Maximilian Werner’s Crooked Creek
Review of Crooked Creek, the newly published novel by University of Utah professor Maximilian Werner.
Shakespeare Festival Turns 50
On the occasion of the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s golden anniversary we sent 15 Bytes writer Dale Thompson down to Cedar City to review a couple of this year’s productions.
Preparing to Paint in the Field
“Over the years, I have left everything from brushes, palette, white paint and even a canvas back in the studio in my zeal to get out and paint. It’s really bad too — you get all set up, the scene is great and duh, no palette knives! I […]
Bark ‘n’ Art
Walking your dog is not a very common way to memorialize someone who has died, but that is what the Park City Gallery Association is inviting the public to do in honor of the late Connie Katz. Katz passed away in January of this year after a short […]
Master of Wax: The Art of Jeff Juhlin
If you see encaustic work popping up all over the place this month you probably have Jeff Juhlin to thank.
Utah’s Art Festivals
If we were betting people we’d be willing to stake our fundraiser funds that attendance records at Utah’s art festivals will be broken this year. With the longest, coldest, and wettest winter and spring in recent memory finally over, we can only imagine how eager everyone is to […]
Frank McEntire’s reliQUERIES
Geoff Wichert previews Frank McEntire’s reliQUIERIES exhibit, up this month at Nox Contemporary.
Jim Williams: The Beginning of Now
For years Jim Williams has been turning every inch of his house into a work of art. For one week a portion of it comes into public view.
Some Like It Hot: Working with Encaustic
Sue Martin talks with three Utah artists working in encaustic in the June edition of 15 Bytes.
Painting Things vs. Painting the Way Things Look
In the June 2011 edition of 15 Bytes John Hughes discusses the difference between painting things and painting the way things look.
Micol Hebron
You can see it in her eyes. Micol Hebron has a thirsty sense of curiosity and a sharp intellect; as evidence of this a person needs to look no further than her vision for the Salt Lake Art Center.
Spring Salon: Too Big To Handle?
A look at the 2011 Spring Salon.
Remembering Ursula Brodauf
We remember the recently deceased sculptor Ursula Brodauf.
Urban Masquerade Mural: 300 S. 500 West
Urban Masquerade was painted on the eastern wall of a Utah Division of Arts and Museums office building on 500 West in 2011. The mural’s genesis was “power figure” masks made by young Youth City kids in an art class. Kim Martinez translated the masks into a multi-faceted mural design and she […]
Chasing the Light
Ever since the early eighties, when I began studying plein air painting in a serious way, I have been cautioned not to “chase the light” when painting on location; but as in everything, in art there are no hard rules, only a lot of sound advice based on […]
Beth Krensky
A profile of the artist on the occasion of her exhibit at Finch Lane Gallery.
Park City Film Music Festival
by Edward Reichel Everyone loves movies. And that fascination for the cinema is reflected in the number of festivals and award shows worldwide. Every year we pay particular attention to who wins best actor or actress, best director and best movie, whether it’s at the Academy Awards, Cannes […]
Wayne County Art
Spring has sprung in Wayne County, and not a moment too soon. The weather is still iffy, of course, but the town of Torrey is waking up. The Chuckwagon Store & Deli is open, the four restaurants that close during the winter are now serving, our two art […]
Lenka Konopasek: Drawing the Light In
Lenka Konopasek brings in some light to the Salt Lake Art Center’s Main Gallery.
