Art and Fashion
Line of Best Abstraction: Jared Steffensen & Christopher Kelly, Scott...
CUAC’s current exhibitions feature works that use stark lines and color in a minimalist way. This approach highlights the dynamics and textures that arise from things as simple as lines and shapes, making the viewer question their own perception of what they first think they see, and then they should interact with or try to understand it. … read more
Bodies in Space: Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch at UMOCA
Painter Robert Feintuch and sculptor Rona Pondick each embrace the long lineage of humankind’s fascination with the body and the figure. Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying is the first extensive museum exhibition of both Pondick and Feintuch’s work. The exhibition will be on show at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) through July 15. … read more
SLUG Style: Dream Slut
Dream Slut are Elowyn LaPointe, Kayla Dowell, Bianca Velasquez and Summer Sigritz. They play “DramaQueen Punk” and all have their own distinct style. … read more
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Huge: The Benefit Art Show for Comunidades Unidas
The Huge Benefit Art Show will be held on Feb. 11 at the Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts to raise awareness and funds for Comunidades Unidas. … read more
Ford Clitaurus at Slamdance: MP Cunningham
Ford Clitaurus is a 2017 Slamdance Film Festival short with an oddball sense of humor. Taking place in Salt Lake City, the story follows three friends’ misadventures, from an inspirational interview with a triathelete gone awry to a sheepdog competition to playing chess with a Sufi mystic while pondering one’s sexuality at Liberty Park. … read more
SLUG Style: Guy Wheatley
Guy Wheatley is a cinephile, aesthete and projectionist. He is often described by his friends as a “man out of time.” He can be found at Tower Theatre offering context and suggestions for how to best appreciate the world of cinema. … read more
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Write or Cry: Good Phats
With two sold-out release parties at Kilby Court and a few hundred distributed copies behind them, Elaine Sayer and Chloe Monson are announcing the birth of their experimental zine company, Good Phats, and the reveal of their newest project, Write or Cry. … read more
Stepping Up: How the Utah Film Center Helps Turn Dreams...
In an effort to help films—like upcoming documentary STEP—with financial needs, the Utah Film Center pioneered the Fiscal Sponsorship Program. … read more
Kuro: Voice and Vignette
Joji Koyama and Tujiko Noriko’s Kuro is a beautiful and slow-burning film that will steep audiences in ambiguity during its world premiere at Slamdance 2017. … read more
Gallery Stroll: A Long and Winding Stroll
It has been an honor to write this article for 16 years, but it is time for me to step back and open up space for the next generation of art enthusiasts to share their perspectives on this vibrant art scene. … read more