{"id":74367,"date":"2024-02-29T10:33:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T17:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=74367"},"modified":"2024-07-01T08:39:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T15:39:45","slug":"everything-is-collective-melissa-leilani-larson-lunares-paisley-rekdal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/everything-is-collective-melissa-leilani-larson-lunares-paisley-rekdal\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything is Collective, Melissa Leilani Larson, Lunares, Paisley Rekdal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>2\/28 CITYWEEKLY: Everything is Collective: Expected Image at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Utah, the landscape and the natural world form a huge part of the state’s identity. Yet while we think we know what that landscape looks like\u2014and what we\u00a0expect<\/i>\u00a0it to look like\u2014that idea is one shaped by a wide range of factors. And that idea can even determine how we decide what a particular place is “worth.”<\/p>\n

Currently on display at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art,\u00a0Expected Image<\/i>\u00a0finds the artistic collective Everything Is Collective\u2014made up of UMOCA marketing & graphic design staffer Zachary Norman, Texas-based Aaron Hegert and Chicago-based Jason Lukas\u2014exploring in part the way the Bureau of Land Management’s Visual Resource Management (VRM) system determines the scenic value of America’s public lands. For the three photographers, it’s a way to help understand how their art form is part of a process that doesn’t just capture an image, but helps shape what we expect that image to look like.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>2\/25 SLTRIB: A Utah playwright is about to achieve a rare feat. Here\u2019s how you can watch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One play puts a spin on Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cMacbeth.\u201d Another is a version of a much-adapted Jane Austen classic. A third is a drawing-room comedy set in the Victorian era.<\/p>\n

The common thread is that they\u2019re all written by Utah playwright Melissa Leilani Larson \u2014 and all three will be produced on Utah stages in the next few months.<\/p>\n

All three \u2014\u00a0\u201cGin Mummy,\u201d\u00a0\u201cBitter Lemon\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cPride and Prejudice\u201d\u00a0\u2014 are period works that are a far cry from her 2022 work\u00a0\u201cMestiza, or Mixed,\u201d\u00a0a modern story inspired by her own upbringing to a Filipina mother and a white father.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>2\/23 SLUGMAG: Lunares Explores the Unseen Power of Tears in Lagrimas: Rain, Glitter<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the true power of tears? According to visionary artist Lunares (she\/they), weeping is a powerful and universal vehicle of transformation and healing\u2014a theme they are exploring in their first solo exhibition\u00a0L\u00e1grimas: Rain, Glitter\u00a0<\/i>at\u00a0Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts (MICA)<\/i>. Emotionally stirring and visually stimulating, the showcase is a marvelous display of the vulnerability and strength that lies within tears.<\/p>\n

Running from February 24 to March 30,\u00a0L\u00e1grimas: Rain, Glitter\u00a0<\/i>is a testament to Lunares\u2019 skills as multimedia artist. No stranger to international acclaim, Lunares has had work highlighted by several international brands, such as Disney, HBO and Hulu. Nevertheless, Lunares continues to return to Utah. Originally from Mexico City, Lunares has spent two decades living in Salt Lake City, becoming a pillar of the local arts scene. Their work at the\u00a0FICE Gallery<\/i><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0SLUG Magazine<\/i><\/a>\u00a0has cemented them as a rising star in the state. \u201cI want people who see my art to connect with it, and because I\u2019m here, I get to see that in-person.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>2\/12 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: Paisley Rekdal Wins Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Claremont Graduate University has honored\u00a0Paisley Rekdal<\/a>, Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Utah, with the prestigious\u00a0Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award<\/a>\u00a0for her book, \u201cWest: A Translation.\u201d The $100,000 award commends outstanding poetry volumes published in the preceding year, with a legacy that includes books by luminaries such as Henri Cole, Tom Sleigh, Patricia Smith and Ross Gay.<\/p>\n

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2\/28 CITYWEEKLY: Everything is Collective: Expected Image at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art In Utah, the landscape and the natural world form a huge part of the state’s identity. Yet while we think we know what that landscape looks like\u2014and what we\u00a0expect\u00a0it to look like\u2014that idea is one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74372,"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":[11,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74367","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\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-07-at-11.01.03-AM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 01:57:19","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\/74367","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=74367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74373,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74367\/revisions\/74373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}