Utah Visual Arts articles published in 15 Bytes, arranged by category.
Susan Narduli’s “Land and Time,” a multi-media installation at the Natural History Museum of Utah, was selected by The Americans for the Arts Public Art Network’s Year in Review as one of the top 50 public artworks in the United States for 2011. Narduli’s work begins outside with […]
Sparano + Mooney Architecture’s design proposal for the addition and renovation to the Kimball Art Center in Park City has been selected to receive the 2012 Juror’s Award for DesignArts Utah 2012. Juror David Revere McFadden from the Museum of Art & Design in New York City jurored […]
The Sustain the Granary event in Salt Lake City is this Friday, June 15, 6 to 10 pm. There is plenty happening at this week’s Gallery Stroll in Salt Lake City, so it is with a touch of trepidation that we bring up a concurrent event . . […]
Being an informed local citizen means knowing your city: knowing its neighborhoods, its architecture, its natural and its human-made wonders. It makes living in the city a richer experience, and inspires one to become engaged in the public process of creating a city. That’s why this month we […]
Though graffiti artists are almost always outdoors when they work, we usually don’t think of paint cans when we think plein air. Which may explain why when we mentioned a list of plein air events in last week’s blog post we failed to mention the Urban Arts Festival, […]
When starting a painting, it is important that the first few values get put down on the canvas correctly before any other brushstrokes are recorded. I say value with the understanding that we are talking about color here — of course the color isn’t correct unless it […]
Ehren Clark visits the studio of Paul Vincent Bernard to tell the story of this printmaker turned painter.
Simon Blundell talks with Aaron Moulton about the art of making exhibitions.
Read Geoff Wichert’s review of Esperanza Cortes’ and Michael Pribich’s Dollar Daze at Mestizo Art.
David Baddley’s Not Home exhibit is reviewed by Alexandra Karl.
Read how artists Blake and Cat Palmer work together to achieve their individual artistic goals.
by Nan Ellin. Photos by Shalee Cooper. “We don’t want another Gateway” is the common refrain echoed by those who live, work, and play in the Granary District. Almost everyone interviewed by a group of University of Utah students over the past year concurred that the success of […]
Elmer Presslee’s head is an urban legend. The true kind. At an exhibit in Cologne, Presslee sold out an entire show except one large piece he was loath to ship back home to Salt Lake. His elegant and playful solution was to transport the piece, known then by […]
Being an artist means you belong to a profession. Unfortunately, the public does not always perceive artists as professionals, and sometimes artists do not rise to an appropriate level of professionalism in their own practices. Read our Best Practices article in the June 2012 edition of 15 Bytes […]
Mark Crenshaw talks with Anne Cummings-Anderson about his process, the direction he is taking with his work, and the experience of transference through art.
We love our furry friends. Pedigreed pooch or rescued mutt, feisty feline or handsome horse – pets come in all shapes, sizes, and species, and artists participating in this month’s exhibit at Alpine Art capture pets’ personalities in paint and photography. A portion of all proceeds from the […]
Our June edition of 15 Bytes will include an article on a varied and rapidly growing district of Salt lake City that is receiving a lot of attention these days. We sent our photographer out to take some shots of the neighborhood, including the one above. Can you […]
The Granite Furniture building in Sugarhouse, empty for half a decade, is finally being transformed. We’re not sure what to make of the architectural renderings for what the new owners, Boulder Ventures, plan on doing with the space (“uninspired” comes to mind, but the image is small so […]
Emily Johnson is a recent graduate from the University of Utah’s History MA program and the new collections registrar at Utah Arts & Museums. During her time at the U, she focused heavily on public history and art, and co-curated an exhibit for the Utah Museum of Fine […]
