Ithaka 12 and Zacuanpapalotls @ Mestizo Gallery 02.21

Ithaka 12 and Zacuanpapalotls @ Mestizo Gallery 02.21
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Latina artists’ migration-themed art now showing at Mestizo Gallery. … read more

SLUG Style: Ashley Kinser of Glitter Gutter Glamour

SLUG Style: Ashley Kinser of Glitter Gutter Glamour
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For Ashley Kinser, Utah native and creator behind the colorful accessory brand Glitter Gutter Glamour, art is a major facet of all things in life, including her personal style. … read more

As The Palaces Burn: Lamb of God Documentary Reviewed

As The Palaces Burn: Lamb of God Documentary Reviewed
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If you are a metalhead, regardless of your feelings about Lamb of God, you should stop and watch this documentary, because this story isn’t really about Lamb of God, but about our community and the unique challenges we face as both musicians and fans within it. … read more

Chocolate: The Exhibit @ The Natural History Museum of Utah

Chocolate: The Exhibit @ The Natural History Museum of Utah
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Chocolate: The Exhibit seizes you the moment you enter. The heady scent of chocolate leads you through incarnations of the cacao bean in this exhibit developed by the Field Museum in Chicago. … read more

Killing the Grade: Reviving Art Education in Utah

Killing the Grade: Reviving Art Education in Utah
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 “If you don’t understand the art, it’s because there is nothing to understand. If it’s illegible, it’s illegible; it’s unsuccessful as a story, as a narrative.” An artist’s inability to communicate through their work can be largely attributed to the conventional four-year programs. The curriculum at CAS stems from traditional curriculum, found in 19th Century Paris, when art education was at its prime. … read more

Clay Cavender: In A Room With Everywhere To Go

Clay Cavender: In A Room With Everywhere To Go
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  When I meet with Cavender, he talks about finishing college this semester from Utah State University with his BFA, how he hopes to take his art to Europe, possibly be the creative designer over a fashion label, conceivably dabble in producing music and eventually make a living out of creating, it’s obvious he has a plan. … read more

Two Arrows Through My Heart: Coleman Barks and David Darling

Two Arrows Through My Heart: Coleman Barks and David Darling
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The pairing of the two friends was really interesting to watch again, as it seems they balance each other in their friendship much like Shams did with his student Rumi. Throughout the night, Barks kept emphasizing that the beloved is in everything. He talked about watching Allen Ginsberg read “Howl” in 1955 and that he’s “Seen the greatest minds prowling the street for a fix, and that’s the beloved, too.” On the plane over to Utah he watched Louis CK for the first time, and Louis CK is the beloved, too.  … read more

Kingsbury Hall Presents Gallim’s BLUSH and a New Model for Touring to Utah

Kingsbury Hall Presents Gallim’s BLUSH and a New Model for...
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Whatever judgement one makes of Gallim’s 2009 work “BLUSH,” this is clearly an historic moment in the development of new models for presenting live performance in the state of Utah–– if Kingsbury keeps partnering with the College of Fine Arts departments in this way, their offerings might get a whole lot more interesting. … read more

SUITE: Women Defining Space 02.13

SUITE: Women Defining Space 02.13
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Four years in, SUITE continues to be one of a handful of places where emerging dance artists can get a foothold and start work in our city. … read more

I Dream of Wires: Modular Synthesis with Solvent

I Dream of Wires: Modular Synthesis with Solvent
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Modular synthesizers have played an integral role in both the popularization of electronic music and avant-garde sonic experimentation, and are now, more than ever appreciated among musicians. In the independent documentary film I Dream of Wires, Canadian-based electronic musician Solvent (Jason Amm) traces the history, demise and resurgence of this modular mindset with its peculiar subculture’s leading artists and manufacturers.  … read more