NYC Ballet In Talks with Dancers Union to Govern Posts on Social Media Outlets
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704893604576200582048871162.html?mod=rss_Arts_and_Entertainment
National Decline in Cultural Attendance Due to Lower Participation from Cultural "Omnivores"
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/03/16/134592242/in-praise-of-cultural-omnivores?ft=1&f=1008
Monday, March 21, 2011
JOB: Administrative Assistant @ Cedar City Arts Council
Date
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03/18/2011
Raymond Inkel
Cedar City Arts Council
435-865-8264
president@cedarcityartscouncil.org
THE CEDAR CITY ARTS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES
JOB OPENING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Cedar City Arts Council, Cedar City, Utah: The Cedar City Arts Council is currently look for a part-time (20 hours/month) administrative assistant to begin April 2011. Working under the direction of the President and Board of Directors, the Administrative Assistant will assist with membership drives, database records, grant writing, press releases and media information for events, and assistance in the coordination of annual events.
The Administrative Assistant is a part time hourly position that will require up to 4-5 hours per week averaged over the year. Some evening and weekend commitments will be needed for meetings or events. This position is highly flexible and the time commitment will vary throughout the year. The ability to work independently without supervision is essential.
Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to president@cedarcityartscouncil.org by March 31, 2011.
ABOUT THE CEDAR CITY ARTS COUNCIL
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.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03/18/2011
Raymond Inkel
Cedar City Arts Council
435-865-8264
president@cedarcityartscouncil.org
THE CEDAR CITY ARTS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES
JOB OPENING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Cedar City Arts Council, Cedar City, Utah: The Cedar City Arts Council is currently look for a part-time (20 hours/month) administrative assistant to begin April 2011. Working under the direction of the President and Board of Directors, the Administrative Assistant will assist with membership drives, database records, grant writing, press releases and media information for events, and assistance in the coordination of annual events.
The Administrative Assistant is a part time hourly position that will require up to 4-5 hours per week averaged over the year. Some evening and weekend commitments will be needed for meetings or events. This position is highly flexible and the time commitment will vary throughout the year. The ability to work independently without supervision is essential.
Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to president@cedarcityartscouncil.org
ABOUT THE CEDAR CITY ARTS COUNCIL
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.
Utah Ballet Performs Stravinsky's "The Firebird" @ Kingsbury Hall (SLC: April 8 - 9)
Utah Ballet Spring Concert featuring
The Firebird with the Utah Philharmonia
· Utah Ballet performs in Kingsbury Hall
· Stravinsky’s The Firebird with Utah Philharmonia
· Premiere by Rick Tjia of Cirque du Soleil
· April 8 & 9, 2011
· 7:30 PM
· 801.581.7100
· www.kingtix.com
For immediate release
Contact Sara Pickett
sara.picket@utah.edu
March 14, 2011- Spring comes to life with Utah Ballet at Kingsbury Hall April 8 & 9, 2011 at 7:30. Featuring four works showcasing the range of the talented University of Utah dancers, this performance will have something for everyone. The delightfully accomplished Utah Philharmonia, under the experienced direction of conductor, Dr. Robert Baldwin, joins the Utah Ballet for the evening’s finale,
The Firebird.
Opening the program is a classical work, The Kingdom of Shades from La Bayadere, staged by Assistant Professor Regina Zarhin. First performed by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1877, this beautiful selection, choreographed by famed choreographer, Marius Petipa, was originally set in ancient India to music by Ludwig Minkus. The Kingdom of Shades is the most enduring signature piece of Petipa’s ballet, and is a favorite with Ballet audiences around the world.
The next two works on the program move into the contemporary arena. Bound, a work by talented up-and-coming choreographer, Sayoko Knode, is a piece for 6 women, danced to music by J. S. Bach. With continuous, sinewy movement and exquisite musicality, it is a both poetic and dramatic.
Following Bound is an exciting new premiere work, Rissig, by cutting edge choreographer, Rick Tjia, senior dance talent scout for Cirque du Soleil. In Rissig, Tjia has created a piece that is dramatic and full of visceral tension and the latest influences of dance from the streets and stages of the world. He also plays trumpet on the score and shared composition of the music with Normand-Pierre Bilodeau, utilizing top-level recording artists and vocalists from Cirque du Soleil. Rissig is fresh, athletic and authentic, and will leave you breathless.
To close the evening, Dr. Baldwin’s Utah Philharmonia joins the Utah Ballet dancers in a new production of Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Adapted from Fokine’s full-length choreography, premiering in Paris by Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes in 1910, this musical suite was compiled for a 1919 revision resulting in a One-Act Ballet. With original choreography by Maureen Laird, also the Artistic Director of the production, and Richard Wacko, this Russian folk tale is of a mythical enchanted bird that exchanges a magical feather for freedom from her captor, Prince Ivan. The prince, captivated by love for one of thirteen princesses, calls upon the feather’s power, summoning the Firebird to save him in a battle with the monster, Kashshei, and his minions, and triumphs to be reunited with his love. To the strains of Stravinsky’s music, The Firebird is a tale of good prevailing over evil and love as reward for the victor.
It is by a generous gift from the Nancy Peery Marriott Endowment awarded by Raymond Tymas-Jones, Dean of the College of Fine Arts, and support from ASUU Fine Arts Fees, the Department of Ballet, and Kingsbury Hall that this production is made possible.
Performances are on April 8th and 9th starting at 7:30 in Kingsbury Hall. Tickets are $20 general public, $10 students, faculty and staff and are available through the Kingsbury Hall box office at kingtix.com or 801.851.7100.
