Arts
Queer and Now: How the Queer Spectra Arts Festival Captures...
Three years into its youthful tenure, Salt Lake City’s Queer Spectra Arts Festival has danced, swayed and spoken to the strange shifts of our world in more ways than the originators had imagined. Begun by modern dance graduates Dat Nguyen and Emma Sargent alongside Max Barnewitz and Aileen Norris, the collective decided that an interdisciplinary
The Body Abstract: Jill Whit
The work of Jill Whit, a tattoo and visual artist (and musician) from downtown SLC, embraces our fleshy vessels as abstract and messy things. … read more
Between Dreams: The Journey of Dr. Scott Zuckerman’s Dreams of...
Tormented by his wartime experiences, former Navy Seabee Murray Jacobs had never revealed his story to anyone before Dreams of My Comrades. … read more
Demanding Industries and Underrated Historical Relics: Esko Type Foundry
Peter Esko’s decades of design experience, historical affinity and creative curiosity led him to establish the Esko Type Foundry. … read more
Sit Down and Gather ‘Round: Justin Brown of Justin Brown...
Designer and craftsman Justin Brown of Justin Brown Designs seeks to merge practicality with beauty in the chairs he creates. … read more
Hot Slice Design Studio: One Piece of the Pie
With Hot Slice Design, Alli VanKleeck Recognizes the symbolism behind the idea of a slice being just “one piece of the pie.” … read more
Sit Down and Gather ‘Round: Colby Wade Carper of Salted...
Colby Wade Carper of Salted Grain thinks of building and designing furniture as a way to express himself—his art is where memories are made. … read more
Everything Again: Nate Williams and the Illustration of Life
Nate Williams sees today’s world as one rife in creative possibility, and his passion for creativity is wide-ranging and infectious. … read more
Design Brain: Plastic Attack and Yeehaw Studio
During work or play, on and off the clock, Erik DeWaal (of Plastic Attack) and McKenzie Wallace (of Yeehaw Studio) have design on the brain. … read more
Art for Abolition: Local Propagandists
It’s this sense of community connection—more than the pride of individual creation—that drives Local Propagandists in all that they do. … read more