by Geoff Wichert My first published writings on art were written in Southern California, and published by a magazine in Portland, Oregon. They were written in the LA area because that was where my stained glass studio was, and the city was then a hot place for glass art. My articles, about glass art in...
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Firms to Compete for Kimball Art Center Transformation Project
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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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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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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Update on SL County
The Salt Lake County Council approved its 2010 Art Acquisition Budget at $10,000.00. The Salt Lake County Art Committee thanks all those who contacted their representatives.
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SL County Art Funding Threatened
Salt Lake County Arts Funding Threatened – Act NOW to Save It! by Sue Martin If you care about Salt Lake County’s support for visual arts – specifically, the county’s art collection – now is the time to weigh in on budget deliberations by the county council. Salt Lake County has an extraordinary collection of...
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Trent Alvey’s Dress
Someone has decided that the Trustees of Westminster College shouldn’t be looking up Trent Alvey’s dress. That seems like a self-evident, uncontroversial proposition. But the dress is actually a work of art Alvey created in 2007, and has been hanging in the Giovale Library as part of the Westminster alumni exhibit. 9-foot tall bride’s dress,...
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Utah Arts Orgs Can Labor a Little More
The Utah Division of Arts and Museums and the Utah Arts Council Board of Directors has released a list of 14 arts organizations awarded federal stimulus funding to reinstate jobs that were lost or preserve positions at risk of elimination due to the economic downturn. This funding will save or restore jobs in Cedar City...
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Budget Crises and the Utah Arts Council
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 at the Cultural Alliance Forum may not...
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