CEDAR CITY ARTS COUNCIL JOINS AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS' NATIONAL STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SPENDING BY NONPROFIT ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS AN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 02/26/2011
Raymond Inkel
Cedar City Arts Council
435-865-8264
president@cedarcityartscouncil.org
 

 

THE CEDAR CITY ARTS COUNCIL JOINS AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS' NATIONAL STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SPENDING BY NONPROFIT ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR AUDIENCES
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Cedar City, Utah -- The Cedar City Arts Council today announced it has joined Arts & Economic Prosperity IVTM. The research study, which is being conducted by Americans for the Arts, America's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, will evaluate the impact spending by nonprofit arts organizations and their audiences have on their local economies. As one of 200 study partners across all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, the Cedar City Arts Council will facilitate the gathering of detailed economic and event attendance data from nonprofit arts and culture organizations located throughout Iron County. In addition, the Cedar City arts Council will collaborate with the community's other arts organizations to collect surveys from at least 800 arts and culture attendees in Iron County during 2011. Arts & Economic Prosperity IV will allow us to evaluate the impact of the recession on the employment and government revenues that are generated by the nonprofit arts industry. We expect that the findings will demonstrate that the arts remain a formidable industry in spite of our country's recent economic challenges.

 

Customized findings for Iron County will demonstrate the impact of spending by nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences on the economy. Specifically, the study's results will include:

 The total dollars spent by Iron County's nonprofit arts and culture spending
The total dollars spent by audiences as a direct result of their attendance at arts and culture events in Iron County.
 The number of full-time equivalent jobs supported by arts spending.
The amount of resident, household income -- including salaries and wages -- generated by arts spending.
 The amount of local and state government tax revenues generated by arts spending.
"Festival City supports the Arts and these economic studies impress upon our leaders and businesses that the arts are important to the economic health of the county." said Raymond Inkel, President of The Cedar Arts Council. "With over 625 arts and cultural events a year, arts are part of our everyday living."

 

According to Americans for the Arts most recent national study, the national nonprofit arts industry generated 5.7 million jobs and $166.2 billion in total economic activity during 2006, resulting in $29.6 billion in federal, state and local government revenues. The $166.2 billion total included $64.1 billion in spending by arts organizations and $103.1 billion in event-related spending by their audiences on items such as meals, local transportation and overnight lodging. Complete details about the 2005 study are available at www.AmericansForTheArts.org/EconomicImpact .

 

The 2006 Americans for the Arts study showed that in Iron County, the total Economic Impact of the Arts in Iron County was over $22 million, which provided 538 full-time equivalent jobs and $819,000 in local government revenue. Nonresident audience spending for 2006 was $12.0 million, with the average of $92.04 spent by each visitor to Iron County.

 

"Our Arts & Economic Prosperity studies demonstrate that the arts are a formidable industry that stimulates the economy in cities and towns across the country," said Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts. "A vibrant arts and culture industry helps local businesses thrive. Still, much has changed since our last study as a result of the economic downturn. Arts & Economic Prosperity IV will allow us to evaluate the impact the recession has had on employment and government revenues that are generated by the nonprofit arts industry."

 

Americans for the Arts' Arts & Economic Prosperity IV study is supported by The Ruth Lilly Fund of Americans for the Arts. In addition, Americans for the Arts' local and statewide project partners are contributing both time and financial support to the study.

 

The Cedar City Arts Council is an organization that supports local artists in the folk, literary, visual, and performing arts in Cedar City and the surrounding area. By speaking with a collective voice, we seek to have a greater impact on the development of the arts in our community than we would otherwise have.    For more information about the Cedar City Arts Council, contact Raymond Inkel at (435) 865-8264, or by e-mail at president@cedarcityartscouncil.org.

Vocal Point 20th Anniversary Concert @ Covey Center for the Arts: March 3 - 5

For Immediate Release



Contact Information:                                                                                                                                                                        

Danae Friel

(801) 452-7012

dfriel@provo.utah.com

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Vocal Point Wows, Time and Time Again

You know, when most people talk about guys breaking out into song, they are usually most impressed by the four-part harmonies. Well, try eight-part harmonies with a percussion section housed in nothing but a kid's mouth and throat. Oh yeah, and throw choreography and comedy on top of that. Now that, my friend, is impressive.



BYU's internationally acclaimed male a cappella ensemble, Vocal Point, will bring just that to the Covey Center for four compelling performances, Thursday, March 3 through Saturday, March 5.



A unique part of the weekend will be the Saturday matinee, when 80 plus members of Vocal Point alumni will reunite in a 20th Anniversary Concert and each generational group will perform two crowd favorites from their respective years (The Thursday, Friday and Saturday night performances will be performances by the current group.).



It will also be the first time the original Vocal Point group will reunite since 1991, according to Robert Seely, the current group's bass.



He also said all the Vocal Point alumni in attendance will perform a large group number, "Nearer My God, to Thee," arranged by James Stevens, former member and subsequent director.



"I think it's a really fun show, " Seely said. "There's not a song in it I don't like."



Since Vocal Point's inception in 1991, 107 young men have been part of the nine-man ensemble that has performed to sold-out crowds across the nation, wracking up such awards and titles as Champions of the International Championship of Collegiate A cappella (2006) and the winners of three Pearl Awards from the Faith Centered Music Association: Best Performing Artist, Best Recording Group, and Best Religious Recording.



The group performs a wide variety of genres, from pop to rock, country to spiritual, and some songs even border on purely choral styles. The members of the group provide all the instrumental sounds needed for the songs, often with a lead vocalist, sometimes a back-up vocalist, a vocal percussionist and the rest of the ensemble adding instrumentation and texture.



Vocal Point has released six albums to date, but will release a seventh at this concert, called "Back in Blue," featuring recordings of the groups from the last three years. Some highlights, according to Seely, are "We all Need Saving," bye Jon McLaughlin; "Meglio Sta Cera" (It Had Better be Tonight), by Michael Buble; and "Hip to be Square," by Huey Lewis and the News.



Dovy Paukstys, an a cappella enthusiast and Vocal Point fan who has seen the group perform numerous times, siad the amount of polish that goes into each performance is what makes the group truly powerful.



"Each is a great performer in his own right," he added. "And I love how they come together and make a fantastic performance."



Currently at the head of the group is Buck Mangum, the faculty director and former member of the group. Mangum came in as director of the group at the begninning of this school year. He said he brings his own perspective on how a show should run and what works for crowds.



"Vocal Point has always been and always will be one of the greatest shows on stage, " Mangum said. "Right now, my goal is to take a collegiate group and make them look and sound professional."



One aspect of their professionalism are their nine-part vocal arrangements. Mangum, as well as members of the group, contribute in this regard, often spending countless hours listening to songs, transcribing them and customizing them for voices instead of instruments.



And the product is out-of-this-world, according to Jessi Nelson, another Vocal Point fan and former BYU student.



"I love that they are original," Nelson said. "I always leave their performances energized and wanting to sing at the top of my lungs."



And that is what keeps the crowds coming back. They can expect nothing less than that with the upcoming performances.



All the performances will be in the Covey Center's performance hall — the evening performances starting at 7:30 p.m. and the Saturday matinee starting at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for the main floor and $10 for the balcony and can be purchased by phone (801) 852-7007 or online, at www.coveycenter.org .



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The Covey Center for the Arts is Provo's quintessential venue for the fine arts, offering two art galleries, three dance studios, one small black box theatre, and a 670- seat state- of- the- art performance hall. Housed in a beautiful building of 42,000 square feet, the performance hall features a first-class sound system, a 75- foot fly system, a full theatrical lighting system and a full orchestra pit. And to enhance audience members' experience, no seat is more than a measly 60 feet away from the stage. The Covey Center been honored to host world- renowned guest artists on their main stage, including Rockapella, The Beach Boys and STOMP. The Covey Center opened in 2007 and has continually served both local and national artists since.





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Logan Bradford
Covey Center for the Arts
Marketing and Public Relations Intern
(801) 400 2917

"Little Women" @ Utah Opera (March 12 - March 20)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: February 25, 2011

CONTACT: Hilarie Ashton
Public Relations Manager, Utah Symphony | Utah Opera
(801) 869-9027, hashton@usuo.org

UTAH OPERA PRESENTS MARK ADAMO’S “LITTLE WOMEN”

SALT LAKE CITY –Utah Opera will present its company premiere of Mark Adamo’s remarkably successful new opera, “Little Women,” at the Capitol Theatre on March 12, 14, 16 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. and March 20 at 2:00 p.m.

Based on the beloved novel by Louisa May Alcott, the story follows the four March sisters as they experience life, love and loss in 19th-century New England. Adamo’s affectionate 1998 adaptation seeks to capture the original characterizations and themes of the book, giving particular weight to Jo’s continual aversion to the changing relationships in her life and how she learns to overcome it. An excellent starter opera for those who know and love the story and a stunning new experience for the veteran opera-goer, this production will strike a chord with a vast array of audience members.

Cast members include Audrey Babcock as Jo, Jamie Van Eyck as Meg and Tanner Knight as Laurie, Directed by David Gately. The Utah Symphony will accompany each performance, conducted by Christopher Larkin – who also conducted the premiere of the opera in 1998. The opera will be sung in English with English supertitles.

With one twenty-minute intermission, approximate final curtain time will be 10:15 p.m. for evening performances and 4:45 p.m. for the matinee.

April Greenan will deliver a free Opera Preview Lecture on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the 4th floor meeting room of the Salt Lake City Library. Music professor and founding director of the McKay Music Library at the University of Utah, Dr. Greenan has written chapters on women in music and on the multicultural origins of Western music, created program notes for The Kennedy Center and The Lincoln Center and served on the musicology faculty of the University of Maryland at College Park.

