WSU String Project Concert (Ogden: Dec 6)

String Project in the Spotlight

Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: WSU String Project Concerts
When: Monday, 6 December 2010 • 6:30 pm
Where: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts

Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the WSU String Project Spring Concert Monday, December 6, at 6:30 in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. The String Project students range from third grade through high school, and are divided into groups according to year and then ability level. Children from all three String Project sites, WSU, Shadow Valley Elementary School, and Odyssey Elementary School, will participate in this program.
Master Teacher Elissa Krebs oversees the String Project sites. Working with her are WSU String Music Education students, Gabrielle Cox, Emily Draayer, Amy Elmer, Tara Hoellein, Amanda Kippen, Christina Olson, Nicole Sheridan, Charles Thompson, and Alan Watts.

The String Project is supported by grants from the Weber County Recreation, Arts, Museums and Parks (RAMP), the WSU College of Arts and Humanities and Ogden City Arts, as well as donations by friends of the program. The project is dependent on donations to keep its tuition costs low.

For more information about this program contact Elissa Krebs at 626-8169 or ElissaKrebs@weber.edu.
More information about the WSU String Project is also available at the website: programs.weber.edu/wsustringproject/

Winter Arts Market @ UCCC (WVC: Dec 4)

Winter Market Features Handmade Artisan Treasures from Utah and Around the World

Winter Arts Market

Saturday, December 4, 2010
10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Utah Cultural Celebration Center
1355 West 3100 South
West Valley City, UT 84119

Everyone is invited to come and experience handcrafted arts, music and dance in this festive, pre-holiday event free of charge.

The Utah Cultural Celebration Center is proud to announce the fourth annual Winter Market. The Market will showcase Utah’s finest handcrafted arts and ethnic products. Live music and dance performances, the Trees of Diversity exhibit, and diverse food offerings will complement the festive environment. The free market features a variety of family-friendly, exciting arts experiences for the general public.

Come in from the cold and experience the holiday spirit at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. Find the perfect gift for your loved-one at one of over 30 artist booths. Enjoy special hand-made gifts, excellent food, and an elaborate Christmas environment featuring cultural entertainment from around the world.

For more information about this and other events or exhibits at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, call 801-965-5100, or visit culturalcelebration.org




Michael Christensen, Folklorist/Cultural Specialist
West Valley City | Utah Cultural Celebration Center
1355 West 3100 South
West Valley City, Utah 84119
(801) 965-5108
michael.christensen@wvc-ut.gov
www.culturalcelebration.org

Jingle Bell Jazz at the Station @ WSU (Ogden: Dec 8)

Cancelled Jazz Concert Rescheduled: Jingle Bell Jazz at the Station

Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Jingle Bell Jazz at the Station with the WSU Jazz Ensemble
When Wednesday, 8 December, 7:00 pm
Where: Grand Lobby, Ogden's Union Station, 2501 Wall Avenue
Cost: Free - All-ages welcome!

Due to the closing of WSU on Tuesday because of a blizzard warning, the November 23rd concert by the WSU Jazz Ensemble was cancelled. It has been rescheduled as part of the Jazz at the Station programming, Wednesday, December 8th.

In addition to holiday tunes, this concert will feature the music of the Big Band era. Some of the pieces will feature vocalist Sarah Marshall. Also featured on the concert will be the WSU Jazz Combo.

No music is more evocative of a period of American History than the Big Band sound. The remarkable thing is how it still continues to appeal to audiences of all ages. Expect to hear music by Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington and more, played with the youthful enthusiasm of our fantastic WSU Jazz Ensemble.

Jazz at the Station provides an all-ages venue for jazz fans and students. Well behaved children are welcome to attend as long as they do not disturb the performers or members of the audience.

For more information about this program, contact Caril Jennings, 626-6431 or crjennings@weber.edu

Job: Director of School of Music @ U of U

U of U Director of School of Music position open

November 22, 2010

POSITION: Director of the School of Music

RANK: Full Professor with Tenure (11 month appointment)

STARTING DATE: July 1, 2011



QUALIFICATIONS:

The successful candidate will hold a terminal degree in the candidate’s area of music or equivalent experience that would warrant consideration in lieu of a terminal degree. He/she will have notable and distinguished prior experience as a music department chair, director or dean. He/she will also exhibit strong, visionary leadership with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.


RESPONSIBILITIES:

The School of Music director shall (1) provide strong leadership for the school (2) oversee recruitment activities; (3) lead strategic planning for the school; (4) administer departmental resources and facilities effectively; (5) actively engage in development and fund raising; (6) represent the school in its official business with other university authorities, with students, and with the public; (7) create professional development initiatives for faculty and staff, (8) collaborate with the faculty and staff to constantly endeavor to advance the School of Music nationally and internationally. The Director reports directly to the Dean of the College of Fine Arts/ Associate Vice President of the Arts.


GENERAL INFORMATION:

Established in 1850, The University of Utah is the state’s oldest and largest institution of higher education and is a major research university. The U offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 30,000 students. The University of Utah is one of the state’s largest employers and is ranked as one of the top public research universities in the nation. The internationally acclaimed School of Music offers a comprehensive program of music study, maintaining a balanced emphasis on both performance and scholarship while presenting students with the training necessary to excel within their chosen field. The student body is comprised of 400 undergraduates and 120 graduate students seeking the following degrees: BA, BM, MA, MM, DMA and PhD. Strong programs in performance, theory, composition, music education, and musicology have produced a constant stream of artists, creators, scholars, and teachers who have made significant contributions to the quality of music regionally, nationally and internationally. The School of Music is a one of six units in the College of Fine Arts including, art and art history, ballet, film and media studies, modern dance, music, and theatre. The University of Utah is located in the Wasatch foothills, overlooking Salt Lake City, the Great Salt Lake, and the Great Basin's west desert. Additional information about The School of Music can be found at http://www.music.utah.edu/


APPLICATION:

Please submit electronically a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement of philosophy which addresses leadership, administration, and management of a school of music and five references. References will be contacted only with permission of the candidate. Please address all application materials to Kevin Hanson, Search Committee chair at musicsearch@utah.edu

Screening will begin on December 1, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. For additional information, please call (801) 581-5127.


The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds, and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students.

The University of Utah is fully committed to affirmative action and to its policies of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity in all programs, activities, and employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a person with a disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and status as a protected veteran. The University seeks to provide equal access for people with disabilities. Reasonable prior notice is needed to arrange accommodations. Evidence of practices not consistent with these policies should be reported to: Director, Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, (801) 581-8365 (V/TDD).

Job: Assistant Professor in Art History @ U of U

Assistant Professor in Art History

Department of Art & Art History, University of Utah

Application deadline 5 January 2011 for full consideration. Position begins 1 July 2011

Full-time tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in Early Modern Art and Visual Culture in the Art History
801.585.3576


Position Description:
Full-time tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in Early Modern Art and Visual Culture in the Art History Program. Research specialty in any area of Early Modern Art and Visual Culture, broadly conceived. Applicants must be committed to an active program of scholarly research and publication and demonstrate a solid teaching profile. The successful candidate will teach two courses per semester in the undergraduate and graduate (MA) program in Art History including the survey "Introduction to the History of Art" on a rotating basis and topical courses in their area of specialization. The faculty member will develop a curriculum in Early Modern Art and Visual Culture, and share in supervision of Honors and Masters' theses. In addition, the faculty member is expected to participate in the Art History program's "Visual Intersections” initiative, which explores interdisciplinary approaches to the history of art and visual culture, through thematic seminars that may draw students from a number of different disciplines and departments. We encourage applicants whose teaching and research demonstrates an awareness of diverse methodological concerns and interdisciplinary perspectives on the production and reception of art and visual culture. Opportunities exist for collaboration with the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the College of Humanities, and diverse interdisciplinary and area studies programs across campus. For more information, visit our web site www.arthistory.utah.edu. Position begins 1 July 2011.

Qualifications:
Ph.D. in art history required. Teaching experience beyond graduate school preferred.

Interested candidates should send a letter of application addressing research and teaching interests, a CV, writing sample, two course syllabi, and three letters of recommendation (under separate cover) to:
Chair of Art History Search Committee,
University of Utah, Department of Art and Art History, 375 51530 E RM 161,
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0380.
AID 3 January 2011 for full consideration.

Employer Information:
The University of Utah is a Doctoral/Research University- Extensive public institution, which supports faculty research. The University values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds, and possess a [strong or demonstrated] commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students. The University of Utah is fully committed to affirmative action and to its policies of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity in all programs, activities, and employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a person with a disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and status as a protected veteran. The University seeks to provide equal access for people with disabilities. Reasonableprior notice is needed to arrange accommodations. Evidence of practices not consistent with these policies should be reported to: Director, Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, (801) 581-8365 (V/TDD).