The Firebird with the Utah Philharmonia
· Utah Ballet performs in Kingsbury Hall
· Stravinsky’s The Firebird with Utah Philharmonia
· Premiere by Rick Tjia of Cirque du Soleil
· April 8 & 9, 2011
· 7:30 PM
· 801.581.7100
· www.kingtix.com
For immediate release
Contact Sara Pickett
sara.picket@utah.edu
March 14, 2011- Spring comes to life with Utah Ballet at Kingsbury Hall April 8 & 9, 2011 at 7:30. Featuring four works showcasing the range of the talented University of Utah dancers, this performance will have something for everyone. The delightfully accomplished Utah Philharmonia, under the experienced direction of conductor, Dr. Robert Baldwin, joins the Utah Ballet for the evening’s finale,
The Firebird.
Opening the program is a classical work, The Kingdom of Shades from La Bayadere, staged by Assistant Professor Regina Zarhin. First performed by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1877, this beautiful selection, choreographed by famed choreographer, Marius Petipa, was originally set in ancient India to music by Ludwig Minkus. The Kingdom of Shades is the most enduring signature piece of Petipa’s ballet, and is a favorite with Ballet audiences around the world.
The next two works on the program move into the contemporary arena. Bound, a work by talented up-and-coming choreographer, Sayoko Knode, is a piece for 6 women, danced to music by J. S. Bach. With continuous, sinewy movement and exquisite musicality, it is a both poetic and dramatic.
Following Bound is an exciting new premiere work, Rissig, by cutting edge choreographer, Rick Tjia, senior dance talent scout for Cirque du Soleil. In Rissig, Tjia has created a piece that is dramatic and full of visceral tension and the latest influences of dance from the streets and stages of the world. He also plays trumpet on the score and shared composition of the music with Normand-Pierre Bilodeau, utilizing top-level recording artists and vocalists from Cirque du Soleil. Rissig is fresh, athletic and authentic, and will leave you breathless.
To close the evening, Dr. Baldwin’s Utah Philharmonia joins the Utah Ballet dancers in a new production of Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Adapted from Fokine’s full-length choreography, premiering in Paris by Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes in 1910, this musical suite was compiled for a 1919 revision resulting in a One-Act Ballet. With original choreography by Maureen Laird, also the Artistic Director of the production, and Richard Wacko, this Russian folk tale is of a mythical enchanted bird that exchanges a magical feather for freedom from her captor, Prince Ivan. The prince, captivated by love for one of thirteen princesses, calls upon the feather’s power, summoning the Firebird to save him in a battle with the monster, Kashshei, and his minions, and triumphs to be reunited with his love. To the strains of Stravinsky’s music, The Firebird is a tale of good prevailing over evil and love as reward for the victor.
It is by a generous gift from the Nancy Peery Marriott Endowment awarded by Raymond Tymas-Jones, Dean of the College of Fine Arts, and support from ASUU Fine Arts Fees, the Department of Ballet, and Kingsbury Hall that this production is made possible.
Performances are on April 8th and 9th starting at 7:30 in Kingsbury Hall. Tickets are $20 general public, $10 students, faculty and staff and are available through the Kingsbury Hall box office at kingtix.com or 801.851.7100.
Auditions for "The Three Musketeers" @ Covey Center for the Arts (Provo: April 6 - 7)
Covey Center announces auditions for “The Three Musketeers”
PROVO, Utah – The Covey Center for the Arts will hold auditions for the play, “The Three Musketeers” by Ken Ludwig on Wednesday, April 6 from 5 – 7p.m. and Thursday, April 7, from 7 – 10p.m. in the Brinton Black Box Theatre of the Covey Center. A callback audition will be held Saturday, April 9 from 9a.m. to 1p.m.
The director, Barta Heiner, a BYU acting professor and former head of the BYU theater department, is seeking four women and eight men to play characters ranging from 20 years old to 60 years old.
“The Three Musketeers” is a comedy and, as such, the audition will require actors to prepare two monologues — one comedic and one dramatic — totaling no more than three minutes combined. Cold reads will also be available, but monologues are preferred. Stage combat experience is also desired.
Rehearsals will start July 6 and will be held Tuesday through Friday, 7 – 10p.m. and Saturdays 9a.m. - 1p.m. until the show opens Thursday, Sept. 8. The show will then run through Saturday, followed by Monday through Saturday of the ensuing week, closing Sept. 17.
Actors will be compensated for their work.
Those interested in auditioning can sign up for a time by visiting 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.
PROVO, Utah – The Covey Center for the Arts will hold auditions for the play, “The Three Musketeers” by Ken Ludwig on Wednesday, April 6 from 5 – 7p.m. and Thursday, April 7, from 7 – 10p.m. in the Brinton Black Box Theatre of the Covey Center. A callback audition will be held Saturday, April 9 from 9a.m. to 1p.m.
The director, Barta Heiner, a BYU acting professor and former head of the BYU theater department, is seeking four women and eight men to play characters ranging from 20 years old to 60 years old.
“The Three Musketeers” is a comedy and, as such, the audition will require actors to prepare two monologues — one comedic and one dramatic — totaling no more than three minutes combined. Cold reads will also be available, but monologues are preferred. Stage combat experience is also desired.
Rehearsals will start July 6 and will be held Tuesday through Friday, 7 – 10p.m. and Saturdays 9a.m. - 1p.m. until the show opens Thursday, Sept. 8. The show will then run through Saturday, followed by Monday through Saturday of the ensuing week, closing Sept. 17.
Actors will be compensated for their work.
Those interested in auditioning can sign up for a time by visiting 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.
