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.
This Saturday, June 10th, a visual arts benefit will be held to aid police, sherrifs and firefighters who have been affected by harmful, toxic chemicals encountered in the line of duty while dealing with illegal methamphetamine labs. This event is being organized by the The American Detoxification Foundation, […]
Through the month of June, visitors to Springdale, at the mouth of Zions Canyon, will have the opportunity to visit a restrospective exhibition of works by the late Anton Brent Gehring at the Canyon Community Center Gallery (126 Lions Boulevard). Gehring, who passed away in 2005, was born […]
With the development of sophisticated but user-friendly digital cameras, it seems anyone these days can take a decent photograph. And if they can’t, a few classes at a photoshop workshop will enable them to touch up anything that went amiss in the process of pointing and shooting. With […]
by Kimberly Silcox The 1,000 sq. ft. studio Frank McEntire has rented for the past seven years is in the warehouse district of old Camp Kearns Airforce Base. The present owner of the repurposed building operates his American Tread business next door to the east, and a transportation tool inventor/truck driver […]
by Brandon Cook The Eccles Community Art Center is just around the corner from my studio in Ogden, so this past week I put down the brushes for an hour or so to stop in and take a look at the one-person exhibit of Doug Braithwaite. I’ve known Doug for […]
Profile of Salt Lake City artist Jim Frazer.
Galleries in Downtown Provo have always been open late on the first Friday of every month for their gallery stroll, but their April event marked the beginning of a new annual event: “Art Chase.” People taking on the “Art Chase” challenge picked up a card at any of […]
Hadley Rampton is a young landscape artist who has been attracting a lot of attention. She will be showing her plein-air work in an exhibition with landscape artist Dave Hall at Phillips Gallery that opens May 18th. What hangs above your mantel? Unfortunately I don’t have a mantel, (no fireplace), […]
St. George may be the place to be this month. If you’re down there to check out the redrock, you’ll also find a lot of art to see. Of course, there’s both the St. George Arts Festival and the Z-Arts Annual Open Studio tour this month. Two artists […]
by Tami Baum Brigham Young University professor of art, Peter Everett, maintains a studio on his property in American Fork. In a separate structure from the home, the studio occupies what was originally constructed as a shop where replica printing presses and pioneer wagons were made. To adapt […]
Mid-march it seemed like spring was about to be completely ignored for a mad rush to the heat of the summer, but then the traditional late season snowstorm blew in and the temps dropped by thirty points in a matter of days. But as we all know, these […]
by Brandon Cook In September of last year I put in an order at Amazon for the soon-to-be-published book George Inness: Writings and Reflections on Art & Philosophy from George Braziller publishers. I was in a painting slump and urgently needed the ingredients the book was sure to provide in order to make […]
Legislative Watch National Funding Issues Earlier this month, the Congressional Arts Caucus asked all members of the U.S. House of Representatives to co-sign two letters of support for increases in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and for the Arts in Education program at the U.S. […]
Information in this article taken from a summary provided by the Utah Cultural Alliance. On March 5th the Utah Cultural Alliance held a Legislative Wrap-Up, the last of their legislative forums for 2007, which included speakers Carter Livingston, Kim Hale, Sabrina King Carter Livingston, political consultant and lobbyist, commented that […]
We’re busy right now putting together the March edition of 15 Bytes (due out Wednesday the 7th, probably in the evening). This month’s edition is taking on the moniker of the V.I.P. edition for its emphasis on video, installation and performance. Here’s a quick peek at some of the […]
Later this month, Salt Lake City’s The Pickle Company will host a week of events with internationally known Latino artists. Rites of Democracy, held March 17th through the 21st, will feature the U.S./Mexican Performance Art Troupe La Pocha Nostra, which includes Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Roberto Sifuentes, and Violeta Luna. Raised in […]
by Bren Jackson William Post’s simple, small platinum prints, sixty of which are now on display at the Brigham Young University Museum of Art, do not shout for attention. Rather, it is the images’ unassuming presence that intrigues and draws the viewer in. Primarily landscapes, Post’s images emphasize the solitude […]
Utah Artist Hands, located in downtown Salt Lake, is celebrating its five-year anniversary this month with an exhibit appropriately entitled, Five. The gallery’s February showing features artist views of Salt Lake City by Bevan Chipman, Kindra Fehr, Paul Heath, Cara Koolmes and David Marti. We asked gallery […]
December 29th marked the end of Park City’s autumnal hibernation. Every fall, after a relatively busy summer season climaxing with the frenzy of the Park City Arts Festival, Summit County’s art scene settles, like the bears who used to roam their mountains, for a period of denning, […]
