UTAH'S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Linda C. Smith, founder and Executive/Artistic Director of Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT), has been selected to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Utah. The university’s Board of Trustees recently announced that Smith, alongside I. King Jordan, Julie A. Lassonde, and Cecil O. Samuelson Jr., will be […]
Salt Lake City, UT March 24–29, 2025 Reception: Friday, March 28, 7–11 PM Furnishings is an exhibition that highlights the distinctive beauty of Utah’s natural materials through the lens of craft. Organized by Sam Richards and Jack Orgill, the show presents works that draw from Utah’s rich landscape, […]
Spy Hop Productions has named Larissa Trout as its next executive director, the organization announced. A longtime member of the Spy Hop team, Trout will step into the role on March 21, 2025. With more than 15 years at the nonprofit youth media arts organization, Trout has served […]
2/24 How Craft Lake City’s Scholarship Helped One Artist Reclaim Her Craft What if the biggest obstacle to becoming an artist wasn’t talent, but money? For Steph Alpizar, a local painter and crochet artist, financial limitations dictated everything from the materials she used to the way she shared […]
The 38th Annual Sears Invitational Art Show & Sale, hosted at the Sears Art Museum in the Eccles Fine Arts Center at Utah Tech University, has named its top award recipients. This year’s showcase features over 200 artists from Utah and the Western United States, with a variety […]
2/5 SLUGMAG: “Where Art and Community Meet”: The Curatorial Ethos of Michelle Pace Art is a very vulnerable gift,” says Michelle Pace, artist and curator of the Urban Arts Gallery’s 2025 exhibition Shades of Expression. “Art comes with judgement and opinion: positive, negative, whatever.” For Pace, an artist, […]
The Utah Cultural Alliance (UCA) has announced their priorities for Utah’s 2025 General Legislative session: $2 Million in one-time funding for Arts and Museums Grants Programs $500,000 in additional America250 Utah celebration funding to be used through July 2026 $3 Million in one-time funding for the Beverley Taylor […]
Katie Lee-Koven, executive director and chief curator of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (NEHMA), recently marked her tenth anniversary with the museum. Reflecting on her tenure, she noted her mission to transform NEHMA from a “hidden gem” into a leading academic and regional art institution. “On […]
11/25 FOX 13 NEWS: Utah family creates ‘Giving Gallery’ to spread joy of art WATCH THE VIDEO 11/19 DESERET NEWS: Abravanel Hall now on National Register of Historic Places The future of iconic Abravanel Hall appeared uncertain as plans for a massive makeover of downtown Salt Lake City […]
Artes de México en Utah has announced that Luis Eduardo Novoa will take the reins as its new Executive Director, marking an exciting new chapter for the organization. Novoa, a multidisciplinary artist and muralist, is well-known for his ability to combine art, culture, and community engagement. A graduate […]
Artists of Utah is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 15 Bytes Book Award in Creative Nonfiction is Morgan Sjogren’s Path of Light: A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon (Torrey House Press, 2023). Since 2013, the 15 Bytes Book Awards—presented each year by […]
10/23 DESERET NEWS: New Provo gallery rises ‘from the ashes’ of Writ & Vision to give voice to a variety of LDS, other artists For about a decade, the cramped, lively quarters of Provo’s Writ & Vision operated as a kind of unofficial headquarters for the Mormon intelligentsia — a […]
15 BytesUTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Artists of Utah is pleased to announce that the winner of the 15 Bytes Book Award in Poetry is Paisley Rekdal’s West: A Translation (Copper Canyon Press, 2023). Since 2013, the 15 Bytes Book Awards—presented each year by Artists of Utah, publisher of 15 Bytes—have honored excellence in […]
Full Color: A Bold and Authentic Premiere at The Rose From October 24 to November 10, 2024, the Studio Theatre at The Rose will host the world premiere of Full Color, a powerful and barrier-breaking production featuring eight BIPOC playwrights and their personal stories. Each monologue presents a […]
Artists of Utah is thrilled to announce that Always Crashing in the Same Car by Lance Olsen has been awarded the 2024 15 Bytes Book Award for Fiction. Olsen, an experimental novelist, essayist, and professor, is renowned for his innovative exploration of memory, time, and consciousness. His prismatic, […]
Daniel Charon, artistic director of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, has announced that he will step down at the end of the company’s 12th season in the spring of 2025. After a transformative 12-year tenure, Charon shared his decision, citing it as a deeply personal choice made in pursuit of […]
10/13 SLTRIB: Sign-painting is in this Salt Lake City artist’s blood, and her work is unavoidable Salt Lake City residents may not know of Shley Kinser, but they almost certainly know her work. A 40-foot graphic for Spy Hop on 900 South. A musical ode on a wall outside the Hip-Hop Education Resource Center. […]
Since its inception in 2013, the 15 Bytes Book Awards have honored exceptional books by Utah authors or those with a Utah connection, showcasing the diverse voices in the state’s literary landscape. Artists of Utah is proud to announce the finalists for this year’s award in Fiction. The […]