The Department of Art and Art History is one of six units in the College of Fine Arts including, art and art history, ballet, film and media studies, modern dance, music and theatre. The flagship of the state's higher education system, the University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, a diverse metropolitan community at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains offering a wide range of cultural and recreational activities.
www.art.utah.edu

JOB: Assistant Professor in Ceramics @ U of U

Assistant Professor in Ceramics

Department of Art & Art History, University of Utah

Application deadline 5 January 2011 for full consideration. Position begins 1 July 2011

Qualifications:
Qualified candidates should have a terminal degree with an emphasis in ceramics. Teaching experience beyond graduate school preferred. Candidates should be well versed in contemporary art issues concerning ceramics and the larger art world. A strong portfolio should demonstrate a commitment to contemporary practice in ceramics. Application materials should indicate expertise in the fundamentals of ceramics, awareness of social and cultural context of ceramics, capability of engaging in experimental practices and interest in interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to teaching. Applicants should also be able to engage in discourse that addresses a wide range of materials, process, concept and content. Applicants should present an active exhibition record that demonstrates a high level of professional commitment. Interested candidates should send a letter of application addressing research and teaching interests, a CV, 20 images of recent work and image list, two course syllabi, teaching philosophy and three letters of recommendation (under separate cover) to: Chair of Ceramic Search Committee, University of Utah, Department of Art and Art History, 375 S 1530 E RM 161, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0380.



Images: Maximum 20 images should be submitted on a CD-ROM (regular)

Image size should be saved at 72dpi at approx. 1024 pixels w x 768 pixels h

Images should be formatted as jpeg

Image files should not be larger than 3MB

Image files should be numbered and placed into one folder

Employer Information:
The University of Utah is a Research University-Extensive public institution, which supports faculty research. The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds, and possess a [strong or demonstrated] commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students. The University of Utah is fully committed to affirmative action and to its policies of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity in all programs, activities, and employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a person with a disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and status as a protected veteran. The University seeks to provide equal access for people with disabilities. Reasonable prior notice is needed to arrange accommodations. Evidence of practices not consistent with these policies should be reported to: Director, Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, (801) 581-8365 (V/TDD).

The Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts offers a BFA, MFA, 3D cross emphasis and minor in ceramics. The facilities are exceptional. A 6,200 sq ft wing with high ceilings and large windows, house large classrooms, studios and kiln area. Large gas and electric kilns, wheels, clay mixers and pugmill are just a few of the tools available. There is also a soda kiln, woodfire train and Raku kiln outdoors. The flagship of the state’s higher education system, the University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, a diverse metropolitan community at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains offering a wide range of cultural and recreational activities. For more information, visit our web site www.art.utah.edu.

Santa's Reindeer Arriving @ Hogle Zoo (SLC: Nov 29 - Dec 24)

Santa's Reindeer Arriving at Hogle Zoo Monday!
With Hogle Zoo's ZooLights! right around the corner, the Zoo is expecting the arrival of some very special guests on Monday, Nov. 29 at 11 a.m. - two of Santa's Reindeer, who will be staying at ZooLights! through Dec. 24.

WHO: Santa's Reindeer at Utah's Hogle Zoo's

WHAT: Santa's reindeer will be arriving at the Zoo to stay with us near Santa's workshop until Dec. 24.

WHEN: Monday, Nov. 29 at 11 a.m. members of the media are invited to film the arrival, as well as learn about the reindeer and what their stay at Utah's Hogle Zoo will be like.

WHERE: Utah's Hogle Zoo, 2600 East Sunnyside Avenue, SLC, Utah 84108

For more information, contact Community Relations Coordinator Lindsey Sine by email at lsine@hoglezoo.org or call (435) 602-9702 or (801) 584-1729.

Utah's Hogle Zoo is one of only 223 accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA). Look for the AZA logo whenever you visit a zoo or aquarium as your assurance that you are supporting a facility dedicated to providing excellent care for animals, a great experience for you, and a better future for all living things. AZA is a leader in global wildlife conservation, and your link to helping animals in their native habitats. For more information visit www.aza.org.

Holiday Exhibit @ Rio Gallery (SLC: Dec 4 - Jan 11, 2011)

Don't miss the Holiday Exhibit at the Rio Gallery!

-- one of the few galleries featuring new artwork for the Holiday Stroll on December 6th.

Featuring 40 of Utah's finest artists painting in winter and holiday themes.

Opening Holiday Stroll reception: Friday, December 3
Show continues through January 11, 2011

SALT LAKE ART CENTER NAMED OFFICIAL VENUE OF 2011 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

For Immediate Release:
November 23, 2010

Media Contacts:
Kate McMillan, Sundance Film Festival, Kate_mcmillan@sundance.org, 435.658.3456
Emily Brunt, Salt Lake Art Center, emilyb@slartcenter.org, 801.38.4201 x 115

SALT LAKE ART CENTER NAMED OFFICIAL VENUE OF
2011 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

Joins Historic Miners Hospital in Park City as Site for New Frontier Program
Presenting International Artists from Art Basel, MoMA, TED, Whitney Biennial and More

PARK CITY, UT – Sundance Institute today announced the line-up at Salt Lake Art Center, which has been selected as an official venue of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, hosting artists and their works as part of the Festival’s innovative New Frontier program. Curated by Shari Frilot, Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer, New Frontier can be experienced at Salt Lake Art Center, located at 20 South West Temple, in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, and at Historic Miners Hospital, 1354 Park Avenue across from the Library Theatre in Park City. Both locations will be open free to the public Friday, January 21 through Saturday, January 29, 2011. Salt Lake Art Center will continue to exhibit New Frontier through March 25.

Salt Lake Art Center Executive Director, Adam Price, said, “We are thrilled to be collaborating with Sundance Institute to present these compelling artworks from around the world. The Art Center’s exhibition of New Frontier will continue until March 25, long after the Festival itself closes, to provide Utah residents with greater opportunities to enjoy this groundbreaking experience again and again. The exhibition, which explores the cutting edge of video and installation art, is sure to be an exciting and eye-opening experience for children and adult viewers alike.”
Works by six artists will be on display at Salt Lake Art Center during the Festival; all these exhibits will have a mirror installation simultaneously at the New Frontier venue in Park City. These artists are: Mark Boulos (All That is Solid Melts Into Air); Lynn Hershman Leeson (RAW/WAR); Open Ended Group & Bill T. Jones (After Ghostcatching); James Franco (Three’s Company: The Drama); and Aaron Koblin and Chris Milk (The Johnny Cash Project: The Wilderness Downtown).
After the Festival, eight artists’ installations on display in Park City will be transported to Salt Lake Art Center. These artists are: Takehisa Mashimo, Akio Kamisato and Satoshi Shibata (Moony); Avish Khebrehzadeh (Theater III + Edgar); Daniel Canogar (Hippocampus 2); Miwa Matreyek (Myth and Infrastructure and Dreaming of Lucid Living); Squid Soup (Glowing Pathfinder Bugs); and Deke Weaver (Elephant).

Many of these artists, while making their Sundance Film Festival debut, are well known among the art world’s biennial exhibitions, galleries, museums, and convenings, including the Whitney Biennial, Art Basel, MoMA, Biennale di Venezia, Centre Pompidou, Biennale of Sydney, Ars Electronica, and TED. A sneak peek of the innovative works featured at New Frontier is available on the Sundance Film Festival website: www.sundance.org
Salt Lake Art Center will be open daily during Sundance Film Festival, from Friday, January 21 through Saturday, January 30, 2011, from noon to 7:00 pm, except for Fridays and Saturdays, when they will be open until 10:00 pm. New Frontier will continue to exhibit at the Art Center through March 25, resuming regular hours on February 1: Tuesday through Sunday, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, except for Fridays, when they are open until 9:00 pm. Parking is free for members at the Marriott Hotel across the street on West Temple. The Art Center will be hosting a wide variety of events in conjunction with Salt Lake area non-profits, as well as offering additional programming to be announced in mid-December.
Salt Lake Art Center joins Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Tower Theatre and Broadway Centre Cinemas, in addition to the Beehive Tea Room (Salt Lake City Festival Café), and the Trolley Square box office, as Salt Lake City venues for the Festival. It is the only location outside of Park City to showcase New Frontier exhibitions and installations. The 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) 328-4201. www.slartcenter.org. Admission is always free.
The Salt Lake Art Center exhibition of Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier is presented by StruckAxiom, a leading creative agency with offices in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, and Portland.
Salt Lake Art Center
Award-winning Salt Lake Art Center, founded in 1931 and located just steps from Temple Square in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, exhibits works by leading local and international artists, as well as groundbreaking interactive works. Recent exhibitions include 337 Project’s Contemporary Masters artist-designed miniature golf, and Jamie Wyeth: Seven Deadly Sins. Upcoming exhibitions include Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier program, Fallen Fruit, and Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Heart Out in conjunction with International Sculpture Center’s student awards exhibition. The Art Center rounds out its offerings with a lively mix of community presentations, 337 Project, Art Truck, Art Center School, film screenings, youth education programs, community gallery, and events celebrating the vibrant local art scene.

Festival Sponsors
The 2011 Sundance Film Festival sponsors include: Presenting Sponsors—Entertainment Weekly, HP, Acura, Sundance Channel and Chase Sapphire; Leadership Sponsors—Bing™, Canon, DIRECTV, Honda, Southwest Airlines and YouTube™; Sustaining Sponsors—FilterForGood®, a partnership between Brita® and Nalgene®, L’Oréal Paris, Stella Artois®, Timberland, and Trident Vitality™. We would also like to recognize the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development as our Festival Host State. The support of these organizations will defray costs associated with the 10-day Festival and the nonprofit Sundance Institute's year-round programs for independent film and theatre artists. In return, sponsorship of the preeminent Festival provides these organizations with global exposure, a platform for brand impressions and unique access to Festival attendees.

Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute is a global nonprofit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981. Through its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, composers and playwrights, the Institute seeks to discover and support independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work. The Institute promotes independent storytelling to inform, inspire, and unite diverse populations around the globe. Internationally recognized for its annual Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Born into Brothels, Trouble the Water, Son of Babylon, Amreeka, An Inconvenient Truth, Spring Awakening, Light in the Piazza and Angels in America. www.sundance.org

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Emily Brunt
Director of Communications

Salt Lake Art Center
20 South West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
801.328.4201 x115 m: 801.232.7362
emilyb@slartcenter.org www.slartcenter.org

SUU’S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO PRESENT ORCHESTRAL FAVORITES IN WINTER CONCERT (CC: Nov 30)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/23/10
Benjamin Tyrrel
Marketing and Public Relations
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
Office: 435-865-8667
cpvamktg@suu.edu

SUU’S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO PRESENT
ORCHESTRAL FAVORITES IN WINTER CONCERT
NOVEMBER 30, 2010

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: SUU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WINTER CONCERT

WHAT: Enjoy an evening of orchestral favorites with the SUU Symphony Orchestra’s Winter Concert.

WHO: SUU Symphony Orchestra
Southern Utah University, Department of Music

WHEN: Tuesday, November 30, 2010

TIME: 7:30pm

WHERE: Thorley Recital Hall, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

INFO: Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

TICKETS: General admission adult tickets are $6, $4 for SUU Faculty and Staff, $3 for students and children and SUU students attend free with a valid student ID. Call the box office at (435) 586-7872, 8am-4:30pm; Online: www.suu.edu/arts; or purchase at the door.


Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: A program of orchestral favorites will be performed by the SUU Symphony Orchestra in their Winter Concert on Tuesday, November 30, in SUU’s Thorley Recital Hall at 7:30pm. General admission adult tickets are $6, $4 for SUU Faculty and Staff, $3 for students and children and SUU students attend free with a valid student ID.

Under the direction of Professor Virginia Stitt, the concert will include selections from Suite No. 3 by Johannes Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Turkish March, Emile Waldteufel’s Waltzes and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Dance of the Tumblers. Dedicated to performing orchestral masterpieces from the classic symphonic repertoire, the SUU Symphony Orchestra is an auditioned ensemble comprised of instrumentalists of all majors on campus.

Enjoy an evening of orchestral favorites with the SUU Symphony Orchestra’s Winter Concert. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespearean Festival, the performance group Acclamation, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: SUU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WINTER CONCERT

WHAT: Enjoy an evening of orchestral favorites with the SUU Symphony Orchestra’s Winter Concert.

WHO: SUU Symphony Orchestra
Southern Utah University, Department of Music

WHEN: Tuesday, November 30, 2010

TIME: 7:30pm

WHERE: Thorley Recital Hall, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

INFO: Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

TICKETS: General admission adult tickets are $6, $4 for SUU Faculty and Staff, $3 for students and children and SUU students attend free with a valid student ID. Call the box office at (435) 586-7872, 8am-4:30pm; Online: www.suu.edu/arts; or purchase at the door.

SUU’S CHORAL ENSEMBLES PRESENTS HOLIDAY FAVORITES WITH “THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS” (CC: Dec 1)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/23/10
Benjamin Tyrrel
Marketing and Public Relations
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
Office: 435-865-8667
Cell: 435-238-0261
cpvamktg@suu.edu

SUU’S CHORAL ENSEMBLES PRESENTS HOLIDAY
FAVORITES WITH “THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS”
DECEMBER 1, 2010

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS: CHORAL CONCERT

WHAT: The holiday’s come to life with songs of the season with the “The Spirit of Christmas” presented by SUU’s Department of Music choral ensembles.

WHO: OPUS, Concert Choir and Les Chansons
Southern Utah University, Department of Music

WHEN: Wednesday, December 1, 2010

TIME: 7:30pm

WHERE: The Heritage Center Theater, Cedar City, UT

INFO: Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

TICKETS: General admission adult tickets are $8, $6 for SUU Faculty and Staff, $4 for students and children and SUU students attend free with a valid student ID. Call the box office at (435) 586-7872, 8am-4:30pm; Online: www.suu.edu/arts; or purchase at the door.


Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: The holiday’s come to life with songs of the season with “The Spirit of Christmas” presented by SUU’s Department of Music’s choral ensembles. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 1, at the Heritage Center Theater in Cedar City, Utah. General admission adult tickets are $8, $6 for SUU Faculty and Staff, $4 for students and children and SUU students attend free with a valid student ID.

“The Spirit of Christmas” will feature performances from SUU’s vocal ensembles Les Chanson, Concert Choir and OPUS. Under the direction of Jackie Riddle-Jackson, Les Chansons, SUU’s all women’s ensemble, will present songs from women’s choral literature. SUU’s largest choral ensemble, Concert Choir, under the direction of Sara Guttenberg, will perform pieces ranging from traditional Christmas carols, to the upbeat gospel spiritual, “Go Where I Send Thee!” The University’s featured chamber ensemble, OPUS, under the direction of Keith Bradshaw, will present Holiday favorites, including “Deck the Halls,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” and Eric Whitacre’s “Lux Aurumque.”

Join the three outstanding choral ensembles from SUU’s Department of Music for an evening of holiday music sure to put you in the Christmas spirit. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespearean Festival, the performance group Acclamation, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS: CHORAL CONCERT

WHAT: The holiday’s come to life with songs of the season with the “The Spirit of Christmas” presented by SUU’s Department of Music choral ensembles.

WHO: OPUS, Concert Choir and Les Chansons
Southern Utah University, Department of Music

WHEN: Wednesday, December 1, 2010

TIME: 7:30pm

WHERE: The Heritage Center Theater, Cedar City, UT

INFO: Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

TICKETS: General admission adult tickets are $8, $6 for SUU Faculty and Staff, $4 for students and children and SUU students attend free with a valid student ID. Call the box office at (435) 586-7872, 8am-4:30pm; Online: www.suu.edu/arts; or purchase at the door.

UTAH’S HOGLE ZOO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR BRAD PARKIN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FOOTHILL CULTURAL DISTRICT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For further information call:
Linda Hunt, 801-532-7057


UTAH’S HOGLE ZOO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR BRAD PARKIN
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FOOTHILL CULTURAL DISTRICT
____________________________________________________________________________

SALT LAKE CITY – The Foothill Cultural District today announced the election of Brad C. Parkin as president of the organization’s eight member board. Parkin, who has served as the District’s vice president since 2006, currently is Associate Zoo Director in charge of marketing services at Utah’s Hogle Zoo.

“I look forward to leading the Foothill Cultural District as its president, and helping build on its reputation as a collection of “must-see” arts, history and nature organizations for residents and out-of-state visitors alike,” Parkin said. “While Foothill’s primary marketing focus is to increase out-of-state visitation at each of the eight attractions, reminding area residents of this string of cultural pearls located in their own backyard also is key to its long-term success.”

Parkin has nearly 30 years experience in the marketing, communications and public relations profession. Under Parkin’s leadership since arriving in 2003, Utah’s Hogle Zoo has won multiple marketing and advertising awards, helping make it one of the country’s most respected zoos. In addition, the Zoo has broken attendance records four years straight culminating with over one million in attendance in 2009. Prior to joining the Zoo staff, Parkin was responsible for all corporate communications and public strategies for one of Utah’s largest insurance carriers, and prior to that he was manager of the Economic Development and Tourism programs for the state’s third largest county.

Immediate past Foothill Cultural District President, Fort Douglas Military Museum’s Executive Director Robert Voyles, will continue as the board’s Treasurer, with the Utah Museum of Natural History’s Director of Marketing Janet Frasier serving as the District’s Vice President.

The Foothill Cultural District, formerly known as the Emigration Visitors District, is a consortium of eight diverse attractions, located within a two square mile area in the northwest corner of the valley and just minutes from downtown Salt Lake City. The venues include Utah’s Hogle Zoo; the Utah Museum of Natural History; Fort Douglas Military Museum; the Olympic Cauldron Park; Red Butte Garden & Arboretum; This Is The Place Heritage Park; the University Guest House Hotel, and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

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NEA Awards Utah Arts Festival a $15,000 Grant

For Immediate Release 11/23/10

The National Endowment for the Arts Awards
The Utah Arts Festival a $15,000 Grant in its 35th Anniversary Year


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Salt Lake City, UT: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced it is awarding $15,000 to the Utah Arts Festival to support performances and commissions during its up-coming 35th anniversary.

The NEA award comes just in time to fulfill Utah Arts Festival Executive Director Lisa Sewell’s major long-range goal—to add funds to the artistic budget. Currently, it takes $1.6M to produce the four-day Festival. “Since taking over as director, one of my goals has been to increase the caliber of performances by adding funds directly to the artistic line item in the budget,” says Sewell. “I’m thrilled I can do that with help from the NEA.”

