{"id":57527,"date":"2021-03-17T08:40:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=57527"},"modified":"2021-03-23T08:54:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T14:54:59","slug":"wip-emily-quinn-loughlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wip-emily-quinn-loughlin\/","title":{"rendered":"WIP: Emily Quinn Loughlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A year ago, we were busy at Finch Lane Gallery installing our\u00a0<\/em>35\u00d735\u00a0<em>exhibit, a showcase for Utah\u2019s young artistic talent. Then the closures hit. (The exhibit only opened to the public, in a limited way, in June.)\u00a0 A year since the closures, we have decided to check in with the artists from\u00a0<\/em>35\u00d735<em>\u00a0to see what they\u2019re working on now in our\u00a0<\/em>WIP<em>\u00a0feature.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/emily-loughlin.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57531\" src=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/emily-loughlin.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/emily-loughlin.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/emily-loughlin-350x467.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy work is an exploration of my spiritual beliefs through a biological lens,&#8221; says Emily Quinn Loughlin, a Park City native who earned her B.F.A. in Fibers from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She uses reclaimed materials from local businesses in her fine art pieces. \u201cI begin by developing an element to use as a building block, and then I find unique ways of combining said elements to develop unique, strange, and beautiful objects &#8230; Using recycled material is a conscious effort to support the healthy digestion of material goods in our high-throughput consumer society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over the last year she has been combining recycled materials with thrifted frames to create works that mimic house plants. &#8220;The positive impact of having plants in one&#8217;s home fascinates me, and I have been playing with the idea of creating art plants that you can\u2019t kill!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can see more of her work at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emilyquinnloughlin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emilyquinnloughlin.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/emilyquinnloughlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram.com\/emilyquinnloughlin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy work is an exploration of my spiritual beliefs through a biological lens,&#8221; says Emily Quinn Loughlin, a Park City native who earned her B.F.A. in Fibers from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She uses reclaimed materials from local businesses in her fine art pieces. \u201cI begin by developing an element to use as a building block, and then I find unique ways of combining said elements to develop unique, strange, and beautiful objects &#8230; Using recycled material is a conscious effort to support the healthy digestion of material goods in our high-throughput consumer society.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1685,"featured_media":57531,"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":[14,3911],"tags":[3670],"class_list":["post-57527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual_arts","category-wip","tag-emily-quinn-loughlin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/emily-loughlin.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-18 22:56:10","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\/57527","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\/1685"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57527"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57534,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57527\/revisions\/57534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}