The Utah Arts Council and Artists of Utah treated over fifty Utah artists to an invaluable crash course in website design and creation issues recently. On October 8, presenters Steve Coray, Shawn Rossiter and Kenny Pratt conducted the free workshop to help artists answer their questions and concerns […]
For the past month, the Springville Museum of Art’s exhibit Objects of Reverence has presented the work of SUU professor Brian Hoover. On exhibit until the end of October, Hoover’s art is represented by about twenty pieces, hanging in one of the museum’s ground-floor galleries. The pieces cover […]
Salt Lake City photographer Jamie Clyde had an exhibition recently. Well, sort of. Clyde’s photographs were hanging for a time at Angles Café and Gallery, which took the space at 5th West and 2nd South recently vacated by Mestizo gallery. Midway through the exhibition, however, Clyde’s works were […]
Jamie Clyde’s photographs have received rough treatment lately (see here). Her photographs, which were hanging for a time in the Angles Gallery in SLC, caused a little bit of a stir when their religious content was claimed to be offensive. When, after hearing of the controversy, I saw […]
Salt Lake City artist Joe Venus has worn many hats in his life, but the ones he has most desired are the cowboy hat and the artist’s beret. Throughout his exciting life, Joe Venus has been a stock car racer, rattlesnake tamer, rodeo cowboy, arts organizer, and artist, […]
by Kim Duffy photos by Jamie Clyde A number of Salt Lake City artists call 530 West 700 South their home. Brad Slaugh, who created the space, calls it Poor Yorick Studios. How came the studio to be named Poor Yorick? It’s named for King Hamlet’s jester Yorick, […]
Just off the Fourth North exit in Bountiful is another great place to take in Utah art while enjoying a fine meal. Cafe Alicia, owned by Aaron and LeAnn Marquez, specializes in seafood, steaks, and Mexican food. Since this February its walls have been home to a wide […]
It’s an ideal morning inside the Artist Resource Center — the sounds of papers turning, printers printing and the tapping of computer keys fill the room and even spill out into the Rio Gallery that shares the same space inside the historic Rio Grande Depot. While one artist […]
Julie Newland wears a variety of hats. To the general public, she is the Programming Coordinator at VSA Arts of Utah (Art Access). A more select crowd knows her as a fine craftsman of handmade papers who also instructs others in the art. And to Sam (pictured here […]
The Lamplight Art Gallery on Bountiful’s historic Main Street recently celebrated their first birthday. The gallery was the idea of Colleen Parker, a Bountiful artist, who for years maintained a studio above the retail space where the gallery is now located. She wanted to create a place where […]
Layne Meacham is a child of the fifties. Not the fifties of Ike, apple pie, poodle skirts and crew-cut conformity, but the abstract fifties — the fifties of de Kooning, Kline, Twombly and Dubuffet. Meacham’s artwork is a synthetic form of abstraction, incorporating much of the advances in […]
by Karen Kesler Early last spring I was on a search for artists on behalf of two new Torrey exhibition venues. A friend had mentioned that I needed to see the work of two artists in Escalante — so one beautiful day I cruised down Highway 12 (one […]
by Linda Peer TRASA, the Urban Arts collective, has found a home in a big, handsome, old, brick, factory-looking building on the west side of downtown SLC. The organization, which takes its name from a Sanskrit word describing a moving collective of living beings, is a charitable arts […]
by Jean Arnold For those pursuing creativity, the path of development is rarely straight. What can seem like a sudden, dramatic change may actually be years in the making, and the result of much trial and error. So it has been with my work. This summer, I had a […]
by John Erickson Jean Arnold has been “up to something.” Her transformation from competent observer to a mature personal voice spans ten years of hard work — as a friend, for years I have watched this evolution first hand. She has eschewed the expected use of perspective and […]
That big “whoosh” you heard back in May was the collective sigh of relief by northern Utahns over the stay of execution that the Rio Grande Cafe had just received. The state had reconsidered its plan to use the space, located at the historic Rio Grande Train Station, […]
There are lots of educated, talented artists out there who are producing solid art, but who are failing. Failing to get into juried shows. Failing to obtain grants. Failing to get into galleries. Failing to sell their artwork. Now, I’m not an artist, but I am an arts […]
When painting in the field, or en plein-air, many artists choose to travel and work with a fellow artist, both to help share expenses as well as for the camaraderie that comes with working together. In Utah, there are even some larger organized groups for plein-air painting, such […]
Ogden’s Art Scene There’s lots of art to see in the Ogden area this summer. Here’s a small sampling: The Eccles Art Center’s annual Statewide Art Competition opens July 13. The competition, now in its 28th year, features recent works from Utah visual artists in all media (except […]
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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