{"id":102472,"date":"2026-04-14T17:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=102472"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:53:17","slug":"susan-kirby-there-is-nothing-more-shocking-than-joy-at-finch-lane-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/susan-kirby-there-is-nothing-more-shocking-than-joy-at-finch-lane-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Kirby: There is Nothing More Shocking than Joy at Finch Lane Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-14-at-6.51.31-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-102473\" src=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-14-at-6.51.31-PM-350x288.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-14-at-6.51.31-PM-350x288.png 350w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-14-at-6.51.31-PM-768x633.png 768w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-14-at-6.51.31-PM.png 988w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Salt Lake City<br \/>\nApril 17 \u2013 May 29, 2026<br \/>\nReception: Friday, April 17, 6\u20139 pm (Salt Lake Gallery Stroll)<br \/>\nAdditional Stroll: Friday, May 15, 6\u20139 pm<\/p>\n<p>In <em>There is Nothing More Shocking than Joy<\/em>, Susan Kirby presents autobiographical acrylic paintings shaped by her experiences in Utah and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Blending elements of memory, folklore, and spirituality, her work weaves together scenes of architecture, landscape, and personal narrative, including recent explorations of the body following heart surgery. Rendered in a na\u00efve, visionary style, Kirby\u2019s paintings reflect a life lived across places, cultures, and emotional terrains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saltlakearts.org\/programs\/exhibitions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finch Lane Gallery<\/a><br \/>\n54 Finch Ln, Salt Lake City, UT 84102<br \/>\nMon, Wed\u2013Fri 9 am\u20135 pm; Tue 9 am\u20138:30 pm; Closed Sat\u2013Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salt Lake City April 17 \u2013 May 29, 2026 Reception: Friday, April 17, 6\u20139 pm (Salt Lake Gallery Stroll) Additional Stroll: Friday, May 15, 6\u20139 pm In There is Nothing More Shocking than Joy, Susan Kirby presents autobiographical acrylic paintings shaped by her experiences in Utah and San [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":102473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibitions","category-salt_lake_area"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-14-at-6.51.31-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-05-30 17:51:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102474,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102472\/revisions\/102474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}