Last month, we received an email message from Vicki Bourns: Expect less. “We” being Artists of Utah, the publisher of 15 Bytes, but also every other arts organization that receives funding from Utah Arts & Museums (UA&M). Bourns being the director of UA&M, the state’s arts division. “Expect […]
I first learned of the future Orem Public Library when samples of its stained glass panorama, drawn from folk tales and children’s literature, appeared in public, but I didn’t get there to see the finished complex for myself until I was recently encouraged by Marissa Albrecht to see […]
Modern West Fine Art is no stranger to meticulous curation, yet their latest exhibition manages to exceed even already high expectations. A Woven History, where each artwork sits in thoughtful conversation with the others, centers nine female artists, exploring the boundaries of their work in relation to womanhood […]
You know what town has sponsored surprisingly few murals, especially considering it calls itself “Art City?” That’s right, Springville. Maybe it’s the mural gods holding a grudge—like how rock giants U2 didn’t perform in Salt Lake City for two decades because they got booed off the stage there […]
In the tattooed hands of Virginia Catherall—inch markings on her left hand for ease of measuring lengths in purl and knit—two simple sticks and a single strand of yarn transform into wearable landscapes that capture the sublime beauty of Utah’s salt flats and vistas of glacier-carved mountains. Her […]
A trend that has emerged on the international art scene is getting national notice, not all of it positive. These artists and their works depart markedly from the modernism of the past century. Where in the past there were specific movements—Impressionism, Cubism, the Fauves, The Blue Rider—today’s artists […]
The Tiny Art Show is back. Again. After an eviction, a Kickstarter campaign, excellent location scouting and some fabulous fine carpentry, the art project that says go little or go home has a new permanent space in downtown Provo. Ever since McKay Lenker Bayer decided to satisfy a college […]
As someone who collects vintage tablecloths for their linocut style patterns and whose taste for cottagecore is in her Wisconsin genes, as someone who comes from a lineage of Midwestern farmers and was named after a grandmother who, in the 1930s, practiced a craft that went out of […]
Chatting with Scout Invie in her official capacity at Modern West, where for a time she performed such invaluable services as putting visitors in touch with the artists whose works were on display, was always a pleasure and a learning experience. Not only did she know her subjects, […]
Is it something about the mural itself, this lone wolf set against a giant full moon? Or is it its very visible location, on the corner of West Temple, where it announces itself to 2100 South’s westbound traffic? There must be something, because this is at least the […]
4/30 CITY WEEKLY: SLC and the creator of “The Whale” take 630 victory laps around a beloved public artwork. On a chilly, overcast morning in February, a fit man in his mid-40s jogged steadily in small concentric circles, looping a roundabout in the middle of Salt Lake City’s […]
Still itching for clay now that NCECA has passed? There is no need to clear out the garage and buy yourself a wheel and kiln. Ceramics is, by the nature of its processes, a community-oriented practice. The energy intensive, hours-long firings, equipment, and material needs make it more […]
For the past year, Sara Luna’s studio has been a place of unraveling and reweaving—of grief, resilience, and unexpected companionship. Originally from Chile, the artist—born in 1991—has spent years refining her practice around ancestral textile traditions, blending them with contemporary techniques and personal storytelling. But her current body […]
Before there were any art museums, there was the Wunderkammer—the Room of Wonders—and the Cabinet of Curiosities. Beginning in the 16th and continuing into the 17th centuries, these were how royalty and the wealthy showed off their collections: of art, natural history specimens, scientific instruments, and noteworthy objects […]
Spring is emerging. Critters are out, both in the soil and on the canvas. There’s no one better than Salt Lake City painter Trevor Dahl to manifest the good happy stuff of this season of re-emerging life and blooming. Whether it’s on canvas, stretched linen or the side […]
In honor of National Poetry Month, 15 Bytes editor Shawn Rossiter sits down with Utah poet Lance Larsen to discuss his newest collection, Making a Kingdom of It. In this intimate conversation, Larsen reads from the collection and reflects on the nature of poetry, memory, and emotion. Together, […]
If all that walking between the Capitol and Washington Square has left you winded during recent protests, you may have stopped in for a short break at the Brigham Young Historic Park, at the northeast corner of State Street and North Temple. Developed in the 1990s as a […]
In a new grouping of works from its permanent collection, The Salt Lake County Government Center has created an exhibition entitled The Great Salt Lake: An Uplifting Artistic Oasis. How, a visitor might ask, can a body of undrinkable salt water be an oasis, let alone an “uplifting […]
Eduardo Alvarez, a Chilean-American artist based in Provo, Utah, studied Fine Arts at Universidad Católica de Chile under Josef Albers’ pupils. Influenced by his global upbringing and Chile’s military regime, his art explores truth and perception. Through dynamic textures, cracks, and colors, Alvarez creates works that balance matter, content, and light. Guided by Christian values, his art invites introspection, encouraging viewers to appreciate beauty, embrace life’s moments, and reflect on the nature of reality.
To discover more artists, visit our Utah Artists Directory
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