{"id":96307,"date":"2025-09-17T19:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T02:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=96307"},"modified":"2025-09-18T19:47:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T02:47:34","slug":"avenues-open-studios-celebrates-11-years-of-welcoming-art-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/avenues-open-studios-celebrates-11-years-of-welcoming-art-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Avenues Open Studios Celebrates 11 Years of Welcoming Art and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year’s event is dedicated to the late Pilar Pobil and provides a chance to visit her home at 403 8th Ave.<\/p><\/div>\n

Now in its 11th year, the Avenues Open Studios tour continues to draw visitors into one of Salt Lake City\u2019s most iconic neighborhoods with an ethos as open as its name suggests. \u201cNo Judging, No Censoring, and Everyone Welcome\u201d is the event\u2019s Statement of Purpose, and organizer Anne Albaugh credits that casual, inclusive atmosphere for its enduring success.<\/h4>\n

This year\u2019s tour features 27 artists, some showing in homes outside the Avenues proper with the help of host families. Visitors can expect to encounter a wide range of work\u2014paintings, jewelry, ceramics, textiles, and more\u2014displayed in the very spaces where the artists live and create. Albaugh notes, \u201cI think the people who come to this show are very interested to come where we work and live. They like the idea of art and day-to-day living occupying the same space.\u201d<\/h4>\n

Albaugh herself will show 24 paintings alongside her original jewelry, with a new focus on the Great Salt Lake. Six of her works feature the threatened inland sea, including large-scale canvases like “Lake Effect” (48\u201d x 48\u201d). \u201cThe Lake has always felt like a big story to me\u2026hard to shrink down,\u201d she says. Like many Utahns, she worries about whether state leaders will have the will to protect the lake from further decline: \u201cThe apartment buildings will never be full if we are all breathing poison dust.\u201d<\/h4>\n

Other artists also embrace the tour\u2019s informal spirit. Painter Nuha Moretz will share her nature-focused artwork, inspired horizons, aspens, and mountains. \u201cMy pieces aim to capture the quiet beauty of nature in a simple, serene way\u2014inviting viewers to pause, reflect, and feel a sense of peace,\u201d she says. Because her basement studio is difficult to access, she\u2019ll be showing outside in her backyard, where natural light highlights the colors and textures. She\u2019s also sharing the space with Sarah Fulton, whose work spans ceramics, textiles, and jewelry.<\/h4>\n