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 […]
Well, apparently on last Friday there were exhibit openings other than our own. Our gaze on Friday night might have been a little to concentrated on our own navel, but City Weekly’s Gavin Sheehan was out on the stroll checking things out and he stopped in to talk […]
We have posted some information about our 35 x 35 artists, including headshots and images of most of the work in the show, at http://www.artistsofutah.org/35×35. And below are some shots by 15 Bytes Photo Editor Shalee Cooper of the opening night: Nancy Boskoff and Kim Duffin of […]
With crowds waiting outside for the doors to open at 6 pm (okay, maybe not crowds: more like a handful of people, and the door was stuck and we let them in early, the point being that the whole evening got off to a good and early start) […]
Artist Profile of Salt Lake artist Joey Behrens.
We’ll be putting on the finishing touches today: getting those lights just right, double-checking all the labels, rounding up the food. And then we’ll plan to meet you tonight at 6pm for the opening of our 35 x 35 exhibition. The Artists of Utah Board of Directors has […]
By day (and often night), Mary Dickson is the director of Creative Services at KUED-Channel 7 and host of KUED’s Contact, an interview segment highlighting the arts and non-profit communities in Utah. A long-time champion of the arts, Mary tries to attend most of the great performances and exhibits she […]
by Van Chu A flash of purple or blue stands out against the beige paint, wood pannelling and ubiquitous clay in Cristin Zimmer’s studio space at the University of Utah. Zimmer, who is working towards an MFA, has a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Environmental Studies from […]
Jamie Martinez admits to being brand new at her job of curating art exhibits for (a)perture, a marketing firm with offices in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. If she is unfamiliar with the Salt Lake art scene, how in the world would she find and assemble interesting emerging […]
David Letterman once said if it weren’t for all the coffee he drank, he’d have no identifiable personality whatsoever. When your identity depends on the coffee you drink, coffee suddenly means more than a simple jump start to your system – and where you get your coffee becomes […]
When I see early Utah artworks that reveal something about our history, I’m reminded of a conversation I once had with Bob Olpin. During an American art history class at the U, I was impressed with Bob’s command, not only of art history but American history as well. […]
I don’t recall who suggested I become Jynja Calderon‘s”friend” on Facebook, but, like other suggestions or requests for would-be friends, I checked her out by going to her profile page and learning a bit about her. And, yes, I accepted the friend invitation because I was fascinated by her […]
Driving south on I-15 the other day, I was mildly amused to see a billboard promising passersby that a particular obstetric clinic provides “better birthdays.” The advertiser’s attempt at wit was really just the commonplace confusion of two terms, “birthday” and “birth day.” We rarely use birth day, […]
Maggie Macnab, author of Decoding Design: Understanding and Using Symbols in Visual Communication will be speaking at SUU’s Art Insights next week, on September 17 at 7 pm in the Centrum Arena at SUU. Macnab, whose book has been called this year’s hottest graphic design book, has been […]
By day (and often night), Mary Dickson is the director of Creative Services at KUED-Channel 7 and host of KUED’s Contact, an interview segment highlighting the arts and non-profit communities in Utah. A long-time champion of the arts, Mary tries to attend most of the great performances and exhibits she […]
For those of you who check this blog first thing in morning — (you’re out there right?) — the Utah Cultural Alliance is hosting a Culture Bytes event today, Wednesday September 9. Sponsored by Utah Valley University and utahfm.org this month’s panel will discuss "How to Encourage, Cultivate, and […]
Jamie Martinez admits to being brand new at her job of curating art exhibits for (a)perture, a marketing firm with offices in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. If she is unfamiliar with the Salt Lake art scene, how in the world would she find and assemble interesting emerging […]
The Utah Division of Arts and Museums and the Utah Arts Council Board of Directors has released a list of 14 arts organizations awarded federal stimulus funding to reinstate jobs that were lost or preserve positions at risk of elimination due to the economic downturn. This funding will […]
If you’ve enjoyed Brian Staker’s fluid and insightful prose in the arts pages of the City Weekly, you’ll probably be surprised to learn that in person his conversation can be, well, awkward. Out in public Staker suffers from social phobia, but behind the veil of the written word he […]
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.
To discover more artists, visit our Utah Artists Directory
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