Utah Opera Artistic Director Christopher McBeth will hold a Q&A session immediately following each performance in the Founders room on the mezzanine level at Capitol Theatre.

Tickets for the evening’s performances start at $15 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office or by visiting www.usuo.org. Students can purchase discount tickets with a student ID. Season ticket holders and those desiring group discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (6683). Ticket prices will increase $5 when purchased the day of the performance.

For each performance of Little Women, Utah Opera is also offering discounted dinner packages that include a dinner at Benihana’s and a ticket to the opera. Special family deals will also be offered for the Wednesday performance. For more information, contact the Abravanel Hall ticket office.


Little Women
Composed by Mark Adamo based on the book by Louisa May Alcott

CAST
Jo Audrey Babcock
Meg Jamie Van Eyck
Laurie Tanner Knight**
Donna Donna Smith
Beth Angela Theis*
Alma Stina Eberhardt
John Brooke Chad Sloan**
Professor Baehr Christopher Clayton
Gideon Darrell Babidge
Dashwood John Buffett
Aunt March Kimberly Barber


ARTISTIC STAFF
Conductor Christopher Larkin
Director David Gately
Set Designer Scott Reid
Choreography Stacey Orlob-Richins
Costume Designer Susan Memmott-Allred
Lighting Designer Nicholas Cavallaro
Wigs and Make-up Designer Jennifer Lloyd
Chorus Master Susanne Sheston
Musical Preparation Carol Anderson, Thomas Getty, Willem van Schalkwyk
Stage Manager Rachel Henneberry
Assistant Stage Manager Kat Slagell

* Utah Opera Resident Ensemble Artist
** Former Utah Opera Resident Ensemble Artist

Synopsis
Massachusetts during the Civil War 1861-1865

Prologue
In the dark attic of the March house, Jo sits, tired and depressed, writing in her notebook. Her childhood friend Laurie opens the attic door and it is revealed that he has married Jo’s younger sister, Amy. The two argue, and it becomes apparent that they cared deeply for each other, but something has kept them apart.Frustrated, Jo turns back time to discover happier, lighter memories.

ACT I
Jo is still in the attic, but it is two years earlier, and she and her sisters Meg, Beth, and Amy are teasing each other while doing their chores. The game is truth or fabrication, and Laurie has to learn the game for the first time. After the game, Laurie tauntingly tells Jo that his tutor, John Brooke, keeps Meg's glove because he loves her. Jo, alone, sketching a story, fearfully denies that Meg might love him too.

Two weeks later, in front of the March house Mr. Brooke courts Meg while Jo and Laurie watch, hidden. Jo urges the family to reject him and it is decided that Meg is too young to be married. When Mr. Brooke returns, Meg begins to reject him but is interrupted by Cecilia, the girls' aunt. As Cecilia scorns Mr. Brooke for being poor, Meg becomes resolved to accept him. Her family celebrates; but Jo accuses Meg of abandoning her.

The following summer, in the March family garden, preparations for the wedding are being made. Meg and Brooke adapt their parents wedding vows. A feverish Laurie pleads for Jo's love. She spurns him; stung, he flees. Beth, secretly ill, collapses as Meg cries for help.

ACT II
One year later, in the offices of the Daily Volcano, a New York City fiction tabloid, a triumphant Jo sells a story. She has moved to the city to give Laurie time to forget about his proposal to her. Back at her boarding house, she writes to her increasingly fragmented family. The letters reveal that Meg now has twins, and Amy is visiting England. Later that night, a new acquaintance, Fredrich Bhaer, invites Jo to join him at the opera.

At the boarding house, Jo and Friedrich Bhaer engage in a flirtatious debate, while simultaneously in Oxford, Amy tests Laurie’s feelings for Jo. At home, Beth rages at the piano, flinging herself at the keys. Mr. Bhaer ardently recites Goethe to Jo but is interrupted by Alma's desperate telegram. Jo spurns Mr. Bhaer and flees to Concord.

Three sleepless nights later, Beth dozes as her family keeps vigil. Jo bursts in; Beth bids her family leave. Beth urges Jo to accept her impending death, while Jo rages against the unfairness of it. Beth falls asleep and gently dies.

At the March house, the following spring, Cecilia baits Jo with Amy’s letter of happiness together with Laurie. Cecilia reveals that she has revised her will so all her property will pass to Jo and tries to convince her of the allures of solitude. Refusing, Jo retreats to the attic.

As in the beginning, Jo, distraught, stands in the attic alone. Laurie, appearing, again reminisces; but now Jo rejects the past. Her sisters materialize as memories: Jo, in emotional exorcism, celebrates and releases them. Bhaer — her future — appears and Jo extends her hand to him.

Bios

Christopher Larkin
Conductor
Most Recently at Utah Opera, The Italian Girl in Algiers
Recently:
Le Nozze di Figaro, Utah Opera;
The Turn of the Screw, Portland Opera;
La Bohème, Nashville Opera;
Angels in America ,Fort Worth Opera


David Gately
Stage Director ( Seattle )
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Hansel & Gretel
Recently:
Lucia di Lammermoor, Calgary Opera;
La Bohème, Atlanta Opera;
Before Night Falls, Fort Worth Opera
Upcoming:
Little Women, Utah Opera;
Faust, San Diego Opera;
Giulio Cesare, Fort Worth Opera


Audrey Babcock (New York)
Jo March
Utah Opera debut
Recently:
Carmen, Opera Naples, San Antonio Opera, Toledo Opera, Utah Festival Opera;
Rigoletto, Nashville Opera, Florentine Opera, Tulsa Opera;
Little Women, Syracuse Opera
Upcoming:
Carmen, Nashville Opera;
Die Zauberflote, Spoleto Festival USA;
Madama Butterfly, Tulsa Opera


Kimberly Barber (Toronto)
Cecilia March
Utah Opera Debut
Recently:
Little Women, Calgary Opera;
Coronation of Poppea, Opera Atelier;
Werther, Vancouver Opera
Upcoming:
Gala Concert celebrating the life of Maureen Forrester, Stratford Ottawa Chamber Festival;
Das Lied Von Der Erde, Numus Festival


John Buffett (Ohio)
Dashwood
Utah Opera Debut
Recently:
Hansel and Gretel, Opera Memphis;
La Bohème, Mercury Opera Rochester;
Acteon, Boston Early Music Festiva;
Apprentice Artist, Sarasota Opera;
Resident Artist, Utah Opera
Upcoming:
Fellow, Tanglewood Music Festival


Darrell Babidge (UK)
Betto di Signa
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Gianni Schicchi
Recently:
Mozart Coronation Mass, Carnegie Hall;
Songs of the Valley, Ballet West;
Le Nozze di Figaro, Utah Festival Opera;
I Pagliacci, Intermountain Opera;
Elijah, Salt Lake Choral Artists;
The Redeemer, Mormon Tabernacle Choir


Christopher Clayton
Morales
Baritone (Utah)
Most recently at Utah Opera, Yamadori, Madama Butterfly
Recently:
La Bohème, Sacramento Opera ;
Madama Butterfly, Stockton Opera;
Upcoming:
Trouble in Tahiti, Portland Opera;


Jamie Van Eyck (Wisconsin)
Meg March
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Lucia di Lammermoor
Recently:
Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Boston Lyric Opera;
The Marriage of Figaro, Opera Theater of St. Louis;
The Turn of the Screw, Madison Opera
Upcoming:
Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, Madison Symphony Orchestra;
Die Liebe der Danae, Bard SummerScape Festival


Tanner Knight (New York)
Laurie
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Regina
Recently:
La Cenerentola, Opera San Jose;
Regina, Utah Opera;
Rigoletto, Palm Beach Opera
Upcoming:
Boris Godunov, Utah Festival Opera


Stina Eberhardt (Utah)
Alma March
Most Recently at Utah Opera, The Italian Girl in Algiers
Recently:
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Utah Festival Opera;
Princess Ida, Ohio Light Opera;
The Pirates of Penzance, Lyric Opera of San Antonio



Chad Sloan (Kentucky)
John Brooke
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Don Giovanni
Recently:
A Midsummer Night's Dream Wolf Trap Opera
Il Turco in Italia Wolf Trap Opera;
L'Elisir d'Amore Kentucky Opera;
Upcoming:
Carmina Burana, Midland Symphony;
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Bar Harbor Music Festival


Donna Smith (Missouri)
Amy March
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Hänsel und Gretel
Recently:
Messiah, Utah Symphony;
H.M.S. Pinafore, Dayton Opera;
Orpheus in the Underworld, Glimmerglass Opera
Upcoming:
La Fille du Régiment, Dayton Opera


Angela Theis (Michigan)
Beth
Most recently at Utah Opera, Hansel and Gretel
Recently:
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Utah Symphony
Holiday Celebration with Jerry!, Utah Symphony
Messiah Sing-In, Utah Symphony
Die Zauberflöte, Bay View Music Festival
Upcoming:
Beebe Fellowship Recipient, Universität Mozarteum Salzburg

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Hilarie Ashton
Public Relations Manager
801.869.9027
hashton@usuo.org

Spring Class Schedule at Bountiful/Davis Art Center



NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For More Information Contact
Theresa Otteson, 801-292-0367
theresa@bdac.org

Spring Class Schedule at Bountiful/Davis Art Center

Bountiful, Utah, January 2, 2011- Bountiful/Davis Art Center is now offering eleven new classes and workshops scheduled to begin March 22, continuing through April 29, with some classes being ongoing. Students may now register by purchasing classes online at www.bdac.org or call 801-292-0367. Classes and workshops offer something for everyone, and encourage learning a new skill as well as developing existing talents. This spring’s offerings have a variety of children’s classes including drawing, sculpture, Mastering Color, and World Art. Adult classes include instruction in landscape painting, watercolor, drawing, sculpture, and Foundations in Painting. Connie Day will continue her Yoga classes on Tuesday mornings.
This May Bountiful/Davis Art Center will be offering a three day watercolor workshop taught by nationally renowned artist, Carl Purcell. Students can register for this workshop by going to the gift shop online at www.bdac.org or call 801-292-0367. Register early, slots for this workshop are already filling-up.

