Don’t believe everything you read. Or at least don’t swallow it wholesale, for words are slippery things. They can mask something just as easily as they can point to it – especially when those words are art labels, the mediocre adhesives we use to desperately pull together […]
Part of my role as Salt Lake Gallery Association President is to help assist artists, represented by member galleries, with the advancement of their careers. Towards that end, I was excited to hear of an exhibition opportunity for Salt Lake City artist John Bell in New York […]
photos by Tami Baum Walking into Paul Stout’s studio at the University of Utah, where he works as an assistant professor, is almost like walking into a metal shop. His shelves consist of toolboxes full of screws, nuts, bolts and connectors. Colorful electrical wires sit on the ground […]
Dennis Mecham, an amazing local photographer, has lived down the street from me for seven years. Over the years, I would stroll into his studio and check out his most recent work or say hello as we picked up our morning coffee. As far as a in depth conversation […]
The Salt Lake Gallery Association has long been a supporter of alternative fine art venues. Our By-Laws allow for three categories of membership:(1) Gallery member (2) Arts-Related Business (3) Sponsor. Many people are familiar with our monthly Gallery Stroll event and are acquainted with the more high […]
On the Spot: Salt Lake City artist Dana Costello WHAT ARE YOU READING LATELY? There’s quite a pile of books by my bed right now, but I have been focusing on a biography of Remedios Varo called “Unexpected Journeys.”WHAT IS HANGING ABOVE YOUR MANTEL? I don’t have a […]
The current and exciting exhibit at the new A Gallery in the Sugarhouse area features the artwork of Trevor Southey and is provocative, new, retrospective and collaborative. This particular presentation is unique in that it is the result of collaboration and commission, creativity and entrepreneurism, awareness and […]
Many people suffer from cultural and ethnic prejudices and stereotyping to some degree. This is a recognized fact of life, and one that we have to deal with – often on a daily basis. When I first became aware of this social condition many years ago, I […]
photos by Manju Varghese Dangerously conservative. That is a criticism Utah artist Madison Smith received in graduate school from a professor on his final review committee at the San Francisco Art Institute. Although he doesn’t seem phased by it, it is a comment he will never forget. Smith […]
What is Mormon Culture and what type of art does it create? No, I don’t plan on tackling that question in this small of a space, but a few places around town might help you rethink Mormon culture. Oftentimes, Mormon culture is associated with a time capsule impression […]
Exhibition Review: Salt Lake City Nostalgia for Art & Artists Past by Shawn Rossiter and Kasey Boone Remember the Olympics? Everyone thought we’d all get rich. Instead, turned out that all our international visitors stayed within a four block radius downtown to drink beer and go to parties. […]
For the Memorial Day which has recently passed, we’d like to acknowledge the service of our country’s patriots by recognizing a Memorial to the soldiers who have fallen in Iraq. Like me, over the past year you may have driven past the Unitarian Church on 1300 East (600 […]
Fellow bibliophiles may recall the Marginalia Bookstore, on the 800 block of 100 South in Salt Lake. The front part of the store was filled with stacks of well-selected used books. The bookstore continued into a darker, more intimate space in the back, with cashier and reading […]
Disarming Your Opponent by Giving Them Your Full, Authentic Attention by Trent Thursby Alvey Recently, I had the great privilege to travel to Botswana with two wonderful men: my husband, Dennis Sizemore, and the “Mother of Conservation Biology,” Dr. Michael Soule. Both are wonderful storytellers. What I […]
Salt Lake City’s Unknown Gallery hit the scene in October of 2004, and, every month since, they have delivered a gallery experience like nothing Salt Lake has ever been offered before. Seven months after opening there are no signs of slowing down. The three co-creators generously sat down […]
In this “Grab, Gulp and Go, Life in the Fast Lane” society we live in, it is often difficult to find something of substance and value. The Etsuko Ogura Freeman exhibit, RITUAL-CEREMONY-IMMORTALITY, at the University of Utah’s Alvin Gittins Gallery, has real substance, plus much more. The work […]
Though at times it seems the galleries in Utah go into hibernation during the summer months, art is still alive and thriving across the state. You just have to go outside to find it. Last week, I ran into artists Karl Pace and Martha Klein, busily choosing frames […]
Krysta Dimick was born and raised in Sandwich Illinois, attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a B.S. in Architecture and received a Masters in Architecture from the University of Utah. She currently lives in South Salt Lake, where she works as an architect, is mother of three young children, and is a practicing artist. She also enjoys hiking, photography, travel, wakeboarding, construction, party planning, prepping from scratch, catching the full moon and gardening, all of which influence her work.
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