Cacophonies are common on Main Street. At least they used to be before a pandemic upended society. Still, the Kimball Arts Festival feels different. A succession of tents stretches to Old Town,...
Time and growth—a mutually reliant pair—come together in Modern West Fine Art’s new exhibition Variant, showcasing previous and new works by artists Al Denyer, Jorge Rojas and Paul Reynolds.
“We wanted to do...
South Salt Lake's blocks of plain warehouses embodied little more than unrealized potential a few years ago, but some discovered inspiration in those big, blank walls. Today, the area has found a...
A cloud made up of the cloud — a mass of desktop files shaped to resemble non-digital fluffy formations. A surreal mountain landscape that turns into a layered crepe cake. A playful...
Religion’s relationship with modern day Utah and a celebration of women as catalysts for change—two new exhibits debut at Granary Arts from Feb. 10 through April 30.
Even with an ever diversifying population,...
We asked Salt Lake photographers to share their creative eyes on the year that was 2020 and the new normal.
March 2020
Location: Temple Square, SLC
“After the earthquake, I went to see the damage....
There’s technique and medium. But maybe most importantly, there’s point of view. This third thing that distinguishes works of art is the most enlightening to the general viewer and chances are good...
In the beginning, Issac Hastings found himself in a collective space with a bunch of different artists and thought that being a painter was the only way to go about his work...
As part of Mural Fest 2020 during the month of June—six new murals—created by seven different artists were completed in South Salt Lake's Creative Industries Zone. In its third year, Mural Fest...
Incorporated as a city in 1938, South Salt Lake is made up of seven (very flat) square miles, from 21st to 39th South, and running west of 500 and 700 East to...
In 1869, some genius in Austria invented the “non-postal”—cards, ones where you had to actually put the stamp on yourself. Within a year, everyone was doing it. Greetings from everywhere were being...
At first look, “The Tabooist” seems like an easy chuckle. The everyone-gets-it reference to Norman Rockwell, famous for his realistic vignettes of iconic American experiences is translated into today’s parlance: a tattoo...
Before we even talk about that mahogany football, let’s get a definition straight: Ralph Wilkes is a woodworker, not a carpenter. “I started with straight carpentry at age 19. That means I...
Bean sells Scherenschnitte on her Etsy site or you can order custom cuts at cindy@bean-cutter.com; Instagram: @beancutter.
Graphic designer Cindy Bean first saw elaborate papercuts when she visited Mozart’s birthplace in Salzburg in...
Who wants to be just like their big sister—first-chair clarinet and degree in economics? Mark Twight sure didn’t. So, he started climbing mountains in his early 20s. One thing though. He was...
Diane Stewart’s Modern West recently celebrated its first gallery stroll. The official opening of the gallery in its new westside space took place April 19, but the Friday night Gallery Stroll sponsored...