SUU Student to Present Paper @ National Conference of Undergraduate Research
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03/16/11
Michael French
Public Information Coordinator
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
Office: 435-865-8667
michaelfrench@suu.edu
SUU DANCE STUDENT TO PRESENT ABSTRACT
AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
AT ITHACA COLLEGE, NEW YORK
MARCH 30-APRIL 2, 2011
Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: In December 2010, SUU junior Rebecca Boizelle impressed audiences attending the College of Performing and Visual Arts’ Breaking Bounds: Student-Choreographed Dance Concert with her work, Rocking Chair. Her unique blend of dance set against video, poetry and music, that Boizelle conceived and edited was a standout work in the evening’s program. For her creativity and scholarship, Boizelle has been chosen by the National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR) to present her abstract, Multi-Media for Dance, at the organization’s upcoming conference March 30-April 2 on the campus of Ithaca College in upstate New York.
Mentored by Chien-Ying Wang, SUU Assistant Professor of Dance, Rebecca Boizelle pushed the boundaries of student choreography to new limits with her original work. An excerpt from her abstract underlines her philosophy for creating Rocking Chair. “The enhancement of natural art is something that must be well balanced so as not to overwhelm the initial honesty of the organics. There is interest with the power video has in influencing the effect and tangibility of dance work. Finding balance in putting that theory into action with simultaneous presentation of video-dance, live dance and poetry presents conflict.”
Rocking Chair, a duet, was about the power of memories in bringing about the tangibility of reality with perspective of age and death.
Hailing from Mesa, Arizona, Rebecca Boizelle came to Cedar City as a Dance Education Major at SUU. She has participated in several dance concerts at SUU including Breaking Bounds: Student-Choreographed Dance Concert, and Journeys: Faculty Dance Concert, as well as choreographing for Breaking Bounds, Fall 2010. Boizelle has interest in and has presented choreography focusing on multi-media, including poetry, music and video for dance. She will also be performing in Alwin Nikolais’ Imago with her fellow student dancers in New York City Spring 2011. Boizelle plans to study abroad, in Taiwan, hoping to expand her global perspective on dance. Her aspirations upon graduation include, teaching dance as an alternate physical education and artistic outlet for students in secondary education, teaching Modern dance and English in South Korea, and continuing her endeavors in dance choreography using multi-media.
To participate in the NCUR conference, Boizelle received funding from Southern Utah University’s
Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Program.
The National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), established in 1987, is dedicated to promoting undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity in all fields of study by sponsoring an annual conference for students. Unlike meetings of academic professional organizations, this gathering of young scholars welcomes presenters from all institutions of higher learning and from all corners of the academic curriculum. Through this annual conference, NCUR creates a unique environment for the celebration and promotion of undergraduate student achievement, provides models of exemplary research and scholarship, and helps to improve the state of undergraduate education.
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.
Michael French
Public Information Coordinator
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
Office: 435-865-8667
michaelfrench@suu.edu
SUU DANCE STUDENT TO PRESENT ABSTRACT
AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
AT ITHACA COLLEGE, NEW YORK
MARCH 30-APRIL 2, 2011
Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: In December 2010, SUU junior Rebecca Boizelle impressed audiences attending the College of Performing and Visual Arts’ Breaking Bounds: Student-Choreographed Dance Concert with her work, Rocking Chair. Her unique blend of dance set against video, poetry and music, that Boizelle conceived and edited was a standout work in the evening’s program. For her creativity and scholarship, Boizelle has been chosen by the National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR) to present her abstract, Multi-Media for Dance, at the organization’s upcoming conference March 30-April 2 on the campus of Ithaca College in upstate New York.
Mentored by Chien-Ying Wang, SUU Assistant Professor of Dance, Rebecca Boizelle pushed the boundaries of student choreography to new limits with her original work. An excerpt from her abstract underlines her philosophy for creating Rocking Chair. “The enhancement of natural art is something that must be well balanced so as not to overwhelm the initial honesty of the organics. There is interest with the power video has in influencing the effect and tangibility of dance work. Finding balance in putting that theory into action with simultaneous presentation of video-dance, live dance and poetry presents conflict.”
Rocking Chair, a duet, was about the power of memories in bringing about the tangibility of reality with perspective of age and death.
Hailing from Mesa, Arizona, Rebecca Boizelle came to Cedar City as a Dance Education Major at SUU. She has participated in several dance concerts at SUU including Breaking Bounds: Student-Choreographed Dance Concert, and Journeys: Faculty Dance Concert, as well as choreographing for Breaking Bounds, Fall 2010. Boizelle has interest in and has presented choreography focusing on multi-media, including poetry, music and video for dance. She will also be performing in Alwin Nikolais’ Imago with her fellow student dancers in New York City Spring 2011. Boizelle plans to study abroad, in Taiwan, hoping to expand her global perspective on dance. Her aspirations upon graduation include, teaching dance as an alternate physical education and artistic outlet for students in secondary education, teaching Modern dance and English in South Korea, and continuing her endeavors in dance choreography using multi-media.
To participate in the NCUR conference, Boizelle received funding from Southern Utah University’s
Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Program.
The National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), established in 1987, is dedicated to promoting undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity in all fields of study by sponsoring an annual conference for students. Unlike meetings of academic professional organizations, this gathering of young scholars welcomes presenters from all institutions of higher learning and from all corners of the academic curriculum. Through this annual conference, NCUR creates a unique environment for the celebration and promotion of undergraduate student achievement, provides models of exemplary research and scholarship, and helps to improve the state of undergraduate education.
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.
"Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out" Community Yard Art Extravaganza & Competition (SLC: Deadline April 13, Exhibit: May 13 - Jun 17)
For Immediate Release: March 16, 2011
Contact: Emily Brunt, emilyb@slartcenter.org , 801.328.4201 x 115
SALT LAKE ART CENTER AND 337 PROJECT PRESENT
LAWN GNOMES EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT
Salt Lake’s Community Yard Art Extravaganza and Competition
SALT LAKE CITY, UT –Salt Lake Art Center and 337 Project are pleased to announce the Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out lawn sculpture competition. This juried competition gives the unsung heroes of Salt Lake City’s public art world a chance to be recognized for their creativity—the lawn sculptures of all registered participants will be included in a city-wide tour created by the Art Center, and one artist will receive a $2,000 jury prize. The art created for Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out will occupy dozens of locations throughout Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Front simultaneously, making it the largest effort of its kind ever undertaken in Utah. Registration forms, which can be found online, must be submitted by April 13, 2011, and lawn sculptures will be on view starting May 13, 2011.