Classes for children and youth include the following:
Drawing taught by Sarah Maynard, Tuesdays, 4:00 -5:00pm (Elementary Age)
This class focuses on the Elements of Art (line, value, shape, color, texture, and form) the ingredients artists use to make a work of art. Class runs March 22 – April 26 (6 weeks) Tuition: $65
Sculpture for Youth taught by Mike Call. Wednesdays – ongoing, 4:30 – 5:30pm (Ages 10 – 18)
Students will sculpt a life sized portrait in clay, try plaster casting, and create a small animal figurine. Those students who participate in the Scouting program will be able to meet the requirements for a Sculpture Merit Badge. Tuition: $75 (8 Weeks)

Mastering Color taught by Sarah Maynard. Thursdays, 4:00 – 5:00pm (Elementary Age)
Students will learn all about color using various painting techniques such as tempera, gouache, acrylic, oil, and pastels, incorporating examples of the Masters throughout history. Class runs March 24 – 28 (6weeks) Tuition: $65 + $15 Material fee.

World Art taught by Sarah Maynard. Thursdays, 5:15 – 6:15pm (Elementary Age)
Students will learn about the cultures of other regions of the world such as Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Middle East by creating art projects from these regions. Class run March 24 – April 28 (6 Weeks) Tuition: $65 + $15 Material fee.

Classes for older teens and adults include:
Landscape Oil Painting taught by Diane Turner. Tuesdays, 7:00 – 9:00pm
This class is designed for advanced artists who would like to hone their painting skills with this excellent teacher. Classes run March 22 – April 19 (5 Weeks) Tuition: $75

Watercolor taught by Sandi Olson. Wednesdays, 6:00 – 9:00pm
This class covers beginning through advanced students, with a critique for all each week.
Classes run from March 23 – April 27 (6 Weeks) Tuition: $75

Figure Drawing coordinated by Robert McKay, faculty member of the Salt Lake Community College Art Department. Wednesdays, ongoing. Fee: drop-in: $10, with student ID: $7,
Six Weeks: $42. These figure drawing sessions are held in an open forum with live models. No formal instruction is provided. *You must be 18 or older to attend.

Beginning Through Advanced Art taught by Mike Call. Thursdays, 6:00 – 7:30pm
This class provides the opportunity for beginners to advanced students to continue to develop skills, associate with, and get feedback from other artists. Class run March 24 – April 28 (6 weeks) Tuition:$75

Adult Studio Sculpture taught by Mike Call. Thursdays, ongoing, 7:30 – 10:00pm
This unique sculpture class is great for the experienced sculptor who wants to learn new skills as well as for people have never sculpted but want to give it a try. Class runs March 24 – April 28 (8 weeks) Tuition: $100

Foundations in Painting - Restructured taught by Simon Winegar. Thursdays, 6:30 – 9:15
This oil painting class is designed for the serious beginning to intermediate artist, and focuses on a solid foundation in form, value, color, edges and composition while focusing on understanding and discussing the laws and principles of representational art. Classes run March 24 – April 28, (6 weeks) Tuition: $95

Gentle Flow Yoga taught by Connie Day. Tuesdays, ongoing 9:15 – 10:15am
Learn to link movement and breath, still the mind, and reduce everyday stress through gentle flowing movement. Open to all ages and abilities. Tuition: 10 class pack $60, 5 class pack $40, drop-in $8

Carl Purcell Watercolor Workshop, Thursday – Saturday, May 12 – 14, 9:00am – 3:30pm each day.
Students will be focusing on looking beyond the surface details of a subject to respond to the underlying color patterns. This enables the artist to create strong, fresh color patterns for a foundation to that requires less fussy detail. Cost for this three day workshop is $220

For more information about this exhibit and other programs of Bountiful/Davis Art Center, call 801 292-0367 or visit us online at www.bdac.org http://www.bdac.org/ email: info@bdac.org  
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bountiful/davis art center 745 south main street bountiful, UT 84010

phone: (801) 292-0367 fax: (801) 292-7298 e-mail: theresa@bdac.org www.bdac.org




Emma J. Dugal
Executive Director
Bountiful/Davis Art Center
745 So. Main Street
Bountiful, UT 84010
801 292-0367
801 292-7298 (fax)
www.bdac.org

BOUNTIFUL/DAVIS ART CENTER ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 2011 STATEWIDE COMPETITION, Exhibit up through April 1 (Bountiful)

NEWS RELEASE 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For More Information Contact
Emma J. Dugal, 801 292-0367 – emmadugal@bdac.org
Bountiful/Davis Art Center
745 S. Main Street, Bountiful, UT 84010

BOUNTIFUL/DAVIS ART CENTER
ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 2011 STATEWIDE COMPETITION


Erin W. Berrett, Five-O, oil – 2011 Statewide 1st place winner

BOUNTIFUL, Utah, February 24, 2011 – Bountiful/Davis Art Center’s Annual Statewide Competition will be exhibited from February 25 through April 1. This is one of the longest-running juried visual arts exhibitions in Utah highlighting the works of Utah’s most creative visual artists.

The 2011 winners are as follows:

1st Place Erin W. Berrett Five-O oil
2nd Place Paul Vincent Bernard Tremblings Dry Point on aluminum with oil
3rd Place Marcee Blackerby Nesting mixed medium

Honorable Mention Lucia Heffernan Day Dreamer oil
Honorable Mention Lucia Heffernan Just Hatched oil
Honorable Mention Michal Onyon Top of North Canyon oil
Honorable Mention Eru ‘Ed’ Napia Puherkeke(Moon Weaving) Hand built coil pot
Honorable Mention Steve Kropp Layered Desert oil
Honorable Mention Carl Oelerich Havana, Cuba Gelatin Silver Photograph
Honorable Mention Diane Adams Bygone Era watercolor

The juror for this year’s competition is Meri DeCaria, Curator and Director of Phillips Gallery. Meri DeCaria graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the American College in London. In 1990 she moved to Salt Lake City, where she took a position as an art consultant at Phillips Gallery which led to her current position as Director and Curator at Phillips Gallery. Ms. DeCaria’s work as a professional artist includes three commissioned public murals in the downtown Salt Lake City area, as well as a steady exhibit history since 1993. She currently serves on The Utah Museum of Fine Art’s special exhibitions selection committee, and the Eccles Community Art Center’s executive board. She has been an active member of the Salt Lake Gallery Association since 1992 and has been acting President since 2007. Her work is represented at Phillips Gallery.

Juror’s Statement:

“When asked to Jury this exhibit I knew the task would be both pleasurable and arduous. Pleasurable because this community is rich with exceptional artists and arduous because the diversity of work submitted ran the gamut. How does one choose? Over the years I have watched the progression of many artists in this area. I understand the level of effort, joy and sometimes soul searching that goes into the process of completing an artwork. The entries received this year totaled well over four hundred which meant that less than half of that could remain. I would like all who submitted artwork to know that I came away from the jury process with a heavy heart knowing that some would be disappointed As we all know, beyond an art education, subjectivity and pure visceral reaction are a juror’s only tools. Setting sentimentality aside I went to work. There are several outstanding pieces in this show and the variety makes for a wonderful collection of some of the best that Utah has to offer.

I encourage all to continue the pursuit of your passion for art because sharing the thrill of art is for many among the greatest joys in life.”

Meri DeCaria

Award recipients and all participating artists were honored at the opening reception on February 25, 2011 at Bountiful/Davis Art Center.

The exhibit continues through April 1, 2011.

For more information please contact the Bountiful/Davis Art Center, 801 292-0367 or visit us online at www.bdac.org http://www.bdac.org/  


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Emma J. Dugal
Executive Director
Bountiful/Davis Art Center
745 So. Main Street
Bountiful, UT 84010
801 292-0367
801 292-7298 (fax)
www.bdac.org

March @ SLC Film Center (SLC)

xSpecial Guests of the SLC Film Center
NO WOMAN NO CRY
March 20 – The City Library 2:00 PM. An afternoon with Christy Turlington and her film NO WOMAN NO CRY, will share the powerful stories of at-risk pregnant women in four parts of the world, including a remote Maasai tribe in Tanzania, a slum of Bangladesh, a post-abortion care ward in Guatemala, and a prenatal clinic in the United States.
Christy will participate in a post screening discussion.
Presented in partnership with Planned Parenthood of Utah.

An evening with Michael Ondaatje
March 30 – The City Library 7:00 PM. Michael will discuss with the audience the process of translating his novel THE ENGLISH PATIENT into a major studio film.

TUMBLEWEEDS – April 1-3
Full details announced at launch event on March 5

CONNECTED
April 13 – Westminster College 8:00 PM. An Evening with Tiffany Shlain and her film CONNECTED, between texts and tweets, memes and microchips, we’ve become great at breaking the world down into byte-sized bits. In the process we’ve stopped seeing the forest for the trees, never mind the root system that connects them all
Tiffany will participate in a post screening Q&A

CARBON NATION
April 26 – The City Library 7:00 PM. An evening with Peter Byck and his film CARBON NATION, An optimistic (and witty) discovery of what people are already doing, what we as a nation could be doing and what the world needs to do to prevent (or at least slow down) the impending climate crisis.
Peter will participate in a post screening discussion.

