http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/articles.sec-8381-1-visual-art.html By Brian Staker

It’s time for the Utah Arts Festival. And as the “How to Festival” page on UAF.org suggests with its use of the word “festival” as a verb ...]]> By Brian Staker

It’s long overdue. The first-ever Utah Biennial art exhibit at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art assembles the most representative Utah contemporary art, after the art world tradition of the Venice Biennale.]]> By Brian Staker

Salt Lake City’s North Temple street is emblematic, but it’s a symbol of the city that’s also a kind of cipher. ]]> By Brian Staker

Ana Prvacki’s Neutralize Negative Feelings looks at the code of etiquette that governs the theater of the social. Using familiar objects like embroidery, ceramic hearth plates and public-service announcements, ]]> By Brian Staker

Photographers have described the world with light since the invention of the photographic medium. In color photography, they use the visible spectrum of the color palette to illuminate something about their subject matter.]]> By Brian Staker

One of the roles of art is to show us things we otherwise might not see—segments of the world we might not notice, or to which we might not pay much attention.]]> By City Weekly Staff

Some of the most exciting local art during the course of the year isn’t to be seen at galleries, but at studio open houses. Visiting studios is not only an opportunity to view artists’ works away from the sometimes staid]]> By Brian Staker

Earlier this year, the Central Utah Art Center lost its home of 20 years—evicted from its location in Ephraim, in Sanpete County, in a historical building that its founders had saved from demolition.]]> By Ehren Clark

When it comes down to the end of the year, there’s a comfortable predictability to the Salt Lake City art scene.]]> By Brian Staker

Installing her paintings at Kayo Gallery earlier this month was a moment of déjà vu for Gentry Blackburn, who, until this past June, occupied the space as the proprietor of art gallery/gift shop Frosty Darling.]]> By Brian Staker

For many people, Leonardo da Vinci represents the stereotypical image of the artist—and not only the artist, but also the “Renaissance man” with knowledge and aptitude in both art and the sciences.]]> By City Weekly Staff

Observing and participating in a presidential election is one of the most communal experiences in American society, but it can also be one of the most divisive.]]> By Brian Staker

Since Andy Warhol emerged as one of the first of the new breed of “art celebrities” in the 1960s, his artwork and aesthetic has had a profound and widespread influence not just on the art world, but on the way people think about art.]]> By Brian Staker

With the fitness craze that’s been going for, oh, decades, many of us are motivated to take a fitness class to get rid of those love handles, build up a “six pack” or just get more energy.]]> By Ehren Clark

When considering various painting types, there might be nothing as straightforward as the portrait.]]> By Jacob Stringer

The do-it-yourself philosophy—more commonly referred to as DIY—has a long history. Long before most everything became outsourced and mechanized, DIY was simply necessary for everyday survival. ]]> By Brian Staker

Every face tells a story, in its contours and lines something of the history and personality of the individual.]]> By Ehren Clark

For those who admire and appreciate Salt Lake City artist Trent Alvey and her history of extraordinary projects, the topics she explores are much of the thrill of the viewers’ experience.]]> By Brian Staker

An arts festival, by nature, is a temporary phenomenon—a celebration of the artistic impulse that lasts only a few days, in which a few city blocks are set aside for art on display and in process of being created]]> By Ehren Clark

Celebrating the roots and legacy of the fine-arts community of Utah through its art and artists is also a way to secure its progression toward an exciting future.]]>