Ririe-Woodbury Cadence was pre-recorded and streamed as an on-demand performance. The show proceeded after the company’s land acknowledgment, which read aloud the names of the Indigenous nations who have resided upon the lands presently known as Salt Lake City and the surrounding regions for millennia. The statement read: […]
Marilynn Bybee Rockelman describes her work as containing “sexual language” that doesn’t rely on constructions like “f—k” to masquerade for the word itself. Chapter one of her manuscript earned an honorable mention in the Creative Nonfiction category of 2020’s Utah Original Writing Competition.
On April 22, Earth Day, Utah Presents completed the online presentation of the last of three pieces that comprise the Environmental Trilogy, created by the Phantom Limb Company. Made over the course of the past decade, these three works were created for the Brooklyn Academy of Music. They […]
There’s a scene from playwright David Kranes’ 1971 novel, Margins, set in densely populated New York City, that might appeal to a 15 Bytes reader today. Here we witness a man falling in love with a woman through the medium of art: They walked unhurriedly down Madison Avenue. […]
There may be a thousand tiny pinholes in the hardwood floor of the chapel area in the old 15th Ward Building at 915 West 100 South, Salt Lake City. The building, with its unique Victorian Gothic revival architecture (think Disney Magic Kingdom castle), was dedicated in the early […]
This beautifully executed mural by Roots Art Kollective, featuring an image of artist Frida Kahlo, appears on the side of a Mexican bakery in Taylorsville: 5423 S. 4015 West. Discover more art with our Art Lake City map
It seems a small studio for a stone sculptor — just 85 square feet, Jonna Ramey says — tucked at the back of the family garage, but it’s brightly lit, even on this dreary Sunday, with a wall of cheery windows and decent overheads. The space is OCD […]
Along the Jordan River Parkway, a grieving family has turned this nondescript piece of infrastructure into a memorial. Accessible by foot or on bike, it is across the canal from the Khadeeja Islamic Center, 1019 W Parkway Ave, West Valley City. Discover more art with our Art […]
“I love how Joy Harjo’s poems tap into the spiritual, the animal, and the human all at the same time,” says Laura Stott, a poet, professor and the 2020 recipient of the Ogden City Mayor’s Award in the Arts. “They show how connected we all are on […]
Elizabeth Bishop’s “The End of March” has resonated with Lisa Bickmore since the first time she read it. It has spoken to the Utah poet of her own “deep desire for retreat — for solitude and silence — and also how impossible it is, or can feel, […]
The Kimball Art Center may have been liberated by its new location at the back of the Yard — a warren of working-class haunts across the street from Park City’s cemetery — full of 19th-century miners and bar-keeps. A case in point is the current show, When Evening […]
“I love Pablo Neruda’s big-hearted exuberance, especially his odes,” says former Utah poet laureate (2012 – 2017) Lance Larsen. “Linguistically and metaphorically, ‘Ode to My Socks,’ goes everywhere. Neruda the man was a collector of antiques, maritime flotsam and jetsam, glassware, seashells, figureheads of ships. In 2019 I […]
JODI GRAHAM FEATURED IN NEH HUMANITIES MAGAZINE
The quarterly Humanities Magazine, a publication of the National Endowment for the Humanities, featured Utah Humanities’ Executive Director, Jodi Graham in the most recent issue.
The highlight gave Utah Humanities a national platform for sharing our deep, statewide work and Jodi’s vision for the influence the humanities can have in our communities.
From the article: “Ask Graham about Utah Humanities, and you’ll hear about building bridges through collaborations. Elevating and amplifying the work of its partners is key to Utah Humanities’ mission, as the council aims to make connections across racial, demographic, and geographic divides.”
And when asked about her humanities philosophy, Jodi responded with her true-to-form insight that “The humanities bring people together,” she says, “and I really want everyone to be a part of it.”
Humanities Magazine highlights the 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils, their impactful programming, and Executive Directors, emphasizing how relevant the humanities are in public life.
Our own programs and events are featured in every issue of the “Around the Nation” section of the magazine, and are just a glimpse of the transformative work Utah Humanities offers.
Dana Costello: Myths in the Headlines
Costello, a California native, says that though she was considered the “class artist” she never pursued any formal art studies, which she found too “limiting.” She had a “varied liberal arts higher education” and graduated from the University of California/Santa Barbara with a BA in Sociology and Psychology. After graduating, she worked in a number of different professions but remained unsatisfied. During this time, she began to paint more regularly and felt the drive to pursue her art more vigorously…”
Paul Heath is a graduate of the University of Utah and lives and works in Salt Lake.
“I characterize my work as “Pop-Nostalgia”. As a lifetime Salt Lake City resident, I draw inspiration from the awesome neon signs we have around us. I see my work as playful documentation, looking at objects and neighborhood niches through a lighter lens. I also paint images of older antique toys… to elicit a smile or friendly smirk. My art heroes are Andy Warhol, Red Grooms and Wayne Thiebaud.”
To discover more artists, visit our Utah Artists Directory
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