TWO SPIRITS
April 11 – The Tower Theater 7:00 PM. An evening with Lydia Nibley and her film TWO SPIRITS, this film explores the cultural context behind the tragic and senseless murder of 16-year old Fred Martinez, a Navajo youth who was part of an honored Navajo tradition - the 'nadleeh', or 'two-spirit', who possesses a balance of masculine and feminine traits.

Lydia will participate in a post screening discussion.

Regular Schedule

Shortlisted Shorts – Three short films from the 2010 Academy Award Doc Shortlist
March 1 – The City Library 7:00 PM.
-BORN SWEET
Directed by Cynthia Wade
A boy comes of age in rural Cambodia while struggling with arsenic poisoning and dreaming of becoming a karaoke star.
-KILLING IN THE NAME
Directed by Jed Rothstein
Follows Ashraf Al-Khaled, whose wedding day was marred by an Al-Queda suicide bomber, as he speaks with victims and perpetrators to expose the true cost of terrorism.
-ONE THOUSAND PICTURES: RFK’s LAST JOURNEY
Directed by Jennifer Stoddart
Tells the story of the thousands of people who lined the route as Robert F. Kennedy’s body made it way from New York City to Washington – which provides an extraordinary portrait of American in the 1960s.

THE LAST MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN: Clips & conversation with Jennifer Jordan
March 8 – The City Library 7:00 PM

In 1939 K2 claimed its first victim. Born into vast wealth yet unwilling to settle for merely a life of leisure, Dudley Wolfe, of Boston and Maine, set out to become the first man to climb the world’s second-highest mountain. After two months on the mountain and suffering from altitude sickness and severe dehydration, he was abandoned at nearly 25,000 feet; it would be another sixty-three years before writer-filmmaker Jennifer Jordan discovered his remains. In a story where “The Great Gatsby” meets “Into Thin Air,” Jordan brings Wolfe and the infamous 1939 American K2 expedition to life through rare 16mm footage and photographs from the expedition and has entertained full houses from Boston, New York, and Washington to LA, Portland, and Seattle, including the Explorers Club in NY, Boston's Museum of Science, and the National Geographic headquarters in Washington DC. Her second book, LAST MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN, details Wolfe's life from birth to his grueling death on the uppermost reaches of K2. It recently won the coveted National Outdoor Book Award.

ALL MY FRIENDS ARE FUNERAL SINGERS
March 11 – Salt Lake Art Center 7:00 PM

Zel is a fortune teller. She lives and works in an old house at the edge of the woods. The house is crowded with ghosts (including a priest, a bride, a mute child, some washed up vaudevillians and a noisy, sight-impaired group of musicians among others) that have been there for as long as she can remember. When a mysterious light appears in the woods the ghosts realize that they are trapped and begin to rebel. Zel is forced to come to terms with the origins of these spirits and letting go of the only family she has ever known.

Download two free songs from the film performed CALIFONE, who provide the score and play the role of the blind band. http://funeralsingersfilm.com/

STUCK!
March 14 – The Tower Theatre 7:00 PM

Beautiful young Daisy feels stuck working as a shopgirl by day and caring for her ailing mother by night. A suicide gone wrong leaves Daisy wrongly imprisoned, while the neighbor whose testimony put her away struggles with guilt. A tongue-in-cheek homage to 1950s women-in-prison films.

Five Art Workshops for Adults with & without disabilities @ Art Access/VSA Utah (March 19, April 16, April 30, May 7, May 21)

Art Access/VSA Utah Announcement
Press Release
11th Annual Adult Art Workshops Series
Salt Lake City, UT - February 24, 2011

Art Access/VSA Utah announces its annual series of five 8-hour art workshops for adults with and without disabilities. Each workshop is taught by a local professional artist.

#1 IMPRESSIONISTIC LAYERED LANDSCAPE
with Michelle Condrat - Saturday, March 19
Participants will explore a mixed media technique of layered chalk pastels, oil pastels, and scraping/carving to create an impressionistic landscape.

#2 FIGURE DRAWING - Life, Memory & Imagination
with Brian Kershisnik - Saturday, April 16
Participants will explore the aspects of assimilating the idea of the human figure in artwork by drawing from a live model, from memory, and using imagination.

#3 FINDING YOUR INNNER PATTERNS through Self Portraiture
with Erica Houston - Saturday, April 30
Participants will invoke emotions and thoughts with self portraits done in colored pencil on patterned paper.

#4 CREATING an OBSESSION for PRINTMAKING
with Jared Nielsen - Saturday, May 7
Participants will create relief prints using carved linoleum blocks, inks, and a small proofing press.

#5 PAINTED FURNITURE as WORKS of ART
with Bonnie Sucec - Saturday, May 21
Participants will think about furniture (an old wooden chair, small table, trunk, magazine rack, etc.) in a whole new way as the form of the furniture suggests a story and how to paint it.

Each all-day Saturday workshop (9AM to 5PM) includes art supplies and a boxed-lunch for a $50 fee (which can be reduced or waived if needed). The workshops will be held in the Art Access/VSA Utah workshop space at 230 South 500 West, #125 in Salt Lake City. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Interested adults should contact Jean at 801-328-0703, option 7 for a registration form.

Contact:
Jean LaSarre Gardner
Workshops Coordinator
Art Access/VSA Utah
801-808-6280
About Art Access/VSA Utah

Art Access/VSA Utah provides equal opportunities to inclusive arts programming for Utahns with disabilities and those with limited access to the arts.
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Weavers Guild Exhibit @ Utah Cultural Celebration Center (WVC: March 10 - April 26)

Weavers Guild Finds Passion, Joy in Creating and Displaying Functional Works of Art

West Valley City – In 1971 the Mary Meigs Atwater Weavers Guild held their first art exhibit, showcasing hand-woven arts by fiber artists living in Utah. Although many of the members of the guild have come and gone since that first show, and some now live in surrounding states, “a few of us just keep going on and on,” explains Susan Hainsworth, member of the Atwater Weavers Guild and current Exhibit Chair of a new exhibit running March 10 through April 26 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City.

Artist Mary Atwater is referred to as “the Godmother of hand-weaving in the U.S.” says Hainsworth. “At the turn of the century, around the time of the Industrial Revolution, [machines] really destroyed and eliminated hand-weaving.” While working to rehabilitate the wounded during WW I, Atwater realized the therapeutic value of working with hands. Little did she know the effect these efforts would make on the resurgence of hand-woven arts throughout the U.S. “All these years later,” continues Hainsworth, “we feel like we’re students of hers in a way. She lived in Utah, here in Salt Lake City, for the last ten years of her life. She gave us permission to use her name for our guild.”

Of course over the years some things have changed in the weaving world. Atwater researched and published books about traditional styles of weaving and international designs that are still created today, but newer, more contemporary designs and techniques exist, too. Coverlets and the designs Atwater discovered in Guatemala, as well as a design known as Inkle – which is thousands of years old – are still created, but now computer drafting and computer-generated designs are fashionable. “Weaving has traditionally been done in square or rectangular patterns,” notes Hainsworth. “But now computers allow for designs that can be curved, and this [technique] is very, very contemporary.”

“Beautiful Threads: A Celebration of Utah Fiber Arts,” the Twenty First Biennial Show of the Mary Meigs Atwater Weavers Guild is Co-Chaired by Susan Hainsworth and Charlene Lind. The exhibit kicks off on Thursday, March 10 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. and runs through April 26. In addition to viewing the items on display, the public is invited to meet artists, watch weaving demonstrations, and enjoy live music and refreshments at no charge.

For more information about this and other exhibits or events at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, call Michael Christensen at 965-5108 or visit www.culturalcelebrationcenter.org Exhibit sponsored in part by the Utah Arts Council and the Salt Lake County Zoo, arts and Parks Program.

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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

"Anne of Green Gables" @ Murray High (Murray: March 11)

Anne of Green Gables Arts Power touring production will be presented on Friday, March 11 at 10 am and 12:45 pm at Murray High. The performance is FREE but tickets are required and can be picked up at the Murray Parks office. Funding support for this production was provided by Onstage in Utah, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Western State Arts Federation (WESTAF) and The National Endowment for the Arts. The Murray Library will host a special event featuring games and activities based on the Anne of Green Gables series to help students prepare for this production on Thursday, March 3rd from 4-5 pm for children in grades 2 and up. Take time to read one of the books!

Connect Artist Events @ Utah Arts Alliance (SLC: begining March 11, ongoing on 2nd Fridays)

February 24, 2011

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT DEREK DYER

801-651-3937

derek@utaharts.org



UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES CONNECT ARTIST EVENTS.


The Utah Arts Alliance (UAA) presents Connect a free monthly event held for artists, art enthusiasts and anyone interested in meeting with people who are a part of creative communities. A casual “meet-and-greet” atmosphere where artists can meet others in their field, showcase select pieces from their portfolio, learn from their peers and vote for their favorite pieces of art that evening.



Time

Friday, March 11 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm


Location

Utah Arts Alliance

2191 South 300 West #1b

SLC Utah 84115



Featuring Special Guest artist Anthony Granato will be giving a presentation on his work and experiences becoming a full time independent professional artist. For more on Granato visit www.anthonygranato.com .



The purpose of Connect is to build an empowered art community by providing a place that will allow artists and the community to connect. Artist's Connect is about bringing together artists, art enthusiasts and the community, creating dialog and educational opportunities and awarding funding to artists through a peer review process.



The Connect Artists Events take place the 2nd Friday of each month. Each event runs from 7:00- 9:00pm. The Utah Arts Alliance assigns a theme for each event (film, mixed media, painting, etc.) This months theme is Painting. At the beginning of the second hour, a professional in the field of the theme speaks for 15 minutes on tools and tricks of the industry.



