{"id":30589,"date":"2015-11-18T18:07:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T00:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=30589"},"modified":"2023-11-15T21:12:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T03:12:00","slug":"rossiter-honored-with-cuacs-visionary-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/rossiter-honored-with-cuacs-visionary-award\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Bytes Editor Honored with CUAC\u2019s Visionary Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"shawn_rossiter\"Regular readers of 15 Bytes<\/em> don\u2019t need to be told what an important figure Shawn Rossiter is in Utah. His dedication to this magazine alone is a testament to his passion for Utah\u2019s artists and the work they create. When you don\u2019t see him surveying the latest exhibit at a local gallery or arts event, he\u2019s behind his computer writing about it \u2013 or encouraging his roster of writers to write about it. But compiling this monthly magazine is only one of the many projects he has taken on.<\/p>\n

Shawn is a builder. He builds projects both personal and collaborative. For the past 15 years he\u2019s dedicated himself to building the contemporary art community through these projects. He built this magazine from scratch in 2001. He built his staff from one to over a dozen writers and photographers. He has juried and curated numerous art exhibitions and competitions across the state because of his impeccable taste and familiarity with Utah\u2019s art and artists. An accomplished artist himself, you might have seen him installing his work at Finch Lane, Poor Yorick Studios or you might have seen him at work as one of the Leonardo\u2019s artists-in-residence.<\/p>\n

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Shawn Rossiter creates a large work in chalk at The Leonardo. Photo by Shalee Cooper.<\/p><\/div>\n

Friday night, CUAC will honor Shawn Rossiter with their annual Visionary Award. Shawn\u2019s vision for what Utah\u2019s arts community has unfolded into reality over the years (past recipients include Jeff Lambson, 2014 and Diane Stewart, 2013). It hasn\u2019t been easy for him. I can personally attest to some dark days when he feared he didn\u2019t have the financial support or the staff support to keep 15 Bytes<\/em> going. I have been up way past my bedtime writing and editing with him for the Utah\u2019s 15 Most Influential Artists project that I roped him into a few years ago. He provided carbs and caffeine to keep me awake (editing well into the early morning hours was clearly not new to him). But he never fails to deliver a quality product. The addition of a daily blog with relevant and timely content was a huge step that I wasn\u2019t sure would succeed, but somehow he has made it happen. At times, it seemed there weren\u2019t enough hours and dollars to keep this project going. But with his keen eye and sharp wit, Shawn has earned the respect and funds to finance his vision.<\/p>\n

CUAC\u2019s statement honoring Shawn notes how his pioneering effort has \u201cforever shaped Utah and has made significant impact in the growth and stability of our art community.\u201d\u00a0Let\u2019s hope our art community continues to grow by contributing to the fertile ground we have as more artists and galleries pop up in Utah\u2019s burgeoning economy. If you\u2019d like to congratulate Shawn on this well-deserved honor, please leave a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regular readers of 15 Bytes don\u2019t need to be told what an important figure Shawn Rossiter is in Utah. His dedication to this magazine alone is a testament to his passion for Utah\u2019s artists and the work they create. When you don\u2019t see him surveying the latest exhibit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":781,"featured_media":30588,"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":[69,27],"tags":[26,923,685,2588],"class_list":["post-30589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bytes","category-recognized","tag-15-bytes","tag-cuac","tag-shawn-rossiter","tag-visionary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shawn_rossiter.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-14 18:37:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30589","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\/781"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30589"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71515,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30589\/revisions\/71515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}