Prepared by 15 Bytes staff. Unless otherwise indicated UPCOMING listings will open on Friday, July 19, 6-9pm. For official Gallery Stroll information visit www.gallerystroll.org. UPCOMING and UP listings should reach us by the last Wednesday of the month. Those accepted will run until the closing date, or for one month if no closing date is given. Readers using the guide are cautioned to check with the exhibitor if the accuracy of the listing is crucial. Please send listings for this page to editor@artistsofutah.org.

DAY-RIVERSIDE BRANCH LIBRARY UP: Night Vision by Jared William Christensen. The photographs in this exhibit explore the artist's fascination with darkness. In the work, blackness has a physical presence that moves beyond obscure darkness. At the same time, some work is about artificial light that eradicates the darkness of night. Images of storefronts and window displays taken in the middle of the night embrace the irony of an elaborate world of advertisement and invitation that has been constructed for a nonexistent audience. The city is treated as a landscape and has been captured in a 'pristine' state, absent of people. |1| Through November 16.

ART BARN/FINCH LANE GALLERYUP: Three exhibits explore the themes of boundaries, time, and choices. Matthew Allred's photographic series, Heliography, uses handmade pinhole cameras and exposures that range from 24 hours to six months, creating an arc of time across the sky.|2| Through November 15 (see our video page 3). AND: V. Kim Martinez's multi-disciplinary installation, 7 Steps Forward 7 Steps Back, is based on her experiences traveling routes used by Mexican/Native American migrants for thousands of years along the now United States and Mexican borders (see our review page 3).|3| Through November 15. AND: BabyLit collaborators Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver created a board book series that brings classic literature with engaging graphics to young learners.|4| They will share their collaborative process of creating this popular series at 8:00 p.m. at the opening reception on October 4. Through November 15.

UMFA UP: Martha Wilson: Staging the Self explores the forty year career of an artist that encapsulates the contestations inherent in feminist and socially engaged practices.|5| In her work and throughout her life, Wilson has explored how identity and positioning are not just self-defined or projected, but also negotiated. The complex nature of her work encompasses her activities as an artist, creating conceptually-based performances, videos, and photo-text compositions since the early 1970s; her position as the founder and director of the non-profit space Franklin Furnace; and her collaboration with other women to form the group, DISBAND among many other things (see our review in the October 2013 edition). Through November 10. AND: salt 8: Shigeyuki Kihara. The latest in the UMFA’s exhibition series focusing on emerging international artists, features the artist’s photographic, video, and dance-based explorations of cultural identity, colonialism, representation, gender roles, and spirituality (see our review in the October 2013 edition).|6| Through January 5. AND: Under Pressure: Contemporary Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. This exhibition presents selections from the largest collection of contemporary prints in the United States.|7| Spanning the past five decades, it features works by thirty-nine artists from Jasper Johns and Sol LeWitt to Damien Hirst, Kiki Smith, and Kara Walker. Under Pressure charts an array of artistic and social concerns, from minimalism to pop and conceptual art, and more recent works addressing race, gender, and identity (see our review in the October 2013 edition). Through January 5.

UTAH MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART UP: Tala Madani's Painted Animations. Merging the satire of political cartoons with the style of American abstraction, L.A.-based artist Tala Madani creates underground worlds where middle-aged men flaunt and frolic in scenes of social calamity and fraternal absurdity.|8| Madani is the recipient of the 2013 Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting. Through January 4, 2014. AND: Faithful Abstraction, a collaboration with CUAC curated by Adam Bateman exploring the connection between abstraction and Mormonism. Through December. AND: A selection of religious artworks from the LDS Church History Museum that shows views of Mormon culture by outsiders and insiders. Through December. AND: A Sublime of Conceptual Landscapes, a selection of works from the Salt Lake Art Center Collection. Through December.

MESTIZO INSTITUTE OF CULTURE AND ARTS UP: Presenting an exhibit by an artist known only as Cisco, V focuses on the 5 natural elements. By reusing wasted materials like razor blades, paper, vinyl, broken appliances, and wooden boards, Cisco creates something interesting and beautiful, reflecting the natural world.

