City County Building : 200 East 400 South
“May We Have Peace” by Allan Houser. Photo by Kelly Green, September 2012. Discover more art with our Art Lake City map
1090 East 2100 South: Sugarhouse Plaza
“To the Founders of a Pioneer Industry.” Photo by Jared Christensen, July 2012. Discover more art with our Art Lake City map
Day Christensen: Deliberate Design
Day Christensen has a gift for creating unique, pleasing spaces. A designer by training and trade, Christensen has also become one of Utah’s most successful artists for public projects. His meticulous and creative eye has literally shaped the landscape of Utah, turning a visit to a local […]
superHUMAN and New Mystics at the CUAC
Geoff Wichert examines two new shows at the CUAC that explore works that tap into various cultural narratives, from the super heroes of comic books to the mystic shamans of primitive cultures.
Sweetness Sells: Heather Barron at Phillips Gallery
Ehren Clark wonders what it is about Heather Barron’s paintings that makes her one of the best-selling artists in town.
Triffids Land at Leonardo
Philip Beesley’s installation at The Leonardo may not always work as hoped, but Alexandra Karl still finds the work enchanting. Read her article in the July 2012 edition of 15 Bytes.
Richard Russell’s Shakespeare
You can see his works this summer at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Read what it took to get them there in the July 2012 edition of 15 Bytes.
Steampunk History – Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett
In June, Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett visited Salt Lake City, stopping at The Leonardo for a two-week residency before offering workshops during the Utah Arts Festival. In their innovative books the artist couple (he’s the images, she’s the words) creates a hybrid of history and fiction […]
Cal Nez: Design for the Diné
As he gets ready for a new exhibit of paintings as well as the July 24th Intertribal Powwow, Cal Nez talks with Ann Poore about design, art and the bridging of cultures
Karen Krieger: Parks and Creation
Sheryl Gillilan talks with the new director of the Salt Lake Arts Council.
Travis Tanner on Making a Good Presentation
In his new Salt Lake City location Travis Tanner, owner of Tanner Frames, talks with Sue Martin on Making a Good Presentation.
Sweet Visuals: Sugar House In Plain Site
Originally the neighborhood was supposed to be home to a sugar beet factory that would alleviate the financial burden early pioneers endured to import sugar. When this initial attempt failed (it took thirty years and a move to Lehi for the state to get a local sweetner), the […]
Vern Swanson’s Swan Song
In the July 2012 edition of 15 Bytes Laura Durham talks with Vern Swanson about his three decades at the Springville Museum of Art, and an upcoming book on the collection.
Have We Done Aught Amiss? The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Titus Andronicus
The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s staging of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, will look familiar to anyone raised with the films of Quentin Tarantino or Robert Rodriguez.
Because 51 Is Bigger Than 50: The Utah Shakespeare Festival Embarks On An Exciting New Season
“For us, fifty-one is bigger than fifty,” said Brian Vaughan last night as he and co-Artistic Director David Ivers raised the curtain on the 51st annual Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City. Featuring six plays (for the summer, with an additional two to follow in the fall), […]
Gallery Fare at the Festival
by Geoff Wichert I’m suspicious of anything calling itself an art festival. It doesn’t really matter whether it’s Pasadena’s world-renowned Pageant of the Masters, with dressed-up volunteers posed in three-dimensional tableaus based on famous paintings, or the local fair, anywhere, at which children get their faces painted while […]
Gerald Elias Is Back
Gerald Elias, winner of last year’s Utah Book Award for his musical mystery novel Danse Macabre, is back with the fourth novel in his series featuring amateur sleuth and cantankerous violin teacher, Danile Jacobs. Death and Transfiguration was released by Minotaur Books last week and the local launch […]
Artists of Utah Book Swap & Art Access Parking Lot Sale
Has your spouse or significant other been bothering you to get rid of some of those books spilling off your shelves onto the floor? What about those tubes of paint and brushes you never use? OR Do you love going to the art section at your local book […]
Catching the Utah Arts Festival
The big event this weekend is the Utah Arts Festival, which opened yesterday with a New Orleans style funeral march (both the down beat and the up beat halves), the beginning of a sculpture made out of 20 tons of sand, and the sounds of James McMurtry. Today […]
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