Art Street

Mainly Art gives downtown streets a spark of creative energy.

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - They come out in the afternoon. Gradually at first, one by one, artists array their tables, canvasses and other displays until the sidewalk on Main Street is humming with activity. All of them—from traditional landscape painters to didgeridoo makers,...

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A Poet Unplugged

Brian Frandsen explores music, politics and consciousness in one epistolary epic.

By Brian Staker

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - When a musician writes poetry, the results are often stereotypical rock lyrics. But for a poet who isn’t plugged-in to traditional systems of academic tutelage, “slam” performance poetry, traditional rhythmic structures or even the mainstream...

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School of Hard Knocks

UMFA looks at Edward Hopper and his Ashcan School contemporaries.

By Brian Staker

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - It’s the dawn of a new century, and America is assessing its position in the world. War, economic uncertainty and new technologies all play a role in the zeitgeist of a new era. Artists respond as they always have, with depictions that define the...

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Ashes of Time

Emmet Gowin photographs the shifting nature of things in Changing the Earth.

By Brian Staker

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Emmet Gowin embarked on an artistic journey when he observed an image that had become commonplace, and discovered something others had overlooked. “I was taking pictures of Mount St. Helens for a Seattle, Wash., state survey after the mountain’s...

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Americano Life

By Brian Staker

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - The tacos sure are tasty. We know from your responses in our “Best of Utah” issue that you enjoy a trip to the curbside taco vendor. And you may even enjoy listening to the latest Latin music sensation. But perhaps you also secretly fear getting...

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Through a Lens, Darkly

Two photographers shake up expectations by using film for abstract art.

By Brian Staker

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Art News Magazine recently proclaimed photography “the medium of the moment.” But maybe the publication wasn’t doing photography any favors. Alex Ferguson and Jeremy Bringard bring a challenging vision of photographic art to a joint...

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Bach to the Future

By Brian Staker

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Dry. Formal. Even—ahem—boring. For some, such words might come to mind when thinking of baroque music, the 18th-century style of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and others. But not for Andrew Manze. Associate Director of the Academy of Ancient Music,...

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Something New, Something Blue

By Brian Staker

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - If you pass through the Sugar House area, it’s hard not to recognize Bluekats Coffee as a fixture on the corner of 11th East and 21st South for years. But recent changes in management have made the establishment even more remarkable. New co-managers...

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Jackass of All Trades

Steve-O brings a stapler and a smile to the Don’t Try This at Home Tour.

By Brian Staker

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - In this business, there’s nothing like talking to a Real American Hero. Unfortunately, this isn’t one of those times. Or maybe it is. Jackass is one of the most popular shows on MTV, spawning several DVDs, a movie, imitators of its inane and...

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Ray of Light

Artist McRay Magleby finds his own wave of peace branching out into painting.

By Brian Staker

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - It’s just one more of the Salt Lake art scene’s little surprises: One of the world’s most influential designers, according to How Magazine, has been in our midst for years. You might not know the name, but McRay Magleby’s “Wave...