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.
by Jessica Geddes Latin art in America today unveils a culture rich in emotion and charged by everyday influences. The art produced in the Latino community reflects the emotional bonds to family and earth. The artwork gives the viewer a glimpse into very personal experiences and unique viewpoints […]
by Kasey Boone On Friday, February 18th, a reception for the John Kaly and Brett Peterson exhibitions will be held at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. The exhibitions are up now, however, for the viewing pleasure of the evening guests to the Arts Center and the odd day […]
by Dee Moffett Sometimes I feel that when I go to Gallery Stroll I am seeing the same things every month. Maybe I am going to the wrong galleries, but I often find myself leaving shows thinking “I’ve seen that before.” Such was not the case this past […]
by Alex Caldiero The first time I saw Frank McEntire’s work was back in 1986. He had a one-person museum exhibit called “Divining.” In that show I was particularly impressed by his wrapped divining rods and the boxes full of “things,” things at once precious and banal. My […]
The February 2005 edition of 15 Bytes features: Artist Profile: Downy Doxey Shawn Rossiter’s Gilgamesh Frank McEntire: Ritual in the Making Blah, blah blog Brandon Cook Shanna Kunz Holly Mae Pendergast Dennis Meacham Trent Thursby Alvey Scott Stone John Kaly Art & Politics Fletcher Booth on the spot […]
by Chad Saley The Utah Arts Festival (UAF), Utah’s largest and foremost arts celebration, will be celebrating its second year on Salt Lake City’s Library Square. With the completion of construction on the east end of the library, the Festival will now be even larger, spreading from Washington […]
by Allen Bishop “Pop Nostalgia” is an exhibition of recent years’ work by Joe Carter and Paul Heath, who have teamed up at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Gallery. As suggested by the term “nostalgia,” Heath’s and Carter’s sense of “Pop Art” has a far warmer, friendlier evocation than […]
by Patrick Nelson Focusing on the “natural” interplay of the beauty of the Wasatch Mountains and the artistic process, the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation will host its second annual Art in Nature Party on June 19th at the Silver Lake Nature Center in Big Cottonwood Canyon near Brighton. Foundation volunteers and […]
Children of the Muse, A Photographic Exploration of the Creative Process, an ambitious exhibition by noted Salt Lake photographer, Kent Miles, will hang later this month at Salt Lake City’s Art Access gallery. In 1984, Miles, a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, began […]
If you aren’t able to catch Stephanie St. Thomas’ artwork this month at the Magpie’s Nest (see above) you’ll have a chance to see her work and the work of over thirty other Utah artists at the upcoming FEED THE HUNGRY FOSTER THE ARTS. This annual event is sponsored […]
by Alexandra Blantyre When people first meet Stephanie Saint Thomas, they are taken by her graceful and elegant presence. She is clearly a woman who has come into her own and who knows love and loss. Stephanie’s work is an expression of her heart. Her brushstrokes are […]
An uninformed visitor to Utah’s state capitol building might think Christo had come to town. Not so. Beneath the wrapped dome of the capitol building, the murals are being restored while our state legislators spend a couple of months debating the financial and legislative needs of the […]
by Linda Bergstrom New Visions — students of art are filled with them. Visions of what art itself means to them; visions of their next project; visions of what their life as a future artist will entail. The future is spread out before a student like a newly […]
by Don Thorpe The controversy of whether photography is a true art form or not has ridden the art critic roller-coaster for more than a hundred years, and we are no closer to a satisfactory answer now than a century ago. Is photography actually an extension of traditional […]
by Kent Rigby Ken Sanders, though neither an artist nor a gallery owner, has been exhibiting artwork for over thirty years. In the various businesses Sanders has run over the years, including his current venture, Ken Sanders Rare Books, Sanders has developed a variety of exhibitions featuring everything […]
Evergreen has been in the framing and gallery business for almost twenty years, but recently built a new building for the purpose of exhibiting artwork on a more professional scale. Now located on 3295 South and 200 East, owners Maj and Kelly Omana built a larger freestanding building […]
The Salt Lake Gallery Association also welcomes what they call “affiliate members” — arts-related businesses whose exhibit of artwork is not their primary function, but host regular exhibits during business hours and stay open late on Gallery Stroll. Design Firms such as W. Communications have separate spaces where […]
Utah County artist Stewart Anstead has learned the hard way that nothing in life is free. Like wall space. Like many artists, Anstead took advantage of empty wall space in the building where his studio is located to hang some of his artwork. His fellow tenants were happy […]
