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.
Ogden’s Art Scene There’s lots of art to see in the Ogden area this summer. Here’s a small sampling: The Eccles Art Center’s annual Statewide Art Competition opens July 13. The competition, now in its 28th year, features recent works from Utah visual artists in all media (except […]
In the May issue of 15 BYTES we reported on Painted Rock, the slab of granite turned billboard-populist art which was causing so many problems in the small community of Granite, Utah after it was buried by a local developer. After a second city council meeting and a […]
by Susann Spencer Fables Fine Arts had just been open a few months when State Sen. Ron Allen, a budding photographer in his own right, came into the gallery. As Ron perused the current exhibit, he brought it to the attention of Lynne Van Tress, gallery director, that […]
Remember when “West Second South” was considered the seedy part of town? Well, all that has sure changed! With the development of the Gateway project underway, there is now more and more to do and see there, especially for art lovers. Take the Artspace Forum Gallery, for example, […]
by Jon R. Blanchard As a part of Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson’s initiatives for the revitalization of Downtown and Main Street, and to facilitate opportunities for artists, the Mayor’s office has started a new and unique program called “Sight & Sounds Downtown.” This program was […]
by Mikael Cal Romanoff Recently, with the opening of a new gallery on the West side, Mestizo, a group of artists and poets have come out of the woodwork bringing a new vision to Salt Lake City filled with vibrant colors and a South of the border flavor. […]
A lonely piece of granite located along 9800 South is causing a lot of controversy in the small Salt Lake County community of Granite, Utah. One of the last remaining strata of granite from the time when the LDS church quarried the area for the construction of the […]
Celebrating The Human Form Fables Fine Art, a gallery begun by artists earlier this year, has organized “Celebrating the Human Form,” a collection of 2D and 3D artwork which interprets the beauty of the human form in all styles. The exhibition opening will be Friday June 21, the […]
by Brett O. Parson Michael Bingham grew up in the farmlands of Southeastern Idaho within sight of the majestic Teton Mountains. As a child, he was surrounded by the beauties of nature and now yields credit to the great outdoors as his main source of inspiration. Bingham finds […]
The former home of Gladstone Furnishings in Salt Lake City has gone through a series of changes over the past few months. The building located at the corner of 3rd East and 17th South formerly housed an antiques shop. Since February, however, paintings, photographs, digital images and sculptures […]
Southern Utah’s most famous attraction, Zion National Park, receives relatively few visitors during the cold month of February. This year, though, the St. George Art Museum has seen to it that everyone can enjoy a view of the park in relative comfort. With an exhibit simply entitled Zion, […]
Springdale residents Neal and Katherine Takach are proposing an artist co-op gallery at the gateway to Zion National Park. The proposed co-op would occupy space in a rock and brown stucco building built by Neal. Located in Springdale on Hwy 9, between the Cliffrose Lodge & Gardens and […]
A flurry of visual art activity has blown into Utah along with the hundreds of thousands of international visitors coming to the Wasatch Front for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Whether part of the official Cultural Olympiad or part of the vibrant local art world jockeying for […]
photos by Steve Coray On February 9, 2000, Pamela O’Mara had an epiphany. A vision, if you will. Two years later, the walls of her new gallery in downtown Salt Lake City can barely contain the excitement she feels for what she has created. Now that her original […]
by Jim Glenn, of the Utah Arts Council During the 2001 Legislative session, the Utah State Legislature eliminated funding for all public art projects for the fiscal year 2002, terminating a public program that has benefited the community for over fifteen years. This means that citizens of the […]
Utah’s inversion has turned everything along the Wasatch front a dull, depressing shade of gray. But don’t let a little haze and fog fool you about the color gray. In the right hands it can do marvels. The Eccles Community Art Center is practically reveling in grays, as […]
by Aaron Moffett If it were not for a failed business venture in the early Seventies, Salt Lake City would not have one of its premier galleries. It was after two-and-a-half years at the construction business and a business venture gone badly that Dave Ericson opened Gallery […]
The Utah Legislature will be in session during January and March of 2002, with a break for the Olympics. The following articles are designed to inform the public about issues that will be addressed during the 2002 Legislative session which affect the visual arts community. The opinions expressed […]