MICHAEL BERRY GALLERY UP: A group show including works by Paul Heath, Willamarie Huelskamp, Donna Pence, David Estes and Pilar Pobil.

STUDIO OF LIVING ART UP: Featuring Nathan Cordero, a Sacramento artist. "The amount of construction and renovation in the area has enabled me to work with found wood and carefully examine the importance of reusing what is normally considered rubbish. It has been somewhat of an obsessive, compulsive mission that has me constantly looking out for things to drag home to transform into something important to me." - Nathan Cordero

CHARLEY HAFEN GALLERY UP: Distilled Life by David Estes. In this age of hyper realism the vitality of emotion that he creates in his oil paintings of common daily objects seeps through your consciousness with the richness of his shadows and the vibrancy of his highlights (see our profile of the artist in the December 2012 edition). Through November 9. UPCOMING: Brad Slaugh |9|and Joy Nunn |10| in concurring exhibits. Both painters compliment each other by their differences in this show titled Expressions (see our profile of Slaugh's Feast on page 4).Through January 11.

HORNE FINE ART UP: Sumptuous fall and winter landscapes by Phyllis Horne, Glen and Barbara Edwards, and Ken Baxter. UPCOMING: ART OF DANCE, with a new group of paintings and pastels by Karen Horne celebrating tango, ballroom, ballet and flamenco dancers.|11| Karen draws on her knowledge of the figure in movement, as well as her own training as an amateur ballroom and latin dancer. Also new paintings celebrating the beloved Capitol Theatre.

ART AT THE MAIN UP: Recent road trips and slices of landscape captured by iPhone camera through the car window at 70 mph were the genesis of Sue Martin’s new collection of landscape paintings – Seasonal Affection.|12|Through November 9. UPCOMING: A Few of Our Favorite Things, a holiday group show, reflects the eclectic styles, subjects, and mediums employed by Art at the Main’s 15 member artists.|13| November 11 - January 11. Receptions on November 15 and December 6.

ART ACCESS GALLERIES UP: Bumble, Fumble and Stumble, Brian Bean, Brent Croxton and Mark Robison, a visual examination of how mistakes, accidents and fortune affect everyday life. AND: Access II Gallery: Totally Wired People, wired portrait sculptures by Sam Guevara. Through November 7. UPCOMING: Holiday Group Exhibition. November 15 - December 17.

CUAC UPCOMING: Dark Markets, an exhibition curated by Interstate Gallery featuring the work of Joe Brittain, |14| Ann Hirsch, and Cheon pyo Lee. Through January 11.

PHILLIPS GALLERY UP: Hadley Rampton (see our Artist Profile in the October edition) and Rebecca Livermore. UPCOMING: Holiday group show featuring work by the gallery's roster of local talent.

ALICE MERRILL HORNE GALLERY UP: The Green Show. Selections from the State Fine Art Collection that feature the color green in a significant way. Through November 8. UPCOMING: There Must Be Black, new works by Catherine Downing, Nancy Steele-Makasci, and Tawni Shuler. The pieces in this exhibition are intended to reveal “black” in all of its variety, while serving as a metaphor for a certain kinds of experiences in the world, namely a place of solace and rest in a sometimes tumultuous and transitory world.

THE LEONARDO UP: Green Revolution was developed by the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and The Smithsonian. It’s a traveling exhibit with a twist: nothing actually “travels!” The displays withing the exhibit are composed entirely of existing materials. Components from past Leonardo exhibits are given new life, as reused, repurposed, recycled, and upcycled items are transformed into something new. AND: In the Lab at the Leo, It’s All Yours. It is community art month at theLab@theLeonardo. The gallery wall space will be open to former residency artists, Leonardo employee's, as well as hang the work made by the visitors who have made art in The Lab.