Vote for Artist Grants!! - Everyone in attendance will be able to vote for his or her favorite piece of art (each artist may bring in a maximum of three pieces to be shown at each event.) It is encouraged that artists, who bring art to feature, will bring the type of art featured in that night’s theme. The artists who earn the most votes in one year will be awarded grant money. All works, even if they do not correlate to the theme of the event, will be eligible for the vote.



Connect is a Program of the Utah Arts Alliance a non-profit 501c3 organization.



The Utah Arts Alliance is funded in part by Salt Lake County Zoo Arts and Parks Program, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City Arts Council and the George S and Dolores Dore’ Eccles Foundation.


Derek E Dyer
Executive Director, Utah Arts Alliance
2191 South 300 West # 1
SLC UT 84115
www.utaharts.org
utahartsalliance@yahoo.com
Phone 801.651.3937
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"Dancing with the Stars" @ SUU (CC: March 9)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 02/24/11
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:
Ariel Young and Rendall Seely perform. Photo: Danelle Cheney/Benjamin Tyrrel

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: “DANCING WITH THE STARS”
WHAT: Star performers and dancers are paired up for a pulsating evening of movement when Southern Utah University’s Ballroom Dance Company presents Dancing with the Stars. The competitors perform a variety of styles including Rumba, Argentine Tango, Hustle, Quickstep, Salsa, Cha Cha, Viennese Waltz and Swing.

WHO: Southern Utah University’s Ballroom Dance Company

WHEN: Wednesday, March 9, 2011

TIME: 7:30pm

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

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

PRICES: $7.00 for general adult admission and $5.00 for all students.

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

SUU’S BALLROOM DANCE COMPANY
PRESENTS “DANCING WITH THE STARS”
MARCH 9, 2011

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: It’s an evening of dancing duos competing against one another in an exciting program of movement when Southern Utah University’s Ballroom Dance Company presents Dancing with the Stars on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 in the Centrum Arena. The performance begins at 7:30pm. Tickets are $7.00 for general adult admission and $5.00 for all students.

Seven talented couples, consisting of a “star” performer and one dancer, are paired up for a program that features a vast array of dance styles. Dancing with the Stars’ program includes such popular styles as the Rumba, Argentine Tango, Hustle, Quickstep, Salsa, Cha Cha, Viennese Waltz and Swing. The judges for the evening are Kay Andersen, Interim Chair of SUU’s Dance Department, Shannon Vance, SUU Guest Lecturer in Dance, and Georgia Beth Thompson.

The roster of “stars” includes Cody Alderson, Jenna DeGering, Sam Findley, Annette Murray, Paul Spruell, Nicole Wangsgard and Jared Wilken. They are paired, respectively, with Rebecca Gutierrez, Dustin Liechty, Carisa Elliot, Tim Jenkins, Rachel Hindle, Rendall Seely and Cindy Stephens.
The Southern Utah University Ballroom Dance Company is one of SUU's outstanding performing groups. The company consists of three performance ensembles with more than 70 student participants. The focus of the group is performing ballroom dances such as the electric American swing, the elegant waltz, the rhythmic samba of Brazil and many more. The SUU Ballroom Dance Company puts on several campus and community events annually including fall showcase, spring showcase, and, of course, Dancing with the Stars. In addition the company reaches out to the surrounding community frequently doing performances for local organizations. This energetic group will keep you tapping your feet as you are entertained by wonderful music, beautiful costumes, and amazing formation ballroom dancing.

The SUU Ballroom Dance Company has toured throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, and Latin America receiving numerous accolades for their performances. The Ballroom Dance Company has quickly grown to become one of the premier performing groups on the Southern Utah University campus. The company maintains a touring program that typically reaches cities across the United States and internationally.

Be part of this truly exhilarating evening. Make your plans to attend Ballroom Dance Company’s Dancing with the Stars.

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.

NEA's Survey of Public Participation Shows 3 Out of 4 Americans Participate in Arts

For immediate release Media contact: Sally Gifford
February 24, 2011 202-682-5606 │ giffords@arts.gov


New look at the NEA’s Survey of Public Participation in the Arts data reveals that 3 out of 4 Americans participate in the arts

Analysis includes a fuller spectrum of artistic genres and participation via electronic media and personal arts creation for a clearer, more accurate picture of arts engagement

Arts education is the leading factor in arts participation, according to report

Washington, DC – A new analysis of data collected by the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) reveals that nearly 75 percent of American adults participate in the arts.

For nearly three decades, the periodic survey has focused primarily on live attendance at “benchmark” arts activities which are defined as live attendance at jazz or classical music concerts, opera, plays, ballet, or visits to art museums or galleries. Although attendance rates have declined or held flat for these activities, this depiction of arts participation habits is incomplete. Going forward, the NEA will measure and analyze a fuller spectrum of artistic genres, arts participation via electronic media, and personal arts creation.

To launch this expanded conversation, the NEA invited Nick Rabkin and E.C. Hedberg of the National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago; Mark J. Stern of the University of Pennsylvania; and Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard and Alan S. Brown of the research firm WolfBrown to mine the SPPA data. Their findings are offered in three, newly released reports that also confirm the importance of arts education, argue for a more expansive system to measure arts participation, and challenge the notion of the “graying” of arts audiences.

“We are encouraging researchers to ask new questions about how Americans engage with the arts, and the new analysis can help arts organizations reach audiences through new venues, new delivery systems, and new approaches.” said NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman. “While this research is encouraging, it also confirms that arts education as a child is an important factor in arts participation as an adult. Arts education is a key way to promote more arts participation.”

Among the key findings:

Using a definition that more accurately reflects Americans’ arts participation, the 2008 SPPA data reveals that 3 out of 4 Americans participate in arts activities. This definition includes a fuller variety of artistic genres, participation via electronic media, and personal arts creation.

· The 2008 SPPA data show that nearly 75 percent of adults attended arts activities, created art, or engaged with art via electronic media. This is more than twice the share of adults (34.6 percent) who attended “benchmark” arts events such jazz or classical music concerts, opera, plays, ballet, or who visited art museums or galleries.

· The highest rates of participation via electronic media—including mobile devices and the Internet—were reported for classical music (18 percent), Latin music (15 percent), and programs about the visual and literary arts (15 percent each).

· In 2008, 24 percent of U.S. adults attended a music, theater, or dance performance at a school, and 19 percent attended such a performance at a religious institution. These percentages are among the highest rates of attendance for any arts activity captured by the 2008 SPPA.

· There are ample opportunities for audience engagement through electronic media, non-traditional venues, and new program formats.


There is a strong relationship between arts attendance and creation. These results suggest that successful audience-building strategies may consist of programs that combine art-making and personal performance with live attendance opportunities.

· Nearly one-third of all American adults (30 percent or 67 million) both attended and created or performed art in the 2008 survey (down from 42 percent in 1992). The percentage of adults who only attend or only create art has remained relatively stable across survey years.

· An American adult who creates or performs art is almost six times more likely to attend arts events than one who does not create or perform art.

· There is a strong link between creating and attending art. Adults who attended a dance performance reported the overall highest rate of creative participation (80 percent) in any artistic discipline. Eighty-one percent of people who engaged in creative writing also read literature, and 60 percent of Americans who created visual art or acted in a play also attended an art museum or gallery, or a theater performance, respectively.



Childhood arts education has a potentially stronger effect on arts attendance than age, race, or socioeconomic status. Long-term declines in childhood arts education have serious implications for the future of arts participation in America.

· In addition to reporting higher arts-attendance rates, those who receive arts education as a child are more likely to create or perform art, engage with the arts via media, and take art classes as an adult.

· In 1982, nearly two-thirds of 18-year-olds reported taking art classes in their childhood. By 2008, that share had dropped below one-half (2.6 million), a decline of 23 percent.

· Declines in childhood arts education from 1982 to 2008 are much higher among African American and Hispanic children than among white children. In that timeframe, there was a 49 percent drop for African Americans, and a 40 percent drop for Hispanic children, compared with a statistically insignificant decline for white children.


Age and generation are statistically significant, but they are generally weak predictors of arts participation. Education levels influence rates of cultural participation much more than the year a person was born.

· There are patterns related to age and generation that are significant. For example, older adults (born in 1955 or earlier) are more likely than younger Americans to be “cultural omnivores,” people who attend a variety of arts events, in different art forms and settings. As these generations have aged, there have been fewer cultural omnivores; furthermore, they are now attending arts events less frequently. It is estimated that 82 percent of the decline in total benchmark arts activities attended between 2002 and 2008 stems from this combination.

· Since the 1970s, broad changes in personal life have influenced arts and civic participation. Although the “cultural omnivore” model may be declining, a more personal, flexible approach to cultural engagement is a growing trend.

· Age and generation may be less important in audience outreach than previously thought.


The Survey of Public Participation in the Arts is the nation’s largest and most representative periodic study of adult participation in arts events and activities. It is conducted by the NEA in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau. Five times since 1982, the survey has asked U.S. adults 18 and older about their patterns of arts participation over a 12-month period. Recently, the NEA has convened both researchers and arts practitioners to consider the survey. Calls for a more accurate reflection of Americans’ arts participation has led to the wider spectrum of questions being asked about arts engagement. Results from a 2012 survey will be released in 2013.

The three new NEA research reports are Arts Education in America: What the declines mean for arts participation by Nick Rabkin and E.C. Hedberg; Beyond Attendance: A multi-modal understanding of arts participation by Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard and Alan S. Brown; and Age and Arts Participation: A case against demographic destiny by Mark J. Stern. These research notes, along with a digest summarizing the findings of all three studies, are available in the Research section of the NEA website.

