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.
Salt Lake Gallery stroll is tonight from 6 to 9 pm and 15 Bytes will be out there. We hope you will too. We’ve got multiple prizes to give away tonight so be sure to wear your 15 Bytes tee shirt. If you don’t already have one, stop […]
In our continuing series of book reviews of novels featuring art and artists, Shawn Rossiter reviews W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants.
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow, a documentary that explores Anselm Kiefer’s city of ruins and art in southern France, is now screening in select cities in the United States.
Internationally-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky comes to Utah with an exhibit of photographs entitled The Industrial Sublime that opens today at Weber State University’s Shaw Gallery.
Iain Pears’ series of Art History mysteries involving characters Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano is reviewed.
Yesterday’s post mentioned the Kimball Art Center’s desire to gain public input for their Transformation Project. In nearby Coalville the Summit County Public Art Advisory Board has decided to make public input the deciding factor in a new public art sculpture. They have placed eight sculptures around town […]
A lot of our Mixed Media articles from the past week concern the Park City Arts Festival, a project of the Kimball Art Center (see below). One of the Kimball’s projects that hasn’t yet hit the headlines is their new Transformation Project, a building project announced last week. […]
In the last weekend of August, Salt Lake Acting Company stepped out to the fringe and they did it fearlessly. From August 26 – 28, unique voices in the theatre community had a moment in the spotlight as SLAC hosted the second annual Fearless Fringe Festival, which features […]
In this month’s artist profile we visit Teasdale sculptor Brian Swanson.
A look at the Kimball Art Center’s partnership with Spiro Arts to develop a residency program for artists.
What do you do with a shipping container plopped into the middle of an aspen grove? Turn it into a studio.
John Hughes reflects on the joys of being a plein air painter.
Tonight Salt Lake’s Twilight Concert Series continues in Pioneer Park with Sonic Youth great Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile and the Violators. Like this girl (from last week’s Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros concert) we’ll be surfing the crowds, looking for you in a 15 Bytes t-shirt. […]
Here are a couple of interesting articles that appeared in the state’s major newspaper last week. In her July 24th article The Deseret News’ Carma Wadley tracks Utah’s public art history: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700165734/Public-art-State-funds-dedicated-to-create-works-for-all.html This month’s edition of 15 Bytes will feature an artist profile of Brian Swanson, a sculptor […]
While the debt ceiling debate dominated the political news, another piece of legislation, important to the arts community, came to a vote last week. The Walberg Amendment, which would have cut an additional $10.6 million from the NEA on top of the proposed $20 million cut in the […]
A valuable painting was stolen from artist Kamille Corry’s studio.
The Hidden Hollow concert tonight is a Where to Wear event. Here are some shots from last night’s event, The Decemberists at the Twilight Concert Series. Photos by Zoe Rodriguez.
Hot off the screens, the 15 Bytes Tees will be in this afternoon and we’ll have them tonight at Salt Lake’s Nox Contemporary as part of Gallery Stroll. If you’ve already ordered your shirts you can pick them up at Nox Contemporary after 7 pm. If not, come […]
