Sketch Sundays at Sqautters
Pizza, beer and art. Try to come up with a better trifecta. The three come together in a new monthly event at Squatters.
Starting Something with Daniel Charon
Daniel Charon brings his minimalist vision to Salt Lake as the new director of Ririe-Woodbury Dance.
John Hughes’s Summer Excursions
From staying in a cozy room in bucolic Spring City, to backpacking in the Tetons, plein air painter John Hughes tells us what he did on his summer vacation.
Pilar Pobil’s Legacy
Pilar Pobil’s art, and her marvelous house are both colorful fixtures in Utah’s art scene. Her friends plan to keep it that way.
Salt Lake City’s Shirley Ririe
What is your favorite building in Utah? It’s a cross between the Salt Lake Library and the New Museum of Natural History. I love the architecture of the library and go there every week or two, and I feel like it’s my library. I’m so proud of it. […]
Taking Care of Your Genetic Material: Motherlunge by Kirstin Scott
The phrase “taking care of your genetic material” first appears in Kirsten Scott’s smart debut novel Motherlunge through a father talking warningly to his son as the son begins to date seriously. But in the gynecological world of this novel where the female body is relentlessly inscribed […]
Eric Rich Collective Wednesday Night
If you’ve been in Salt Lake City at all this summer you’ve seen them — the hordes of bearded and ironically mustachioed hipster kids riding their bikes around town. But one of their number stands out: Eric Rich, who hauls an upright piano with him on his way […]
Erykah Badu at Twilight Concert Series
by Robert Swift-Rodriguez photos by Zoë and Robert Rodriguez. Thursday night’s crowd was much smaller than for many of the other acts of this summer’s Twilight Concert Series, and many of Erykah Badu’s fans were older than previous audiences. Lots of white wine drinkers, if you know […]
Amy Tolk Richards: Artist Profile
“I control what I can control and then I try to manage what I can’t control,” says Utah County artist Amy Tolk Richards. Richards is speaking on both an artistic level and on a personal level: as a mother, spouse, and human being. Richards’ canvases are simple […]
Charlotte Bell: Artist Profile
Charlotte Bell’s striking silver hair hangs to the middle of her back, her voice is quiet, and she walks with anticipation: pointing to the towering trees, florets of allium, and the neighborhood’s 100-year-old roses. Walking with her feels oddly like stepping out of Salt Lake—the noise and rush—into […]
Bicycle Art in Park City
The creative process is one particularly unique from person to person. A vast array of art is generated every single day from almost nothing but an artist’s imagination. When the Kimball Arts Center in Park City teamed up with SRAM to put on the SRAM pART PROJECT, individual […]
Glass Art at the St. George Art Museum
From a blue depiction of microscopic amoeba to a life size rectangular wall of an artist’s abstract version of their life, it’s clear that residents of the St. George area will get their share of beauty from Sparkle and Glow: A Clear View, the glass art exhibition at The St. […]
Susan Elizabeth Howe’s Salt
Intimate Moments of Subdued Watching In 1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson published his essay “The Poet” in which he called for an American poet to celebrate the distinctly American materials not before utilized as ingredients for a high national poetry. Emerson knew that the landscapes, the religions, the politics, […]
READ LOCAL First: Shanan Ballam
This is 15 Bytes’ sixth Read Local First, a glimpse into the working minds and hearts of Utah’s literary writers. Former Utah Poet Laureate Kate Coles was our inaugural offering in March, followed by poet Michael McLane, short story writer Darrell Spencer, fiction writer Larry Menlove, memoirist Christopher Bigelow […]
Courage Under Fire at Fire Station 6
Each of Salt Lake City’s Fire Stations features artwork by Salt Lake City artists and Fire Station #6, in Salt Lake City’s Poplar Grove neighborhood, now features “Courage Under Fire” a collaboration by John Hess and Benjamin Higbee. Discover more art with our Art Lake City map […]
Twilight: Belle and Sebastian and Blitzen Trapper
Nothing quite says “Hot town, summer in the city” in Salt Lake City like the Twilight Concert Series, which launched its 2013 season on Thursday with Glasgow indie-pop band, Belle and Sebastian, and Portland’s Blitzen Trapper. An estimated 14,000 fans happily braved the near 100 degree heat, turning […]
Residencies at UMOCA
The deadline for UMOCA’s artist-in-residence program is Saturday, July 20th at 11:59 PM. UMOCA’s Artist-in-Residence Program is designed specifically to meet the various needs of artists living in Utah today. As such, only Utah artists may apply and applicants will be selected primarily based on demonstrated artistic […]
READ LOCAL First: Christopher Bigelow
This is 15 Bytes’ fifth READ LOCAL First, a glimpse into the working minds and hearts of Utah’s literary writers. Former Utah Poet Laureate Kate Coles was our inaugural offering in March, followed by poet Michael McLane, short story writer Darrell Spencer, fiction writer Larry Menlove and this […]
Nine Muses at 9th & 9th
The Nine Muses, designed by artist Troy Pillow, surround the intersection of 9th East and 9th South, a hip neighborhood complete with a bike shop, bar, coffee shop, cinema, gelateria, dance studio and more. Discover more art with our Art Lake City map 15 BytesUTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE […]
