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.
A review of Jamie Wayman’s exhibit of underwater paintings at Horne Fine Art recently appeared in the pages of the Salt Lake Tribune. Ben Fulton writes that Wayman’s “new series on small and mid-size canvases are shot through with vibrant azure tones, sun-kissed dashes of white and flesh […]
At the recent annual trade show and convention of the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA), held in Denver, September 23 through 26, Catherine G. Weller, co-owner of Salt Lake City’s 80-year old independent bookstore, Sam Weller’s Books, received the 2009 Gordon Saull Bookseller of the Year […]
Well, apparently on last Friday there were exhibit openings other than our own. Our gaze on Friday night might have been a little to concentrated on our own navel, but City Weekly’s Gavin Sheehan was out on the stroll checking things out and he stopped in to talk […]
We have posted some information about our 35 x 35 artists, including headshots and images of most of the work in the show, at http://www.artistsofutah.org/35×35. And below are some shots by 15 Bytes Photo Editor Shalee Cooper of the opening night: Nancy Boskoff and Kim Duffin of […]
With crowds waiting outside for the doors to open at 6 pm (okay, maybe not crowds: more like a handful of people, and the door was stuck and we let them in early, the point being that the whole evening got off to a good and early start) […]
We’ll be putting on the finishing touches today: getting those lights just right, double-checking all the labels, rounding up the food. And then we’ll plan to meet you tonight at 6pm for the opening of our 35 x 35 exhibition. The Artists of Utah Board of Directors has […]
by Van Chu A flash of purple or blue stands out against the beige paint, wood pannelling and ubiquitous clay in Cristin Zimmer’s studio space at the University of Utah. Zimmer, who is working towards an MFA, has a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Environmental Studies from […]
Maggie Macnab, author of Decoding Design: Understanding and Using Symbols in Visual Communication will be speaking at SUU’s Art Insights next week, on September 17 at 7 pm in the Centrum Arena at SUU. Macnab, whose book has been called this year’s hottest graphic design book, has been […]
For those of you who check this blog first thing in morning — (you’re out there right?) — the Utah Cultural Alliance is hosting a Culture Bytes event today, Wednesday September 9. Sponsored by Utah Valley University and utahfm.org this month’s panel will discuss "How to Encourage, Cultivate, and […]
The Utah Division of Arts and Museums and the Utah Arts Council Board of Directors has released a list of 14 arts organizations awarded federal stimulus funding to reinstate jobs that were lost or preserve positions at risk of elimination due to the economic downturn. This funding will […]
If you’ve enjoyed Brian Staker’s fluid and insightful prose in the arts pages of the City Weekly, you’ll probably be surprised to learn that in person his conversation can be, well, awkward. Out in public Staker suffers from social phobia, but behind the veil of the written word he […]
Karl Momen, the creator of the “Tree of Utah” sculpture on I-80 highway near Wendover, was diagnosed with a virulent form of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and admitted to hospital in Sweden just days before the opening of an important retrospective exhibition of his work at the Royal Academy of […]
“The exhibition began with an empty space — one of the best in Salt Lake City. Artspace Forum Gallery offered Artists of Utah the opportunity to create a unique exhibition featuring Utah artists 35 or under … Despite the fact that the exhibition took place during the busy […]
a photo essay by Van Chu A flash of purple or blue stands out against the beige paint, wood pannelling and ubiquitous clay in Cristin Zimmer’s studio space at the University of Utah. Zimmer, who is working towards an MFA, has a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art […]
Salt Lake City artist Dave Doman is in a coma following a terrible skateboarding accident in California. Doman’s mother, Charlotte, is providing daily updates on his condition through her Facebook page. For those of you who would like more information, you are invited to friend her at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=1599801608&ref=ts. […]
Gaell Lindstrom, well-known Utah artist and teacher, passed away yesterday at the age of 90. Born Gale William Lindstrom in Salt Lake in 1919, the artist studied under LeConte Stewart at the University of Utah and earned an M.F.A. degree at the California College of Arts and Crafts. […]
Gavin Sheehan braved the heat on Friday to check out this month’s Gallery Stroll; what he brought back from the event was an interview with artist Todd Powelson who is showing at Dexterity Salon. The series of work on display, called “Dreams for Schmidty,” was originally published monthly […]
This week the Board of Directors of Artists of Utah juried the upcoming 35×35 exhibition, which will open at Finch Lane Gallery September 18. 35×35 features thirty-five Utah artists under the age of thirty-five. Here’s the list: Cris BaczekMyranda BairAshley Knudsen BakerJoey BehrensCameron BentleyErin BerrettNamon BillsLinnie BrownAaron BushnellVan […]
Utah artist Frederick Brayman passed away on Sunday, August 16. “Visual artist, poet, musician and antiestablishmentarian, Frederick Brayman, passed away on August 16th, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born March 26th, 1943 in Seattle, Washington to Alice and Marshall Brayman. Funeral services will be held […]