“Through this event, we want to invite the artistically-minded members of our community to put their own creations in the places where people work, live, and play.” said Adam Price, Executive Director, Salt Lake Art Center. “Too often great art is located only inside of galleries and museums. Public art should be everywhere.”
Art Center Senior Curator Micol Hebron explained the importance of the new “front yard galleries” to be created through the event: “The front lawn functions in urban and suburban society as an important signifier of taste, individualism and community. Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out gives participants a chance to proclaim their political position, ecological philosophy, and domestic ideals through public art and sculpture.”
Salt Lake Art Center will present maps and tours of all locations featuring entries in Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out, encouraging residents to venture into the reimagined urban space created by the artists participating in the competition.
Registered artists will be entered automatically into a juried competition. The winning artist will receive a cash prize of $2,000.00 and their winning work will be featured prominently on the Art Center's webpage.
For registration forms and more information, see www.slartcenter.org . The sculptures will be on view and publicized through June 17, 2011. The winning artwork will be announced in July 2011.
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.
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Emily Brunt
Director of Communications, Salt Lake Art Center
801.328.4201 x115 m: 801.232.7362 | emilyb@slartcenter.org | www.slartcenter.org
20 South West Temple | Salt Lake City, UT 84101
facebook.com/saltlakeartcenter | @slartcenter | Tue-Thu & Sat 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Fri 11 AM to 9 PM
Contact: Emily Brunt, emilyb@slartcenter.org
SALT LAKE ART CENTER AND 337 PROJECT PRESENT
LAWN GNOMES EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT
Salt Lake’s Community Yard Art Extravaganza and Competition
SALT LAKE CITY, UT –Salt Lake Art Center and 337 Project are pleased to announce the Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out lawn sculpture competition. This juried competition gives the unsung heroes of Salt Lake City’s public art world a chance to be recognized for their creativity—the lawn sculptures of all registered participants will be included in a city-wide tour created by the Art Center, and one artist will receive a $2,000 jury prize. The art created for Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out will occupy dozens of locations throughout Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Front simultaneously, making it the largest effort of its kind ever undertaken in Utah. Registration forms, which can be found online, must be submitted by April 13, 2011, and lawn sculptures will be on view starting May 13, 2011.
“Through this event, we want to invite the artistically-minded members of our community to put their own creations in the places where people work, live, and play.” said Adam Price, Executive Director, Salt Lake Art Center. “Too often great art is located only inside of galleries and museums. Public art should be everywhere.”
Art Center Senior Curator Micol Hebron explained the importance of the new “front yard galleries” to be created through the event: “The front lawn functions in urban and suburban society as an important signifier of taste, individualism and community. Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out gives participants a chance to proclaim their political position, ecological philosophy, and domestic ideals through public art and sculpture.”
Salt Lake Art Center will present maps and tours of all locations featuring entries in Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out, encouraging residents to venture into the reimagined urban space created by the artists participating in the competition.
Registered artists will be entered automatically into a juried competition. The winning artist will receive a cash prize of $2,000.00 and their winning work will be featured prominently on the Art Center's webpage.
For registration forms and more information, see www.slartcenter.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.
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Emily Brunt
Director of Communications, Salt Lake Art Center
801.328.4201 x115 m: 801.232.7362 | emilyb@slartcenter.org
20 South West Temple | Salt Lake City, UT 84101
facebook.com/saltlakeartcenter | @slartcenter | Tue-Thu & Sat 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Fri 11 AM to 9 PM
SL County ZAP Tier II Deadline: March 31
Contact: Vicki Bourns
801.468.3517
Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks Tier II 2011 Deadline Approaches
Applications for Tier II arts and cultural organizations, applying for $15,000 or less, will be due Thursday, March 31, 2011. Funding is available to qualified cultural and botanical organizations to provide programs in Salt Lake County. The Zoo, Arts and Parks program enhance Salt Lake County resident and visitor experiences through cultural and recreational offerings. Last year 139 organizations applied for Zoo, Arts and Parks Tier II Funding. 137 organizations were awarded grants ranging from $500 to $65,000. Applicants must be a non-profit organizations with federal IRS 501c3 status or a cultural agency of a county, municipal, township or community council. ZAP Tier II funding is awarded to organizations that have a clear arts or cultural purpose and fit into one of the qualified arts or cultural disciplines (music, history, art, dance, natural history, theatre, etc. a complete list is on the ZAP website). All organizations must submit an application by the deadline. Applications may be hand-delivered by 5:00 p.m. on March 31 or postmarked on March 31, 2011.
Funding is allocated through a competitive process, overseen by a volunteer advisory board. Final funding recommendations are approved by the Salt Lake County Council. Electronic copies of the applications and the application guide can be found on the ZAP website at www.zap.slco.org .
For more information call 801 468-3517.
