Friends compare her to the Travelocity Gnome, the red-capped garden figurine that appears in travel snapshots all over the world in the company’s ad campaign. Wong is more local than her bearded counterpart, but equally ubiquitous. Wherever she goes she is herding people (friends or strangers) into groups, […]
On July 18th, Tom Alder, Vice President of Zions Bank Private Mortgage Banking, played host to over twenty-five artists, art lovers and art professionals at the Zions Bank headquarters in downtown Salt Lake City. Alder, who writes a regular feature for 15 Bytes, invited contributors to the ezine […]
Doug Braithwaite is known around the state for his plein-air landscape paintings, which have won numerous awards. Brandon Cook reviewed the artist’s recent exhibition at the Eccles Community Art Center in Ogden for our June edition. What hangs above your mantel? I have a 1986 etching called “Chripalis : […]
I can’t remember the last time I went to an exhibition devoted solely to sculpture (I know it wasn’t here in Utah), and I’m positive I’ve never been to West Valley City to look at art; but I accomplished both this month when I made my way through […]
Paul Heath’s studio is in his home. No, Heath’s home IS his studio. He does much of his painting on the floor of his living room. That room also hosts racks and racks of paint tubes, brushes, reference materials and other art materials. Artwork adorns the walls, sits […]
Changes in technology can bring about changes in expression in the arts. The art historian and critic Ernst Gombrich felt that the two main forces in stylistic change were technological improvements and social rivalry. Think about how the advent of the electric guitar changed music. Would rock have […]
There’s a relatively new quilt in town. The prodigal granddaughter of a bed quilt, the art quilt (sometimes referred to as textile or fiber art) now graces the walls of galleries, museums and corporate offices. After forty years of struggling for acceptance, the art quilt is now a […]
Through the month of July, the Central Utah Art Center is displaying an exhibition entitled Open Secret:Undisclosed Works of Kent Wing, Alex Bigney, Frank McEntire. In this month’s edition of 15 Bytes, Frank McEntire spotlights his fellow exhibitors. Kent Wing was born close to the Mexican border in the […]
Through the month of July, the Central Utah Art Center is displaying an exhibition entitled Open Secret:Undisclosed Works of Kent Wing, Alex Bigney, Frank McEntire. In this month’s edition of 15 Bytes, Frank McEntire spotlights his fellow exhibitors. Alex Bigney was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Both of Bigney’s […]
Laura Boardman recently invited some of her fellow artists to participate in an informal experiment to find out whether women as artists differ from men, and what the differences might be. Those invited were full-time painters with BFA or MFA degrees. Experience ranged from five to twenty-five years, […]
Corporations may have many reasons for starting and expanding a collection of original art. It may begin with the passion of a top-level executive. It may stem from a desire to support local artists. It may even involve a desire to impress clients or create promotional opportunities for […]
Beautifully articulated color combinations, carefully balanced compositions, credulous perspective, figural accuracy; all are to be found in the art of the Leipzig School, a group of artists trained at the Leipzig Art Academy whose works are now on display at the Salt Lake Art Center. The works in Life After […]
Eva Jorgensen is an artist in motion. This month she will complete her fellowship-fueled post-graduate program in printmaking and add an M.F.A. from the University of Utah to her B.F.A. from B.Y.U. Then later this summer she moves to Ohio, where her husband will study Slavic languages. Utah […]
Every Saturday morning, I take a walk from the east Avenues of Salt Lake to the Farmers’ Market at Pioneer Park. I have learned that everything is relative because whenever I mention this weekly walk to anyone, they are astonished. (The distance is only three miles; if I […]
This Saturday, June 10th, a visual arts benefit will be held to aid police, sherrifs and firefighters who have been affected by harmful, toxic chemicals encountered in the line of duty while dealing with illegal methamphetamine labs. This event is being organized by the The American Detoxification Foundation, […]
Forty-five years is a lifetime on the job: long enough to stretch from school to retirement. It is also the age of the American studio glass movement, which began in the 1960s with glass blowing breakthroughs by Harvey Littleton at the University of Wisconsin. Since then, increasing control […]
In January I attended an exhibition of original prints at the Sears Gallery in the Dolores Dore Eccles Fine Arts Center on the campus of Dixie State College in St. George, Utah. My experience so far with prints was limited so I was captivated by the rich colors and diversity […]
If you’re thinking of escaping the stale air of your studio and trying your hand at painting en plein air (in the open air), here are some tips from three experts – all members of the Plein Air Painters of Utah – who share some lessons they’ve learned the hard way. John Hughes, Steve […]
After a hundred and fifty years of unparalleled innovation, the most far-reaching development in art hasn’t turned out to be the splatter elbowing aside the brush, or performance taking the place of the object, or even abstraction replacing representation. Since 1912, when Picasso glued a picture of chair […]
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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