The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Salt Lake City, located at 361 North 300 West, has become a prominent venue in our city for many diverse groups, meetings, plays, a delightful coffee shop, and even an exhibition space. The Volunteer Staff of the Center includes an […]
The former home of Gladstone Furnishings in Salt Lake City has gone through a series of changes over the past few months. The building located at the corner of 3rd East and 17th South formerly housed an antiques shop. Since February, however, paintings, photographs, digital images and sculptures […]
On Saturday the 9th of March a diverse and international exhibit opened at The Gallery at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center in Salt Lake City. The exhibit was entitled the International Coaster Project, Destination: The World and was coordinated by the Transcultural Exchange in Boston and […]
I had never met Mark England, the spring morning when photographer Steve Coray and I approached his house in Alpine, Utah. Though I had seen his work in group and solo shows over the years I had never spoken with him. Luckily, after a short conversation on the […]
Southern Utah’s most famous attraction, Zion National Park, receives relatively few visitors during the cold month of February. This year, though, the St. George Art Museum has seen to it that everyone can enjoy a view of the park in relative comfort. With an exhibit simply entitled Zion, […]
A number of restaurants, cafes and even liquor stores provide a marvelous service both to artists and art lovers by using their wall space to display the talent of Utah artists. For over five years now, the Oasis Cafe has not only provided wonderful food in a unique […]
Springdale residents Neal and Katherine Takach are proposing an artist co-op gallery at the gateway to Zion National Park. The proposed co-op would occupy space in a rock and brown stucco building built by Neal. Located in Springdale on Hwy 9, between the Cliffrose Lodge & Gardens and […]
A flurry of visual art activity has blown into Utah along with the hundreds of thousands of international visitors coming to the Wasatch Front for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Whether part of the official Cultural Olympiad or part of the vibrant local art world jockeying for […]
High-end giclée printing is maybe the most important art reproduction method in use today, yet many artists and art lovers do not really understand its unique characteristics and benefits. Giclée (pronounced “zhee-clay”) can allow artists on a budget to explore the print market; it can produce reproductions over […]
photos by Steve Coray On February 9, 2000, Pamela O’Mara had an epiphany. A vision, if you will. Two years later, the walls of her new gallery in downtown Salt Lake City can barely contain the excitement she feels for what she has created. Now that her original […]
by Jim Glenn, of the Utah Arts Council During the 2001 Legislative session, the Utah State Legislature eliminated funding for all public art projects for the fiscal year 2002, terminating a public program that has benefited the community for over fifteen years. This means that citizens of the […]
Utah’s inversion has turned everything along the Wasatch front a dull, depressing shade of gray. But don’t let a little haze and fog fool you about the color gray. In the right hands it can do marvels. The Eccles Community Art Center is practically reveling in grays, as […]
Little Utah vocabulary lesson: To describe art you have three choices: art is either realistic, impressionistic, or abstract. So, if it doesn’t look like a photograph, and is not a little-landscape-with-pretty- brush strokes, then it must be abstract. At least that’s what I gather from Bountiful Davis […]
by Aaron Moffett If it were not for a failed business venture in the early Seventies, Salt Lake City would not have one of its premier galleries. It was after two-and-a-half years at the construction business and a business venture gone badly that Dave Ericson opened Gallery […]
The Utah Legislature will be in session during January and March of 2002, with a break for the Olympics. The following articles are designed to inform the public about issues that will be addressed during the 2002 Legislative session which affect the visual arts community. The opinions expressed […]
A native of Maryland, Lisa Shine spent most of her career in the banking industry, though art was always part of her world.
She has studied at UCLA, Otis College of Art & Design and other art institutions. Her still life paintings have won awards at juried competitions including the National Orange Show in San Bernardino California. Working out of her Park City studio, she has shifted to working in encaustic.
Saturated color, shadow, light and line inform and impact her work. Her goal is to create beautiful and interesting images that encourage contemplative and appreciative responses from the viewer.
To discover more artists, visit our Utah Artists Directory
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