JAMES FRANCO HAS CANCELLED HIS JANUARY 27 APPEARANCE AT SALT LAKE ART CENTER’S EXHIBITION OF SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL NEW FRONTIER

For Immediate Release: January 26, 2011
Contacts: Emily Brunt, emilyb@slartcenter.org, 801.38.4201 x 115

JAMES FRANCO HAS CANCELLED HIS JANUARY 27 APPEARANCE
AT SALT LAKE ART CENTER’S EXHIBITION OF
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL NEW FRONTIER

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – James Franco has cancelled his January 27 presentation of his work Three’s Company: The Drama at Salt Lake Art Center’s exhibition of Sundance Film Festival New Frontier. According to his manager, Miles Levy, “With the Oscars so close” he “can’t risk flying.”

Art enthusiasts are encouraged to attend tonight’s performance by award-winning artist Miwa Matreyek, who has performed at multiple TED conferences, LACMA, Biennial of the America’s in Denver, Festival International EXIT in Paris, and is scheduled for Anima Mundi Animatino Festival in Rio de Janeiro as well as for a performance at San Francisco’s Exploratorium just to name a few.

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL NEW FRONTIER
A PERFORMANCE BY: MIWA MATREYEK, MYTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26, 7:00, 8:00, AND 9:00 PM AT SALT LAKE ART CENTER

Brimming with elevated visions of the ways the human body interacts with its surrounding environment, award-winning animator Miwa Matreyek integrates her own shadow into her whimsical, handcrafted, animated worlds. Her breathtakingly beautiful images mix with dreamy original music sung by Anna Oxygen to create glistening realms of enchantment. Myth and Infrastructure expands the scope of the connections to the environment as a whole. See an excerpt of Matreyek's performance: http://vimeo.com/10278043






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.

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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