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Victoria Panella Bourns, Program Manager
Zoo, Arts and Parks
Salt Lake County
2001 South State Street, N4100
Salt Lake City, UT 84190
801 468-3517 phone
801 468-2196 fax
vbourns@slco.org
www.zap.slco.org

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801.468.3517
Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks Tier II 2011 Deadline Approaches
Applications for Tier II arts and cultural organizations, applying for $15,000 or less, will be due Thursday, March 31, 2011. Funding is available to qualified cultural and botanical organizations to provide programs in Salt Lake County. The Zoo, Arts and Parks program enhance Salt Lake County resident and visitor experiences through cultural and recreational offerings. Last year 139 organizations applied for Zoo, Arts and Parks Tier II Funding. 137 organizations were awarded grants ranging from $500 to $65,000. Applicants must be a non-profit organizations with federal IRS 501c3 status or a cultural agency of a county, municipal, township or community council. ZAP Tier II funding is awarded to organizations that have a clear arts or cultural purpose and fit into one of the qualified arts or cultural disciplines (music, history, art, dance, natural history, theatre, etc. a complete list is on the ZAP website). All organizations must submit an application by the deadline. Applications may be hand-delivered by 5:00 p.m. on March 31 or postmarked on March 31, 2011.
Funding is allocated through a competitive process, overseen by a volunteer advisory board. Final funding recommendations are approved by the Salt Lake County Council. Electronic copies of the applications and the application guide can be found on the ZAP website at www.zap.slco.org
For more information call 801 468-3517.
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Zoo, Arts and Parks
Salt Lake County
2001 South State Street, N4100
Salt Lake City, UT 84190
801 468-3517 phone
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www.zap.slco.org

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"Robert Fontenot: The Place This Is" Exhibit @ Salt Lake Art Center (SLC: April 1 - June 1)
For Immediate Release: March 15, 2011
Contact: Emily Brunt, emilyb@slartcenter.org , 801.38.4201 x 115
VIDEO PRESS PREVIEW (Not for the public!): http://www.vimeo.com/20936468
Password: theplacethisis
SALT LAKE ART CENTER PRESENTS
ROBERT FONTENOT: THE PLACE THIS IS
Exploring stories and histories of Utah and America through
bread dough, needlepoint, and watercolor.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT –Salt Lake Art Center presents a solo exhibition of the work of Robert Fontenot, The Place This Is, April 1 through June 1, 2011. In conjunction with the exhibition, the Art Center will also present Fontenot’s new book, An Introduction to the Glorious State of Utah with a preface by local humorist Pat Bagley. Robert Fontenot addresses notions of place, history, and perception in this mixed media exhibition that includes bread dough renderings of over 100 iconic Utah landmarks and symbols; watercolor portraits of Utah politicians and culturati; and embroidered texts from voices in American history.
“Fontenot’s beautifully crafted artworks fuse beauty and cynicism to question how and why certain items become memorialized in our culture and history. The exhibition seeks to create a portrait of Utah from the perspective of an outsider in Los Angeles researching the symbols, myths, landmarks, and complex political and religious ideologies that help define this complicated state,” says Micol Hebron, Senior Curator of Exhibitions, Salt Lake Art Center.
Robert Fontenot lives and works in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and has also exhibited at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, Enview Gallery, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Mark Moore Gallery, and QED Gallery.
See www.slartcenter.org for more.
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.
The Bear Lake Monster from the video slide show An Introduction to the Glorious State of Utah, Bread dough
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Emily Brunt
Director of Communications, Salt Lake Art Center
801.328.4201 x115 m: 801.232.7362 | emilyb@slartcenter.org | www.slartcenter.org
20 South West Temple | Salt Lake City, UT 84101
facebook.com/saltlakeartcenter | @slartcenter | Tue-Thu & Sat 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Fri 11 AM to 9 PM
Contact: Emily Brunt, emilyb@slartcenter.org
VIDEO PRESS PREVIEW (Not for the public!): http://www.vimeo.com/20936468
Password: theplacethisis
SALT LAKE ART CENTER PRESENTS
ROBERT FONTENOT: THE PLACE THIS IS
Exploring stories and histories of Utah and America through
bread dough, needlepoint, and watercolor.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT –Salt Lake Art Center presents a solo exhibition of the work of Robert Fontenot, The Place This Is, April 1 through June 1, 2011. In conjunction with the exhibition, the Art Center will also present Fontenot’s new book, An Introduction to the Glorious State of Utah with a preface by local humorist Pat Bagley. Robert Fontenot addresses notions of place, history, and perception in this mixed media exhibition that includes bread dough renderings of over 100 iconic Utah landmarks and symbols; watercolor portraits of Utah politicians and culturati; and embroidered texts from voices in American history.
“Fontenot’s beautifully crafted artworks fuse beauty and cynicism to question how and why certain items become memorialized in our culture and history. The exhibition seeks to create a portrait of Utah from the perspective of an outsider in Los Angeles researching the symbols, myths, landmarks, and complex political and religious ideologies that help define this complicated state,” says Micol Hebron, Senior Curator of Exhibitions, Salt Lake Art Center.
Robert Fontenot lives and works in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and has also exhibited at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, Enview Gallery, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Mark Moore Gallery, and QED Gallery.
See www.slartcenter.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.
The Bear Lake Monster from the video slide show An Introduction to the Glorious State of Utah, Bread dough
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Emily Brunt
Director of Communications, Salt Lake Art Center
801.328.4201 x115 m: 801.232.7362 | emilyb@slartcenter.org
20 South West Temple | Salt Lake City, UT 84101
facebook.com/saltlakeartcenter | @slartcenter | Tue-Thu & Sat 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Fri 11 AM to 9 PM
April Events & Exhibits @ UMFA

Media contact:
Shelbey Peterson, 801-585-1306
Shelbey.Peterson@umfa.utah.edu
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
April 2011
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Highlights of the Collection Tour
First Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm and all Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 pm • Free with paid admission
Explore the UMFA galleries through a thirty-minute tour with a trained docent. No pre-registration necessary.
“Artists on Smithson” Panel Discussion with Featured Artists
Saturday, April 2 • 2-4 pm • Free
Join us for short talks by artists featured in The Smithson Effect, including Matthew Coolidge of the Center for Land Use Interpretation, Sam Durant, and Melanie Smith, followed by panel discussion mediated by Jill Dawsey, UMFA Acting Chief Curator.
