{"id":102877,"date":"2026-05-03T12:02:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T19:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=102877"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:03:23","slug":"birds-of-a-heather-at-sweet-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/birds-of-a-heather-at-sweet-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds of A Heather at Sweet Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"282\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EXHBT_Birds_of_a_Heather_May_2026.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-102878\" src=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EXHBT_Birds_of_a_Heather_May_2026-290x290.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EXHBT_Birds_of_a_Heather_May_2026-290x290.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EXHBT_Birds_of_a_Heather_May_2026-120x120.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EXHBT_Birds_of_a_Heather_May_2026.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>Salt Lake City<br data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"221\" \/>May 9 \u2013 June 20, 2026<br data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"245\" \/>Reception: Saturday, May 9, 4\u20135:30 pm<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"284\" data-end=\"1049\"><br data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"302\" \/>In <em data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"325\">Birds of A Heather<\/em>, Heather Olsen presents a series of paintings inspired by her deep personal connection to birds, weaving together observation, memory, and emotion. Each work reflects the individuality and presence of birds encountered in her daily life, while also serving as symbolic stand-ins for relationships, life experiences, and moments of transformation. Balancing delicacy and resilience, Olsen\u2019s paintings explore the parallels between human and animal worlds\u2014capturing both tenderness and survival. A Salt Lake City\u2013based artist trained at the University of Utah and through atelier study, Olsen is known for her vibrant, emotionally resonant oil paintings, with a practice that spans figurative, narrative, and animal subjects.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1204\"><strong data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1099\">Sweet Branch (Salt Lake City Public Library)<\/strong><br data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1102\" \/>455 F St, Salt Lake City, UT 84103<br data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1139\" \/>Mon\u2013Thu 10 am\u20138 pm; Fri\u2013Sat 10 am\u20136 pm; Sun closed<br data-start=\"1189\" data-end=\"1192\" \/>801-594-8651<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salt Lake CityMay 9 \u2013 June 20, 2026Reception: Saturday, May 9, 4\u20135:30 pm In Birds of A Heather, Heather Olsen presents a series of paintings inspired by her deep personal connection to birds, weaving together observation, memory, and emotion. Each work reflects the individuality and presence of birds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":102878,"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-102877","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\/05\/EXHBT_Birds_of_a_Heather_May_2026.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-06-21 12:02:07","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\/102877","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=102877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102879,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102877\/revisions\/102879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}