“The board of directors and staff have worked diligently over the past four years to ensure the Festival is on a financially stable track,” continues Sewell. “I’m very happy that we are free from all past debts and in a very sound position as we enter our 35th year.”

Development Director Aimée Dunsmore adds, “A grant from the NEA is a significant stamp of approval for our organization.”

The Utah Arts Festival is the state’s largest outdoor multi-disciplinary arts event encompassing four days every June and is ranked 39th nationally among arts festivals.
More than 140 visual artists, 100+ performing artists, and 18 culinary artists make up the yearly festival held downtown on Library Square.

The 2011 Utah Arts Festival runs from June 23 to 26. For details visit www.uaf.org .

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Condoleeza Rice to Perform with Muir Quartet to Benefit Deer Valley Music Festival (Park City: Jan 14, 2011)

For Immediate Release Media Contact
Kevin Bentz
VP of Marketing & Public Relations
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera
801-869-9006
kbentz@usuo.org

CONDOLEEZA RICE DONATES HER TIME TO PERFORM IN PARK CITY WITH MUIR QUARTET ON JANUARY 14, 2011 TO BENEFIT
THE DEER VALLY® MUSIC FESTIVAL

Salt Lake, Utah (November 23, 2010) – Dr. Condoleezza Rice, politician and concert pianist, and the Muir Quartet will perform at Stein Eriksen Lodge on January 14, 2011. The evening's music will include works by Dvorak and Brahms, and will benefit the Deer Valley® Music Festival, Summer Home of the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. Both Dr. Rice and the Muir Quartet have donated their services for this event.

Dr. Rice was born into a life of music and foreign affairs on November 14, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama. Growing up in the turbulent and segregated South, Rice stayed focused on her music lessons, and at age 10 was the first black student admitted to study at the Birmingham Southern Conservatory of Music. Dr. Rice competed in piano at the Conservatory and continued for several years as her family moved to Colorado. She won her first musical competition playing Mozart’s D Minor Piano Concerto, and later performed with the Denver Symphony Orchestra.

The Muir Quartet features founder Mike Reynolds, cello; Peter Zazofsky, violin; Steven Ansell, viola; Lucia Lin, violin. In its 31st season, the Muir String Quartet has long been acknowledged as one of the world's most powerful and insightful ensembles, distinguishing itself among audiences and critics with its "exhilarating involvement" (Boston Globe),"impeccable voicing and intonation" (San Francisco Examiner) and "unbridled musicality" (American Record Guide).

Winner of the 1981 Naumburg Chamber Music Award and 1980 Evian Competition, the Muir String Quartet was greeted with rave reviews and an extensive feature in the New Yorker. They were soon featured on the internationally acclaimed PBS broadcast, In Performance at the White House for President and Mrs. Reagan.

Reynolds, called Rice an "old friend" of the Muir Quartet, sharing that she used to play with them regularly years ago at the Montana Chamber Music Festival in Bozeman before accepting a leading role in the Bush Administration. “We are thrilled to have Condoleezza Rice join us in Utah to share her love and passion for the musical arts,” says Melia Tourangeau, President and CEO of the Utah Symphony| Utah Opera.

For more information on attending this exclusive performance please contact Amanda Deuel, Director of Special Events, Utah Symphony | Utah Opera at adeuel@usuo.org or 801-869-1010.

More about the Deer Valley® Music Festival (DVMF)

The Deer Valley® Music Festival is the summer home of the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. The 2011 Festival will celebrate its eighth season next summer providing chamber, classical, and pops performances in multiple venues: the Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater, St. Mary's Church, Temple Har Shalom, and salons in private homes in the Park City area.

The goal of DVMF is to consistently deliver high-quality and musically diverse experiences that engage, educate, and enrich lives in casual settings of unparalleled natural beauty.

More About Condoleezza Rice
A former Provost of Stanford University, National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush, and U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Rice had originally planned a career as a concert pianist. It was not until her junior year of college at the University of Denver that Dr. Rice enrolled in an international relations course and found a passion for Soviet politics. Foreign affairs became her academic and professional interest, but music remains a major part of her life. During her government service, Dr. Rice had the pleasure of performing with world-renowned musicians and for heads of state. Most recently, she played before German Chancellor Angela Merkel upon her visit to Stanford University and with the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, at Philadelphia’s Mann Center for the Performing Arts.

Dr. Rice’s favorite composers are Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms and Prokofiev, and her favorite compositions include Mozart’s Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, Beethoven’s Christ on the Mount of Olives, and Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn for Two Pianos and Piano Quintet in F Minor. Dr. Rice is particularly fond of the operas Khovanschina and Boris Godunov by the Russian nationalist composer Modest Mussorgsky.

More about the Muir Quartet members
Michael Reynolds, the Quartet's founding cellist, tours the musical centers of North America and Europe and has performed more than 2,000 concerts in addition to his activities as a professor at Boston University, where he has been in residence since 1983.

Renowned violist Steven Ansell is another original member of the Quartet. Ansell joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1996 as principal violist, and has appeared many times as soloist.

Following five years with the Marlboro music festival, violist Peter Zazofsky began performing with the Muir Quartet in 1987. Zazofsky has performed solo throughout the United States, Canada and 21 countries in South America and Europe. In addition, his solo performances include engagements in Paris, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Vienna and Israel.

Lucia Lin made her debut performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 11. Since then, she has been a prizewinner of numerous competitions, including the 1990 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Lin joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1985 and served as assistant concertmaster from 1988-'91 and 1996-'98.

In its commitment to advancing contemporary American music, the Muir Quartet has commissioned new works by Joan Tower (Night Fields), Sheila Silver (From Darkness Emerging), Richard Danielpour (Shadow Dances and Psalms of Sorrow -featured on CBS Sunday Morning), Richard Wilson (Third String Quartet), and Charles Fussell (Being Music, based on poetry of Walt Whitman). The quartet also gave the premiere performance of the Native American collaborative work, Circle of Faith, featured on National Public Radio.

The Muir Quartet has been In Residence at Boston University's College of Fine Arts since 1983, and gives annual summer workshops at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. The Muir Quartet has also given master classes at Eastman, Curtis, Oberlin and Rice University. Since 1989, the quartet has presented the Emerging Quartets and Composers Program in Utah with eminent composer Joan Tower, now part of the Muir’s role as resident chamber ensemble with the Deer Valley® Music Festival, in partnership with the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera.
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Kevin Bentz
Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations
801.869.9006

Readin and Fundraiser for Provo Orem Word @ Communal Restaurant (Provo: Dec 6)

Provo Orem Word Invites You to a Reading and Funraiser:

Monday, December 6th
Communal Restaurant from 6:30-8 pm and costs $10.

Tim Slover will read from "The Christmas Chronicles," Dennis Marden Clark will read from his poem "Rough Stone, Rolling Waters," and George Handley will read from his memoir "Home Waters."

Reserve a spot at the reading by calling Communal at 801-373-8000.

December issue of the Provo Orem Word is up

http://www.provooremword.org

Dance Traditions of Deseret Lecture @ W. Jordan Pioneer Hall (W. Jordan: Jan 15, 2011)

Dance Traditions of Deseret: Utah Social Dancing Workshop & Demonstration featuring Craig Miller
Saturday, 15 January 2011, 7pm – 10pm
West Jordan Pioneer Hall / Rock Church Meeting House, 1137 West 7800 South, West Jordan, Utah
Contact: Linda Dalley, West Jordan Historical Society, 801-255-3116 or linda_dalley@yahoo.com

Join noted Utah folklorist Craig Miller for a peek into Utah’s social dance heritage, which dates back to the pioneer days when immigrants danced between covered wagons by the lights of campfires. Early Utahns’ love for music, dance, and for the spectacular beauty of their new homeland grew over the decades and blossomed in the early twentieth century with the construction of open-air dance pavilions which were built in astonishing numbers across the entire region. This presentation with recorded music and slide show reveals the dances, the music, the settings, and the people who kept that heritage alive. Come prepared to learn some steps and start dancing! Presentation is in conjunction with New Harmonies, a traveling Smithsonian exhibition, brought to Utah by the Utah Humanities Council and hosted by the West Jordan Historical Society at the West Jordan City Hall. Free and open to the public. New Harmonies is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Utah Humanities Council. For more information, see http://www.utahhumanities.org/newharmonies.htm or www.wjhistory.org

Harmonica as Thread in American Tapestry Presentation @ W. Jordan Historical Society Museum (W. Jordan: Dec 11)

The Harmonica as the Thread in the American Tapestry featuring Jim Major
Saturday, 11 December 2010, 3pm – 5pm
Historic Steadman Barn at the West Jordan Historical Society Museum, 2053 West 7800 South, West Jordan, Utah
Contact: Linda Dalley, West Jordan Historical Society, 801-255-3116 or linda_dalley@yahoo.com

Join noted harmonica historian and collector Jim Major for an interactive presentation about the history of the harmonica and the role it has played in American music, followed by a harmonica lesson. 100 harmonicas will distributed free of charge to attendees! Also on display will be a small portion of Jim's vintage harmonica collection. Presentation is in conjunction with New Harmonies, a traveling Smithsonian exhibition, brought to Utah by the Utah Humanities Council and hosted by the West Jordan Historical Society at the West Jordan City Hall. Free and open to the public. New Harmonies is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Utah Humanities Council. For more information, see http://www.utahhumanities.org/newharmonies.htm or www.wjhistory.org

Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit "New Harmonies" @ W. Jordan City Hall (Sponsored by UHC: Nov 13 - Jan 21, 2011)

Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit in West Jordan (13 November 2010 to 21 January 2011)
New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music
Schorr Gallery, West Jordan City Hall, 8000 South Redwood Road, West Jordan, Utah
Monday through Thursday, 12pm – 5pm or by special appointment
Contact: Linda Dalley, West Jordan Historical Society, 801-255-3116 or linda_dalley@yahoo.com

The Utah Humanities Council and the West Jordan Historical Society present New Harmonies, a traveling Smithsonian exhibition that examines the cultural significance of American roots music and the way in which it has shaped American society. America's music is the story of people in a New World, places they have left behind, and ideas they have brought with them. It is the story of people who were already here, but whose world is remade. The distinct cultural identities of all of these people are carried in song—both sacred and secular. Their music tracks the unique history of many peoples reshaping each other into one incredibly diverse and complex people—Americans. Their music is the roots of American music. Free and open to the public. New Harmonies is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Utah Humanities Council. For more information, see http://www.utahhumanities.org/newharmonies.htm

For small museums: Apply for the Museum Inerpretation Initiative (Deadline: Dec 3)

LAST CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Due Friday 3 December 2010!
FREE Hands-On Exhibit Workshops for Small Museums!

Small museums in Utah are invited to apply to participate in the Museum Interpretation Initiative: Telling Our Stories 2011 regional workshop series. The program consists of a series of three full-day workshops conducted from February to June 2011 in a choice of two locations (Fairview or Orem). Participants will carry out an interpretive exhibit project related to their own museum as part of the program. The workshops will provide training and significant resources to help participants discover and tell the stories contained in their collections.

APPLY NOW for the 2011 workshop program!
Find details and an application form at the Utah Humanities Council
Have questions? Need assistance with project ideas?
Please call Megan van Frank at 801.359.9670 or email vanfrank@utahhumanities.org
Applications are due by Friday 3 December 2010
The workshops are presented by the Utah Humanities Council , in partnership with the Utah Museums Association , and are made possible through a generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services .

Call for Proposals and Ideas for Education Sessions at 2011 Utah Preservation Conference

Utah Heritage Foundation, Utah’s statewide, non-profit, historic preservation organization, will hold our fifth annual Utah Preservation Conference May 12-13, 2011. We seek complete proposals and basic suggestions for Education Sessions, held May 13 at the Salt Lake Masonic Temple. Utah Heritage Foundation's Utah Preservation Conference helps to raise the standard for preservation practice by providing learning opportunities through our educational sessions - presenting new preservation technologies, as well as providing basic courses for those that are new to preservation. Our courses address many topics including building techniques, architectural conservation, historic landscape, planning, advocacy, modernism and current events. Conference sessions work to address local preservation efforts by having speakers focus on how to best expand and support the appreciation for Utah's historic places in a preservation context.

To see examples of past sessions, or to submit your ideas, visit our Utah Preservation Conference page at http://www.utahheritagefoundation.org/tours-and-events/preservation-conference. Contact Public Outreach Director Alison Flanders, (801) 533-0858 ext. 101 or alison@utahheritagefoundation.org.

Call for Nominations for Utah Heritage Foundation’s 2011 Heritage Awards (Deadline: Jan 14)

Utah Heritage Foundation seeks nominations for its 2011 Heritage Awards, given to recognize those projects, organizations, agencies, and individuals that exemplify the highest standards within the preservation movement. Nominations are accepted for specific projects to historic buildings and resources, along with individuals, organizations, and businesses involved in furthering the historic preservation movement in Utah. Self-nominations are encouraged. For details on nomination categories, see examples from past winners, or to download the nomination form, visit http://www.utahheritagefoundation.org/saving-places/heritage-awards. Nominations are due by January 14, 2011. Contact Public Outreach Director Alison Flanders, (801) 533-0858 ext. 101 or alison@utahheritagefoundation.org.

"Wise Men Still Adore Him" @ Babcock Performing Readers (SLC: Dec 9)

"Wise Men Still Adore Him" @ Babcock Performing Readers (SLC: Dec 9)
Babcock Performing Readers presents

“Wise Men Still Adore Him”

Directed by Rosemary Fairbourn

A staged reading of two great classic timeless Christmas Stories—“The
Other Wiseman” and “The Gift Of The Magi”. The production in play form
will be enhanced with costumes and dramatic casts. Legend tells of
another named Artaban who followed the wise men with three great
jewels to present to the newborn. His odyssey becomes a lifetime of
service. The second tale is a touching story of young love and the
sacrifice of a treasure to provide a gift for the other.


December 9, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. in the Olpin Union Building Little
Theatre
200 S Central Campus Drive.

Partially funded by
Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks
Salt Lake City Arts Council
www.babcockreaders.com

Holiday WSU Choral Concert @ St. Joseph's Church (Ogden: Dec 5)

Heavenly Holiday Music
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Combined WSU Choirs and Weber State Symphony Orchestra Concert
When: Sunday, 5 December 2010, 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Where: St. Joseph’s Church, 24th and Adams Avenue, Ogden

The annual holiday concert by the Weber State University Choirs and Symphony Orchestra will be presented Sunday, December 5, at St. Joseph’s Church, 24th and Adams in Ogden, Utah. This annual holiday concert is so popular, it is presented twice; at 5:30 and again at 8:00. Tickets are $7 for adults; $6 for students, seniors and those with military I.D or $25 for a family up to 6 members. Children six years and older are welcome to attend. Come early as both concerts usually play to sold out audiences. If you arrive early for the 5:30 concert - and the sky is clear - you’ll get the pleasure of seeing the evening sun playing through the beautiful stained glass windows of the old red sandstone church.

A feature of this year’s concert is the combined choirs and orchestra performing WSU Choral Music Director, Dr. Mark Henderson’s “Magnificat” for Choir and Orchestra; as well as the premier of another new work of Henderson’s called “Christmas at Sea” about a Christmas Eve spent under the moon on a cloudless night at sea. The WSU Flute Quintet will be the Guest Performers. The Weber State Symphonoy Orchestra will perform Leroy Anderson’s “A Christmas Festival.”

This program will also include early medieval, traditional and popular holiday music. The program will conclude with a German lesson as the audience is taught the German words to “Silent Night/Stille Nacht,” so they can join in on the chorus as the choirs sing all the verses. Hundreds of voices fill the sanctuary with beautiful harmony and few can leave the program without the feeling of peace this season is hoped to bring.
Dr. Mark Henderson conducts the WSU Chamber Choir and WSU Concert Choir. Dr. Michael Palumbo conducts the WSU Orchestra. The WSU Concert Choir and Weber State Symphony Orchestra will combine musicians on “Magnificat” and the individual groups will perform selections from their holiday repertoires. A tradition of many years will be “Still, Still, Still,” which has the Chamber singers spread throughout the church while they perform.

This annual concert reflects the pageantry of another age. Angelic voices begin the concert from the choir loft at the back of the church. The disembodied voices really do seem to be coming directly from a heavenly choir. During the concert, the singers move about the sanctuary in a stately manner, in a choreography of grand ceremony. At times the individual singers are spread throughout the space, giving the audience the experience of being in the middle of the celebratory sound. The sights and sounds of the holiday provided by this concert are a thrilling way to start your holiday season. Bring the family and friends and share the true holiday spirit!

Tickets for the performance are available at the Dee Events Center ticket office, 1-800-WSU-TIKS. Tickets, if still available, can also be purchased at the door one hour before the performances.

For more information about the concert contact Dr. Mark Henderson, 626-6448 (mhenderson@weber.edu) or Dr. Michael Palumbo, 626-6991 (mpalumbo@weber.edu).

String Chamber Music @ WSU (Ogde: Dec 2)

High-Strung Music Event

Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: String Chamber Music
When: Thursday, 2 December, 7:30 pm
Where: Garrison Choral Room (BC136) Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets: Free, children 8 years and older are welcome

Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents an evening of string chamber music Thursday, December 2, at 7:30 pm in the Garrison Choral Room (BC136), Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts.

String chamber ensembles feature Weber State violin, viola, cello and double bass students that are also part of Weber State University Symphony Orchestra. A variety of exciting chamber music selections will include Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Borodin and Shostakovich string quartets and quintets.

This is a free performance. The public is cordially invited and children 8 and over are welcome. For more information about this concert or the orchestra program at WSU, contact Dr. Viktor Uzur, 801 626 6441 or viktoruzur@weber.edu.

Browning String Quartet @ WSU (Ogden: Dec 1)

Browning String Quartet
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: An Evening of Chamber Music with the Browning String Quartet
When: Wednesday, 1 December 2010 • 7:30 pm
Where: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
Cost: Free

The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents WSU faculty members in “An Evening of Chamber Music,” featuring the Browning String Quartet, Wednesday,December 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. This is a free performance, and the public is invited. Children 8 years and older are welcome to attend.

