8/16 SLTRIB: A Utah artist created 100 wacky caricatures of pop culture icons. Here’s where to see them.
Chances are if you step into Coffee Garden, you’ll see 100 different faces staring back at you.
If you’ve visited recently, those 100 faces are separate from the regular patrons at the busy coffee shop in Salt Lake City’s 9th and 9th neighborhood, and a bit more recognizable — since they belong to famous pop-culture figures.
The 100 artworks were created by Utah artist Scott Perry, a collection that represents his take on the 100-Day Project, an online art challenge. Artists are encouraged to share their progress and their work on social media for each day of the 100-day event.
8/13 STANDARD EXAMINER: Ogden Poet Laureate is recipient of $50K fellowship, looks to help expand the reach of arts in the community
Ogden’s poet laureate has a received a big boost she intends to use to help with local arts.
Last week, a press release from Ogden City Arts, Culture and Events heralded that Angelika Brewer, Ogden’s poet laureate, was the recipient of a $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American Poets.
“I was in shock because I barely made it through high school myself,” she told the Standard-Examiner. “I’m an entirely self-taught poet. To receive that fellowship really was all of my hard work paying off, I felt like. But I’m also so grateful for the generosity of the the Academy of American Poets and the Mellon Foundation to offer me this opportunity to represent Ogden on a national stage and also to bring some literary arts resources back into the community.”
8/12 KSL: Utah Arts Festival looks to make changes following lackluster year
The Utah Arts Festival had its worst turnout in decades. Now festival executives are looking to make changes.
The festival lost around $200,000 in revenue after fewer people showed up than its intended goal. Most of the Festival’s revenue comes from ticket sales, concessions, and program fees.
Executive Director Aimée Dunsmore said one of the reasons for the lowered attendance was extreme heat.
“It’s getting hotter towards the end of the month,” she said. “That was definitely something we heard from visual artists (and) from artists participating as well as some patrons this year as … reasons they didn’t attend and would have in the past.”
Dunsmore said the Utah Arts Festival is looking to change how it operates in the future. It’s asking the community to help.
8/9 SLTRIB: New bar opens in former Heavy Metal Shop space in SLC. The owners plan to keep the memorial mural on the side of the building.
A new bar has opened inside the former home of The Heavy Metal Shop in downtown Salt Lake City.
Earth and Stones, which opened last week at 63 E. Exchange Place, was started by Vanessa Notini and Erick Pernia, who is one of the founders of the Arempa’s restaurant franchise.
The couple describe the bar as “wabi-sabi,” which is a Japanese aesthetic and philosophy that focuses on the beauty in imperfection and the transient nature of life, according to author Beth Kempton.
7/26 DESERET NEWS: Believing painters describe sacred art as a stillness practice
… Art today is a crucial part of Latter-day Saint life — adorning temples, chapels and homes, as well as the many magazines and manuals that members turn to for assistance in understanding and living God’s word. An international art contest among members — now in its 13th year — features online galleries of diverse art from as many as 148 artists worldwide at a time. In recent years, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has taken steps to encourage even more Christ-centered art in chapels to convey a “deeper reverence” for the Savior.
The Deseret News spoke with 15 Latter-day Saint artists to go deeper in appreciating the experience and personal impact of creating high-quality, visual portrayals of Jesus Christ.
UTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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