About the National Endowment for the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts was established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. To date, the NEA has awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. The NEA extends its work through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector. To join the discussion on how art works, visit the NEA at www.arts.gov .

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Records preservation grant funding available

News Release

State of Utah
Department of Administrative Services
3120 State Office Building
Capitol Hill Complex
450 North State Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Tel: 801-538-3010
Fax: 801-538-3844
http://www.das.utah.gov

Gary R. Herbert, Governor
Kimberly Hood, Executive Director
Patricia Smith-Mansfield, Division Director

For Immediate Release
For additional information, contact Glen Fairclough, 801-531-3841.

Records preservation grant funding available

The Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board (USHRAB) seeks proposals for fundamental archival activities that promote the preservation of and public access to Utah's historical records and documents. Funding is available for either preservation or access projects.

Preservation Projects: The USHRAB seeks proposals for the processing and preservation of historical records in Utah. Eligible projects might include basic and detailed processing of collections, conservation and preservation treatment plans and projections on collections, and/or purchasing archival supplies for processing, or the appropriate housing of collections. Digitization is not eligible as a preservation project. Preservation projects will be given funding priority.

Access Projects: The USHRAB seeks proposals promoting access to historical records. Eligible projects might include creating encoded archival description (EAD) finding aids. Digitization projects might be eligible as access projects if they make use of existing holdings of locally or regionally significant historical record collections. The materials should already be archivally processed so that projects can re-use existing information to serve as metadata for the digitized collection. The original materials must be retained and maintained. Digital versions must be available online and on the Mountain West Digital Library. Digitization projects must adhere to the metadata standards of the Mountain West Digital Library.

Grants fund one-time projects and are evaluated on how the project directly affects the program of the repository. The project must provide results that are measurable and are related to the preservation and accessibility of the historical records within the collection. Collections must be made available to the public at the completion of the project during regularly scheduled hours or by appointment. Grants will be provided up to a maximum amount of $2,500. This grant funding comes from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the grant-making arm of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Draft applications are encouraged and must be received by March 28, 2011. The application will be reviewed and applicants will receive feedback. The final application is due by April 25, 2011. USHRAB support begins no earlier than July 1, 2011, and projects must be completed by June 15, 2012. An application is available at http://archives.utah.gov/USHRAB/forms-menu.html. For further information, contact Janell Tuttle at jtuttle@utah.gov.

Zooperhero Day @ Hogle Zoo (SLC: Feb 26)

For more information contact:
Lindsey Sine
435-602-9702 lsine@hoglezoo.org

Zooperheros Unite at Utah's Hogle Zoo

SALT LAKE CITY (Feb. 23) - Comic book writers may have had some special animals in mind when they came up with ideas for their superhero's powers, and Utah's Hogle Zoo is spreading the word that those superpowers might be close to reality as it hosts its first annual Zooperhero Day Saturday, Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

On Zooperhero Day children are encouraged to dress as their favorite superhero to get $1 off their admission for the day. Once inside the Zoo, animal keepers will be giving guests an up close look at animals that possess superpowers like flying, night vision, incredible running speed, invincible body armor, and more. Animals featured during the superpower presentations include Amur Tigers, Bats, Spider Monkeys, Elephants and Apes, to name a few.

Adding to the excitement will be Night Flight Comics, which will be in the gift shop alcove from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. handing out free comics, coloring books and one-of-a-kind drawings from real-life comic book artist Bill Galvan.

Join Utah's Hogle Zoo this Saturday for the Zooperhero fun, and see which of our animals has your favorite superpower!
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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Cermaist Trevor T. Dunn @ SUU's Art Insights (CC: March 10)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 02/23/11
Michael French
Public Information Coordinator
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
Office: 435-865-8667
michaelfrench@suu.edu

Photo credit:
"Hemisphere Block." Credit: Courtesy of Trevor T. Dunn

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: ART INSIGHTS, TREVOR T. DUNN
WHAT: A ceramist who specializes in wood firing and salt/soda firing, Trevor T. Dunn talks about his craft and shares his experiences in kiln building during his appearance at SUU’s Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series, Art Insights.

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

WHEN: Thursday, March 10, 2011

TIME: 7:00pm

WHERE: Centrum Arena, Section K, 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
CERAMIST TREVOR T. DUNN
MARCH 10, 2011

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: A ceramist who specializes in wood firing and salt/soda firing, Trevor T. Dunn talks about his craft and shares his experiences in kiln building during his appearance at SUU’s Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series, Art Insights, on Thursday, March 20, 2011. The lecture begins at 7pm at SUU’s Centrum Arena. Admission is free and the general public is encouraged to attend.

Trevor T. Dunn earned his undergraduate degree in sculpture and ceramics from the University of South Florida in 1996, and then moved to Durango, Colorado, where he set up a studio and built a small anagama kiln to pursue his interest in wood-fired pottery. Dunn joined the faculty at San Juan College in 1999 teaching ceramics and sculpture. In 2003, he built another anagama kiln in Riverside, New Mexico, to produce larger works. In 2009 he received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics from Utah State University and received the 2009 NCECA Graduate Student Fellowship Award for a proposed study and film project in Jianxi, China. He has taught workshops around the country in wood firing, salt/soda firing, and kiln building. Dunn is currently an adjunct faculty member and the ceramic studio coordinator at Utah State University and continues to teach at San Juan College in the summers.

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.

Learn innovative firing techniques and insights into kiln building when ceramist Trevor T. Dunn shares his experiences 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.

"The Mikado" @ SUU (CC: March 9 - 12)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 02/23/11
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

Photo credit: The Mikado (Greg Watts) is confronted by his future daughter-in-law, Katisha (Geneil Perkins). Photo: Courtesy of SUU CPVA.

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: SUU'S MUSIC MASTERWORKS SERIES: THE MIKADO
WHAT: Love and the law have never been more fun than in Gilbert and Sullivan’s melodious comic treasure, The Mikado. SUU’s Music Masterworks Series presents the devilishly witty musical satire which features such memorable songs as "A Wand'ring Minstrel I," "Three Little Maids from School Are We" and "Here's a How-de-Do."

WHO: Southern Utah University, Department of Music, Music Masterworks Series

WHEN: March 9-12, 2011

TIME: 7:30pm

WHERE: Heritage Center Theater, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

TICKETS: (435) 586-7872, M-F 8 am- 4:30 pm, online at www.suu.edu/arts or purchase at the door.

PRICES: General admission adult tickets are $8, $6 for SUU Faculty and Staff, $4 for students and children and SUU students are admitted free with a valid student ID.

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

SUU’S MUSIC MASTERWORKS SERIES PRESENTS
GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S COMIC MASTERPIECE
THE MIKADO
MARCH 9-12, 2011

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Love and the law have never been more fun than in Gilbert and Sullivan’s melodious comic treasure, The Mikado. SUU’s Music Masterworks Series presents the devilishly witty musical satire March 9-12, 2011, at the Heritage Center Theater in Cedar City. Performances begin at 7:30 pm. General admission adult tickets are $8, $6 for SUU Faculty and Staff, $4 for students and children and SUU students are admitted free with a valid student ID.
W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's deliciously fun-filled classic operetta brilliantly satirizes British politics and social institutions by disguising them as the mythical Japanese town of Titipu. Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado, has fled from Court to avoid marrying the domineering Katisha. In the disguise of a second trombone, however, Nanki-Poo has fallen in love with beautiful Yum-Yum, who is officially engaged to her guardian Ko-Ko, who has been recently raised to the exalted rank of Lord High Executioner. In no time at all, the wickedly funny plot complications quickly collide – and the hilarity is highlighted by a series of classic songs. Filled with rich melodies by Arthur Sullivan and biting lyrics by W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado features such memorable songs as "A Wand'ring Minstrel I," "Three Little Maids from School Are We," and "Here's a How-de-Do." It is fun for all ages.

Produced by Professor Carol Ann Modesitt, Director of SUU’s Opera Theatre, the stage production is directed by Peter Sham, Interim co-Chair of SUU’s Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, with musical direction by Gerald Rheault. Sham is no stranger to The Mikado for he played the role of Pooh-Bah in 1996 for Utah Shakespeare Festival. Kiki Thompson is the assistant director and rehearsal stage manager.

Greg Watts plays the show’s title role and Matthew Clegg undertakes the role of his son, Nanki-Poo. Samantha Ontiveros is Yum-Yum, while Shaye Leavitt and Sarah Jane Maxwell portray her singing co-horts, Peep-Bo and Pitti-Sing. Geneil Perkins is the formidable Katisha, and Mario Castro plays the put upon Ko-Ko. Aaron Walker (Pish Tush), Sterling Young (Guysha) and Barrett Penrod (Poo Bah) are featured in the principal cast.

Members of the ensemble include Cameron Aboroa, Ally Best, Josh Durfey, Hannah Elton, Laney Fowle, Athena Hawks, Taliah Johnson, Kjersti Jones, Tyler Knight, Collin Longhurst, Daniel Palmer, Janese Shaw, Michael Wager, Lexie Way, Sarah Williams, and Sterling Young.

The creative team features choreography by Mindy Young, scenery by Wing-And-A-Prayer, Inc., costume design by Monica Salmond, lighting design by Jason Clark, sound design by Kyle Cook, prop design by Karina Bolton and Jayson LeBaron, make-up design by Lizzy Anderson, production consultant and wig mastering by Cesar Ad́an Bojórquez and Natalia Castilla. The production stage manager is Zac Trotter.

Travel to the exotic and hilarious land of Titipu, when SUU’s Music Masterworks Series presents the delightful musical masterpiece, The Mikado. 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.

