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The Legacy of The Man Who Photographed Women Wearing Body Paint in the Utah Desert

September 28, 2022 by Angelika Brewer Leave a Comment

  The human body has always been the most popular subject in contemporary art, and Utah artist, architect and photographer, Paul Butler, became famous for his remarkable nude figure drawings and photos of women wearing body paint.   During photography and painting  sessions, his female models often shared with him their insecurities and discomfort regarding their … [Read more...]

Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition Comes to Salt Lake City

April 25, 2022 by Utah Stories Leave a Comment

Salt Lake City, Utah.- The internationally acclaimed Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition opens Friday, Apr. 29 in Salt Lake City. The exhibition is a presentation of museum-quality, near-life-size reproductions of one of the world’s greatest artistic achievements. “This exhibition gives visitors a chance to engage with Rome’s most iconic treasures in ways that were … [Read more...]

Shattering the Pictures in Our Heads: Challenging the Myth about Native Americans

March 20, 2022 by Guy Wheatley Leave a Comment

We've sluggishly pushed through the dreaded Omicron surge this winter, but the light has emerged at the end of the tunnel for art-lovers.  On Friday February 18th the UMOCA downtown re-opened its doors to great fanfare with five brand new exhibits.  The jet-set was out with the student body and general public alike into a raucous and lively set courtesy of DJ Shaadie. Exhibits … [Read more...]

Utah Moms Compete on Fox’s LEGO® Masters

June 8, 2021 by Connie Lewis Leave a Comment

Jen Smart is an ER and ICU nurse, and a mother of 6. Susan Earls owns Rosebud Antiques in Pleasant Grove and is the mother of 2. Both Women live in American Fork and they are partners in the current season of Fox’s LEGO® Masters. The competition features two person teams who complete building challenges, using 5 million LEGO® bricks, each week for a chance to win the $100,000 … [Read more...]

Suspicious skies: Is Our Planet Being Inundated with Unknown Substances without Our Consent? 

March 28, 2021 by Lewi Lewis Leave a Comment

Weather modification and cloud seeding: is it really that hard to believe? If you think those long white lines left in the wake of passing airplanes scoring the sky from ear-to-ear are noticeably thicker, longer, and remain for a longer duration than they did twenty or thirty years ago, you’re not alone. A growing number of people are looking skyward and wondering: What’s … [Read more...]

Art for Hope: Sugar House Public Art Project

March 22, 2021 by Alison Lafazan Leave a Comment

As I stood on the closed (for construction) sidewalk in Sugar House looking at the Art for Hope exhibit on the former Deseret Industries Building, I saw different interpretations of hope, encouragement, peace, and unity. Encouragement from “We Will Grow From This,” by Ann Chen; Colleen Marshall’s “Caped Healthcare Worker,” recognizing our healthcare workers as superheroes … [Read more...]

You can create glass beauty at Red Flower Studios!

December 13, 2020 by Eric S. Peterson Leave a Comment

Tucked away in Park City, and guarded by two friendly golden retrievers, is a unique and off-the-beaten-path resort destination — Red Flower Studios. Here, owners Daniel Bell and Micah Goddard teach the ancient art of glass blowing. Customers melt color into glass before a 2000 degree oven, blow air into the molten globules to give them shape, and then put finishing touches on … [Read more...]

Graphic Designers Rebrand Salt Lake City’s Neighborhoods

November 19, 2019 by Claire McArthur Leave a Comment

The Neighborhood Project A group of graphic designers showed their love for the Capital City this October with the completion of an unpaid project that created logos and other branding items for neighborhoods across Salt Lake City. Dubbed The Neighborhood Project, participating designers were assigned a neighborhood at random—some actual designations, others unofficial … [Read more...]

Artist Chris Bodily’s Expectations Surpassed in Successful Crowdfunded Graphic Novel Campaign

November 11, 2019 by Al Sacharov Leave a Comment

Ogden artist Chris Bodily is an illustrator whose cartoon drawings, including covers for Utah Stories, magazine have both a whimsical and realistic portrayal that defines his style. But wait, there's more! For the past three years, he has been working on a multi-volume graphic novel titled Black Lantern.  It follows a group of paranormal investigators including a talking … [Read more...]

Lettering is Better Together— Salt Lake Lettering Club

September 24, 2019 by Claire McArthur Leave a Comment

Salt Lake Lettering Club From casual meetups to large-scale group murals, a group of Salt Lake City lettering enthusiasts is proving that art does not have to be a solitary pursuit. The Salt Lake Lettering Club has about 50 active lettering artists; plus an additional 150 casual members. It was started in 2014 by lettering artist Becca Clason to create a community of … [Read more...]

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