Vasiliki Karahalios received her B.A. and M.A. in Art History from the University of Utah. Her research concerns Transatlantic art of the nineteenth-century and global contemporary art. She currently teaches classes at West High School and the University of Utah, and continues to write for 15 Bytes.
Bea Hurd’s Devour Digest Devote and Lucy Fairchild’s Enveloping Calm awaken the carnal instinct of consumption and desire in a journey that resolves itself. The exhibitions bridge the material and spiritual worlds respectively, through independent journeys that divulge the viewer’s assumed self-indulgent narcissism. Hurd’s grotesque presentation of material is literal, reinforced by […]
ILLUMINATE, advertised as “Utah’s Light Art and Creative Technology Festival,” graced the interior and exterior of The Gateway during the evenings on Nov. 8 and 9. Charged with both a religious and cultural connotation and often celebrated at the beginning of the winter, light festivals can be a […]
“The deepest thing we can learn about nature is not how it works, but that it is the poetry of survival.” — John Fowles The Poetry of Survival, up at Utah State University Eastern’s East Gallery through Nov. 1, showcases work by Anne Kaferle and Kadi Franson, two artists […]
The moniker “power couples” implies two individuals who, while successful in their own right, bring even greater meaning or influence when considered in the context of each other. When applied to art, this expression is even more intriguing: what might an object in the context of another bring to […]
At one point, Maggie Willis envisioned being a genetic engineer. “I really love science and how things work, and the building blocks of life,” says the Arizona native. But she found an unconventional way of expressing this same sentiment in art, and found a stronger pull towards the creative […]
It should be no news that arts funding is not prioritized in K-12 education. While this remains a constant, teachers and other educators try to come up with ideas to incorporate all aspects of art education in their curriculum. Justin Wheatley and Clint Whiting, of Connection High School […]
“A one-inch grid covering a square. Within each of the one-inch squares 1) Vertical black lines 2) Horizontal yellow lines 3) Diagonal right red lines Or 4) Diagonal left blue lines As many lines as are desired, but at least one line in each square. Colored pencil” These […]
Tolerance, a worldwide touring poster exhibition, has made its way to Salt Lake City. This project, devised by New York-based Bosnian comics artist Mirko Ilić, explores and brings together various interpretations and understandings of what tolerance is through graphic art. Having opened in Slovenia in 2017, the project […]
Traveling south on Main Street, it’s hard to miss Trent Call’s eclectic homage to the Utah Jazz. There are plenty of Easter eggs to be found in the mural that celebrates the team’s 40 seasons: longtime fans will be able to pick out the evolution of the team’s […]