Chamber Music Series
Wednesday, April 6 • 7-8 pm • Free with paid admission
The UMFA will resonate with the sound of chamber music as students from the University of Utah School of Music perform music masterpieces in the museum galleries.
“Viral Jetty: The Smithson Effect in Literature”
Wednesday, April, 13 • 6 pm • Free
Professor Craig Dworkin of the Department of English at the University of Utah will discuss Smithson's influence on writers.
Palette to Palate: Art and Wine
Thursday, April 14 • 6-8 pm • Registration required
Experience Europe from palette to palate through an evening of art, wine, and culture. This class is offered through U of U Lifelong Learning. Space is limited. The cost is $39 + $25 special fee. Call 801.587.5433 to register.
Slow Art Day
Saturday April 16 • 11 am-1 pm • Registration required
Get "inspired not tired" with Slow Art Day at the UMFA. Celebrated around the world, Slow Art Day helps people slow down and see art in a new way. Celebrate with your own self-guided tour and then gather for lunch to talk about the experience. RSVP at 801.581.3580. Admission is free; lunch is $10.
Third Saturday for Families: Journal Making
Saturday, April 16 • 1-4 pm • Free
Use the UMFA’s new exhibition, Collecting Knowledge: Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity, to inspire the creation of your own collections journal. Third Saturdays are funded in part by the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks fund.
Christo Lecture at Kingsbury Hall
Tuesday, April 19 • 7 pm • Ticket Required
Legendary artist Christo collaborated with his wife Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) for over forty years to create monumental works of art to be experienced outside of the institution of the museum. Please attend a free public lecture by Christo, presented by the University of Utah Department of Art and Art History, the UMFA, Kingsbury Hall, and the Utah Division of Arts and Museums. Ticket, driving, and parking information available at http://www.kingsburyhall.org.
Gallery Talk: “Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity”
Saturday, April 23 at 2 pm
Gain insight into the Collecting Knowledge: Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity exhibition as a student curator highlights specific objects and their stories. No registration necessary; free with paid admission.
Double Feature Films
Wednesday, April 27 • 7 pm • Free
It’s movie night at the UMFA. Enjoy a double feature screening of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970) and James Benning’s Casting a Glance (2007) in the UMFA Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Auditorium.
Low Lives 3
Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 • Check umfa.utah.edu for times • Free with paid admission
Experience live performance-based works at the UMFA. Now entering its third year—and hosted by the UMFA for the first time—Low Lives is an exhibition of works transmitted via the internet and projected in real time at multiple venues around the world. This project is curated by University of Utah alum Jorge Rojas and features a live performance organized by UMFA curator Jill Dawsey.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Collecting Knowledge: Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity
On view through May 15, 2011
Collecting Knowledge: Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity explores items that were typically found in cabinets of curiosity in sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe, including prints, books, scientific instruments, and objects obtained through travel. Organized by four graduate students from the University of Utah Department of Art and Art History, this exhibition examines the people who created cabinets of curiosity, their strategies for classifying and grouping items, and how they used this knowledge to make sense of their world.
Helen Levitt Photographs
On view through June 12, 2011
One of the great photographers of the twentieth century, Helen Levitt took the activity of city streets as her primary subject, paying special attention to the children for whom the street served as a playground. This presentation of photographs drawn from the UMFA's collection includes representative works from the late 1930s and early 1940s–when Levitt emerged as a key member of the New York School photographers–as well as later photographs from her long and accomplished career. Together these works highlight Levitt's astonishing capacity for capturing lyrical and mysterious moments in the everyday life of the city. This exhibition is presented with support from Albion Financial Group.
The Smithson Effect
On view through July 3, 2011
Experience The Smithson Effect, the most ambitious contemporary art exhibition ever organized by the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Through sculpture, video, photography, installation, and sound art, this exhibition will introduce visitors to twenty-three of the world’s leading contemporary artists whose work is influenced by the legacy of artist Robert Smithson (1938-1973). Best known for his pioneering earthworks–the most famous is Spiral Jetty in Utah’s Great Salt Lake–Smithson’s significance extends beyond his remarkable interventions into the landscape. The Smithson Effect brings together work by an array of international artists whose practices have been critically shaped by Smithson’s art and ideas. This exhibition is generously presented by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation.
Don Olsen: Abstracts from Nature
On view through August 15, 2011
This special exhibition commemorates the 100th birthday of abstract Utah artist Don Olsen (1910-1983). A student of Hans Hoffmann, Olsen created abstract expressionist works using volumes, colors, and shapes derived from nature. Through large-scale paintings spanning more than forty years, Don Olsen: Abstracts from Nature will highlight prominent works from the artist’s oeuvre.
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Utah Museum of Fine Arts
University of Utah
Marcia & John Price Museum Building
410 Campus Center Dr
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
(801) 581-7332
Museum Hours
Tuesday–Friday: 10 am–5 pm
Wednesday: 10 am–8 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11 am–5 pm
Closed Mondays and holidays
Visit our website: umfa.utah.edu
General Admission
UMFA Members FREE
Adults $7
Youth (ages 6-18) $5
Seniors & Students $5
Children under 6 FREE
U students, staff & faculty FREE
Higher education students in Utah FREE
Media contact:
Shelbey Peterson, 801-585-1306
Shelbey.Peterson@umfa.utah.edu
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
April 2011
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Highlights of the Collection Tour
First Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm and all Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 pm • Free with paid admission
Explore the UMFA galleries through a thirty-minute tour with a trained docent. No pre-registration necessary.
“Artists on Smithson” Panel Discussion with Featured Artists
Saturday, April 2 • 2-4 pm • Free
Join us for short talks by artists featured in The Smithson Effect, including Matthew Coolidge of the Center for Land Use Interpretation, Sam Durant, and Melanie Smith, followed by panel discussion mediated by Jill Dawsey, UMFA Acting Chief Curator.
