Copyright is a legal right that gives the creator of a work an exclusive right to control how that work is used. Copyright only covers the tangible expression of an idea, not the idea itself, but copyright lasts a long time — until 70 years after you die, […]
In this video interview University of Utah professor Al Denyer discusses her new body of work inspired by the Arctic.
Dallas Graham is a personal documentary photographer, graphic designer and writer who has merged his loves into a colorful creation called Red Fred Bodoni & The Jolly Troop—a photography/design blog for children and adults that creates value through images and stories by encouraging its readers to “pause & rejoice!” […]
You work somewhere long enough and it starts to seem like home; leaving your desk, your files, and your coworkers feels a little like leaving your bed, your books and your family. After almost 22 years with Utah’s visual arts program, Lila Abersold has decided it’s time to […]
A Utah native, Wilson G. Martin graduated Cum Laude from the University of Utah in 1972 and is a member of the Economic and Geographic Honorary Societies. He attended Oxford Brookes University, where he received a Masters in Town and Country Planning. He served as an officer on […]
A lot can go on at the Springville Museum of Art. Sure, the Soviet era realism and impressionism never seems to find its way into storage, and when the annual Spring Salon and the Religious and Spiritual Art exhibits are hung they stick around for extended runs, but […]
“The Yardstick” is a constantly morphing public art wall in West Downtown Salt Lake City that attracts street artists as well as tourists.Here is the wall as it appeared in February 2018. January 2012, photos by Shalee Cooper and Tyler Bloomquist December 2011, photos by Laura and Matt […]
The first color photograph in the state of Utah: we know who created it and have a description of what it looks like, but we don’t know if it still exists. In 1908, John Leo Hafen created the first color photograph in the state of Utah, using the […]
A profile of Phoenix Ostermann, who, as Reclaimed Sentiment, is exhibiting a collection of collages inspired by “mid-century” illustrations at Nox Contemporary.
A video interview with Xaviera Simmons, a New York-based artist featured in the UMFA’s salt 4.
Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick is the type of colorful character that is welcome fodder for arts writers. In an art world overrun with degree-toting professionals who nip and tuck their way into stable careers while dreaming of blue-chip status, Fitzpatrick is a larger-than-life figure more at home in […]
Imagine you land in a strange new country, or even a different planet. You don’t know the local language, the culture, or the customs of this place. How would you react? Would you attempt to communicate, and if so, how? Most likely through movement. Your movements might tell […]
Karen Horne is an “artist’s artist” if there is such a thing. She has taken all the lessons we try to absorb in the classroom or workshops – like color theory, simplification, gesture drawing, value and form, and the lush handling of paint – and demonstrates them […]
This month, Laura and Matt Chiodo, curators at Salt Lake’s Alpine Art, hit the streets of Salt Lake, cameras in hand, to capture the lively street art scene around the capitol city. Discovering the art all around you is the impetus behind our new project, ART LAKE CITY, […]
Jared Clark was born in Provo, Utah on June 1st 1976 but was quickly moved to southern Mexico where his father dug as an archaeologist. He was next relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan through grade school and came full circle back to Orem, Utah for Jr. High and […]
John Hughes gives tips on painting architecture in plein air painting.
Last month the Salt Lake Art Center (now the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art) opened an exhibition of works by California artist Kim Schoenstadt, recipient of the first Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting. The $15,000 biennial prize was instituted by the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation […]
Local artist Kory Fluckiger starts a new company to develop children’s books for the iPad.
A review of Dave Hall and John Collins’ exhibit of landscapes, now up at Williams Fine Art.
Stewart Seidman creates expressive acrylic works on canvas and with recycled FedEx envelopes that once served as his paint palettes, transforming everyday materials into compelling contemporary art.
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