{"id":73968,"date":"2024-01-21T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T21:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=73968"},"modified":"2024-01-23T14:32:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T21:32:27","slug":"pilar-pobil-love-letters-to-the-west-side-j-go-gallery-art-lake-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/pilar-pobil-love-letters-to-the-west-side-j-go-gallery-art-lake-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilar Pobil, Love Letters to the West Side, J-GO Gallery, Art Lake City?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>1\/21 Utah Cultural Celebration Center gallery to be named after Pilar Pobil<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Pilar Pobil Legacy Foundation has secured naming rights for the art gallery housed inside the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City. \u201cWe are honored that PPLF has secured the naming rights for our gallery space,\u201d said Jeff Olsen, Director of Arts & Culture at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. \u201cHer legacy will not only live through the name of our gallery but also through a donation of Pilar’s artwork that will be displayed in our building.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a writer, painter, and sculptor, Pobil has been devoted to promoting cultural diversity and human rights. Pobil has received many honors and awards, both locally and internationally. In 2019 she was named one of Utah\u2019s 15 Most Influential Artists. In 2016 she was knighted by the King of Spain for her extraordinary contribution to Spanish culture.<\/p>\n

Foundation president Monica Whalen notes, \u201cWe have enjoyed a long collaboration with UCCC to bring art and cultural awareness to our communities. PPLF is excited to see a gallery named after Pilar. She has uniquely inspired so many of us and is deserving of this honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>1\/19 SLTRIB: Artists create \u2018love letters\u2019 to Salt Lake City\u2019s west side<\/strong><\/p>\n

What image captures the heart of Salt Lake City\u2019s west side?<\/p>\n

For Manuel Rodriguez, it\u2019s a sun-drenched photograph of the Carniceria Tortilleria, at 1430 W. Indiana Ave. To Nataly Welch, it\u2019s an oil painting of the Fastrac Gas Station at 801 S. 900 West, highlighting the building\u2019s colors. Yexenia Young picked an ornate gold frame to put a photo of their great-great grandmother, Abuelita Luna.<\/p>\n

Those examples are among some 30 works by artists \u2014 all responding to an open call \u2014 in a new exhibit, \u201cLove Letters to the West Side,\u201d opening Friday, Jan. 19, at the Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts, 95 S. Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, in The Gateway.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>1\/17 SLUGMAG: Love Letters to the West Side: Celebrating the Roots We Hold Close<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where did you grow up?\u201d is a common question you hear when you\u2019re getting to know someone\u2014one that often sparks connections over shared backgrounds. You might hear an SLC local say proudly, \u201cI\u2019m from the West Side!\u201d and the shared feeling of nostalgic excitement results in a conversation along the lines of,\u00a0 \u201cOh, me too! So, you must\u2019ve tried that one really good restaurant then! We should grab a bite there together sometime,\u201d only to discover that your favorite locally-owned restaurant is long gone, and what remains is a gentrified luxury apartment unit that hardly anyone in your community can afford.<\/p>\n

Art in response to this experience exists through\u00a0Mestizo Institute of Arts and Culture (MICA)<\/i>\u00a0at their newest location at\u00a0The Gateway.<\/i>\u00a0MICA<\/i>\u00a0is unfolding their third art exhibit,\u00a0Love Letters to the West Side<\/i>,\u00a0on January 19.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>1\/10 PARK RECORD: J GO Galleries is now JG Art Gallery + Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

J GO Galleries is on the move with a new location, new name and new ideas.<\/p>\n

It is now called JG Art Gallery + Events and can be found at The Prospect Executive Suites, 2078 Prospector Ave., said owner Jude Grenney.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last gallery (space) we had wasn\u2019t the right spot,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was in a location upstairs on Main Street, and It was difficult to show people what kind of art we had.\u201d<\/p>\n

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1\/10 CITY WEEKLY: Art in the Utah Mountains<\/strong><\/p>\n

For many Utah locals and visitors, outdoor recreation in the winter is in part a chance to connect with the state’s natural beauty. Yet there’s also a rich “land art” tradition in Utah that calls attention to that beauty in unique and powerful ways. Such a new addition comes to Powder Mountain Resort, with the addition of\u00a0Relay (Powder Mountain)<\/i>\u00a0by Paris-based American artists Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>1\/8 DESERET NEWS: Art Lake City? Why Salt Lake is turning to more art as it grows<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s difficult to pick just one art piece that defines Salt Lake City because there are so many to choose from.<\/p>\n

Utah’s capital has over 130 permanent public artworks that can be found in various forms across city-owned buildings, parks, sidewalks and plazas all across the city, according to the Salt Lake City Arts Council. There are plenty more visible pieces on private properties.<\/p>\n

This list seems to be ever-growing, too. There’s\u00a0a giant apricot in Marmalade\u00a0serving as a nod to the neighborhood’s orchard history, two dozen\u00a08-foot fish sculptures that were added along the Jordan River Parkway Trail\u00a0on the city’s west side as a playful way to celebrate\u00a0the river\u2019s ecosystem, and countless murals painted on the walls of large apartment complexes popping up across the city, to name a few recent additions.<\/p>\n

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1\/21 Utah Cultural Celebration Center gallery to be named after Pilar Pobil The Pilar Pobil Legacy Foundation has secured naming rights for the art gallery housed inside the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City. \u201cWe are honored that PPLF has secured the naming rights for our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-art-news","category-mixed_media"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-22 23:22:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-23-at-2.31.56-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73968","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=73968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73975,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73968\/revisions\/73975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}