Daily posts on happenings in Utah’s visual arts community.
A bright spot of hope was visible on the local art scene this month with the opening of the 15th Street Gallery in Salt Lake City. Late this summer local art aficionados mourned the closing of Palmers Gallery — which had given exposure to emerging and underappreciated artists […]
Need to raise money for your favorite cause or charity? Hold an auction! And always include lots of art work. Utah nonprofit organizations facing financial woes, needing to meet operational costs, or financing projects and programs seem to rely more and more on this practice. Auction sponsors and […]
Our monthly Mixed Media feature in 15 Bytes (page 10) provides you links to various articles outside of Artists of Utah’s publications that deal with Utah’s visual arts scene. Every once in a while we’ll drop a notice about articles here in our blog. So, here are a […]
Every year Southwest Art Magazine recognizes talented emerging artists in their feature 21 under 31. But since emerging artists aren’t always under 31 years this year they decided to also highlight artists over 31. Utah artists Jill Barton and Wendy Chidester made the Honorable Mention list. The magazine […]
It’s official, Artists of Utah will be throwing a Holiday Office Party at the Salt Lake Art Center on December 17th. For us the entire visual arts community is our office, so we’d like everyone to come (this is not a fundraising effort — just a desire to […]
Salt Lake County Arts Funding Threatened – Act NOW to Save It! by Sue Martin If you care about Salt Lake County’s support for visual arts – specifically, the county’s art collection – now is the time to weigh in on budget deliberations by the county council. Salt […]
Con Artist, a film about 80s art-star Mark Kostabi, will be showing at the Salt Lake Art Center tonight (Friday, November 13) as part of the Salt Lake City Film Center’s Creativity in Focus program, which shows an art-related film every second Friday, through December. The film is […]
Someone has decided that the Trustees of Westminster College shouldn’t be looking up Trent Alvey’s dress. That seems like a self-evident, uncontroversial proposition. But the dress is actually a work of art Alvey created in 2007, and has been hanging in the Giovale Library as part of the […]
The public loves a character; and in the world of art the personalities behind the creations serve to make an artist famous as much as the paintings or sculptures. The people who collect art can be just as colorful as those who make it. A pair of Utah’s […]
Local artist Teresa Flowers, who is showing in Phillips Gallery’s Dibble Gallery this month, made it into the local rags this week. In an interview with In Utah This Week she answered questions about starting the Womens Art Center, struggling with Lymes disease and her art-inspired apparel. Read […]
Need to raise money for your favorite cause or charity? Hold an auction! And always include lots of art work. Utah nonprofit organizations facing financial woes, needing to meet operational costs, or financing projects and programs seem to rely more and more on this practice. Auction sponsors and […]
The Salt Lake Art Center announced today that Adam Price has been named its new Executive Director. Price, best known as the founder of the 337 Project, will take over at Heather Ferrell’s departure at the beginning of December. Price has been serving as the President of the […]
The Salt Lake Art Center has announced that its Executive Director, Heather Ferrell, will resign effective December 4th. Farrell joined the Art Center in the summer of 2008, filling the position left vacant when longtime director Ric Collier retired (see our profile of her in the December 2008 […]
Last month we introduced our new feature, PasteUps, a column spotlighting exciting activities in the local art scene. If you read the first installment you’ll know about the forthcoming Red Call Box, the 337 Project’s 18-hole golf course, and the newly launched Foster Art Program (see an update at the bottom […]
The body found in Utah’s backcountry last year is not that of poet and artist Everett Ruess, the Associated Press reports today. DNA evidence has now show that the skeleton found in southern Utah is not related to the Ruess family. Which keeps alive the mystery of what […]
We’ve just received word that Utah artist Doug Snow died today in a car accident while traveling to Salt Lake City. V. Douglas Snow was born in Salt Lake in 1927. He was a champion of abstract art and credited by many with bringing the Abstract Expressionist style […]
Gavin Sheehan was hanging out at the 35 x 35 Awards Reception on Friday and he’s posted interviews with two of the show’s artist at his blog on City Weekly. Michael Ryan Handley won a juror’s award at the show and Paris Gerrard was a major contender for […]
Artists of Utah held its Awards Reception for the 35 x 35 exhibition on Friday, October 16. The evening included the premiere of WORKZONE, the Artists of Utah film containing interviews with artists from the exhibition. The following awards were presented: PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD Travis Nikolai JURORS AWARDS […]
Artists of Utah’s 35 x 35 exhibition has caught the attention of the local press. Articles on the exhibit appeared in the City Weekly and the Deseret News this past week. In the City Weekly Brian Staker writes: “Any of these artists could mount a solo show successfully […]