Members of the Browning String Quartet are Shi-Hwa Wang and Ann Cox, violins; Michael Palumbo, viola; and Viktor Uzur, cello. Ann Cox is on maternity leave for this concert, and substituting for her is Kathryn Palkki, a spring 2010 WSU graduate in violin performance.

Several shorter works will be presented on this program. Featured works will include four selections from J.S. Bach’s Art of the Fugue, two works of Frank Bridge Sally in our Alley and Cherry Ripe, Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for String Quartet, and the Italian Serenade by Hugo Wolf.

For more information about this performance, contact Dr. Viktor Uzur, 801-626-6441 or viktoruzur@weber.edu or Michael Palumbo, mpalumbo@weber.edu or 801 -626-6991.

Ceramic Guild's Holiday Sale @ SUU (CC: Nov 29 - Dec 1)


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/22/10
Michael French
Public Information Coordinator
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
Office: 435-865-8667
Cell: 805-260-8797
michaelfrench@suu.edu

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: CERAMICS GUILD’S HOLIDAY SALE

WHAT: SUU’s Ceramics Guild’s Holiday Sale features a colorful variety of gift items and table ware created by students who are Ceramics Majors for purchase. The proceeds from the event go to support the visiting artist program in Ceramics and to teach a useful form of professional activity to Ceramics majors.

WHO: The Ceramics Guild, Southern Utah University

WHEN: Monday through Wednesday, November 29, 30 and December 1, 2010

TIME: 10:00am-4:00pm

WHERE: Living Room, Sharwan Smith Center, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

INFO: Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

Photo: Ceramics Guild creation. Photo: Susan Harris

SUU’S CERAMICS GUILD
SPONSORS HOLIDAY SALE
NOV. 29, 30 AND DEC. 1, 2010

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Looking for an original and distinctive holiday gift for your family and friends? Then do not miss SUU’s Ceramics Guild’s Holiday Ceramics Sale. This colorful event takes place Monday through Wednesday, November 29, 30 and December 1, 2010, in the Living Room of the Sharwan Smith Center from 10:00am to 4:00pm. The sale is open to the general public who are encouraged to attend.

All works created by the talented members of the Ceramics Guild include a wide assortment of functional and decorative gift items and table ware such as plates, platters, casseroles, lidded containers, bowls and mugs. The items are all finished with glazes that are food safe and contain no lead.

The proceeds from the event go to support the visiting artist program in Ceramics and to teach a useful form of professional activity to Ceramics majors. Another major purpose is to raise funds to support student trips to the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts annual conference.

Purchase the perfect holiday gift and support students by attending SUU’s Ceramics Guild’s Holiday Sale. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.


ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespearean Festival, the performance group Acclamation, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu .





Senior BFA Exhibit @ SUU (CC: Nov 30 - Dec 10)


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/22/10
Michael French
Public Information Coordinator
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
Office: 435-865-8667
Cell: 805-260-8797
michaelfrench@suu.edu

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: SENIOR B.F.A EXHIBIT
WHAT: The creative vision of six graduating Senior B.F.A. students in a variety of medium is vividly showcased in the Senior B.F.A. Exhibit. SUU’s Department of Art and Design in conjunction with the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery presents the event which takes place November 30 through December 10, 2010.

WHO: SUU’s Department of Art and Design and the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University

WHEN: Monday through Friday, November 30 through December 10, 2010

TIME: 8:00am-7:00pm

WHERE: Cedar Breaks Convetion Center, Sharwan Smith Center,
Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

INFO: Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

PRICES: Admission is free and open to the public.

SUU’S DEPARTMENT OF ART AND DESIGN
SHOWCASES THE WORK OF SENIOR B.F.A STUDENTS
NOVEMBER 30 THROUGH DECEMBER 10, 2010

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: The creative vision of six graduating Senior B.F.A. students in a variety of medium is vividly showcased in the Senior B.F.A. Exhibit. SUU’s Department of Art and Design in conjunction with the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery presents the event which takes place November 30 through December 10, 2010, in the Cedar Breaks Convention Center of the Sharwan Smith Center. The exhibition is open Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 7:00pm. The event is free and open to the general public who are encouraged to attend.

This Senior B.F.A. Exhibit includes uniquely crafted necklaces created by Cami Tubbs, which symbolize strength and power; an illustrated original book for children by Mary Tague; specialized branding for the beverage industry developed by Jade Gelskey; Hyrum Mertlich devises new deigns for the auto industry; Jack and the Beanstalk is delightfully re-visualized by Kiel Whitaker; and Danelle Cheney re-brands the Utah Shakespearean Festival with a new look.

Experience the creativity of six gifted SUU Art and Design students by attending the Senior B.F.A Exhibit. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.


ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespearean Festival, the performance group Acclamation, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu .

Available NEA Grants

http://www.arts.gov/grants/recent/index_02.html

Christmas with Utah Chamber Artists (SLC: Dec 6)

Press Contact:
Becky Durham
801.572.2010 | tobcd@aol.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 8, 2010

CHRISTMAS WITH UTAH CHAMBER ARTISTS

Utah's premiere choir and orchestra continues its 20th Anniversary Season with a holiday concert featuring actress Anne Cullimore Decker as special guest


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SALT LAKE CITY - Reflecting back on 20 years of making music, Utah Chamber Artists offers the second program of its MILESTONES concert season. The "Christmas with Utah Chamber Artists" concert takes place in the University of Utah’s Libby Gardner Concert Hall at 7:30 pm on Monday December 6, 2010. The concert and choir will present music of Poulenc, Howells, and Artistic Director Barlow Bradford.

“Once again Barlow directs our nationally recognized musicians in a concert of Christmas music," states Beverly Graham, board member. “Utah audiences have come rely on our annual Christmas concert to joyously launch the holiday season.” Of last year's Christmas concert the Salt Lake Tribune said, "The Utah Chamber Artists are known for their impeccable musicianship and purity of sound...stunning performance[s]."

Featured are carol arrangements from "JOYOUS DAY!", Utah Chamber Artists’ very popular 2006 compact disc about which New Classik says: “The vocal blends are rich and smooth, like the creamiest tomato bisque, and are beautifully supported by the orchestra. The arrangements are stunning, with just the right instrument at the right moment to add the touch that makes it perfect.”

Also on the program is an encore performance of "Christmas Medley", praised by the SL Tribune as "seamless and sophisticated", commissioned by the Highland Park United Methodist Church Choir for a performance with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Utah Chamber Artists’ initial presentation of the Medley was with organ accompaniment. This year's performance includes a full orchestration of three carols - "In Dulci Jubilo", "Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine", and "Hark the Herald Angels Sing.”

Other highlights will be two Bradford premieres of the "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen" and the beloved carol "Away in a Manger". Bradford describes his own interpretation of the former resulted in a "scherzo" for choir and orchestra "with sharp harmonic angles" and a "twinkle in your eye" approach to the carol. A contemplative nod to the past is a performance of Francis Poulenc's haunting "O magnum mysterium" which the Utah Chamber Artists sang at their first Christmas concert.

Actress Anne Cullimore Decker joins the music ensemble as a complement to the evening and will present various Christmas poetry and readings throughout the concert. She comments, "Utah Chamber Artists always give remarkable concerts. It is a privilege for me to have the opportunity to participate in their Christmas Concert."
Ms. Decker has performed as a professional actress and civic leader locally and nationally, on stage and in film.

The audience will join the choir for a couple of carols and is invited to join the musicians in the Atrium of Libby Gardner Hall (1395 President’s Circle) for light refreshments following the concert. The university shuttle runs from Rice-Eccles Stadium to Libby Gardner Concert Hall beginning at 6:15 PM. The concert begins at 7:30 PM. Tickets may be purchased online at kingtix.com, by phoning 801.581.7100, or by visiting utahchamberartists.org. Tickets are $15, $10 for students, or $50 for a family of six. Encore Club memberships are $250 and include two tickets to all performances, preferred seating at the Cathedral Collage Concert, and a recording of each performance.

PHOTOS and INTERVIEWS available for Mr. Bradford and Ms. Decker

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Complete program for "Christmas with Utah Chamber Artists":

1. O Come, O Come Emmanuel arr. Bradford – Choir processional
2. Ding Dong, Merrily on High arr. Bradford (audience favorite)
3. Coventry Carol arr. Bradford (Coventry Carol)
4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (premiere)
5. Away in a Manger (premiere)
6. Sussex Carol arr. Bradford
7. O Come All Ye Faithful - Procession with audience singing
8. O magnum mysterium Francis Poulenc (sung at UCA’s first Christmas concert)
9. Here is the Little Door – Herbert Howells (conductor’s favorite)
10. A Day, a Day of Glory - Barlow Bradford
11. The Shepherds Had an Angel - Barlow Bradford
12. A Christmas Medley - arr. Bradford
In dulci jubilo
Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
Hark the Herald Angels Sing!

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December Events @ UMFA (SLC)


Media contact:
Shelbey Peterson, 801-585-1306
Shelbey.Peterson@umfa.utah.edu

Utah Museum of Fine Arts
December 2010

Celebrate the season with inspiring art and festive events!


