by Melanie Steele On a typical weeknight in Helper, Jamie Kirkland can often be found surrounded by five or six of her artist cohorts and a sizable stack of poker chips. In the five short months that she’s lived in this small southeastern Utah town, she has become […]
The March 2006 edition of 15 Bytes features: An artist profile of Jamie Kirkland Jon Johnson’s Studio Space Clay and Rebecca Wagstaff on the spot Aaron Fritz Wasatch Frame Shop Lindey Carter YWCA at the MUAH Sean Morello Gallery Spotlight: Julie Nester Gallery Brian Snapp, Hyunmee Lee Art […]
by Chris Brooks, Kent Rigby & Shawn Rossiter In the art world, Utah has a reputation as a state of superb landscape painters. Some people are afraid that is the only reputation it has. Though the number of professional and amateur artists working with the landscape may outnumber any […]
by Chris Brooks During the Holidays I read Jonathan Harr’s The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece published by Random House last year. Harr, a magazine writer and journalist, is best known for his bestselling non-fiction work A Civil Action, which was made into a movie […]
by Emily Chaney [slideShowProSC width=”600″ height=”450″ album=”498″] For podiatrist, Dr. Steven L. Hansen (1913-1997), an appreciation for early Utah art began as his parents began collecting pieces from George Wesley Browning and Paul Fjellboe. In the 1950’s Dr. Hansen established his office in the Judge Building on Main […]
by Kent Rigby [slideShowProSC width=”500″ height=”500″ album=”497″] Contemporary Design and Art Gallery, located at 30 E. Broadway in Salt Lake City, opened its doors in December of 2004. Run by Michael Melik |1|, known to some as the “Art Magnet,” the 1,500 square foot space specializes in art […]
For the next six weeks, the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art will transport you to the counter-culture of the 1950s and 60s beat generation. The Museum, located on the Utah State University campus in Logan, is hosting the traveling exhibit Semina Culture: Wallace Berman and His Circle […]
Several times a year, St. George artist L’Deane Trueblood receives phone calls from various states, asking her to participate in outdoor sculpture shows. One day in 2003, after receiving one of those calls, she thought to herself, “We could do one of those here.” Utah is known in […]
by Tom Hunter Royden Card roams the deserts of Utah with a sketchbook, carving art from the rugged redrock landscape. Winds, rocks and sun are his silent partners as he explores the desert, looking for inspiration. Then, an ocotillo plant shivers in the breeze and waves its long […]
In December, Deseret News art editor Dave Gagon wrote on the Springville Museum of Art’s annual Spiritual and Religious Exhibition. In the piece, Gagon mentioned “Improper Use May Result in Injury or Death,” a work by sculptor Adam Bradshaw that was pulled from the juried exhibition and which […]
Sexual Dimorphism & the Sacred Profane Casey Jex Smith and Sara Osebold at C.U.A.C. by Geoff Wichert [portfolio_slideshow] I. If it has become a cliché that art usurps the place in modern life once held by religion, it’s an ironic cliché, for of all the subjects and sources of […]
Nathan Florence is a man open to options. Florence, whose work was on display at David Ericson Fine Art during the month of December, is a Utah native who studied art in Philadelphia and spent time traveling in Europe before returning to his home state to pursue his career […]
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts has announced that executive director Gretchen Dietrich will join the board of directors for Art Bridges, the foundation created by philanthropist Alice Walton to expand access to American art across the country.
“This is well-deserved recognition of Gretchen’s expertise and stature among museum leaders across the country,” said Ruth V. Watkins, president of the University of Utah. “Under Gretchen’s management, our Utah Museum of Fine Arts continues to reach new heights. This prestigious appointment elevates Gretchen’s impressive work to the national stage.”
Dietrich joins the executive directors of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the president of the Ford Foundation, among others on the board of Art Bridges.
Art Bridges is responsible for the loan of the piece by Diego Rivera now on exhibit at the UMFA, as well as partnering with the Smithsonian American Art Museum to bring works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Thomas Moran, and Alma Thomas to the museum. All four loans are on view at the UMFA through October 4, 2020.
See our article on the exhibit here.
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