Daily posts on happenings in Utah’s visual arts community.
Local artist Alex Bigney, who teaches at Utah Valley University, has just published a book entitled Talking to Tesla. Over the past four years the painter has undergone experiences that have profoundly impacted his art and changed his life. In a series of uncanny dreams the enigmatic and now […]
The Utah Division of Arts and Museums (what you might know better as the Utah Arts Council) has announced its 2009 Visual Arts Fellows. Colby Brewer of Salt Lake City and Josh Winegar of Ogden have each received a $10,000 award and a place in the 2008/2009 Visual […]
Old Story: a Norwegian, a Scotsman, and a German walk into a community center in a tiny rural town. They’re carrying a suitcase that they claim contains treasures from the wider world. In an alternate version they claim the valise contains a time machine that can show the […]
Boise, Idaho native Katie Woslager is the new Grants and Endowment Manager for the Utah Division of Arts and Museums. Woslager, who joins the Division with a background in management, human resources, and sales, will play an integral role in the development and roll-out of the Division’s new […]
Every month in our Mixed Media section of 15 Bytes (page 10) we publish links to articles about Utah’s visual arts scene that appear in other publications. Of course, by the time we publish some of the shows reviewed in the Mixed Media section have already come down, […]
The Salt Lake County Art Committee held its annual Open House Tuesday Evening at the County Building on State Street. At the event, the committee unveiled its 2008 acquisitions and donations and showed a video of interviews with a number of the artists whose works were purchased (these […]
The Southern Utah Watercolor Society is holding their "Fall Show" in at the Mesquite Fine Arts Center in Mesquite, Nevada. Their opening reception was this past Friday night, November 14, at which awards where given for top honors and ribbons were displayed. This juried event featured 26local artists. […]
Victoria Rowe Berry , Director of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University , and Andrew Yarosh, Director of the Moab Music Festival recently joined the Utah Arts Council Board of Directors. “I am excited that we will have expanded geographic representation from northern […]
Yesterday NPR reported on recent art auctions, by Sotheby’s and other houses. Recent art auctions in New York and London have resulted in weak bids and withdrawn pieces. A commodity once thought to be recession-proof is showing signs of vulnerability. But some insiders say that may not be […]
During Salt Lake’s Gallery Stroll, Gavin Sheehan stopped in at Signed and Numbered, where Jethro Gillespie is currently showing his work. The Junior High teacher and new father talks about his paintings and prints and teaching teenagers in public schools. For the interview go to Gavin’s Underground at: http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2008/10/21/3542228.aspx 15 BytesUTAH’S […]
Last week, Gavin Sheehan interviewed Michelle Kurtz, aka Circlegirl, who has been marking her iconic stick figures on found surfaces across Salt Lake City. For the interview go to Gavin’s Underground at: http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2008/10/13/3535660.aspx 15 BytesUTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 […]
Last week the Salt Lake Tribune’s Julie Checkoway broke the story about the two presidential candidates platforms regarding the arts. As Checkoway reports, "artists and art-related nonprofits generate about $166.2 billion in revenue per year and $12.6 billion in annual taxes." Obama has for a long time hadhe […]
Gavin Sheehan has posted a photo album from his trip to Poor Yorick’s open house on September 27. GO HERE. 15 BytesUTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Speaking of art . . . by Geoff Wichert A painting by Sunny Belliston hanging this month in the main gallery of the Central Utah Art Center (CUAC) looks something like a segment of wooden flooring that has been tilted upright and painted black. Narrow vertical stripes have […]
During last Friday’s Salt Lake Gallery Stroll, Gavin Sheehan stopped in at Palmers Gallery, where he had a chance to speak with exhibiting artists Sandi Olson & Catherine Darling Hostetter. Read the interview and check out some shots from the show at Gavin’s Underground. 15 BytesUTAH’S ART MAGAZINE […]
Salt Lake City artist Jeronimo Lozano was honored last week as a 2008 National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest level of achievement in the country for traditional and folk artists. Lozano, a native of Peru, was selected for his lifelong dedication to, knowledge […]
Last week the Utah Arts Council announced the implementation of a new arts education program, the Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program (BTSALP). The Legislature has funded four years of the program named after the Utah philanthropist, arts activist, and founder of ARTWORKS FOR KIDS! Janet Wolf, former […]
The Salt Lake City Weekly’s Artys awards were announced in this week’s edition of the magazine. In case some of you don’t have access to the publication, here are the awards in the visual arts: READER’S CHOICE: Trent Call–Best Painter Shawn Porter–Best Mixed Media Cat Palmer — Best […]
“I have ink in my blood.” So says printmaker Paul Vincent Bernard in a recent interview that appeared in Gavin’s Underground — http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2008/07/21/3219356.aspx. Bernard’s work is currently on display at Tanner Frames, and his studio was featured in this month’s edition of 15 Bytes. To look at the […]
