Arts
Aaron Wallis Street Bible
Aaron Wallis honors socially defined criminal titans such as the Black Panther leaders, rappers and cultural icons as neatly block print/screen print/intaglio-designed images that elicit one to question our beliefs about the corruption of our political and religious systems. … read more
Go, Find and Make Your Own Friends: Brian Bress @...
Brian Bress’ work is characterized, literally, by a motley squad of imaginative, humanoid figures—friends—crafted out of upholstery foam, clay, paint, found objects and, in some instances, googly eyes. … read more
SLUG Style: Courtney Marriott
Every month, SLUG Style features a distinct and unique member of the community and asks them why they do what they do. … read more
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Gallery Stroll: Enjoy Your Own Perspectives
Photo courtesy of the artist and James Fuentes. Peaceful, thoughtful moments wrapped in color and light with occasional straight-up lunacy—that’s what I hope to get out of my Gallery Stroll experience. I’m not here to give you the elongated, highbrow critique of the art that you’ll see at Gallery Stroll. I’m here to push you
Living (and Captured) Proof: Andrew Fillmore @ Mestizo Gallery
Salt Lake City–based Andrew Fillmore’s Proof is a jubilant photographic embodiment of something close to a personal manifesto. … read more
Captured Locally: Logan Sorenson @ Sugar Space
Logan Sorenson—whose vibrant photographs you’ve more than likely seen in SLUG—documents people. Currently located in the high-ceilinged industrial charm of the Sugar Space Arts Warehouse is Captured Locally, Sorenson’s solo exhibition that fittingly showcases the freelancer’s vast portfolio of locally taken snapshots with people—dancers, musicians, strangers—in the limelight. For the opening reception of Captured Locally,
SLUG Style: Marcee Blackerby
“I’m a storyteller first and foremost, so I haven’t had formal art training, but I feel like I’ve been an artist in residence. My husband Rick Blackerby is an artist. It sort of just rubbed off on me. I think it is a way of fighting back.” … read more
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Desert Rose: Craft Lake City Artisan
Desert Rose Jewelry desertroseshop.com Malinda Fisher’s favorite piece of jewelry that she’s ever made is also her very first metal work—a bold bracelet of hammered wire that wraps around her forearm. Fisher made the piece when she enrolled in a metal-smithing class in an effort to teach herself how to work with the raw material.
Amy Falls & Amy Fry: Craft Lake City Performer
Amy Falls & Amy Fry amyfalls.com • mdcslc.com As longtime contributors to the local dance community in Salt Lake City, choreographers/performers Amy Falls and Amy Fry are collaborating together for the first time. Falls has an academic background in modern dance from the University of Utah and is currently serving in a managerial position for
Little Teeth Marks: Craft Lake City Artisan
Little Teeth Marks etsy.com/shop/LittleTeethMarks Stacie Van Arsdale has created art—and stories—since elementary school. “I would bring materials from home and make these little pompom people,” she says. “I’d build a house for their sitcom lives.” Since then, the Davis County–based Van Arsdale has taken her wild imagination to run her Etsy shop, Little Teeth Marks,