“Is this art?” Have you ever asked yourself this question? “But that’s not art!” Does this declaration sound familiar? If so, you may want to pack your lunch this Friday and join the Salt Lake County Art Collection Committee’s new panel discussion, “Art Too! Art Not!” This new […]
Aaron Moffet likes to go garage-saling occasionally. Usually, he is just looking for a good book to read or maybe a toy car for his young son. But in the back of his mind are the urban legends of finding an art treasure being sold for a pittance. […]
I spent February and March of this year in southern Africa. Round River Conservation Studies, an international wildlife conservation organization, invited me to their research station in Namibia. The project splits its three-month semester in Namibia between the Cheetah work near the Waterburg Plateau and the Rhino research […]
I made it to the stroll this month. I raced home from work (in a shower), showered (in my shower), donned the appropriate black garb, and raced back downtown. And found . . . Willamarie Huelskamp and Pilar Pobil hanging at the Utah Arts Council’s Rio Gallery. These […]
Why is art so damn expensive?!”
Apart from the obvious answer — that artists are the most important tier of society, providing the community the lens with which to look upon their souls, and should be appropriately compensated for their all-important work — we decided to examine this proverbiaal question and see if we couldn’t find an answer or two.
Utah’s emerging artists have a new venue to showcase their work. After relocating to their new space last November, W Communications, a Salt Lake advertising agency, began hanging work in February. “We are in the creative business, so it just made sense for us to do this”, says […]
In a previous article , we talked about the importance of advertising and one of its basic tools: the color business card. This is a good start, but as soon as possible it is important that you move ahead with your advertising program. The postcard should be your […]
When it comes to promoting the arts in Utah, visual artists often feel the media does not give enough attention to the ever-growing artist population and the events they try to promote. Sometimes it seems performing arts organizations such as the Utah Symphony/Opera, Ballet West and even University […]
Ogden’s Gallery 25 is both an attempt to help revitalize a town as well as an opportunity for artists who have known and work together for many years to also be able to show and sell together. It was started in August of 2002. Dubbed “A Northern Utah […]
Since artists first enlivened the walls of caves with their images, the necessity to have a place for creative expression has remained a continual quest. Oftentimes the magical properties of the Arts cannot be contained in a mere building, behind glass, or upon one’s shelf, and so must […]
In a state known for its landscape painters, Ogden’s Brandon Cook could easily be mistaken for “just another landscape painter.” A cursory glance at his work might convince one to label Cook exactly that — just another landscape painter, accomplished in technique, but not much more. Nothing new. […]
I have visited many artists’ studios, but none that made me smile as much as Ben Behunin’s. Behunin, born and raised in Salt Lake City, has been working in ceramics full time for the past seven years. In addition to his artistic career, Behunin presides over Clay Arts, […]
Artist Selected for New Sculpture Commemorating the Workers Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
The National Park Service (NPS) and Golden Spike Foundation – Spike 150 have announced that Ilan Averbuch has been selected to design a new commemorative work that will be donated to Golden Spike National Historical Park. Averbuch is an Israeli-born artist who studied sculpture in England and the United States. The purpose of the piece, titled “Monument to Their Memory,” will honor all the railroad workers from many different cultures and backgrounds whose backbreaking efforts were crucial in the construction of the nation’s first transcontinental railroad.
The design of the sculpture is being finalized with a goal to start installation of the work in late summer. NPS will complete a review of the project for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act before the work is installed.
Claire Taylor holds a Master of Science in environmental humanities and a Bachelor of Fine Art with a printmaking emphasis from the University of Utah. She has been an artist in residence at the Natural History Museum of Utah and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and has held teaching-artist residencies with the Utah Division of Arts and Museums. She has exhibited extensively in Utah and her work has been commissioned by many Utah organizations including the Salt Lake City Public Library, Ken Sanders Rare Books, Back of Beyond Books in Utah, the Sustainability Office at the University of Utah and Torrey House Press. She formally worked as the Studio Manager, Instructor and Lead Printer at the Book Arts Program & Red Butte Press at the University of Utah.
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