4/19 SLTRIB: A UVU student’s artwork was rejected from a school exhibition. Here’s how she made sure her work was seen. In the art world, rejection can be the end all. It can hinder creativity, put an end to an artwork’s fledgeling life, or catalyze a creative […]
Many siblings see their artwork hanging side by side, but that’s usually on their parents’ fridge. For James and John Rees, it’s at the Utah Valley University Museum of Art. Born Into This is a small show featuring recent works by James and John. Rather than centering around […]
The ultimate aim of any multi-artist exhibition is to achieve a pairing, trio, or subsequent combination so brilliant that everyone is left asking why these particular artists didn’t team up sooner. The artworks would enhance and underscore each other so well that it appears to be a match […]
As COVID hit and unraveled several plans for travel, exhibits and presentations, my wife and I did what a lot of people did that were stuck at home: We began cleaning and organizing around the house. As a result my wife finally got to a project she had been wanting to do for years — to photograph all of our children’s artwork that we had stored for over 30 years. In the process she came across a series of drawings our youngest son did when he was three (he’s now 26) that had an uncanny likeness to the shape of the coronavirus.
For most K-12 art students, having your school project proudly displayed on the kitchen fridge is the modern equivalent of the French Salon. However, thanks to the combined efforts of local art students, a community of generous organizations, and one very ambitious art educator there is an exhibition […]
What does it mean to die well? With honor? With purpose? Bountiful Davis Art Center (BDAC) explores these questions with a new exhibit curated by Chauncey Secrist: Ars Moriendi. This latin term, literally “the art of dying,” refers to upheavals in Europe after the Black Death, and the […]
James Rees is a Utah County artist know for using the figure as a vehicle for expression. The artist primarily uses monotype printing and transfer ink drawing processes in creating his images. He teaches at Provo High School. ARTIST STATEMENT “I’ve taught for more than twenty five years at […]
