10/23 DESERET NEWS: New Provo gallery rises ‘from the ashes’ of Writ & Vision to give voice to a variety of LDS, other artists
For about a decade, the cramped, lively quarters of Provo’s Writ & Vision operated as a kind of unofficial headquarters for the Mormon intelligentsia — a place where, within the shadow of church-owned Brigham Young University, the curious could gather to safely explore ideas one didn’t often find in Latter-day Saint Sunday school manuals.
That all came to an abrupt end earlier this year.
Or, that would have been the end — if not for the store’s second-in-command and shop inheritor, Esther Candari. Under her leadership and in collaboration with the nonprofit Faith Matters, a new community hub, The Compass, has emerged like, as Latter-day Saint sculptor and painter J. Kirk Richards put it, “a phoenix rising from the ashes.”
10/22 DESERET NEWS: Airport redesign offers a faster, stress-reducing experience for passengers
Thousands of travelers walked through Salt Lake City International Airport on Tuesday, many unaware they were among the first to step inside the third completed phase of the airport’s development program.
No longer do travelers need to break a sweat getting from the terminal to Concourse B. The days of marathon sprinting to make your flight are over.
The airport’s newest installation is a tunnel that “finally get(s) to cut that walk in half, and that’s something that we can all cheer about,” said Steve Sisneros, the vice president of airport affairs for Southwest Airlines.
10/20 DESERET NEWS: Utah sculptor spends his own final years depicting the ‘culmination of Christ’s life’
One of America’s most iconic sculptors of Western themes, Edward J. Fraughton, died this summer at his Utah home after spending over six decades creating art that dots the country’s landscape — from the Mormon Battalion Monument in San Diego, California, to The Ancient Ones at the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park to The Cadet for Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia.
Near the end of his life, Fraughton became passionate about one last artistic witness. For two years, he worked full time designing a depiction of what he believed to be “the most important day in all Christianity.”
10/18 DESERET NEWS: Tree of Life sculpture garden opens at Thanksgiving Point with Book of Mormon and Bible scenes
Visitors to a new sculpture garden in Utah walk up a winding hillside pathway through 130 bronze sculptures and into the pages of the Book of Mormon and Bible, where they will find five depictions of Jesus Christ, the empty tomb, the iron rod and a great and spacious building.
At the top of the hill, Christ stands in front of the white trunk, branches and leaves of a bronze Tree of Life, beckoning all to come to him to find love and peace.
“I put Christ by the Tree of Life so we don’t have to wonder and try to figure out what the symbolism is of the Tree of Life,” sculptor Angela Johnson said. “It’s the love of God manifested in Christ. I just don’t want to dodge the topic anymore.”
10/16 SLUGMAG: Utah Design Exhibit 2024 Showcases Contemporary Handcrafted Furniture
great way to cap off this year’s Salt Lake Design Week is with its cornerstone event, the Utah Design Exhibit. Held at the stylish Woodbine Food Hall on October 11, the event showcased a dazzling array of handcrafted furniture and interior decor from top-tier artisans both local and nationwide.
One of the exhibit’s highlights was the chance to witness the fusion of traditional craftsmanship with contemporary aesthetics. Many of the pieces on display incorporated innovative materials and techniques, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the world of design.
10/16 SLTRIB: Daybreak to get new theater, arts center near Salt Lake Bees ballpark
A new regional arts center is planned for South Jordan’s Daybreak area, blocks from the new Salt Lake Bees ballpark.
Currently in its design phase, the center will include an 800-seat proscenium theater meant to serve small and medium-sized performing arts organizations, Salt Lake County announced this week. It will also feature a visual arts gallery and classroom space.
The county on Tuesday announced a partnership with the Miller foundation to construct the arts venue, which will be called the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Arts Center. It’s being funded in part by a $25 million gift from the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation.
10/13 ARTFUL TV: Elizabeth Sanchez / Tenzing Rigdol
Elizabeth Sanchez discusses how she finds personalities in her art and how her work helped her through depression. Tenzing Rigdol connects with his culture and his parents’ culture through different artistic techniques.
UTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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