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 […]
Add Provo’s Covey Center to the list of statewide annuals, and these winners to your list of artists to check out. Partnering with the Provo Arts Council, the Covey Center for the Arts opened their first annual Summer Art Showcase last weekend. The exhibit features 57 works (out […]
Last week Governor Gary Herbert named BYU professor Lance Larsen the state’s new poet laureate. As the Daily Herald reports, during his five-year term the Springville resident will travel the state “promoting what he calls a lost art form” (read the article here). Larsen, and his artist wife […]
In our upcoming edition of 15 Bytes, Stephen Goldsmith discusses the new City Creek development in Salt Lake City. Finding his name in print in 15 Bytes should be accolade enough, but he’ll also be pleased this week that Artspace, the non-profit he founded in 1987, will be […]
The Bountiful/Davis Art Center has announced the winners of their annual statewide competition, juried this year by Adrian Van Suchtelen. Ruth Menlove’s horse made out of driftwood took first place. Simon Winegar’s oil painting of a bright yellow engine won the second place award. And Scott Terrill’s photograph […]
The Salt Lake Art Center and the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation announced today that Kim Schoenstadt is the inaugural recipient of the Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting. The bi-annual prize recognizes exceptional emerging and mid-career artists in the United States. It comes with a $15,000 […]
We’ve received word that Utah Chamber Artists has been awarded Chorus America’s prestigious Dale Warland Singers Commission Award. The ensemble receives a $5,000.00 cash prize – offered by the American Composer’s Forum – which will go directly to British composer Tarik O’Regan. O’Regan, will compose a 10 minute work for […]
The Bountiful/Davis Art Center has announced the winners of its 2011 Annual Statewide Competition. 1st Place Erin W. Berrett Five-O oil 2nd Plac Paul Vincent Bernard Tremblings Dry Point on aluminum with oil 3rd Place Marcee Blackerby Nesting […]
This week the Salt Lake Art Center and Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation announced the creation of the Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting, a new national painting prize that will recognize exceptional emerging and mid-career artists in the United States. The recipient of this bi-annual prize […]
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums (what most of us call the Utah Arts Council) has announced the recipients of its 2011 Visual Arts Fellowship awards. Alison Denyer (seen here in her studio as part of our Artist Profile in June 2010) of Salt Lake City and […]
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 […]
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 […]
At the recent annual trade show and convention of the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA), held in Denver, September 23 through 26, Catherine G. Weller, co-owner of Salt Lake City’s 80-year old independent bookstore, Sam Weller’s Books, received the 2009 Gordon Saull Bookseller of the Year […]
Park City artist Corinne Humphrey’s book The Tao of Rudy was recently recognized with two awards. The Tao of Rudy pairs Utah artist Corinne Humphrey’s whimsical paintings with real rescued dog Rudy’s positive messages about love, life and making your way in the world. The Tao of Rudy […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