Chamber Music Series
Wednesday, April 6 • 7-8 pm • Free with paid admission
The UMFA will resonate with the sound of chamber music as students from the University of Utah School of Music perform music masterpieces in the museum galleries.
“Viral Jetty: The Smithson Effect in Literature”
Wednesday, April, 13 • 6 pm • Free
Professor Craig Dworkin of the Department of English at the University of Utah will discuss Smithson's influence on writers.
Palette to Palate: Art and Wine
Thursday, April 14 • 6-8 pm • Registration required
Experience Europe from palette to palate through an evening of art, wine, and culture. This class is offered through U of U Lifelong Learning. Space is limited. The cost is $39 + $25 special fee. Call 801.587.5433 to register.
Slow Art Day
Saturday April 16 • 11 am-1 pm • Registration required
Get "inspired not tired" with Slow Art Day at the UMFA. Celebrated around the world, Slow Art Day helps people slow down and see art in a new way. Celebrate with your own self-guided tour and then gather for lunch to talk about the experience. RSVP at 801.581.3580. Admission is free; lunch is $10.
Third Saturday for Families: Journal Making
Saturday, April 16 • 1-4 pm • Free
Use the UMFA’s new exhibition, Collecting Knowledge: Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity, to inspire the creation of your own collections journal. Third Saturdays are funded in part by the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks fund.
Christo Lecture at Kingsbury Hall
Tuesday, April 19 • 7 pm • Ticket Required
Legendary artist Christo collaborated with his wife Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) for over forty years to create monumental works of art to be experienced outside of the institution of the museum. Please attend a free public lecture by Christo, presented by the University of Utah Department of Art and Art History, the UMFA, Kingsbury Hall, and the Utah Division of Arts and Museums. Ticket, driving, and parking information available at http://www.kingsburyhall.org.
Gallery Talk: “Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity”
Saturday, April 23 at 2 pm
Gain insight into the Collecting Knowledge: Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity exhibition as a student curator highlights specific objects and their stories. No registration necessary; free with paid admission.
Double Feature Films
Wednesday, April 27 • 7 pm • Free
It’s movie night at the UMFA. Enjoy a double feature screening of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970) and James Benning’s Casting a Glance (2007) in the UMFA Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Auditorium.
Low Lives 3
Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 • Check umfa.utah.edu for times • Free with paid admission
Experience live performance-based works at the UMFA. Now entering its third year—and hosted by the UMFA for the first time—Low Lives is an exhibition of works transmitted via the internet and projected in real time at multiple venues around the world. This project is curated by University of Utah alum Jorge Rojas and features a live performance organized by UMFA curator Jill Dawsey.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Collecting Knowledge: Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity
On view through May 15, 2011
Collecting Knowledge: Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity explores items that were typically found in cabinets of curiosity in sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe, including prints, books, scientific instruments, and objects obtained through travel. Organized by four graduate students from the University of Utah Department of Art and Art History, this exhibition examines the people who created cabinets of curiosity, their strategies for classifying and grouping items, and how they used this knowledge to make sense of their world.
Helen Levitt Photographs
On view through June 12, 2011
One of the great photographers of the twentieth century, Helen Levitt took the activity of city streets as her primary subject, paying special attention to the children for whom the street served as a playground. This presentation of photographs drawn from the UMFA's collection includes representative works from the late 1930s and early 1940s–when Levitt emerged as a key member of the New York School photographers–as well as later photographs from her long and accomplished career. Together these works highlight Levitt's astonishing capacity for capturing lyrical and mysterious moments in the everyday life of the city. This exhibition is presented with support from Albion Financial Group.
The Smithson Effect
On view through July 3, 2011
Experience The Smithson Effect, the most ambitious contemporary art exhibition ever organized by the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Through sculpture, video, photography, installation, and sound art, this exhibition will introduce visitors to twenty-three of the world’s leading contemporary artists whose work is influenced by the legacy of artist Robert Smithson (1938-1973). Best known for his pioneering earthworks–the most famous is Spiral Jetty in Utah’s Great Salt Lake–Smithson’s significance extends beyond his remarkable interventions into the landscape. The Smithson Effect brings together work by an array of international artists whose practices have been critically shaped by Smithson’s art and ideas. This exhibition is generously presented by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation.
Don Olsen: Abstracts from Nature
On view through August 15, 2011
This special exhibition commemorates the 100th birthday of abstract Utah artist Don Olsen (1910-1983). A student of Hans Hoffmann, Olsen created abstract expressionist works using volumes, colors, and shapes derived from nature. Through large-scale paintings spanning more than forty years, Don Olsen: Abstracts from Nature will highlight prominent works from the artist’s oeuvre.
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Utah Museum of Fine Arts
University of Utah
Marcia & John Price Museum Building
410 Campus Center Dr
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
(801) 581-7332
Museum Hours
Tuesday–Friday: 10 am–5 pm
Wednesday: 10 am–8 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11 am–5 pm
Closed Mondays and holidays
Visit our website: umfa.utah.edu
General Admission
UMFA Members FREE
Adults $7
Youth (ages 6-18) $5
Seniors & Students $5
Children under 6 FREE
U students, staff & faculty FREE
Higher education students in Utah FREE
Poetry Out Loud State Finals Winners Announced
For immediate release
15 March 2011
Shannon McCullam of Box Elder High School wins state Poetry Out Loud finals
Alyssa Hall of North Sanpete High School named runner up in high school student poetry recitation contest
SALT LAKE CITY — Shannon McCullam of Box Elder High School in Brigham City took home top honors from the state finals for the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest presented by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums Monday, March 14, 2011 at the Black Box Theatre in the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. McCullam will receive $200 and travel expenses to represent Utah in the national championship in April in Washington D.C. Her school will receive a $500 stipend for the purchase of poetry books. Runner-up Alyssa Hall from North Sanpete High School in Ephraim will receive $100 with $200 for her school library. Poetry Out Loud will award a $20,000 college scholarship to the National Champion.
