Daily posts on happenings in Utah’s visual arts community.
How do we know? How can we know? Where does knowledge come from? Whether in lectures, blogs, interviews, books, or, of course, art works, hardly a day goes by that the question isn’t asked. Then again, there can be little doubt that much of the conflict and violence […]
For Utah artist Jim Frazer, 2025 became a year defined by watching his books travel—moving into exhibitions and collections across the country while remaining rooted in the landscapes that shaped them. His work has been in book arts exhibits in Texas, Wisconsin, California, and Washington.” Even […]
When Salt Lake City artist Sam Forlenza decided—almost accidentally—that he would go to his Sugar House studio every day and post a new creation to Instagram each day, he describes it as “the brilliant, albeit naïve idea” that took hold simply because he was already there so often. […]
We’re all about bright ideas. Like that first bright idea, almost 25 YEARS AGO: create an online platform to unite and strengthen Utah’s art community. And the even brighter one: in the face of dwindling coverage in traditional media, create an online magazine about the arts in […]
The holiday season is among us, which means your favorite artists and arts organizations are working overtime to reach their goals before the end of the year. The arts are vitally important in Utah (and everywhere, but since we are here, let us focus on Utah). The Kem […]
11/18 THE UTAH REVIEW: Intelligent, subdued spiritual feel in The Blue of Distance, show of Madeline Rupard, Drew Rane at Material art gallery For many years, I have been moved by the blue at the far edge of what can be seen, that color of horizons, of remote […]
Nine Salt Lake County artists and collectives have been awarded a combined $60,000 through the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA)’s new Assemblage Art Fund — a locally-focused regranting program supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Utah’s art scene continues to evolve in unexpected and vivid ways — from ski slopes turned into open-air galleries at Powder Mountain, to community-driven murals in Salt Lake City’s Ballpark neighborhood, to shifting landscapes of funding and institutional change. Recent articles reflect this dynamic moment: a book festival […]
The Salt Lake City Arts Council’s Public Art Program has announced four artists—Jann Haworth, Lenka Konopasek, Trent Call, and Jason Manley—as recipients of its latest public art commission, Unifying Artworks. The project aims to enliven the city’s parks, trails, and open spaces through a series of sculptural installations […]
Plan-B Theatre’s new play, “Just Add Water,” which opens this week in Salt Lake City (see here), is part of a dozen temporary installations by local, national, and international artists commissioned for Salt Lake City Arts Council’s Wake the Great Salt Lake initiative. The innovative public art project […]
9/19 SLTRIB: Here’s the timeline for the massive overhaul of Abravanel Hall, UMOCA and the Salt Palace Construction plans for Salt Lake County’s portion of the downtown sports, entertainment, culture and convention district call for breaking ground on major overhauls of the Salt Palace Convention Center, Abravanel Hall […]
You may have noticed something both familiar and odd in your social media feed, today—another image of the Great Salt Lake, slight waves lapping on the shore, the Wasatch Range in the distance; but if you paused before swiping, you may have seen the source—an Instagram handle belonging […]
“Monsoon season” has arrived, which is an odd phrase to write in a desert state, but particularly so during one of the hottest and driest summers on record. It’s the term we use for the mid-to-late summer weather cycle that brings sometimes intense afternoon thunderstorms. It typically runs […]
The Utah Women 2020 mural, conceived and led by Salt Lake City artist Jann Haworth during the pandemic, recently got a facelift. Originally created in 2020 as a digital mural, it was compiled from more than 250 stencil portraits submitted by artists of all ages and skill levels […]
– At the 2025 Helper Plein Air Festival, the top honor of Best of Show went to Robert Fuerer for his ambitious painting Helper, a sweeping work that captured the town’s layered story—from its railyards and main street architecture to the towering geology above. Judge Aimee Erickson praised […]
The St. George Art Museum has appointed Meagan Evans as its new Manager and Curator, a move the museum says marks “a bold step forward in shaping the Museum’s future through dynamic exhibitions, thoughtful scholarship, and community engagement.” “It is a privilege to contribute to the legacy of […]
