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.
The Southern Utah Watercolor Society is holding their "Fall Show" in at the Mesquite Fine Arts Center in Mesquite, Nevada. Their opening reception was this past Friday night, November 14, at which awards where given for top honors and ribbons were displayed. This juried event featured 26local artists. […]
Young Benefactors, the featured arts organization in this month’s edition of 15 Bytes, isn’t the only collectors-oriented group at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. The UMFA is also happy to let lovers of Utah & Western art buy art for their collection. Friends of Utah & Western Art […]
Victoria Rowe Berry , Director of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University , and Andrew Yarosh, Director of the Moab Music Festival recently joined the Utah Arts Council Board of Directors. “I am excited that we will have expanded geographic representation from northern […]
Yesterday NPR reported on recent art auctions, by Sotheby’s and other houses. Recent art auctions in New York and London have resulted in weak bids and withdrawn pieces. A commodity once thought to be recession-proof is showing signs of vulnerability. But some insiders say that may not be […]
This image of a painting by Alice Merrill Horne, used to illustrate the article "Flowers and Feuds" in this month’s edition of 15 Bytes, was sent to us by a private collector. It isn’t signed, but there is a prominent AMH exhibition label on the painting’s back (still […]
Every six months when our fundraisers roll around we have to sit around and think of new witty, stirring ways to say the same old thing — we need your financial support. We also brainstorm on how best to let you know how your financial contributions will affect […]
As you may have seen on page 5 of our November edition, our article on Henri Moser was so packed with images we didn’t have room for them all. So here are a few extra images from Utah’s wild beast, courtesy of the Utah Arts Council. These are all part […]
While organizations that choose for titles expressing youth or contemporaneity benefit from the energy evoked by their name, time has a way of catching up to them and complicating their brand. When the Museum of Modern Art in New York was dubbed, its founders surely thought the title […]
by Andy Marvick An intriguing group of new oil paintings and related pieces fill the main rooms of the Braithwaite Fine Art Gallery beginning November 6th. They are the recent work of Fiona Phillips, a member of SUU’s adjunct faculty in art who completed her Master of Fine […]
a photo essay by Christine Baczek 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.
Our June 2008 edition of 15 Bytes used the occassion of an exhibition of her works at Park City’s Phoenix Gallery to interview Olivia (Holly) Mae Pendergast about her trip to Malawi. Recently the artist posted a video about her experience on Youtube and we’ve brought it to […]
During Salt Lake’s Gallery Stroll, Gavin Sheehan stopped in at Signed and Numbered, where Jethro Gillespie is currently showing his work. The Junior High teacher and new father talks about his paintings and prints and teaching teenagers in public schools. For the interview go to Gavin’s Underground at: http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2008/10/21/3542228.aspx 15 BytesUTAH’S […]
We’ll start the Notes for Bob and Bill feature with a few corrections on our recent article on Louise Richards Farnsworth. We hope to soon be publish a full biographical sketch of the artist, culled from material discovered since the publication of our Alder’s Accounts article. But first […]
Last week, Gavin Sheehan interviewed Michelle Kurtz, aka Circlegirl, who has been marking her iconic stick figures on found surfaces across Salt Lake City. For the interview go to Gavin’s Underground at: http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2008/10/13/3535660.aspx 15 BytesUTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 […]
We are be introducing a new recurring feature, both in the pages of 15 Bytes and in our blog, Extra! Extra! Notes for Bob and Bill, named for the late Bob Olpin and Bill Seifrit, will be articles, notes, observations, questions and comments regarding Utah Art History. We invite […]
We have some photos from the opening of The Urban Gallery, the 337 Project’s newest transformation of the Urban landscape. Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon was in attendance for the unveiling on Friday, October 3. You can check out The Urban Gallery at Neighborhood House (1050 W. […]
You are cordially invited to a milestone in the creation of the Bridge Over Barriers (see our October edition) project, this Saturday, Oct. 11, from noon til 2 pm at 642 W. 300 N. Governor Huntsman will be on hand to celebrate the newest portion of the installation. 15 BytesUTAH’S […]
When he first stumbled across Dave Doman’s work online, Dallas Graham was immediatley struck — by the monsters, bold lines and organic, breathing letters. “What I wouldn’t give to see this guy’s sketchbook…” he thought to himself. So earlier this month he called up Doman and asked him […]
Last week the Salt Lake Tribune’s Julie Checkoway broke the story about the two presidential candidates platforms regarding the arts. As Checkoway reports, "artists and art-related nonprofits generate about $166.2 billion in revenue per year and $12.6 billion in annual taxes." Obama has for a long time hadhe […]
