{"id":68604,"date":"2023-08-01T15:51:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T21:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=68604"},"modified":"2023-08-02T16:58:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T22:58:50","slug":"lisa-bickmore-cami-munk-brooke-moffatt-alexis-rausch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/lisa-bickmore-cami-munk-brooke-moffatt-alexis-rausch\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Bickmore, Cami Munk, Brooke Moffatt, Alexis Rausch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>8\/1 SOUTHWEST CONTEMPORARY: Alexis Rausch Unpacks America\u2019s Desensitization to Violence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Violence and violent media are so common that desensitization to violence is just as normal. Some people are figuring out how to cope with this status quo\u2014but when confronting stories of real-life violence such as police brutality, domestic violence, and terrorism, we often become stuck along the spectrum of fear, criticism, or even apathy.<\/p>\n

As a survivor of domestic violence, multidisciplinary artist Alexis Rausch explores the complexities of healing from her own violent experiences while also acknowledging what it means to speak from the intersection of white privilege and victimhood as a survivor.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the things that I do [are] intended to critique how white people interpret highly publicized events of violence and political events,\u201d Rausch says. \u201cThe cultural desensitization of violence, specifically for white people, is not talked about enough. It is fascinating to me and terrifying at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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7\"\"<\/a>\/29 Deseret News: Trying to find that creative spark? Here\u2019s what local artists have to say
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\nSisters Cami Munk and Brooke Moffat grew up in a creative household. Their father loved the arts, and their mom, a seamstress, frequently used her imagination to make all kinds of clothing, including costumes and wedding dresses.<\/p>\n

That environment fostered creativity, and all these years later, both sisters are still actively using their imaginations. Advertised as\u00a0\u201cThe Stitching Sisters,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Munk and Moffat teamed up in March to design and create home accessories like baskets and bags for all the world to see.<\/p>\n

They will even have their own booth at the\u00a015th annual Craft Lake City Do It Yourself (DIY) Festival<\/a>\u00a0at Utah State Fairpark, which is being held Aug. 11-13. It is billed as Utah\u2019s largest local-centric art, music, science and technology festival.<\/p>\n

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7\/27 SLTRIB: Letter: Truth is, arts coverage helps empower a community. The Tribune should step it up.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am writing to ask Utah\u2019s flagship daily to consider deepening your coverage of arts and culture in Salt Lake City and the state in general. Current coverage is anemic, at best, with almost no attention given to the visual arts and performing arts (specifically theater and dance.) All of these art forms have a deep and rich history that continues to contribute to Utah\u2019s quality of life. I would further encourage you to employ qualified arts writers \/ reviewers to inform your readers (residents and visitors) of the depth and quality of the arts in Utah.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>7\/25 SLTRIB: Utah\u2019s poet laureate gets $50,000 award, in part to support poems about the Great Salt Lake<\/strong><\/p>\n

A year into her tenure as the state\u2019s\u00a0poet laureate<\/a>, Lisa Bickmore has been awarded a $50,000 fellowship from\u00a0The Academy of American Poets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bickmore said she is excited to receive the award, one of 23 fellowship recipients announced Tuesday, especially because of the vision she thinks the academy has for them. \u201cThey were interested in projects that would benefit young people, or underserved people,\u201d Bickmore said in a phone interview Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported nonprofit organization based in New York City. According to the group\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a>, its \u201cmission is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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8\/1 SOUTHWEST CONTEMPORARY: Alexis Rausch Unpacks America\u2019s Desensitization to Violence Violence and violent media are so common that desensitization to violence is just as normal. Some people are figuring out how to cope with this status quo\u2014but when confronting stories of real-life violence such as police brutality, domestic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mixed_media","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-02-at-3.57.22-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 10:32:34","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\/68604","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68610,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68604\/revisions\/68610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}