Arts
Material Conditions: The Sculpture of Bea Hurd
Through reappropriation of an assortment of materials, Bea Hurd creates fascinating sculptures that are loaded with instinctual meaning. … read more
“Colorful, Angry, Happy”: Activist Mariella Mendoza Uses Art As a...
Working alongside numerous organizations, Mariella Mendoza has created murals, installations and more for various causes around the state. … read more
Bold & Beautiful – SLUG LGBTQ+: Poppycock Visqueen
Orange wigs, campy performances and cheekbones cut so sharp they could slice you open if you get too close: Drag performer and artist Taylor Anne is all of these things and more. Known onstage as Poppycock Visqueen, a performance from Anne promises professional-grade vocals and a playful commentary on femininity. If you’re lucky enough, you
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
Meow Wolf Gives Inner Children a Shopper’s Wonderland at Omega...
After 2020, the concept at the center of Omega Mart—the grocery store—is even more important than when Meow Wolf began the project in 2009. … read more
The Rise of Diversity: Utah Through the Eyes of a...
T.J. Taylor gives an account of what doing stand up in SLC is like for a Black comic and describes the changes in today’s audiences. … read more
Jamie A. Kyle’s Transfiguration of the Commonplace
The photography from Salt Lake City–based photographer Jamie A. Kyle is, in her words, the result of “gathering”—lots and lots of it. … read more
Forget the Photography, Remember the Story: For Rick Egan, Photojournalism...
Rick Egan, a staff photographer for The Salt Lake Tribune since 1984, has spent the majority of his life documenting SLC in photographs. … read more