POSTED // Dec 24,2008 - VISUAL ARTnBy Ehren ClarknWhat makes the Brigham Young University Museum of Art the most visited collegiate museum in the country? The secret: consistent, solid and well-curated exhibitions seeking to entertain but primarily to educate students and the public. A new exhibition of works by internationally known artist DAN STEINHILBER maintains these aims. His innovative oeuvre exposes students and ...

POSTED // Dec 17,2008 - The digital age has several implications for photography: more technical manipulative control, instant results and the elimination of darkroom developing. These developments have simultaneously decreased demand for—and pushed the envelope of—fine-art photography. The Holga Show 2008 at Saans Gallery takes photo art back a couple decades to the age of toy cameras—which, in the mid...

POSTED // Dec 17,2008 - In the mid-1980s, comic books began trying to move farther away from the campy, “gee whiz” attitude that had been associated with the genre for years. Companies were reaching out to new, edgier creators looking for ways to revitalize the industry. For DC, this meant plucking talent from a British comic magazine called 2000 AD. This, of course is where they got wind of artist Dave Gibbo...

POSTED // Dec 17,2008 - nTHEATERn By Scott RenshawnFor years, Sarah Shippobotham has been the voice behind voices on the Salt Lake City stage—a gifted teacher and dialect coach who has given scores of local actors their accents. Too rarely has she gotten her own opportunities to step into the spotlight. But in Utah Contemporary Theatre’s production of Pamela Gien’s THE SYRINGA TREE, she gets a doozy. nO...

POSTED // Dec 10,2008 - The concept was simple enough: Collaborate with a local graffiti artist to see what kind of immediacy and rawness the contemporary urban art form could bring to the world of modern dance. n“I first approached Trent [Call] with the idea of taking graffiti as a point of departure,” says Charlotte Boye-Christensen, artistic director for Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. “For me, this pr...

POSTED // Dec 10,2008 - nVISUAL ARTnBy Brian StakernThe 337 Project is on the move. After the Neighborhood House day-care facility opened its art-painted-on-garage-doors exhibit, the Project’s next vehicle is an actual truck. The ART TRUCK, a full-length trailer truck, something like a bookmobile for art, will convey art exhibits all around the valley: to schools, events, neighborhood areas, and some places you mig...

POSTED // Dec 3,2008 - Editor’s Note: As Ballet West mounts its annual holiday production of The Nutcracker, we asked two trained dancers to debate its pros and cons. n nnRachel Hanson: If you think not seeing The Nutcracker this season means you’ve escaped its annoyances, you’re wrong. Tchaikovsky’s score will be played constantly on the radio, while you’re on hold, in stores and at l...

POSTED // Dec 3,2008 - As a gamer who frequently is asked this time of year, “What would you like for Christmas,” I tend to get flustered. After all, this is usually my best shot of the year to get someone else to foot the bill for my costly hobby. So, if I’m not prepared and don’t know the current state of the best new games, things can go horribly wrong. I could end up Christmas morning staring...

POSTED // Dec 3,2008 - nVISUAL ARTSnBy Brian StakernIt’s inescapable: The artist’s brush, in some ways as much as the writer’s metaphorical “pen,” tells a story. At some point, that story refers to autobiography, even if only through the choice of what topics to address. But in the hands of MARK ENGLAND, it becomes problematic to define where the individual—depicted in miniature&mdash...

POSTED // Nov 26,2008 - The thing about experiencing art via digital media—digitized images, the Web—is that it is a viewing experience once removed. “It’s silly for visual art you’re supposed to see in person,” says Jason Metcalf, co-director of the Sego Art Center in downtown Provo. nThe current international juried show Visual Identities/Real Space is co-sponsored by ArtBistro.com&m...