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.
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 […]
Park City artist Corinne Humphrey’s book The Tao of Rudy was recently recognized with two awards. The Tao of Rudy pairs Utah artist Corinne Humphrey’s whimsical paintings with real rescued dog Rudy’s positive messages about love, life and making your way in the world. The Tao of Rudy […]
Gavin Sheehan recently interviewed Teresa Flowers on his blog. "Its difficult to measure the impact of any single person within our art community. Whether it be their body of work, the causes they support, projects they undertake, or any number of labors whether it be visual or social. […]
Gavin Sheehan, whose blog, Gavin’s Undergound, has made its way over to City Weekly, went down to Art Access for this month’s Gallery Stroll to interview Anthony Siciliano and Zane Lancaster about their current shows there. Read the interviews at: http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/blog-1294-july-gallery-stroll-anthony-siciliano-zane-lancast.html 15 BytesUTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 […]
The Tribune recently published a multi-media story about the architecture of early 20th-century Mormon chapels in Salt Lake City. Produced by Al Hartmann, the story contains an audio interview with Paul Anderson, curator of special exhibitions at the BYU Museum of Art, and photographs by Hartmann. Those of […]
by Analisa Coats Bacall Painting’s simultaneous appeal to both opticality and tactility is the source of the medium’s seductiveness, it might be wagered. This duality is also the most absorbing aspect of I’ll Pretend Not to Hate You, a prodigious new series of paintings from Zane Lancaster on display at Art […]
The Salt Lake Art Center is hosting a Community BBQ this evening (July 1) in conjunction with the opening of their new exhibit All American: Defining Ourselves in a Time of Change. The Community BBQ is from 4 – 7 pm and will also include a Gallery Talk […]
Frank McEntire is one of Utah’s most prominent artists. Though he is also well known for his ancillary activities — directing the Utah Arts Council, curating a number of museum exhibitions and writing art criticism for the Salt Lake Tribune for a number of years — McEntire has […]
After weeks of rainy weather the clouds finally broke this weekend to pour sunshine down on the parking lot of Salt Lake’s Neighborhood House, where individual artists and teams of artists faced off in an 18-hour long competition to create original works of art on the facility’s nine […]
by Michelle Wimber With times as rough as they are few may be considering starting an art collection. Even when times are good one might think collecting art is only for the rich and well-connected. But there is hope for the average person. I love art, but being a […]
A little extra salt in the landscape is the last thing the Caineville Wash area needs. The land there is already overly saline and erosion by off-wheelers in the area threatens to increase the runoff of salt into the streams and ground water. Recently, though, Levi Jackson, a […]
The Visual Art Institute’s new GARFO Gallery opens this weekend with an exhibition entitled 1982: let’s start here. The Gallery has been carved out of empty space in Sugarhouse’s Garfield School by VAI staff Kenny Riches and Cara Despain. The Visual Art Institute has been in the Garfield […]
Jessica Norie is the Executive Director of Artspace, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation founded in 1980. Artspace’s mixed-use projects incorporate affordable housing and commercial spaces such as artist studios, galleries, offices for nonprofits and small retail shops. Their newest project, Artspace Commons, is under construction at 423 West 800 South in […]
During the May Gallery Stroll Gavin, of Gavin’s Underground, stopped by the Pickle Factory and talked to Executive Director Kristina Robb about the space’s past, present and future. The exhibition space is currently showing works by University of Utah students. Read the article here. 15 BytesUTAH’S ART MAGAZINE […]
by A.C. Bacall Notions of the artist as informer or even activist are hardly new to contemporary practices, beginning with Conceptual art in the mid-1960s and carried forward through work meant to critique institutions, further commitments to feminism, and raise awareness of AIDS, among many other objectives. In more […]