SPECIAL EXHIBITION:

Don Olsen: Abstracts from Nature
Opens December 2, 2010
This special exhibition commemorates the 100th birthday of abstract Utah artist Don Olsen (1910-1983). Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, abstraction was unfamiliar to many local audiences, and Olsen’s work was often misunderstood. Today, however, he is acknowledged as one of the most influential and gifted abstract artists to have worked in the region. A student of Hans Hoffmann, Olsen created abstract expressionist works using volumes, colors, and shapes derived from nature. Through large-scale paintings spanning more than forty years, Don Olsen: Abstracts from Nature will highlight prominent works from the artist’s oeuvre.

SPECIAL FREE EVENTS:

Highlights of the Collection Tour
First Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm and all Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 pm
Explore the UMFA galleries through a thirty-minute tour with a trained docent. No pre-registration necessary.

2nd Annual UMFA Holiday Trunk Sale!
Wednesday, December 1 • 4-8 pm
It’s a free, fun-filled shopping day at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, and you’re invited. Listen to holiday music, enjoy tasty treats, and stock up on unique, hand-crafted gifts from Salt Lake City’s finest consignment artists. Find that hard-to-shop-for person the perfect gift with a personal touch. The trunk sale was so much fun last year, we’re making it a tradition! For more information email store@umfa.utah.edu. Thanks to Salt Lake County taxpayers, the ZAP (Zoo, Arts and Parks) Fund enables us to open our doors to Utah residents free of charge on the first Wednesday of each month, which falls on the 2nd Annual UMFA Holiday Trunk Sale.

Day With(out) Art
Wednesday, December 1 • 10 am-8 pm
The UMFA will participate in its annual observance of World AIDS Day by covering a selected work of art from the permanent collection. On December 1, 2010, the UMFA will conceal the beautiful Sowei helmet mask located in the central gallery of the Africa: Arts of a Continent exhibition. The mask’s case will be covered with a black cloth during visiting hours in recognition of Day With(out) Art, a worldwide event that aims to acknowledge the complex issues surrounding the lives of artists and other individuals living with HIV or AIDS. Thanks to Salt Lake County taxpayers, the ZAP (Zoo, Arts and Parks) Fund enables us to open our doors to Utah residents free of charge on the first Wednesday of each month, which falls on Day With(out) Art this year.

Chamber Music Series
Wednesday, December 8 • 7 pm
The UMFA will resonate with sounds of the season this winter as students from the University of Utah School of Music perform chamber music masterpieces in the European galleries. Visit umfa.utah.edu/calendar for more details.

Third Saturdays for Families: Porcelain Plates
Saturday, December 18 • 2-4 pm
On the Third Saturday of every month, UMFA Curators of Education develop exciting opportunities for children and families to learn about art and investigate how it is made. Through hands-on art studio projects and Museum tours, families explore their own creativity while using art from the UMFA’s collection and current exhibitions as a source of inspiration.


ONGOING EXHIBITIONS

Community: Eat, Work, Play
On view through January 9, 2011
Big canvases, bold colors, and intriguing ideas are on offer in Community: Eat, Work, Play. With the help of UMFA educators, first- and sixth-graders from Lincoln Elementary School created large-scale murals that visually represent the various aspects of the title: eat, work, and play.

The Ideal Landscape
On view through February 13, 2011
Chinese landscape paintings do not recreate a natural setting, but instead conjure an ideal scene imagined by the artist. As a result, these intricate depictions of mountains and bodies of water offer expressions of the painter’s heart and mind. This fall, the UMFA will bring together thirteen Chinese landscape paintings dating from the Ming dynasty to the twentieth century in The Ideal Landscape, an exhibition that will be installed in the UMFA’s second-floor LDS Galleria.

Trevor Southey: Reconciliation
On view through February 13, 2011
This retrospective of the life and work of artist Trevor Southey gives prominence to four life passages that have defined Southey’s character and art: his youth in Rhodesia and education in England; his life as a practicing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his desire for a utopian lifestyle created around family, farming, and art; Southey’s decision to acknowledge his homosexuality in 1982, which coincided with the first major public awareness of the AIDS epidemic; and the reconciliation of his life decisions as expressed in his revised artistic approach to the human form. This exhibition is generously supported by the B.W. Bastian Foundation, Jim Dabakis and Stephen Justesen, and Tom and Mary McCarthey.

Yayoi Kusama: Decades
On view through February 13, 2011
Yayoi Kusama: Decades offers a focused presentation of exemplary works by renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. A key figure in the New York art world of the late 1950s and 1960s, Kusama’s pioneering work has galvanized subsequent generations of artists. From her early watercolor paintings of the 1950s to her “accumulation” sculptures of the 1960s, to recent, large-scale “infinity nets” paintings, the exhibition highlights works from each decade of the artist’s long career.

Faces: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art
On view through February 13, 2011
This exhibition brings together classic works of Pop Art and more recent Pop-inflected works, with a focus on the human face and figure. Many works in the exhibition take the form of portraits, such as Alex Katz’s series of screen prints depicting young people in the 1970s, or ironic self-portraits, as in Robert Arneson’s Untitled Trophy (Bust Of Bob), 1978. Faces also includes a selection of Andy Warhol’s famous Polaroid portraits, a recent gift from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, on view at the UMFA for the first time. Ranging from portraits of the rich and famous to unknown figures, Warhol’s Polaroids revel in the idiosyncrasies of his subjects.

salt 2: Sophie Whettnall
On view through February 27, 2011
salt 2: Sophie Whettnall is the second in the UMFA's new series of exhibitions that showcase the work of contemporary artists from around the world. Belgian artist Sophie Whettnall (b. 1973) works mostly with photography, video, and multimedia installations, yet she was trained as a painter and much of her work retains a rich, painterly quality. Whettnall engages the temporal nature of video as a medium, creating images that inhabit a space between stillness and activity as they develop over time. Frequently training her camera on the landscape, she explores the relationship between the self and its surroundings in a world of increasing transience and dislocation. salt reflects the international impact of contemporary art today, forging local connections to the global, and bringing new and diverse artwork to the city that shares the program's name.

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Utah Museum of Fine Arts
University of Utah Campus
Marcia & John Price Museum Building
410 Campus Center Dr
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
(801) 581-7332

Museum Hours
Tuesday–Friday: 10 am–5 pm
Wednesday: 10 am–8 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11 am–5 pm
Closed Mondays and holidays
Visit our website: umfa.utah.edu

General Admission
UMFA Members FREE
Adults $7
Youth (ages 6-18) $5
Seniors & Students $5
Children under 6 FREE
U students, staff & faculty FREE
Higher education students in Utah FREE

Waterscapes Exhibit @ Utah Arts Alliance (SLC: Nov 30 - Dec 31)

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
November 19, 2010
From: UAA Gallery Director, Kent Rigby, (801) 870-2069
kent@utaharts.org

Utah Arts Alliance Announces an Exhibit of Original Fine Art:
WATERSCAPES by Lyndy Lovelady

November 30 – December 31, 2010.
Opening Reception: Friday December 3rd, 6 – 9 p.m.
Public Reception: Friday December 17th, 6 – 9 p.m.
Location: 127 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 12 noon to 8 p.m.

Lyndy Lovelady, a local native artist will exhibit a series of
illustrations themed “Water”. Her focus is to share ocean, river and
lake-scapes as a way to engage others in the creative process.
Lovelady recently published a coloring book called “Impressions of
Southern Utah” to encourage people of any age to color. “Water is
usually on the move. I find it an intriguing challenge to capture the
energy of water at any given moment in time. The landscape around us
becomes easier to interpret when simplified into layers or shapes,
this technique is simplified in the coloring book.”

Lyndy’s artistic expression pours from the magnificent energy of
water, using vibrant blends of Prismacolor pencil to portray its power
and its symbolism in life. Nature is the real theme of each piece.
Water is the star. Water is a gift from mother Earth and a source of
all life. The color and content is vivid and vibrant so the viewer may
feel good inside; like a kiss, a storm, a dance, or a sweet dream,
water reflects a moment. Lovelady’s images of water were recently
featured at the Oasis Café and at the new Central Gallery on 228 East
and 500 South for its Grand Opening this summer. She adds several
unseen fresh new pieces to this collection of works.

The waterscapes are depicted from areas such as Lake Powell, Crack
Canyon, Bluff, high Unitas, Coasts of California, Florida and Kauai,
Hawaii. Prior to creating this body of work, Lyndy’s freelance
graphics business “Artmind Graphics” had her concentrating on a large
project for a local psychic. After creating a deck of 78 full color
Tarot Card Illustrations and the instruction book, “Tarot the Ancient
Translation Tool”, she was able to begin the Water series. Lyndy is
currently creating custom illustrations for other local book authors
such as Murrell Martin’s children’s story “Squeaky’s Christmas Cheese”
and a vintage sailing sea adventure novel cover for Theda Bassett.

The Utah Arts Alliance is a 501c3 non-profit arts organization.
Our mission is to foster the arts in its many forms, to provide venues
to facilitate the arts, to provide programming and support for arts
and education, to provide a central organization committed to
networking and support of Utah’s non-profit arts and educational
groups and to provide support and services to Utah’s artists and
students.

