{"id":38252,"date":"2017-03-30T11:20:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T17:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=38252"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:59:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T22:59:52","slug":"the-art-factory-in-south-salt-lake-offers-studio-space-of-a-sort-for-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/the-art-factory-in-south-salt-lake-offers-studio-space-of-a-sort-for-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art Factory in South Salt Lake offers Studio Space of a sort for artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The building from the outside. Courtesy Utah Arts Alliance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Touted as artists\u2019 studios (among other possibilities), the building leased by Utah Arts Alliance butts up against the TRAX station at 193 W. 2100 South in what was formerly The Rock \u2013 a church whose sign is still high in the sky, confusing the intrepid driver seeking something other than religion at the newly opened Art Factory in South Salt Lake.<\/p>\n

Driving was sporadic the day of the March open house because I could NOT find this place for the life of me and so parked to look around. After traipsing among the massage parlors and seemingly sketchy bars, I thought it wise to get back in the car and drive some more instead. When I found the unusual church \u201cFor Lease\u201d with lots of vehicles parked outside, I went in thinking \u201cThe Rock\u201d was a club. And there was, indeed, a bar just inside the door with a long-haired dude behind it. I heard a voice from the hallway: \u201cIs that Ann?\u201d and turned to see a very short redhead with a tall guy wearing a beret accompanying her. Artist Marcee Blackerby is petite because she uses a wheelchair; husband Ric, an artist too, is rarely seen without his trademark headgear.<\/p>\n

They had just finished the tour I was at the Art Factory to go on myself, so I asked what the place was like. I learned that the studios are expensive: \u201cThe only reasonable one, and there\u2019s only one \u2013 for $300 \u2013 is the size of your bathroom with fluorescent lighting and no running water \u2013 there\u2019s no water in any of the studios\u201d; \u201cThere are stairs on the second floor that they\u00a0say<\/em>\u00a0they will tear out and ramp but no other possibility of access for me\u201d; \u201cThis place is only here for a year and isn\u2019t worth moving into for that length of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Example of a studio. Rents start at $400. Courtesy Utah Arts Alliance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On my own tour I learned all that is truth: the second-floor studios \u2013 where rents range from $800 up to $1,200 a month \u2013 currently are taken primarily by nonprofits except one, leased by Spicer\/ Hogin LLC, a two-person video company. In the larger spaces, you\u2019ve got Jenkstars, a collective of upcycle engineers and artists who develop creative solutions for real-world problems \u2013 and practice yoga; Municipal Ballet Co. that uses a room for a practice studio; Over the Board [indoor] Skate Park (just what it sounds like); and Kipper Bros. Puppet Co. Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams has an office here until the end of April. More spaces are available. The landlord retained the third floor for lease in its entirety.<\/p>\n

A surprise on the ground floor (besides the cold PBR I was offered at the end of the tour in the \u201ccoffee shop\u201d) was an impressively large area that rents for $50 an hour weekdays and $50-$100 an hour weekends with a stage, green room, sound studio, balcony, lighting and sound booth, and an enormous audience or dance floor.<\/p>\n

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Rental space inside The Factory. Courtesy Utah Arts Alliance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

You can enjoy it for yourself on May 20 from 6 p.m. until midnight during the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Night on Commonwealth with music\/entertainment by Sugar Bubble. There will be a public art element; local beer\/Spirits Lounge; area vendors; food trucks; gallery stroll; more.<\/p>\n

The Art Factory is located at 193 W. 2100 S. SSLC. To learn more visit the\u00a0Utah Arts Alliance website.<\/h5>\n

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