Utah Symphony Announces 2011 Deer Valley Music Festival (Park City: July 16 - August 13)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 22, 2011

CONTACT: Hilarie Ashton
Public Relations Manager, Utah Symphony | Utah Opera
(801) 869-9027, hashton@usuo.org

THE 2011 DEER VALLEY® MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS JULY 16 – AUGUST 13, 2011

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Symphony | Utah Opera’s eighth annual Deer Valley® Music Festival (DVMF) will return July 16 through August 13, 2011 with performances featuring guest artists Idina Menzel and Chris Botti, the music of the Eagles and Queen and a performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

For the past seven years, DVMF has brought the best Pops, Classical, Family, and Chamber music performances to the picturesque mountains of Park City. Multiple performances each week give patrons a wide variety of events to choose from.

Friday Classical concerts and Saturday Pops concerts will be held at the Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater where audience members are invited to picnic under the stars after a day of shopping, hiking or golfing. Chamber concerts will be held on Wednesdays and Thursdays in the more intimate setting of Park City’s St. Mary’s Church or Temple Har Shalom.

Ticket packages and group tickets for all Festival concerts go on sale Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Ticket-buyers can call 801-533-NOTE (6683) or buy online at myusuo.org. Single tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday, March, 21, 2011. At that time, ticket buyers can call 801-355-ARTS (2787), by in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office, or visit deervalleymusicfestival.org. Student discounts will be available for select performances. Ticket prices will increase $5 when purchased the day of the performances.

Pops and Classical at Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater

Saturday Pops concerts at the Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater will include a little bit of everything: rock, pop, jazz and Broadway show tunes.

The series will open with the timeless Music of the Eagles, followed by best-selling jazz artist Chris Botti performing with the Utah Symphony. Broadway powerhouse and “Glee!” favorite Idina Menzel will also perform with the orchestra. Another incredible evening of popular Broadway showtunes with Jerry Steichen and noted stars from Broadway will then return to the Festival, and the series will conclude with the music of Queen.

Friday Classical series concerts, also at the Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater, will include performances with Time for Three and the Von Trapp Family Children. The Utah Symphony will also present a performance of Holst’s The Planets, accompanied by projections of stunning NASA images above the stage. Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture will then close the series.

Wednesday and Thursday Chamber Series at St. Mary’s Church

Wednesday Chamber Orchestra concerts at St. Mary’s Church will feature Utah Symphony performances of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, an evening of Eastern European dances and Bottesini’s Gran Duo Passione Amorosa for two basses.

The serene setting of St. Mary’s will also host the Chamber Ensemble Series on Thursdays. Audiences will enjoy performances by Trio Voronezh (folk music band), Anonymous 4 (vocal a cappella quartet) and the always popular Muir String Quartet. Temple Har Shalom will host a performance featuring works from the Jewish American songbook.

Other Events

VIP packages prior to both Friday and Saturday performances will continue at this year’s Festival and include VIP parking, pre-concert gourmet dinner at the resort, premium reserved seating and access to the intermission reception. Our VIP package pricing includes a charitable contribution built into the various package options. Salon Events will also continue, featuring intimate performances in luxurious private residences by Festival artists. Cost will be $125 per person. For, more information regarding VIP packages and our Salon Events schedule please call (801) 869-9010 or email vipevents@usuo.org .

Volunteer Information

Volunteers for the festival are needed in multiple positions: ushers, ticket takers, backstage, etc. Benefits include complimentary tickets for the night the person volunteers, plus optional discounted tickets. Contact Ashley Magnus at volunteers@usuo.org or (801) 869-9050 for more information.

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2011 Summer Calendar

July 16, 2011 (Saturday) | 7:30 PM
Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheatre
The Music of The Eagles with the Utah Symphony
Brent Havens, Conductor



July 20, 2011 (Wednesday) | 8 PM
St. Mary’s Church
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
David Cho, Conductor
Chad Hoopes, Violin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture from Der Shauspieldirector, K. 486 (“Impresario”)
Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 104 In D Major (“London”)
Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons



July 21, 2011 (Thursday) | 8 PM
St. Mary’s Church
Trio Voronezh

Trio Voronezh’s astonishing virtuosity and delightful artistic innovation gives the trio the ability to alter the way audiences experience classical, folk and contemporary repertoire.
Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times beautifully sums up a performance: “The traditional pieces brought the crowd to life, clapping enthusiastically as the rhythms accelerated… Vladimir Volokhin, Valerie Petrukhin, and Sergei Teleshev -- three players, alone on a large open stage, filling every crevice with their rich, imaginatively conceived music."



July 22, 2011 (Friday) | 7:30 PM
Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheatre
The Von Trapp Children and the Utah Symphony
The von Trapp Children/The Sound of Music (45th anniversary of film release)
Jerry Steichen, Conductor

Meet Sophia, Melanie, Amanda, & Justin (great-grandchildren of Captain von Trapp) when they sing Do-Re-Mi, The Lonely Goatherd, My Favorite Things, Edelweiss, Climb Every Mountain and many other songs with your Utah Symphony.



July 23, 2011 (Saturday) | 7:30 PM
Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheatre
Chris Botti and the Utah Symphony

Grammy nominee, best-selling American jazz instrumentalist and versatile trumpeter Chris Botti has appealed to fans of all musical genres for over a decade. He will join the Utah Symphony for an unforgettable performance with his notorious jazz-pop fusion style.



July 27, 2011 (Wednesday) | 8 PM
St. Mary’s Church
Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor
Zach de Pue, Nick Kendall, Violin
Ranaan Meyer, Double Bass

Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066
Bottesini Adagio from Concerto No. 2 for Double Bass
Ranaan Meyer, Double Bass
Johann Sebastian Bach Double Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1043
Zach de Pue, Nick Kendall, Guest Artists



July 28, 2011 (Thursday) | 8 PM
St. Mary’s Church
Muir String Quartet
Peter Zazofsky, Violin
Lucia Lin, Violin
Steven Ansell, Viola
Michael Reynolds, Cello



July 29, 2011 (Friday) | 7:30 PM
Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheatre
Summer Pops with Keith Lockhart
Keith Lockhart, Conductor
Time for Three, Guest Artists

Keith Lockhart conducts this performance featuring Christ Brubeck’s Travels in Time for Three and an array of pops repertoire with the popular string trio, Time for Three.



July 30, 2011 (Saturday) | 7:30 PM
Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheatre
Idina Menzel and the Utah Symphony
Keith Lockhart, Conductor

Broadway powerhouse and “Glee!” favorite Idina Menzel – the Tony Award-winning “Elphaba” from international blockbuster Wicked – performs for one-night only with the Utah Symphony. With a diverse repertoire of classic pop, Broadway favorites (including hits from Wicked and Rent), as well as songs from her album “I Stand,” India Menzel demonstrates why she is one of the great vocal performers of our time.



August 3, 2011 (Wednesday) | 8 PM
St. Mary’s Church
Eastern European Dances
David Lockington, Conductor
Marie Rossano, Violin

Antonin Dvořák Czech Suite in D Major, op. 39
Camille Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, op. 28
Marie Rosssano, Violin
Béla Bartók Rumanian Folk Dances
Maurice Ravel Tzigane
Marie Rosssano, Violin
Zoltán Kodály Dances of Galanta

First Laureate prize winner at the Stradivarius International Violin Competition in July of 2010, gifted young violinist Marie Rossano will join the Utah Symphony for an intimate performance in St. Mary’s Church.



August 4, 2011 (Thursday) | 8 PM
Temple Har Shalom
“Of Thee I Sing – The Jewish American Songbook”



August 5, 2011 (Friday) | 7:30 PM
Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheatre
Holst’s The Planets
David Lockington, Conductor

One of Holst’s most recognizable works will come to life on the hill with breathtaking footage from NASA missions projected on screens above the Utah Symphony.



August 6, 2011 (Saturday) | 7:30 PM
Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheatre
Broadway Rocks!
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Mandy Gonzales, Guest Artist
Rob Evan, Guest Artist
Aaron Lazar, Guest Artist

Top-notch Broadway vocalists join the Utah Symphony performing selections of rock and pop songs from the Broadway stage. Favorite Broadway shows are in the spotlight, featuring songs from rock-inspired Broadway hit musicals such as The Wiz, Hairspray, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mamma Mia, Tommy, and Phantom of the Opera.



August 10, 2011 (Wednesday) | 8 PM
St. Mary’s Church
Italian Elegance
David Lockington, Conductor
Corbin Johnston, Bass
David Yavornitsky, Bass

Giovanni Bottesini Symphony No. 4 in A Major, op. 34, G. 518
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Adagio in G Minor
Giovanni Bottesini Gran Duo Passione Amorosa
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto Grosso in D Minor, No. 11, op. 3
Luigi Boccherini La Musica Nottuma di Madrid
Ottorino Respighi The Birds Suite
Gioacchino Rossini Overture to Il Signor Bruchino



August 11, 2011 (Thursday) | 8 PM
Anonymous 4

Renowned for their unearthly vocal blend and virtuosic ensemble singing, the four women of Anonymous 4 combine historical scholarship with contemporary performance intuition to create their magical sound. Enchanted both by their live performances and by their eighteen recordings of medieval, contemporary, and American music, Anonymous 4's listeners have bought nearly two million copies of the group's albums on the harmonia mundi label.



August 12, 2011 (Friday) | 7:30 PM
Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheatre
1812 Overture & AUDIENCE CHOICE REPERTOIRE NIGHT
David Lockington, Conductor
Dmitri Levkovich, Guest Pianist

Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 16
Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky “1812” Ouverture Solennelle, op. 49
Audience Choice TBA



August 13, 2011 (Saturday) | 7:30 PM
Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheatre
The Music of Queen with the Utah Symphony
Brent Havens, Conductor



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Hilarie Ashton
Public Relations Manager
801.869.9027
hashton@usuo.org

Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs @ Utah Arts Festival Summer Solstice Show (SLC: June 18)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs to headline the 2011 Summer Solstice Show
with supporting acts Brandi Carlile and The Secret Sisters


Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 7 p.m. Library Square, Downtown Salt Lake City
Tickets Go On Sale: Saturday, March 5 at 10 a.m.