Derek Dyer, Executive Director; Kent Rigby, Gallery Director

Hogle Zoo Animals Get Own Thankgiving Dinner (SLC: Nov 25)

For more information contact:
Lindsey Sine
435-602-9702 lsine@hoglezoo.org
Feast With The Beasts at Hogle Zoo
SALT LAKE CITY - (Nov. 19) - While the turkey is in the oven this Thanksgiving Day, Utah's Hogle Zoo invites you and your family to work up an appetite by attending Feast with the Beasts.

On Thursday, Nov. 25, many of the animals at Hogle Zoo will be treated to their own Thanksgiving meals including large pumpkins, turkey-shaped piñatas and various other enrichment items to help get them into the spirit of the season.

At approximately 10:30, Zuri, our baby elephant, and her mom Christie will host some major stomping as they enjoy an 800 lb giant pumpkin, courtesy of the Giant Pumpkin Growers Association of Utah.

Immediately preceding the pumpkin smashing by the elephants, join representatives from Cache Valley Cheese as they announce the grand-prize-winner of their second annual Signature Recipe Contest. The winner was selected among 20 finalists who submitted recipes incorporating Cache Valley Cheese (or butter) and will be presented an over-sized check for $2,000. The top 20 recipes submitted will be included in an upcoming Cache Valley cookbook.

Feast with the Beasts festivities begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at noon, just in time to slip the pumpkin pie in the oven!

All piñatas created for "Feast with the Beasts" are courtesy of The Soldier Hollow Charter School located in Midway, UT.

For more information, please contact Lindsey Sine at 801.584.1729 or at lsine@hoglezoo.org. For a full list of enrichment activities throughout Feast with the Beasts please visit hoglezoo.org.
Utah's Hogle Zoo is one of only 223 accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA). Look for the AZA logo whenever you visit a zoo or aquarium as your assurance that you are supporting a facility dedicated to providing excellent care for animals, a great experience for you, and a better future for all living things. AZA is a leader in global wildlife conservation, and your link to helping animals in their native habitats. For more information visit www.aza.org.


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Charity Davis-Woodard @ Art Insights, SUU (CC: Dec 2)


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/19/10
Michael French
Public Information Coordinator
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
Office: 435-865-8667
Cell: 805-260-8797
michaelfrench@suu.edu

Photo credit:
Pitcher St. Francis. Photo: Charity Davis-Woodard

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: ART INSIGHTS, CHARITY DAVIS-WOODARD

WHAT: SUU’s Arts Insights showcases the art behind creating wood-fired porcelain pottery. Potter Charity Davis-Woodard shares her approach to creating vividly hued pottery with the audience.

WHO: Art Insights, Southern Utah University, Department of Art and Design

WHEN: Thursday, December 2, 2010

TIME: 7:00pm

WHERE: Centrum Arena, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

TICKETS: Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

PRICES: Free and the General Public is encouraged to attend.



SUU’S ART INSIGHTS TO FEATURE
CHARITY DAVIS-WOODARD, POTTER
DECEMBER 2, 2010

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: The vivid hues set the work of Charity Davis-Woodard apart from most wood-fire ceramic artists. Sharing her approach to creating pottery will be the highlight of her presentation at SUU’s Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series, Art Insights, on Thursday, December 2, 2010. The lecture begins at 7pm in SUU’s Centrum Arena. Admission is free and the general public is encouraged to attend.

A full-time studio potter and part-time educator for 13 years, Charity Davis-Woodard works from her home-based studio where she creates limited production wood-fired porcelain pottery. Her distinctive ceramic works are sold through her showroom and at galleries, select art fairs, and various other venues around the country. Davis-Woodard received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, in 1997. She teaches occasionally at St. Louis Community College-Forest Park as well as several workshops a year for craft schools, pottery guilds and universities. The public is also invited to a hands-on demonstration in the Centrum, Room 203 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Thursday, December 2nd. On Saturday and Sunday, December 4th and 5th, Davis-Woodard will be participating in Toquerville Pottery’s Eighth Annual Holiday Event and Art Sale at 143 N. Toquerville Blvd.. Cedar City, Utah.

Art Insights is a weekly program hosted during the fall and spring semesters by SUU’s Art and Design faculty. Students and community members meet weekly to experience presentations and discussions by visiting artists and art educators from around the nation who share their work and insights and attend gallery openings. Admission is free, and the general public is invited to attend.



Watch a gifted artisan demonstrate the art of creating porcelain pottery by attending Charity Davis-Woodard’s appearance at Art Insights. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.


ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespearean Festival, the performance group Acclamation, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu .





Breaking Bounds 2 Dance Performance @ SUU (CC: Dec 1 - 4)


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/18/10
Michael French
Public Information Coordinator
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
Office: 435-865-8667
Cell: 805-260-8797
michaelfrench@suu.edu

Photo Credits:

Breaking Bounds 1: Bethany Hess, Samijo Kouglioulis, Kara M. Johnson. Photo: Kimberley Shelby.

Breaking Bounds 2: Samijo Kouglioulis. Photo: Kimberley Shelby


FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: BREAKING BOUNDS: Student-Choreographed Dance Concert

WHAT: Breaking Bounds showcases the vibrant work of student choreographers who push their limits in order to create dance that speaks to them and the viewer. It is movement that evolves within their imagination, develops in the rehearsal studio and vividly comes to life on the stage.

WHO: Southern Utah University, College of Performing and Visual Arts,
Department of Theatre Arts and Dance

WHEN: December 1-4, 2010

TIME: 7:30pm

WHERE: Randall L. Jones Theatre, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

TICKETS: (435) 586-7872, Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm, or www.suu.edu/arts .

PRICES: Adults: $10; SUU Faculty & Staff: $8; Student & Youth: $5;
SUU Students: Free with valid I.D.

INFO: Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

SUU’S COLLEGE OF PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS
PRESENTS BREAKING BOUNDS:
STUDENT-CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE CONCERT
DECEMBER 1-4, 2010

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: When dance students move beyond the boundaries put before them, the result is often startling, surprising and exhilarating. This genuine excitement can be found in SUU’s Department of Theatre Arts and Dance’s dynamic Breaking Bounds: Student-Choreographed Dance Concert. Running December 1st through the 4th at the Randall L. Jones Theatre, the performances begin at 7:30pm. Tickets are General Adult Admission: $10.00; SUU Faculty and staff: $8.00; Student & Youth: $5.00; and SUU students are admitted free with a valid I.D.

The concert showcases the vibrant work of student choreographers who push their limits in order to create dance that speaks to them and the viewer. It is movement that evolves within their imagination, develops in the rehearsal studio and vividly comes to life on the stage. These student choreographers have been mentored and encouraged by SUU’s dance faculty: Kay Andersen, Interim Co-Chair, Theatre Arts and Dance Department; Paul C. Ocampo, Associate Professor of Dance; Chien-Ying Wang, Assistant Professor of Dance; and Shannon Vance, Guest Lecturer.

Breaking Bounds features new works by Payden Adams, Aubrianne Bawden, Rebecca Boizelle, Adán Bojórquez Megan Brown, Jamie Crowther, Bethany Hess, Amy Huppi, Kara Johnson, Katelin Ruzzamenti, Ariel Smith, and Jenny Smith.

The roster of performers includes Payden Adams, Carlie Anderson, Camille Anthian, McKenzie Barkdull, Aubrianne Bawden, Mckenzie Black, Ashley Blake, Rebecca Boizelle, Adán Bojórquez, Megan Brown, Morgan Campbell, Jamie Crowther, Sheriann Decker, Alesha Erdmann, Sydney Gordon, Bethany Hess, Amy Huppi, Claire Hyde, Sceri Ivers, Kara Johnson, Micadyn Judkins, Jana Kim, Samijo Kougioulis, Annoeska Kuppens, Amy Lawley, Justine Layton, Ashby Miner, Brian Nelson, Heidi Powell, Tara Prince, Katelin Ruzzamenti, Ariel Smith, Jenny Smith, Amy Van Wagoner, Natalie Vinyard-Houx, Eric Waits, Alex Wall, and Vicki Webb.

In addition, the student choreographers collaborate with student lighting and costumes designers who help bring their vision to the stage. The student lighting designers for Breaking Bounds are Morgan Coutts, McKenzie Denison, Emily James, Amanda McMall, Ryan Orcutt, Holly Pierce, Cami Sheridan and Bryan Sommer. The costume designers are Nerissa Cannon, Miriam Gonzalez-Hernandez, Ruby Graves, Kim Kerr, Molly Niederhauser, Ryan Orcutt, and Kylee Warburton. These design students are mentored by Michael M. Harvey, Interim Co-Chair, Theatre Arts and Dance Department; Wendy A. Sanders, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts; and Brian Swanson, Assistant Professor of Theatre: Technical Direction.

Come and experience dance that is thrilling, stunningly realized and, often, defies gravity. Do not miss Breaking Bounds. For tickets, call the ticket office at (435) 586-7872, Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm, or order online at www.suu.edu/arts . For more information, please visit www.suu.edu/arts or call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800.

SUU’s Theatre Arts and Dance Series continues with Tennessee Williams’ classic American drama, The Glass Menagerie; Stephen Schwartz’s spirited musical, Godspell; and Journeys: Faculty-Choreographed Dance Concert.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespearean Festival, the performance group Acclamation, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu .