Over seven months ago, we published our June 2004 edition of 15 Bytes and then, abruptly, stopped. Contrary to what our web page read for months — “next edition July 28th” — after the June edition, no one got a single byte of fame. By the time July […]
by Dee Moffett Sometimes I feel that when I go to Gallery Stroll I am seeing the same things every month. Maybe I am going to the wrong galleries, but I often find myself leaving shows thinking “I’ve seen that before.” Such was not the case this past […]
by Alex Caldiero The first time I saw Frank McEntire’s work was back in 1986. He had a one-person museum exhibit called “Divining.” In that show I was particularly impressed by his wrapped divining rods and the boxes full of “things,” things at once precious and banal. My […]
“Untitled Horse Form” Richard Johnston Richard Johnston was the chair of the art department at the University of Utah and director of the Salt Lake Art Center for a while. Johnston made the first Untitled Horse Form in 1990 for the main quad on the UVSC campus in […]
WHAT ARE YOU READING LATELY? As much as I can — “A Girl Named Zippy” by Haven Kimmel, “Another Beauty” by Adam Zagajewski, The New Testament, the 1956 Betty Crocker Picture Cook Book, a 1774 Anicent Songs and Ballads collection, and, of course, Lance Larsen’s latest poems and […]
by Chad Saley The Utah Arts Festival (UAF), Utah’s largest and foremost arts celebration, will be celebrating its second year on Salt Lake City’s Library Square. With the completion of construction on the east end of the library, the Festival will now be even larger, spreading from Washington […]
by Allen Bishop “Pop Nostalgia” is an exhibition of recent years’ work by Joe Carter and Paul Heath, who have teamed up at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Gallery. As suggested by the term “nostalgia,” Heath’s and Carter’s sense of “Pop Art” has a far warmer, friendlier evocation than […]
It’s that time of year again. Time for the Farmer’s Market at Pioneer Park to open it’s proverbial doors and welcome the eager public. But along with throngs of produce-buyers and art-lovers, the Market’s opening has also brought much controversy in the community of artists regarding the artists […]
Doug Snow has been a central figure in Utah art for the past fifty years. He was one of the first to champion abstract art in Utah, and, as professor of art at the University of Utah, influenced a number of artists that have received local and national […]
Over the past year, I received several invitations from BYU art professor Joseph Ostraff to tag along with eleven students on a field study project in New Zealand. Five days before the plane took off, I finally decided to go. I was a little hesitant to accept the […]
by Patrick Nelson Focusing on the “natural” interplay of the beauty of the Wasatch Mountains and the artistic process, the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation will host its second annual Art in Nature Party on June 19th at the Silver Lake Nature Center in Big Cottonwood Canyon near Brighton. Foundation volunteers and […]
When you’re an artist pursuing a career, Utah is the type of place you leave for cities like New York, San Fransisco, or L.A. Dana Costello did just the opposite. In 1996, she left San Fransisco to pursue her art in Salt Lake City. Costello, a California native, […]
There comes a time in every good shopper’s life when they need to head to the mall to pick up an essential item. Perhaps something from Bath and Body Works, or Victoria’s Secret that you just can’t get at your local Target or Walmart. Maybe it’s that sale […]
WHAT ARE YOU READING LATELY? Bills and financial statements. Ah, reality . . . WHAT IS HANGING ABOVE YOUR MANTEL? A dried up, dusty wreath on the verge of spontaneous combustion. No, really. WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO PAINT OR SCULPT YOUR PORTRAIT? Peter Paul Reubens. Not because […]
photos by Steve Coray “Every school would have a public art piece…every rest area would have temporary public art installations…” These are just a couple of ambitions Jim Glenn has for public art in Utah. For the past six years, Glenn has held the position of Public Art […]
This Friday, May 7th, Park City’s Kimball Art Center will open a unique exhibition: an artist’s retrospective that is in reality a group show. David Chaplin’s Opus is a retrospective that displays the personal work of this long-time Utah artist as well as the work of students he […]
“Pay Dirt” pastel George Dibble (1904-1992) Dibble grew up in Layton, Utah. In 1941, he began a long career as an art professor at the University of Utah. In addition to being an artist, he was the chief art critic for the Salt Lake Tribune for some time. […]
I enjoy exhibits at BYU’s Museum of Art. Regardless of the actual pieces shown, the museum almost always manages to create a wonderfully crafted and visually interesting exhibition. The more I visit the museum, the more I am convinced of the curatorial expertise that has used a unique […]
The impetus for artistic output can come from the most varied and sometimes the most unforeseen sources. A fleeting image, a chance encounter, an accident; all can be the catalyst for a surge of creative output and even major stylistic changes in an artist’s oeuvre. Had Pollock not […]
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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