Go To Hell: New Theatre from . . . a New Theatreby Davey Davis Go To Hell. A flippant condemnation, and a preview of things to come. There’s lots of skin-deep but fiery anger behind the first production from The New Works Theater Machine, and a whole lot […]
by Lisa B. Huber Just over a year ago, the St. George Art Academy was a random list of wishes in the brains of two St. George natives, Alisha Tolman and Aimee Bonham. Both of these talented women hold Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees–Tolman, in drawing from Utah […]
What started out as a “Livingroom” in Holladay is now a “House” along 400 South in the former L. Lorenz Knife Shop. Although the House Gallery has only occupied its current space for a few months, owner Julie Dunker celebrated the gallery’s one year anniversary in October. As […]
Joseph Brodsky: In the Prison of Latitudes a film by Jan Andrews In 1963, Joseph Brodsky was arrested by the KGB. While most Americans were probably too distracted that year by the arrest in Alabama of civil rights activist Martin Luther King, the ominous news of 80 American […]
by Amanda Finlayson The governor of Utah has direct influence on the state of the arts in Utah, from the appointment of a Utah Arts Council director to state tourism initiatives and arts education funding. I recently met separately with both of Utah’s gubernatorial candidates, Gary Herbert and […]
Edie Roberson is the sort of painter who would rather not settle for one accomplishment when she can manage three, or six, or so many that viewers may never spot them all, let alone count them, even as she makes an audience feel that far from showing off, she […]
A native of American Fork, Utah who grew up in southwestern Montana,Colleen Howe studied painting at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. Howe works in paint and pastel and is known equally for her skills as an instructor and her talent as an artist.Unexpected Harmony, an exhibit […]
The sleek font and strictly vocalic content of the marquee above one of Salt Lake’s newest galleries has more than one gallery goer scratching their head. The IAO Gallery(pronounced ahy-oh) opened in June 2007 at the corner of 200 South and 500 West in the Artspace Bridge Project’s space formerly occupied by […]
It’s hard to imagine how two bodies of work by two established artists, each making original and mature art and each working at the top of her form, could look more comfortable together than these two. When artists show together they sometimes divide the gallery between them […]
Christine Baczek started photographing when she was thirteen and living in South America. After her family moved back to Salt Lake City, she studied photography at the University of Utah. She is now education coordinator at the Kimball Art Center and collections photographer for the Utah Museum of […]
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 […]
by Kim Burgess The Patrick Moore Gallery’s floor-to-ceiling windows look out at the blinking lights of Gateway Megaplex and a hip Mexican restaurant. Valets stand on the corner, waiting for the Jags and SUVs to pull up. Despite these corporate surroundings, Patrick Moore Gallery avoids consumerism, supporting emerging […]
In his elegantly written and accessible read, “The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa,” Michael Kimmelman, chief art critic for the New York Times, explores the creative process as it is revealed in the lives of artists and non-artists alike. Kimmelman brings a critic’s […]
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 […]
Book Review: First Sight of the Desert Artist Interrupted: The Life and Art of Ella Peacock by Tony Watson [portfolio_slideshow] The University of Utah Press recently published a biography of Spring City artist Ella Peacock by first-time author Kathryn J. Abajian. Abajian’s biography, entitled First Sight of the […]
by Kasey Boone On Friday, February 18th, a reception for the John Kaly and Brett Peterson exhibitions will be held at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. The exhibitions are up now, however, for the viewing pleasure of the evening guests to the Arts Center and the odd day […]
During the month of February, Salt Lake City artist Trent Thursby Alvey explores the relationship between earth and sky at the Kimball Art Center’s Badami Gallery. After first being approached about the exhibit, Alvey gave her show a working title of “Tibet Series” even though she had never been […]