UTAH ARTS FESTIVAL GALLERY UP: October's exhibit at the Utah Arts Festival Gallery explores nature’s creations with Twisted Trees / Forms from Earth. Featuring four area artists working in various mediums. Exhibit artists include Anna Day - photography, Mark Dykes - wood, Katherine Mahoney - acrylic and Ani Ostendorff – ceramic and stoneware. Through November 8. UPCOMING: The Holiday Show features 26 artists working in stoneware, photography, fabric, paper, mixed medium, ceramics and acrylic and offers fantastic and unique gift ideas, including handcrafted jewelry, photography, glass, books, cards, clothing and handbags made by area artists and artisans.

EVERGREEN FRAMING CO. & GALLERY, INC. UP: Featured artists Aaron Fritz and Linda Kalmar. Fritz's inimitable paintings create an approachable style and reflect his love of the outdoors. Kalmar's glass creations are both whimsical and bold and really reflect her love of the medium.

CONCEPT UP: Featuring all in-house, select artists including oils, acrylics, giclees, encaustic, mixed media, clay, glass and steel sculpture.

ILLUME GALLERY OF FINE ART UP: Featuring works of art from “A Christmas Carol" - the Dickens classic, illustrated and abridged by J. Kirk Richards. This is a one chance opportunity to view and purchase original works of art from the book.

GALLERY AT LIBRARY SQUARE UP: Utah Printmakers Exhibition; a group exhibition of prints by selected Utah Printmakers. Curated by Al Denyer. Through Novmber 15. UPCOMING: Contemporary Daguerreotype Portraits by Tyler Suppha-Atthasitt. November 23 - January 3. AND: People, Ravens, and Crows by Suzanne Storer. November 23 - January 3.

SPRAGUE BRANCH LIBRARY UP: The paintings of Leo Platero. Through December 20.

SWEET BRANCH LIBRARY UPCOMING: Through My Good Eye: photographs by Jen Melcomian. Thorugh November 30.

CHAPMAN BRANCH LIBRARY UP: Holiday Crafts by 15 artists of the City Library. Through December 27.

ALPINE ART UPCOMING: Honoring Utah Artists. The show will feature a variety of small to medium sized works from some of Utah's most reknown artists. November 15 - December 20.

HOPE GALLERY AND MUSEUM OF FINE ART UP: Featuring a distinct collection of European masters from the 16th to 21st centuries, including the largest collection of original Danish works (outside the national museums) by notable artists such as Bloch, Kroyer, Henningsen, Wegmann and Molsted.

DAVID ERICSON FINE ART UPCOMING: Landscape paintings by Jeff Pugh (see page 6).

15th STREET GALLERY UP: Featuring Robert Adamson, Wendy Chidester, Jill Barton, Paris Gerrard and Laura Boardman.

LOCAL COLORS UP: A Closer Look Artist Show. Local Colors takes a closer look at 3 artists; Rebecca Gates, Ruth Kadas and Wayne Jacobsen.

SOUTHAM GALLERY UP: Presenting a group show, Thirty Years of Excellent Utah Art, featuring 30 artists’ work.

ATELIER AFA UP: Colores de la Vida, limited edition, canvas giclee prints by Pilar Pobil.

A GALLERY UP: New works will be on display from John O'Connell, Marianne Cone, Emily Robison, Thomas Hoffman, Toni Doilney and others. Come see work with a holiday flair ranging from Utah landscapes to contemporary abstracts.

ALDERWOOD FINE ART UPCOMING: A special showing of juried artwork by students at the University of Utah College of Fine Arts. Through November 27.

RIO GALLERY UP: Utah '13: Mixed Media and Works on Paper. The annual statewide competition and exhibition features the best Utah artists working in mixed media and works on paper. Through November 22.

SUGAR SPACE @ SUGARHOUSE UP: Expressionistic abstract paintings of Bill Reed. Through November 15. Closing reception, November 15, 6-8 pm.

CAFFE NICHE UP: Local artist duo, Sarah and PJ Mannion. Sarah and PJ’s original acrylic and mixed medium paintings showcase a variety of subjects from portraits to abstracts.

URBAN ARTS GALLERY UP: Presenting Lost • Lucid • Dreams, works of Sri Whipple, Steven Larson, Tai Taeoalii and Caitlin Hawker.