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<\/a>10\/23 DESERET NEWS:\u00a0This Utah ski resort is turning its slopes into an art show. Powder Mountain becoming a skiable art museum<\/strong><\/p>\nThere\u2019s an artistry to skiing and snowboarding that comes with a blend of technical skill, creativity and style as skiers and riders choose unique lines down a mountain, seamlessly integrating natural features into their runs.<\/p>\n
Powder Mountain has plans to add to that living art with a series of permanent installations on its northern Utah slopes, effectively creating a skiable outdoor museum.<\/p>\n
\u201cCollectively, these new works create pockets of wonder and introspection throughout the mountain. They\u2019re sited with great intention, working in harmony with their natural surroundings,\u201d Alex Zhang, chief creative officer, said in a press release.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea is not to distract from the natural beauty of the mountains or the ski experience, but to enhance them and create seasonally dynamic moments for those who are inspired to seek them.\u201d<\/p>\n
READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n To understand the challenges the Utah Humanities Book Festival faced this year, you have to go back to April 3.<\/p>\n That was the day, according to Jodi Graham, the executive director of the nonprofit Utah Humanities, that the organization received an email out of the blue, letting them know that their operating support grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities had been canceled.<\/p>\n That meant a loss of over $1 million \u2014 half of Utah Humanities\u2019 operating budget.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As a Ballpark resident, Alli VanKleeck jumped at the opportunity when she heard Salt Lake City wanted artists to paint new murals all across her neighborhood.<\/p>\n She and Caroline Kane, who make up the mural artist group Smock and Roll, were selected and soon paired with a local business and worked to design a piece that tells a story of Ballpark\u2019s baseball roots and beyond.<\/p>\n Their piece and nine others emerged over the past few months, which city officials and neighborhood leaders celebrated with a get-together with all the artists Thursday night.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019ve been drawing and painting since I was a child. My mom is a painter, and she always let me use her supplies and studio space, which made art feel like a natural part of my life. Growing up in a big family of seven kids, everyone was creative and talented, so I had to figure out how to stand out. Art became my way of doing that. I started painting florals unexpectedly when my dad asked me to paint something for his office waiting room. That was the beginning of many more floral paintings. While it wasn\u2019t a subject I ever thought I\u2019d devote myself to, I discovered I really enjoyed the process.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n The fabric she chooses features a melange of blues, from sky to Carolina to navy. Pulling in swatches of yellow, gray and white, she snips each one into a shape. She selects shapes to sew to other shapes and to her blue base, the accents helping to form a square. Then she repeats the process, block after block. Their sizes vary, because this is a human creation, but the results fit together in uneven rows. Eventually, a perimeter of twisting leaves frames a border of squares surrounding a deep-blue field dotted with what look like little white tadpoles. A massive eight-point star of stunning complexity rules from the center of the quilt.<\/p>\n Laurie Robinson, an understated 62-year-old from Logan, Utah, is pleased. Behind the quilt\u2019s face, she will fill it with batting \u2014 stringy fluffs of practical cotton, luxury wool or an economical polyester blend \u2014 which lends both insulation and structure to the finished piece.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>10\/20 DESERET NEWS: A Utah book festival lost funding due to DOGE cuts. Utah\u2019s book community came together to fill in the gaps<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>10\/19 DESERET NEWS: Salt Lake\u2019s Ballpark community lost its anchor. These 10 new murals highlight how it\u2019s still \u2018unified\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>10\/8 VOYAGE UTAH: Daily Inspiration: Meet Emily Fox King<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nI earned a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Art from Western Washington University and later went on to complete an MFA at Brigham Young University. Both experiences shaped the way I think about creativity, not just as an individual pursuit, but as something that can connect and inspire communities.<\/p>\n<\/a>10\/4 DESERET NEWS: How quilting became fine art. The history of quilting, from Jenny Doan to Carolyn Mazloomi.<\/strong><\/p>\n