Yesterday the Senate passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act with a vote of 61 to 37. As the bill heads to Congressional conference, $50 million in recovery funds to be distributed by the National Endowment for the Arts hang in the balance. Unlike the Senate bill, which […]
In March of 2007, local artist Sue Martin went to Georgia to care for her mother, who was dying of cancer, and her father, who is afflicted with Parkinson’s and dementia. During the six months she spent caring for her parents she kept a blog about her experiment […]
Along the busy street of 4500 South sits a quaint white house. Since 1884, this historic home has housed multiple occupants; the first being one of Edward Pugh’s multiple wives. It is now a multiuse building and currently the show room for multitalented artists. Sonata Gallery’s motivation for choosing […]
Recently, Americans have become upset with economic recovery funds going to rather dubious ends, like, say bonuses to the bank execs who helped cause the whole problem. Not to worry, Congress (who also helped cause the problem) is on top of things. Earlier this week Senator Tom Coburn […]
Though by lineage I’m 100% British, since I come from Knudsen Corner and remain in the minority of those who use the hard “k” sound for Knudsen instead of “Nudson” or “Noodson,” in a way I’m an honorary Scandinavian; or so I told myself this weekend when I […]
When we say an artist puts her life into her art, we usually mean that important events become significant subject matter. But for Sandy Brunvand, the process is both subtler and more pervasive. Hearing her unravel the origins of her paintings and prints, whether in exceptionally accessible written statements […]
by Curt Hawkins Fresh from a morning of making turns in the fresh snow of the Wasatch Mountains, Hadley Rampton sits among her oil paintings and watercolor and ink drawings on display at Salt Lake’s Phillips Gallery. “I usually try to paint every morning, five days a week. But today, fresh powder. […]
Gavin, over at Gavin’s Underground, stopped in at Trent Call’s Captain Captain studio recently and talked with the artist about zines, solo shows, art vending machines and ping pong. Read the interview at: http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2009/02/04/3680381.aspx
The artist’s eye is revered as if it were a sacred object, a visionary orb that sees all, externally and internally. Rembrandt saw the soul of the sitter as well as the form. For many artists — good artists — this tool bridging the object and the subject […]
It’s time again to vote for SALT LAKE CITY as a TOP 25 ARTS DESTINATION in the mid-sized city category. Salt Lake City has been included in the TOP 25 list of AmericanStyle Magazine for three years in a row. It’s easy to vote . . . and […]
The second installment of the Salt Lake City Arts Council’s public art project Flying Objects will be coming to the streets of Salt Lake this spring. Twelve sculptures by fourteen Utah artists were selected to be placed near cultural institutions in the city. The artists selected are: Marcee […]
For January Gallery Stroll Gavin’s Underground headed over to Art Access, where he interviewed the two exhibiting artists: Daren Young, who brought in his mixed media art entitled HOMO/evocative, and self-taught photographer Julia Voye with her collection of up close works. Check it out here: http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2009/01/21/3663531.aspx Daren Young […]
Michael Kimmelman, writing in the New York Times, had this to say about Andrew Wyeth, who died in his sleep earlier today (Friday, January 16th): “Andrew Wyeth, one of the most popular and also most lambasted artists in the history of American art, a reclusive linchpin in a […]
Susan Burgess sent us this photo of her with Tom Mulder, the subect of this month’s Artist Profile, in Orvieto, Italy.
During the past few months, I must have had an average of ten phone calls per week either telling me who to vote for or asking my opinion about the important matters of the day. One of those important matters, as evidenced by frequent references, was the idea […]
(SEE PART I OF THIS ARTICLE HERE) Though united in the creation and development of a state organization to promote the visual arts in Utah at the turn of the twentieth century, the artists in the state were not immune to the type of personal jealousies and aesthetic […]
What decides our fates? Greek Sophists thought it was character: who I am would determine what I am. Astrologers argue that when we are determines who we are. Once upon a time, where we lived made many choices for us, but is that still true? With the coming […]
“Sweet Departure” by James C. Christensen The exhibition is titled simply “Woodbury Invitational.” A more provocative title, however, might aptly read “Metaphysical Visions: Five Artists’ Journeys into the Sublime.” The exhibit is a display of five internationally famed artists of the highest caliber — their disparate styles woven […]
Where other artists study the qualities of clay and paint, Dan Steinhilber spends his time in the local home supply store, exploring the properties and artistic possibilities of polyurethanes and PVC piping. As can be seen at the exhibit of his works currently at the Brigham Young University Museum […]
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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