On the Spot
Salt Lake's Angela Brown
Angela Brown is the editor/publisher of SLUG Magazine (an acronym for Salt Lake UnderGround). She is also the founder and festival director for Craft Lake City, a yearly alternative arts and crafts festival, held this past month, specializing in showcasing handmade regional contemporary folk art. She lives in downtown Salt Lake City.
 Describe something you remember hanging on the wall in your home growing up:
 I remember my parents coming back from Korea with 4 incredible folk art pieces -- a series of hand embroidered birds. They were all the same size framed, arranged and hung on a large wall with two above and two below. I would rearrange them in different orders and see if my parents would notice.
They never did, it was fun.
What is your favorite building in Utah?
Oh we have some many beautiful buildings in Utah! I wish they would stop tearing them down!
My very favorite no longer exists, Bill and Nada's Cafe.
I also love the Crane Building, The Walker Building, Patrick Dry Goods Building ...mostly aged buildings strike my fancy.
What is the most memorable exhibit you've seen recently
Fallen Fruit at the Salt Lake Art Center or any Gallery Stroll night at Copper Palate Press -- it's always a good time there.
Artists of Utah News
The 15 Bytes Gallery Stroll
Salt Lake City's Gallery Stroll is celebrating our 10-year anniversary with a special 15 Bytes Gallery Stroll, Friday September 16, from 6 to 9 pm.
15 Bytes readers will be out en masse for the September Gallery Stroll, decked out in their tee shirts for a chance to win one of our great prizes. We will be giving away a number of gifts during the night, including tickets to the theater, free art books, vouchers for food and drink and even original art by local artists.
In addition you'll see 15 Bytes volunteers outside many of the galleries shaking their 15 Bytes tin cans. Celebrate our first decade as Utah's Art Magazine by launching us on another decade of intense and in-depth coverage of Utah's art scene. Volunteers will be accepting donations in the form of cash, checks and credit. You can even throw in some coins if you want to hear that pleasurable sound of metal on metal. The important things is that you let us know how vital we are to the community.
To get ready for the stroll you'll want to get your 15 Bytes tee shirt. You can't win a prize if we don't catch you in your tee. Take the tee shirt to Copper Palate Press (160 East 200 South) and they'll personalize it a bit with a screen from one of their printmakers or from Artists of Utah board members Stefanie Dykes and Ed Bateman.
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15 Bytes: About Us
Our editorial contributors this edition
The content you see in this magazine is provided by a fluid group of volunteers whose ability with the pen or camera is matched by their curiosity and enthusiasm for Utah's art world. 15 Bytes is an open community forum. If you are interested in writing an article, or providing images for our magazine contact editor Shawn Rossiter at editor@artistsofutah.org
 Tom Alder, a Salt Lake City native, left a 30-year mortgage banking career in 2009 to become a partner in Williams Fine Art, where he specializes in early Utah art. He holds an MA in Art History, teaches at the University of Utah, and serves on various boards in the cultural community. |
 Simon Blundell is a Salt Lake native and has studied art, communication, journalism, design, and advertising. He has a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) and continues to explore photography and art in all its aspects. He loves music, literature, film, good food, travel, and motorcycles. |
 Laura and Matt Chiodo have lived in Salt Lake for six years, having moved back after art school in Southern California. Matt is currently the Gallery Curator for Alpine Art.
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 Jared Christensen grew up in North Ogden, Utah and finally moved to Salt Lake at the age of 18 to go to school. He is currently a junior at Westminster College pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography. |
 Ehren Clark studied art history at both the University of Utah and the
University of Reading in the UK. He is now a professional writer. |
 Anne Cummings-Anderson is co-owner of (a)perture-- a Salt Lake based creative agency, a free-lance writer, curator and photographer who has always possessed a passion for narrative photography and has focused on social commentary that reflects the human condition. Her photography has been exhibited in several group and solo shows in Salt Lake City. |
 Gerry Johnson was an engineer in a past life. A former film, now digital photographer, his work over the last 3 years has been "to capture the 'moments of beauty' that surround each of us in our daily lives, and present them to the viewer in a way that they can also experience the spirit of beauty."
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 Hikmet Sidney Loe is an independent curator and art historian who teaches at Westminster College. Her book, The Spiral Jetty and Rozel Point: Rotating Through Time and Place (USU Press), will be published next year. The Spiral Jetty's visibility in Great Salt Lake is tracked through photographs and the USGS water level site, at www.hikmetsidneyloe.com. |
 Sue Martin holds an M.A. in Theatre and has worked in public relations. As an artist, she works in watercolor, oil, and acrylic to capture Utah landscapes or the beauty of everyday objects in still life. |
 Jennifer Napier-Pierce is an award-winning journalist and host of CityViews, a new public affairs program debuting on KCPW 88.3 September 12. A former reporter and news director at two NPR-affiliates, she has a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Utah and a master’s degree in journalism from Stanford University. Disclosure: Jennifer sang in the alto section of Utah Chamber Artists for one, all too brief season. |
 Zoe Rodriguez, a native of San Francisco, is a full-time photographer and designer. She is currently working on What I Thought I Saw, a book project that challenges our perceptions of how we see people.
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 Shawn Rossiter, a native of Boston, grew up on the East Coast. He has degrees in English, French and Italian Literature. He dropped out of a Masters program in Contemporary Literature to pursue a career as an artist. He founded Artists of Utah in 2001 and is editor of its magazine, 15 Bytes. |
 Dale Thompson has a B.A. in Liberal Arts from The Evergreen State College. Her writing career includes work for a local theatre, journalism in Park City, and freelance contributions for various nonprofit organizations. |
 Will Thompson is a local photographer who specializes in work that is textural, intimate, and speaks to the space in our subconscious that seeks peace and tranquility. His work ranges from portraiture to abstract fine art. |
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