Exhibition Announcements
Up & Upcoming to the South
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UTAH COUNTY
Springville Museum of Art UP: Passages and Pathways explores the journeys of several Utah artists as they express themselves through various subjects, styles and mediums. The works in this exhibition examine both the literal pathways between physical locations and the figurative passages between cultures, thoughts, and ideas, inviting visitors to reflect on their own experiences. Featuring work by Fahimeh Amiri (see our profile in the September 2015 edition), Spectrum Studios, Utah Fiber Artists, Holdman Studios and Russell Ricks. Through November 1. AND: Family Vacation. Through vintage-inspired artwork from Stephanie Deer, travel posters by John Clark, and traditional Utah landscapes from the SMA permanent collection, this exhibition will recreate a mid-century vacation the whole family will enjoy. Through January 3, 2016. AND: Parables, paintings by Liz Lemon Swindle that present Biblical parables in both ancient and modern settings. Through January 3, 2016.

Brigham Young University Museum of Art UP: Moving Pictures: C.C.A. Christensen's Mormon Panorama features 22 or the original 23 dramatic scenes the artist painted depicting the miracles and persecutions of the LDS church in its early years (read our review in the September 2015 edition). Through October 3. AND: Treasures of British Art 1400-2000: The Berger Collection. Regarded as one of the most impressive groups of British art assembled in private hands, this exhibit from the Denver Art Museum includes artworks by British masters ranging from portraits of celebrated historical figures to quintessentially British landscapes to horse racing and everything in between (read our review in the September 2015 edition). Through January 16, 2015. AND: No Place Like Home: Selections from the Sue and John Wieland Collection of Contemporary Art is an examination of the diverse rituals that define a dwelling, the physical representation of the house, and the universal desire to frame home as the cosmic center. Through December 5.

BYU Harold B. Lee Library UP: Paintings of Paradise, Linda Etherington in the Auditorium Gallery, level 1. Through October 31. AND:   Iceland Through the Eyes of William Morris by Emily Maude Snow, an Art History Student and Grant Research Project. In North Gallery, level 2, through November 2. AND: MONGOLIA: Partially Seen, Art Student and Grant Research Project by Sarah Waldron. Gallery on Five, level 5, through October 30.

Woodbury Art Museum UP: Faculty Show 2015. Through December 3.

Writ & Vision UP: Wars and Rumors of Wars by Casey Jex Smith. While studying at BYU, the artist developed a fascination with the intersection of role-playing game, Mormon iconography, and fine art history. This exhibition represents the artist's latest exploration of these overlapping themes. The artist's works are exquisitely drawn - a single drawing might require 250 hours of labor, or more (see our review page 5). Through November 2.

PRICE
Gallery East (USU Eastern) UP: Montana artist Nolan Salix has made the mining industry a major theme of his visceral paintings and he brings his compositions to USU Eastern’s Gallery East in a show titled Precious Perspectives. Salix’s work combines the declining mining structures of the West with eroding, weather-beaten landscapes. Often, he even uses the sheet metal made from copper, steel and other alloys that are extracted from these mines as the supports for his paintings. This makes for an unusual pairing of theme and materials. Through November 6.

EPHRAIM
Granary Art Center UP: Pam Bowman's Entwined is a grouping of art works that all use rope-like or string-like materials. Rope and string are used as metaphors for accomplishment, increased strength, and the coming together and combining of things or people. There is an emphasis on relationships and shared journey as we experience life. Through January 29, 2016. AND: Josh Winegar's Burst a Part / Burst Apart is a body of work that employs the act of photographing personally significant sites from my life/memory and then rupturing those images with the basic material of photographic work, light. What remains are images of remembrance that have been torn, altered, obscured and transformed by light, alluding to the transformation of growing beyond who one used to be. Through January 29, 2016. AND: Madison Colvin: Collect/Compress. There is a human desire to see things in terms of system and structure. In this work, a sheet of glass functions as the representation of this dividing force, compressing forms into two dimension. Pressed by gravity against this surface, insects overwhelm the picture plane. In the plant photographs, the glass takes on a more active, destructive role, shifting and flattening dense groups of plant life, making their forms increasingly two-dimensional. Through January 29, 2016.

GREEN RIVER
John Wesley Powell River History Museum UP: This Is Green River is a collection of stories about the town of Green River; personal stories, public stories, and historical stories, each one connected to the objects and photos displayed. Curated by Epicenter. Through October 31.

CEDAR CITY
Braithwaite Gallery (SUU campus) UP: ABC: Assemblage, Book Art, Collage is co-curated by book artist Sue Cotter, SUU associate professor of art education Deborah K. Snider, and New York-based collagist Jonathan Talbot, who invited artists from across the United States to share their work in southern Utah. A number of seminars affiliated with the exhibition will be held. Through November 7.

ST GEORGE
St. George Art Museum UP: A Bright Swirling of Bugs, an Installation by Kay Miner. A batik and fiber artist, Kay Miner, earned undergraduate degrees in Communications and Art Education at Weber State University and holds a Master’s Degree in Art from the Art Academy of Cincinnati. This installation combines the detail and pattern of insects with the beauty and simplicity of gingko leaves. Through December 31. AND: Weaving a Revolution: A Celebration of Contemporary Navajo Baskets (Natural History Museum of Utah) The exhibit is organized in five thematic sections: Ceremonial Baskets, Innovation and Revival, Fueling the Revolution, Structures of Sumac, and Pushing Boundaries, Preserving Traditions. Along with photography, digital interactives, and videos, the exhibit introduces visitors to the weavers, their remarkable work, and the stories that both underpin and carry forward basketry tradition. Through December 31.

Sears Art Museum UP: Shadowing Sharon: Shades of Gray. Series of photographic essays by Sharon Gray displayed on large monitors along with ceramic installations by Matt Conlon, DSU Alumni. Johnson Yazzie will be featured in the Eccles Grand Foyer. Through November 20.

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