The Kimball Art Center has announced that its Board of Directors and Building Committee will host a “Meet Your Designer Night” with the Top Five architects (out of 18 invited firms) chosen to compete for the Kimball Art Center Transformation Project. At the historic Egyptian Theater the invited architects will make a short 10-minute presentation...
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Walberg Amendment Fails
While the debt ceiling debate dominated the political news, another piece of legislation, important to the arts community, came to a vote last week. The Walberg Amendment, which would have cut an additional $10.6 million from the NEA on top of the proposed $20 million cut in the Interior Appropriations Funding Bill to NEA and...
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Bad News for the Arts
The Utah Cultural Alliance reports that Kansas has become the first state without an arts agency. Governor Sam Brownback vetoed funding for the Kansas Arts Commission after the legislature voted to fund the commission over his objections. Read the article here. The UCA also reports that the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee voted to...
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Legislative Updates from the Utah Cultural Alliance
First, on the local level (text courtesy of UCA member organization Utah Heritage Foundation): Preservation moratorium proposed Senate Bill 243, Historic Areas or Sites Amendment, was released with text on Monday, February 7, 2011. In brief, the bill proposes a year-long moratorium on designations, expenditures, and development agreements that involve historic structures at the city...
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Poor Senator Stephenson
by Shawn Rossiter From his recent statements that degrees in the liberal arts are "degrees to nowhere" Utah State Senator Howard Stephenson (R, Draper) appears to be either: 1) disappointed in himself 2) a "liberal" 3) a seer Or possibly all three. Disappointed because his own bachelor’s degree in psychology has apparently gotten him nowhere;...
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Government Cuts in the Arts?
The following post is an email we received from the Utah Cultural Alliance, of which Artists of Utah is a member: Last Friday, the Republican Study Committee (RSC), of which both Representatives Bishop and Chaffetz belong, announced budgetary reccomendations that would include cutting all funds for the NEA, NEH, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Heritage Area...
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Corroon vs Herbert
If you’ve been watching the debates in Utah’s gubernatorial election, you’ve probably noticed that discussing the arts is not a priority. Which is why we had Amanda Finlayson sit down with the two candidates to discuss their personal involvement in the arts and how they would support Utah’s cultural economy if elected governor. READ the...
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Gilgal Garden Turns Ten
Yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of Gilgal Garden becoming a Salt Lake City public park. Of course the art that became a park is much older than that. Salt Lake’s answer to Simon Rodia’s Watt’s Tower or the Palais Ideal of Facteur Cheval, Gilgal was the creation of Thomas Child, a Mormon bishop and professional...
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Back to Work
The return to regular routines for children and adults alike this week marks an unofficial end to summer for most of Utah, including those of us at 15 Bytes. During most of the summer we have taken a break from our hectic routine, both on the blog and in the pages of 15 Bytes. But...
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Corroon Country Images
Along with about fifty other interested artists and art lovers, 15 Bytes photographer Kim Silcox showed up to the Artists for Corroon Meet ‘n’ Greet at Kayo Gallery Friday night. Visitors had the opportunity to enjoy food from Desert Edge Brewery and art by Cein Watson, pick up Corroon Country t-shirts and lawn signs, and...
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Artists for Corroon Meet ‘n’ Greet
Artists for Corroon is holding a Meet ‘n’ Greet with Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon this evening (May 14th) at 6 pm at Salt Lake’s Kayo Gallery (177 East Broadway). The event will feature food, music, and a Q&A with Corroon to discuss how the next governor will impact Utah’s art scene. Artists for...
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Artists for Corroon
In this month’s edition of 15 Bytes Amanda Finlayson tells us about a group of artists and art lovers who are throwing their creative weight behind Peter Corroon’s Gubernatorial bid. READ THE ARTICLE HERE. COMMENT BELOW
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