On the Spot
Salt Lake's David Pace
David Pace is a writer, literary critic and arts administrator with work appearing in American Theatre, The Christian Science Monitor, Quarterly West, Dialogue, Sunstone, and Irreantum, among other journals, newspapers and a book with a forthcoming narrative non-fiction piece in Alligator Juniper. He was a stage critic in Salt Lake for 10 years, and currently works as Literary Arts Specialist at the Utah Div. of Arts & Museums. He blogs at thelittlehousewedancein.blogspot.com.
What is your favorite building in Utah?
The Salt Lake City Library (Despite its propensity for jumpers, both inside and out, I still love this very civic place with the great sight lines. Oh, yes, and then there’s the books.)
Is there a piece of artwork in your home growing up that you remember in particular?
"Christina’s World," by Andrew Wyeth
If you could choose one writer to encapsulate your life story who would it be?
Cormac McCarthy. An imagined sampling: "Once the mescal was fully quaffed, he stumbled out under the illimitable and terrible sky, tripping through an arroyo and letting loose a sound that only a decrepit god from another, broken world, and on quaaludes, could have issued. " For a much better parody than this one of THE ROAD, go here.
What hangs above your mantel?
What mantel? We live in a cottage. But, throughout the house, we do have several oils painted by my wife, a custom picture framer, and her mother.
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15 Bytes: About Us
Our editorial contributors
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
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. In addition to teaching at the University of Utah, he is currently the 15 Bytes image editor. |
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. |
Shalee Cooper is a freelance photographer, curator and educator. She is the Gallery Director at Alpine Art in Salt Lake City. |
John Hughes is an award-winning artist and teacher who has been painting the landscape both in and out of the studio since 1983. He maintains a studio in Taylorsville and teaches students in private workshops and in a course at Salt Lake Community College. |
Laura Allred Hurtado received her master’s degree in Art History from the University of Utah in 2011. She has worked as the Acting Curator of Education at UMOCA, an Education Associate at BYUMOA and as an Editorial Intern at SFMOMA. This is her first contribution to 15 Bytes.
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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." |
Emily Lyver-Harris is an MA candidate in Art History at the University of Utah. Her main areas of interest are contemporary US and Latin American art. Her thesis work relates to exhibition practices in the US - Mexico border region. |
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. |
Ann Poore is a freelance writer and editor who spent most of her career at The Salt Lake Tribune. She also worked for Salt Lake City Weekly and has written for such publications as Utah Business Magazine and Salt Lake Magazine. She is currently at work co-authoring a book on two Utah artists. |
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. |
Shawn Rossiter, a native of Boston, was raised 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. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree at Westminster College, and working as an intern at 15 Bytes. |
Geoff Wichert has degrees in critical writing and creative nonfiction. He writes about art to settle the arguments going on in his head. |
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