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.
Mark England’s “Biography” video by Michael Stack Mark England was one of the first artist’s profiled in the pages of 15 Bytes. At the time, he was visited in his Alpine home, but he has since moved to Salt Lake and now maintains a home and studio in the […]
As part of his Daily Documentary series, Dallas Graham interviewed Salt Lake John O’Connell whose exhibit Image/Object opens May 15 at A Gallery. The University of Utah professor of art talks about his personal story, his art making process, his cultural heritage, teaching art, new strategies in digital art and the upcoming show. Below are […]
Artist Bepe Kafka was kind enough to send this our way: The Orphan Works Act of 2008 is now being considered in the U.S. Congress. "Orphan Works" are any copyrighted work whose author any infringer says he is unable to locate with what the infringer himself decides has […]
Leslie Peterson has been involved in Utah’s cultural community for many years. A graduate of the University of Utah, she worked for Utah Opera in several capacities, most recently as Managing Director; she was also part of the successful Zoo, Arts & Parks Renewal Campaign. In addition to […]
The Salt Lake Art Center announced this week that their search for a new executive director (see February edition) is at an end. Heather Ferrell, who has most recently served as the Executive Director and Curator of the Salina Art Center in Salina, Kansas, has accepted the position and […]
by Kelly Brooks Kathleen Peterson has lived in the Virgin Islands, Malaysia and Hawaii and traveled throughout southeast Asia and Central America. She now makes her home in Sanpete County, where she and her husband have a farm in Spring City. Her studio, located in her home, is a […]
by Lane Bachman When we hear of the subject of landscape in art, most of us tend to visualize the beauty of nature or a simple sunset over rolling hills. This isn’t the case in the work of Lenka Konopasek or Charles E. Uibel, two artists exhibiting their work […]
by Megan Holm “This is what I am and this is what I do: the land and the desert.” Those are the words Cache Valley illustrator-turned-artist John Berry uses to sum up how he feels about his art, which portrays the sparse, light-infused desert-scapes of Nevada and Utah. Berry made the […]
With a gaping hole in its heart now, Sugar House is less of a draw these days than it was in the recent past when galleries, furniture & curio shops and plenty of caffeine distribution centers pulled in a variety of demographics. The demolition of the 21st South […]
At the Utah Cultural Alliance’s April Culture Bytes, a panel of fundraising experts from the community discussed Successful Silent Auctions and Planning Ettiquette. Local artist Steve Sheffield, who has served on the boards of Art Access and Community Nursing Services (Art & Soup) and helped with their fundraising […]
On Tuesday we mentioned Julie Checkoway, new features writer for the Salt Lake Tribune, who was kind enough to write an article on Artists of Utah and 15 Bytes. Checkoway has worn a number of hats in her career. She was director for the Creative Writing program at […]
Videos of the destruction of the 337 Project building have popped up on the web on the past couple of weeks. Here’s a timelapse video of the destruction posted on YouTube by The Dada Factory. And here’s a link to a slower, close-up shot of the destruction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHoA4AdInbA […]
The Salt Lake Tribune has a new reporter for the visual arts in Utah. Since Christy Karras left the paper more than a year ago, Culture Vulture Brandon Griggs added visual arts coverage to his already full plate. Recently, however, the Tribune hired Julie Checkoway, a novelist, radio […]
Our February edition of 15 Bytes featured an article on the Salt Lake Art Center’s search for a new director; a search that is moving forward with possible candidates for the position being identified by the Art Center. One such candidate is Heather Ferrell, current Executive Director and […]
Meyer Gallery announced last week that Tom Cushman has taken the position as the gallery’s new Director. Tom has a background in fine art sales in Park City, as well as an Olympic speed skating career as a coach and past Olympian. Past Director Maren Bargreen is leaving the […]
In our April 2008 edition of 15 Bytes we featured a remembrance of the late Bill Seifrit. Because a number of you have written us to thank us for the post and to share your own memories of Bill, we have decided to open this post as a […]
As part of his Daily Documentary series, Dallas Graham interviewed Salt Lake Valley artist Steven Stradley, who is showing this month with Holly Mae Pendergast at Kayo Gallery and as part of the State Street Project at Gallery OneTen in Provo. Below are images by Graham as well as a segment of the interview. For the […]
by Annabelle Numaguchi It is rare that you walk into a dark room and think “light.” The luminosity of the black-walled installation featuring Bruce Boyd’s Obsessions of an Ex-Vandalexhibit hits you full force. In part, it’s the lighting and in part, it’s the amount of white on his two-toned images. […]
Ten years ago this month, Salt Lake City artist Shawn Rossiter caused a minor stir (and probably one or two fender benders) in his Sugar House neighborhood when he hung a 4′ x 8′ abstract painting in primary colors in front of his house on 13th East. He […]
