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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Contemporary Masters Exhibit @ SLAC (SLC: June 18 - Sept 16)

Contemporary Masters
18 fully-playable holes of mini golf designed by Utah and national artists
To open June 18 at Salt Lake Art Center


Salt Lake Art Center
For more information contact:
Emily Brunt, 801-328-4201 emilyb@slartcenter.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 2, 2010

Salt Lake City, Utah – Salt Lake Art Center and 337 Project are pleased to present Contemporary Masters, 18 fully-playable holes of miniature golf art designed by Utah and national artists. Exhibition opens June 18 and plays through September 16, 2010.

According to Adam Price, Executive Director of Salt Lake Art Center and founder of 337 Project, “Contemporary Masters presents a wonderful opportunity to examine the relationship between art and audience. My own experience in this community is that not nearly enough people are given the opportunity to encounter contemporary art or to incorporate it into their daily lives. This exhibition offers visitors, in a good-humored way, a chance to explore their world through contemporary art and to decide for themselves whether they want to become fans.”

Peter Everett, participating artist and Associate Professor at Brigham Young University commented, “Making art is an open-ended and hands-on process that involves exploration and play. It is exciting that viewers will literally be part of this play and exploration!

John Bell, also a participating artist, is contemplative about the show, “This has been a pretty interesting commission. I leaned more toward making a piece of art you could play golf on rather than making a golf hole that you would call art.”

Contemporary Masters is a juried exhibition, with each of the 18 holes designed by a single artist or group of artists. The 23 participants include: John Bell, Brian Butler & Christopher Wawrinofsky, Trent Call, Tessa Lindsey & Clint Call, Andrew Callis, Kisslan Chan, Craig Cleveland, Madelin Coit, Spencer Douglass, Peter Everett, Nathan Florence, Jennifer Joseph, Stephanie Leitch, Ryan Lewis, Jimmy Lucero, Loggins Merrill, Davina Pallone, Erin & Nick Potter, and John Preus & Sara Black.

The Art Center will extend public hours during Contemporary Masters to include Sundays June 20 – September 16, from noon to 5pm.

On the web at slartcenter.org, 337project.org, and the Contemporary Masters blog, saltlakeartcenter.wordpress.com.


Thank You to Our Exhibition Sponsors for Making it Possible

The Contemporary Masters exhibition is supported by Chase, George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, and O.C. Tanner. Additional support by ARTWorks for Kids, Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation, Jarvis & Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, Downtown Alliance, eBay, Jones Waldo, The Kanter Family Foundation, Salt Lake City Arts Council, Zoo, Arts, & Parks, Salt Lake City Weekly, 88.3 KCPW, and Huge.

About Salt Lake Art Center

Founded in 1931 and located just steps from Temple Square, the award-winning Salt Lake Art Center is one of the region’s hidden gems, sporting three gallery spaces, an outdoor sculpture patio, screening room/lecture hall, resource library, and classroom spaces. Throughout its history, Salt Lake Art Center has exhibited works by leading artists ranging from local favorites LeConte Stewart, Alvin Gittins, and Anna Campbell Bliss to internationally known artists such as Diego Rivera, Andy Warhol, Gary Hill and Sophie Matisse. Exhibiting the best contemporary visual art from around the world, the Art Center provides its visitors with an opportunity to explore the human experience in ways that are both exciting to the senses and deeply thought-provoking. The Art Center rounds out its offerings with a lively mix of community presentations, film screenings, educational classes, and events celebrating the vibrant local art scene.

Salt Lake Art Center and 337 Project recently announced that 337 Project will become part of the Art Center, where it will continue to provide community-based art programming, including the art truck, which travels the Wasatch Front delivering mobile art experiences to students and neighborhoods.

Art Center Location, Hours, and Parking

Salt Lake Art Center is located at 20 South West Temple at the corner of 100 South on West Temple between Abravanel Hall and Salt Palace Convention Center. Telephone (801) 322-4323. Hours are Tuesday through Thursday, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, Friday 11:00 am to 9:00 pm, Saturday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. The Art Center will extend their public hours during Contemporary Masters to include Sundays June 20 – September 12, from noon to 5:00 pm. Closed Mondays and Holidays. Free parking for members available in the Marriott Hotel parking lot across the street. Admission is always free.

Current Exhibitions

Salt lake Art Center is currently closed for exhibition change-over. The Street Level Gallery will reopen June 8 with Not Just Another Pretty Face, commissioned works by Utah artists, and the Main Gallery (downstairs) reopens June 18 with Contemporary Masters, the fully-playable miniature golf course designed by artists.


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