Does the New Tax Bill Mean the End of 15 Bytes?
They are calling it the most drastic change to the tax code in 30 years, and that’s pretty accurate because there’s a lot of stuff going on in the bill the Senate approved this morning. One big change will affect tax-exempt nonprofits like Artists of Utah, publisher of […]
Works by Natives and Newcomers at UMFA’s Go West!
by Sherl Gillilan William Henry Dethlef Koerner (American, born in Germany, 1878–1938), Madonna of the Prairie, 1921, oil on canvas, 43.5 x 35.5 inches (frame), Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, USA, Museum purchase, 25.77 I am not a western art aficionado, maybe because I’ve lived […]
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Wendy Wischer Chosen as Epicenter Frontier Fellow
“Resonating Nexus,” by Wendy Wischer, West Valley City. Courtesy the artist. University of Utah sculpture intermedia professor Wendy Wischer has been chosen as one of Epicenter’s Frontier Fellows in the eighth year of the program. Fellows come from a variety of disciplines and include designers, poets, visual artists and folklorists. […]
Cedar City Art Decorates National Christmas Tree
Hayden Gunter holds a handmade decoration destined for the Utah tree. For almost a century the lighting of the National Christmas Tree in President’s Park in Washington, D.C., has been a part of the American holiday tradition, and this year, as part of the 95th Tree Lighting display, […]
Bryon Draper: Embracing the Imperfections
Bears Ears Mural: 334 W. 800 South
Photo by Chiana Rossiter, December 2017. Created in November 2017 by Salt Lake City artist Josh Scheuerman, this mural stretches along an entire building on 800 South and features the colorful redrock landscape of Bears Ears. Discover more art with our Art Lake City map
Struck from Different Dimensions: A Profile of Scott Abbott
There’s a statue of Scott Abbott on the campus of Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem. It shows a tall, handsome guy, button-down shirt, belted and tucked into jeans falling to a sensible length above dark loafers. Like this representation, Scott Abbott’s demeanor is stoic and thoughtful. His […]
Anna Betbeze’s Primal Wool Rug Abstractions Saturate the Senses at UMOCA
Anna Betbeze’s hide-like abstractions in Dark Sun cling to UMOCA’s gallery walls, sagging slightly as they loom over the viewer with a deranged, yet mysteriously beautiful presence. Betbeze’s irregular painting surfaces are wool rugs that the artist burns, tatters and douses with ink and industrial acid-dyes. Vibrant colors […]
UT 17 Showcases the State’s Talent in Painting and Sculpture
The Statewide Annual Exhibition invites all Utah artists to submit their work—the art itself, not slides—the accepted works to be shown as a group in the Rio Gallery. Each year’s exhibit tackles a loosely defined subset of art, three or four specified media, all work made in the […]
Table to Table: A Different Kind of Chocolate Currency
James and Mirabel Rees In the rush of the holiday season it can be easy to get caught up in the commercialization of the winter. However, the holidays are also the best part of the year to spend time with family, express gratitude, and look for ways to […]
READ LOCAL First: Matthew Ivan Bennett
For today’s installment of READ LOCAL SUNDAY we feature Salt Lake City-based Matthew Ivan Bennett, resident playwright at Plan-B Theatre Company, listed by American Theater magazine as one of 14 companies nationwide exemplifying social action and civic engagement. A fixture in the local theater scene and beyond, Bennett is currently working on a new […]
Eric Samuelsen’s The Ice Front Probes Creative Work in Difficult Times
Daniel Beecher, Stephanie Howell, Robert Scott Smith, Christy Summerhays, Jay Perry, and Emilie Starr in Eric Samuelsen’s The Ice Front. Photo by Rick Pollock. Historical dramatic theater pieces are often difficult to pull off in a small, quiet black box setting. Plays of such gravitas seem to require […]
RDT’s Top Bill Opens a Personal Modern Dance Time Capsule
Ursula Perry (center) and members of Repertory Dance Theatre in Bill Evans’ “Suite Benny.” Photo by Sharon Kain. With tap shoes, reading glasses, and a relaxed yet specific performance demeanor, William “Bill” Evans literally (and figuratively) stepped into the spotlight at the conclusion of his solo, “Three Preludes.” […]
Creating Dialogue at PaperWest
One of the many benefits of a juried exhibition that pulls from artists across the country is the potential for variety in the technique and motivation displayed. As The University of Utah’s biennial PaperWest exhibition comes to a close this month, we’re reminded of that potential through work that ranges […]
Snow College Faculty Exhibit
Compiling faculty shows is a balancing act between honoring the artists’ personal styles and still telling a story with an exhibition. An artistic gem in this genre can be found in Sanpete County, in the form of the 2017 Snow College Visual Arts Faculty Biennial Exhibition. It’s a hodgepodge […]
Rediscovering a Classic: Church History Museum Stages Retrospective of Joseph Paul Vorst
“After the Flood” ca. 1940, oil on board, 28″ x 36″ Winston Churchill, who wrote history when he wasn’t busy making it, once quipped that history is written by the victors. He might have written instead that it is only through the writing of history that a victory […]
READ LOCAL First: Akramah Cofie
For today’s installment of READ LOCAL SUNDAY we feature Springville-based fiction writer Akramah Cofie. His novel-in-progress, “A Fortnight in ’79,” tells the story of Emilia, a woman who refuses to let die her dream of getting an education. It also gives a glimpse of Ghana, in the latter part of […]
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