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.
5/4 BYU exhibit skirts controversy. Artist sculpts sacred Mormon scriptures and other LDS-themed books into a thought-provoking work. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment/51742275-81/books-art-bateman-museum.html.csp 5/4 Ogden spends big to get a ‘significant’ public artwork Ogdenites soon will be able to watch as the city’s most expensive piece of public art is created to […]
Ever since the early eighties, when I began studying plein air painting in a serious way, I have been cautioned not to “chase the light” when painting on location; but as in everything, in art there are no hard rules, only a lot of sound advice based on […]
by Edward Reichel Everyone loves movies. And that fascination for the cinema is reflected in the number of festivals and award shows worldwide. Every year we pay particular attention to who wins best actor or actress, best director and best movie, whether it’s at the Academy Awards, Cannes […]
Spring has sprung in Wayne County, and not a moment too soon. The weather is still iffy, of course, but the town of Torrey is waking up. The Chuckwagon Store & Deli is open, the four restaurants that close during the winter are now serving, our two art […]
Lenka Konopasek brings in some light to the Salt Lake Art Center’s Main Gallery.
A profile of Art Historian Hikmet Loe, author of an upcoming book about Robert Smithson.
Carol Fulton takes us on a tour of one of Utah’s most eclectic collections of art and artifacts.
The big Utah art news this week is that world-renowned environmental artist Christo is in town. He won’t be wrapping any buildings or hanging fabric across our local landscape, but he will be appearing at the University of Utah Tuesday to speak about his work. The event is […]
John Hughes’ tips on getting your plein air equipment organized.
While growing up in the East Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park in the 1970’s, future photographer Sedona Callahan often practiced by shooting the murals that decorated her community. She may, or may not, have known she was documenting a significant and fragile historical moment for […]
In this month’s edition of 15 Bytes, Edward Reichel pointed to the current political debates about federal funding for the arts and public broadcasting as one reason for his examination of the importance of classical music: “With Congress thinking about eliminating funding and doing away with the National […]
Tomorrow on Radio West, host Doug Fabrizio interviews playwright Eric Samuelsen about Borderlands, his new play about coming out in Mormon culture that opens this week at Plan B Theatre. You can listen to the interview at 11 am and 7 pm tomorrow on KUER. You’ll be able […]
Not every novel that wins the Man Booker Prize—the annual award that over 40 years has become the world-wide benchmark of literary publishing—goes on to achieve wide notoriety, any more than every film that wins an Academy Award turns out to be a timeless masterpiece. One novel that, […]
The Salt Lake Valley saw mostly rain today, but up in Park City that precipitation turned into 3 – 5 inches of snow, enough to convince any committed skier or snowboarder that there’s still plenty of great opportunities to get up on the mountain before the season ends. […]
Media articles collected by Terrece Beesley include an interview with Ron Russon, Homage at Rio Gallery, Random Acts of Art at Utah Arts Alliance and the Finch Lane Show.
Mixed Media this week includes Amy Caron’s year-long commitment to a wedding dress, what a retired machinist does with his free time and copyright battles of Smithson’s Spiral Jetty.
Though today is Mardi Gras you’ll have to wait another week for the arts community’s Fat Tuesday party. The Utah Arts Festival, one of our community partners, is hosting their Tardy Mardi Party next week, March 12, at the Salt Lake Hardware Building. Their 8th annual fundraiser is […]
RECENT MIXED MEDIA The Central Utah Art Center has announced the artistsin its annual Utah Ties exhibit, juried this year by Michelle Pobar, the director of Honor Fraser Gallery in Los Angeles. This years artists are: Lesli Biggs, Matthew Choberka, Chris Coy, Vanessa Gromek, Davey Hawkins, Micol Hebron, […]
Ed Reichel, former music critic for the Deseret News, responds.
