee for the Advocacy of Contemporary Art, has purchased its first piece of art, a drawing by Sri Whipple. The group now seeks to place the drawing in a public collection somewhere in the state. Founded in 2006, UCACA’ s mission is to increase the […]
The following comes from Beth Jones, Administrative Director of the Utah Cultural Alliance (of which Artists of Utah is a member). We share this with you so as individual citizens you can express your views to your representatives. "Representative Sheryl Allen (R-Davis) and the Board of the Utah Cultural […]
It’s not every legislative session that attention gets paid to the visual arts in Utah, but this year Representative James Dunnigan (R-Taylorsville) wants at least to take notice of the art the state already has. The state government that is. Dunnigan’s bill, SB33, proposes to inventory the state’s art collection. Once […]
Jean Arnold the Illustrator Comes to Town By Ruth Lubbers Several weeks ago, an invitation from the Utah Arts Council’s Rio Gallery landed on my desk for an intriguing exhibition titled This is Our Land: Discovering America & the World Through Original Illustrations from Children’s Books. And there, on the front […]
One of the most remarkable monographs to have been written in recent years is Marian Wardle’sMinerva Teichert: Pageants in Paint. That Wardle is the granddaughter of the venerable western and Mormon muralist is inconspicuous, and with exacting detail, Wardle has created the most important work to date about […]