Salt Lake City, UT: Fresh off their Grammy win for Best Contemporary Folk Album, Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs will headline the 2011 Summer Solstice Show, Saturday, June 18, 7 p.m. at Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City. Supporting acts are Brandi Carlile and The Secret Sisters.
LaMontagne & the Pariah Dog’s Grammy award-winning album God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and #1 on the Digital Album chart. This marked a personal-sales-best for LaMontagne and tied his debut chart position at #3 with “Gossip in the Grain.” The single, “Beg Steal or Borrow” became his first radio #1 on the AAA BDS and Mediabase. The Associated Press called the album “one of the year’s best,” while the New York Daily News’ 5 star review said the album is “one of the stand out releases of the year.”
The “Pariah Dogs” are Jay Bellerose (drums), Jennifer Condos (bass), Eric Heywood (guitar) and Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar).
Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile’s albums include her breakout sophomore release The Story (2007) and its highly regarded follow-up Give Up the Ghost (2009).
Retro country up-and-comers, The Secret Sisters’ self-titled album debut was produced by T Bone Burnett and their debut 45 was released by Jack White’s Third Man Records.
Tickets go on sale to the public on Saturday, March 5, 10 a.m. on line at www.summersolsticeshow.com and in person at Graywhale and Slowtrain record stores.
The Summer Solstice Show is a fundraiser for the 2011 Utah Arts Festival to be held June 23–26 on Library Square, downtown Salt Lake City.


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MEDIA CONTACT:
Eugenie Hero Jaffe
Bombshell Music & Media
801.599.2040
eugenie@getbombshell.com
www.getbombshell.com

"How do I pronounce her name," you ask? Say: U•je•knee






Law Saturdays for Artists, Musicians, and Writers at Salt Lake Art Center (SLC: March 12, April 9, and May 14)

For Immediate Release

February 24, 2011

Contact:

Emily Brunt | emilyb@slartcenter.org | 801.328.4201 x 115



Salt Lake Art Center and Utah Lawyers for the Arts Announce Art + Law Saturdays

Starting Saturday March 12, 2011



SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Salt Lake Art Center and Utah Lawyers for the Arts are pleased to announce Art + Law Saturdays, a series of workshops on the second Saturdays of March, April, and May, 2011, for the benefit of the arts and entertainment community in Utah. Attendees are encouraged to attend workshops with specific topical questions they would like to address. This series’ topics will include: Music and the Law, Essential Law for Visual Artists, and Publishing Law and Book Contracts. Admission is free and no pre-registration is required.



Music and the Law

Saturday, March 12, 2011, 1:00 - 4:00 PM

Learn what you need to know to succeed in the business of music by protecting your rights and understanding music industry practices and terms.

• How music publishing works, and how to make money

• Recording, agency, performance, distribution, licensing, and management agreements –what’s important

• New technologies and new business models

• Street law: law for life

• Open session: Q&A



Essential Law for Visual Artists

Saturday, April 9, 2011, 1:00 - 4:00 PM

If you are creating art, selling art, and consigning art, you need to know your rights. This is a basic primer for visual artists on how to protect their creative work and engage in the business of art.

• Jeff Koons & Shepard Fairey: copyright, fair use, and trademark

• Dealing with galleries and auction houses

• Contracts and licensing

• First Amendment, rights of publicity

• Visual Artists Rights Act

• Street law: law for life

• Open session: Q&A



Publishing Law and Book Contracts

Saturday, May 14, 2011, 1:00 - 4:00 PM

Learn about book contracts, how they protect you, and how they don’t. What rights do you need to write about someone and to use others’ writings, photographs and other images? When do you have to worry about getting sued?

• Books?: the future of the publishing industry

• What you can expect in a book contract and what you can negotiate

• Copyright, permissions, fair use, trademark

• Ghostwriting and works for hire

• Defamation

• Street law: law for life

• Open session: Q&A



Utah Lawyers for the Arts Formed in 1983, Utah Lawyers for the Arts is a not-for-profit organization that refers qualifying artists and arts organizations to volunteer lawyers licensed in the State of Utah who provide free legal services on art-related matters. Utah Lawyers for the Arts encourages lawyers to become involved in the arts and supports education for lawyers on art-related matters and for artists and arts organizations on law- and business-related matters.www.utahlawyersforthearts.org



Salt Lake Art Center Salt Lake Art Center is Utah’s premiere venue for contemporary art. Founded in 1931 and now located in the heart of Salt Lake City, the Art Center exhibits groundbreaking work by leading local and international artists. Recent exhibitions include Contemporary Masters: Artist-Designed Miniature Golf, and Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier program. Upcoming exhibitions include site-specific creations by the California artist collective Fallen Fruit; Robert Fontenot’s The Place This Is, a conceptual exploration of the stories and histories of Utah and America through materials commonly associated with the domestic realm; and community installations designed to move the very best in contemporary art outside the four walls of the gallery and into places where people work, live, and play. The Art Center rounds out its offerings with a lively mix of award-winning educational programs, film screenings, panel discussions, and events celebrating Salt Lake’s vibrant local art scene.



Salt Lake Art Center

20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City UT 84101

801.328.4201 | www.slartcenter.org

TUE-THU & SAT 11 AM – 6 PM

FRI 11 AM – 9 PM



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Helen Leavitt Photography Exhibit @ Utah Museum of Fine Art (SLC: Feb 24 - June 12)


PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
––Shelbey Peterson, 801.585.1306, UMFA Public Relations and Marketing Associate
Shelbey.peterson@umfa.utah.edu
––Jill Dawsey, 801-585-3475, UMFA Acting Chief Curator/
UMFA Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, jill.dawsey@umfa.utah.edu


Helen Levitt Photographs
February 24–June 12, 2011


Salt Lake City, UT- In the words of author Robert Coles, “Helen Levitt has had the uncanny ability to offer us those brief, revealing moments in everyday life that give our time here meaning.” The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is pleased to present Helen Levitt Photographs, an exhibition celebrating the influential works of one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century. This exhibition is presented with support from Albion Financial Group.

Consisting of more than thirty photographs from the museum’s permanent collection, Helen Levitt Photographs will be on view in the UMFA’s second-floor LDS Galleria from February 24, 2011–June 12, 2011. Many of the works in this exhibition were donated to the UMFA by Helen Levitt’s family, including her brother, Bill Levitt (1917-2009), of Alta, Utah; Bill’s wife, Mimi Levitt; Bill’s son, Toby Levitt, of Salt Lake City, Utah; and Toby’s wife, Heather Levitt.

This presentation of photographs highlights key periods in the career of artist Helen Levitt (1913-2009), with a special focus on her urban street images of children and everyday life in the late 1930s and early 1940s––when Levitt emerged as a key member of the New York School photographers––as well as later works from her long and accomplished career.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Levitt was a self-taught photographer who lived and worked in the same place for over seventy years. Levitt began her photography career in 1931 when she dropped out of high school to work for commercial photographer J. Florian Mitchell. During this period, Levitt came to know several leading photographers of the time, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, and Ben Shahn, and she was greatly influenced by their desire to inspire social change through photography.

Levitt began her life-long fascination with urban street life in 1937 while teaching a children’s art class. She became fascinated with ephemeral chalk drawings on New York City streets, and soon began photographing the transitory drawings and the children who made them. From that time on, Levitt focused her work on children who viewed the streets as their playground, and the everyday lives of ordinary people in the city’s working class neighborhoods. Levitt’s black and white photographs during the 1930s and 40s captured fleeting moments in a lyrical, unobtrusive style.

In 1939, Levitt’s noted photograph, Halloween, was included in the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) inaugural exhibition for its new photography section. During the same year, her work was published in Fortune magazine. Four years later the MoMA held Levitt’s first solo exhibition, titled Helen Levitt: Photographs of Children.

Levitt took a job as a film editor in the early 1940s, and soon began working on documentaries and films of her own. In 1948, Levitt was nominated for an Academy Award for The Quiet One, which she wrote and created with Janice Loeb and James Agee. Levitt continued making films for nearly twenty-five years.

In 1959 and 1960, Levitt received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, and returned her focus to still imagery. Levitt was a pioneer in color photography, capturing the innocent, vibrant activity of her beloved New York City streets in dye-transfer color prints.

The first major published collection of Levitt’s work took place in 1965 in a catalogue called A Way of Seeing. Today there are numerous published collections of her photographs. Levitt received her first national retrospective in 1991, organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which traveled to major American museums and introduced the nation to one of the most celebrated yet least known photographers in history.

The UMFA’s exhibition, Helen Levitt Photographs, combines dozens of candid black and white photographs from the 1930s and 1940s, as well as later works, both color prints and gelatin silver prints, from the 1970s and 1980s. Together, these photographs highlight Levitt’s astonishing capacity for capturing lyrical and mysterious moments in the everyday life of New York City.

For more information, please visit umfa.utah.edu.


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The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is located on the University of Utah campus in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building at 410 Campus Center Drive. The UMFA’s mission is to engage visitors in discovering meaningful connections with the artistic expressions of the world’s cultures. General admission is $7 adults, $5 youth and seniors, FREE for U of U students/staff/faculty, UMFA members, higher education students in Utah, and children under six years old. Free admission offered the first Wednesday and third Saturday of each month thanks to the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks fund. Museum hours are Tuesday – Friday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Wednesdays 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Weekends, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; closed Mondays and holidays. For more information call (801) 581-7332 or visit www.umfa.utah.edu.