Utah Chamber Artists’ Collage Concert
Jennifer Napier-Pearce previews the Utah Chamber Artists’ Collage Concert this month at the Cathedral of the Madeleine.
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UTAH'S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime
A review of the exhibition of thirty works by world-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky.
Doug Snow on KUER
A retrospective on Utah artist V. Douglas Snow, who died in 2009, is currently on exhibit in two Salt Lake locations: the Salt Lake Art Center’s Street Gallery, and the UMFA’s Great Hall. In our September edition of 15 Bytes we’ll be reviewing the retrospective. While we’re getting […]
The Heel Toe Project
Over the past seven years Cooper has collected twenty-five pairs of used cowboy boots. By buying used Cooper keeps her environmental impact low, but that doesn’t explain the “obsession” that began with a single pair of boots. “When I bought my first pair, I felt more confident when […]
Frank McEntire’s Spontaneous Memorial
At the Springville Museum of Art last week Frank McEntire installed the tenth-anniversary version of Spontaneous Memorial, the project inspired by the lives lost on September 11th that he has exhibited every year for the past eight.
Lee Cowan: 24 Hour Portraits
Lee Cowan has a new approach to portraiture – the 24 Hour Portrait.
Jared Clark’s BILD
For its inaugural exhibit the Salt Lake Art Center’s Locals Only Gallery presents Jared Clark’s janus-faced installation of refuse, building materials, and used appliances. Clark calls these installations bilds and he has been creating them all across the U.S. The bilds might rise up on a vacant lot, […]
Lisa Orr’s Transcendence
Laurie Rojas reviews Lisa Orr’s exhibit of abstract paintings at the Anderson Foothill Branch Library.
What To Wear For a Portrait
What would you wear to have your portrait painted? We think a 15 Bytes Tee would look great, but we’re a bit biased. If Lee Cowan was painting your portrait it wouldn’t matter what you wear. In fact, you wouldn’t even have to show up. You just send […]
Goodbye To Summer
For most, Labor Day marks the end of summer, so to everyone who has to get back to the grind of school and regular hours at the office, here are some shots from the last Twilight Concert Series, featuring Lupe Fiasco and Big K.R.I.T. (with a couple of […]
Have You Seen This Lee Greene Richards?
A local family looks for the portrait of their mother painted in 1936 by Lee Greene Richards.
Do You Know Where These Trucks Are?
Tell us where these photos were taken and you may win a free 15 Bytes tee shirt.
Gregory Stocks, Aaron Bushnell and other Mixed Media
A painting by Utah artist Aaron Bushnell made it on to the cover of Southwest Art’s September 2011 edition. His “Carbon Monoxide Icicles” won first place in the magazine’s 21 under 31 feature. You may remember Bushnell from our 35 x 35 exhibit in 2009. You can watch […]
Ruth Lubbers at SUU
If you’re down in Cedar City at the Utah Shakespeare Festival this week schedule a little time to catch Art Access Executive Director Ruth Lubbers at Southern Utah University’s Art Insights. On Thursday, September 1st, at 7 pm she’ll be speaking at the Centrum Arena at the SUU […]
Utah Shakespeare Festival on BYUtv
Tonight BYUtv broadcasts a live performance of the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is the first time in the festival’s 50 year history that a performance has been broadcast live. The play will be performed at the festival’s signature venue, the Adams Shakespearean Theatre, one […]
Comings & Goings: VAI’s New Home, Micol Hebron, and SUU Faculty
The Visual Art Institute (VAI) is finally able to confirm that they have found a new home. They will be occupying the former Exotica Imports, located at 2901 S. Highland Drive. Earlier this year VAI, which also housed GARFO, was forced to move out of their home of […]
Boys of Bonneville
This week Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon declared August 24th (this past Wednesday) Ab Jenkins Day. Though David Abbot “Ab” Jenkins” was mayor of Salt Lake City from 1940 – 1944, his real achievement was as the record-setting race car […]
Novels Set in the Art World
We haven’t had time to put together our next review of art world-related novels (Jean Echenoz’s I’m Gone is on deck – look for it next week), but when we were at Salt Lake’s Main Library we noticed something interesting: on the second floor a display case advertises […]