The ten finalists participated in a two-week poetry curriculum and won their classroom and school competitions in order to advance to the March 14 Utah state finals. They memorized and prepared three works selected from an anthology of nearly 600 classic and contemporary poems. Each contestant performed two of their three chosen works, with finalists competing in an additional round with their third poem.
”Poetry has really helped me with diction, stage presence and interest in poetry,” said participant Michael Junkins of Judge Memorial, one of several students who reported a new appreciation of poetry. “I liked poetry before, but now I think it is fantastic. Now I write poetry.” Three-time finalist Lexi Crandal, from Karl G Maeser Prep Academy, agreed saying, “I think this poetry competition is about appreciation, and people need to listen more.” “Poetry means something now,” added Stephen Holder of Orem High School, “It’s not just words on a page. When I get poetry assignments in school, now I say ‘What would I see if I was reading this to people?’ Poetry is performance now.”
State finalists competing at the Rose Wagner included:
Stephen Holder, Senior, Orem High School
Alyssa Hall, Senior, North Sanpete High School
Michael Junkins, Senior, Judge Memorial
Lexi Crandal, Junior, Karl G Maeser Preparatory Academy
Mandi Lopshire, Sophomore, Merit Academy
Samara Wells, Senior, Monticello High School
Shannon McCullam, Junior, Box Elder High School
Erica Farnes, Senior, Bountiful High School
Austin Brose, Sophomore, Northern Utah Academy for Math, Engineering and Science
Camilla Rifleman, Junior, Christian Heritage High School
“We are proud of our state finalists,” said Guy Lebeda, Literary Arts Manager and Poetry Out Loud Coordinator for the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. “Their articulate and thoughtful renditions of these great literary works were delightful to watch. We congratulate each of them on the analytical and public speaking skills they have cultivated as they studied Poetry Out Loud in their schools—skills they will carry with them throughout their lives in any profession they choose to pursue.”
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums’ Poetry Out Loud, presented in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, is part of a national program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. Poetry Out Loud seeks to foster the next generation of literary readers across the nation by capitalizing on trends in poetry-recitation and performance. The program builds on the resurgence of poetry as an oral art form by inviting the dynamic aspects of slam poetry, the spoken word, and theatre in the English classroom. Through Poetry Out Loud, students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence and learn about their literary heritage.
“Arts education is essential to raising America’s next generation of creative thinkers,” said NEA chairman Rocco Landesman. “The NEA is proud to provide leadership in arts education through high-quality national education programs like Poetry Out Loud.”
For more information or for details about participating in next year’s Poetry Out Loud, visit the Division of Arts & Museums website at www.artsandmuseums.utah.gov or contact Wendi Hassan at whassan@utah.gov, 801.860.6396.
Caption information:
#1 (left to right) Austin Brose, Lexi Crandal, Shannon McCullam, Michael Junkins, Stephen Holder, Alyssa Hall, Samara Wells, Camilla Rifleman, Erica Farnes, Mandi Lopshire
#2 Shannon McCullam
#3 Erica Farnes
About the Utah Division of Arts & Museums
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums is a division of the Utah Department of Community and Culture with a goal to promote innovation in and the growth of Utah’s arts and culture community. The Division provides funding, education, and technical services to individuals and organizations statewide so that all Utahns, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic status, can access, understand, and receive the benefits of arts and culture. Additional information on the programs and services can be found at www.artsandmuseums.utah.gov or by calling 801.236.7555.
About Poetry Out Loud
The National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation and state arts agencies work together to bring Poetry Out Loud to high schools across the United States. After successful pilot programs in Washington, DC, and Chicago, the second phase of Poetry Out Loud was launched nationwide in the spring of 2006 with tens of thousands of students participating. In 2009 nearly 325,000 students participated. More information about Poetry Out Loud can be found at www.poetryoutloud.org.
15 March 2011
Shannon McCullam of Box Elder High School wins state Poetry Out Loud finals
Alyssa Hall of North Sanpete High School named runner up in high school student poetry recitation contest
SALT LAKE CITY — Shannon McCullam of Box Elder High School in Brigham City took home top honors from the state finals for the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest presented by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums Monday, March 14, 2011 at the Black Box Theatre in the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. McCullam will receive $200 and travel expenses to represent Utah in the national championship in April in Washington D.C. Her school will receive a $500 stipend for the purchase of poetry books. Runner-up Alyssa Hall from North Sanpete High School in Ephraim will receive $100 with $200 for her school library. Poetry Out Loud will award a $20,000 college scholarship to the National Champion.
The ten finalists participated in a two-week poetry curriculum and won their classroom and school competitions in order to advance to the March 14 Utah state finals. They memorized and prepared three works selected from an anthology of nearly 600 classic and contemporary poems. Each contestant performed two of their three chosen works, with finalists competing in an additional round with their third poem.
”Poetry has really helped me with diction, stage presence and interest in poetry,” said participant Michael Junkins of Judge Memorial, one of several students who reported a new appreciation of poetry. “I liked poetry before, but now I think it is fantastic. Now I write poetry.” Three-time finalist Lexi Crandal, from Karl G Maeser Prep Academy, agreed saying, “I think this poetry competition is about appreciation, and people need to listen more.” “Poetry means something now,” added Stephen Holder of Orem High School, “It’s not just words on a page. When I get poetry assignments in school, now I say ‘What would I see if I was reading this to people?’ Poetry is performance now.”
State finalists competing at the Rose Wagner included:
Stephen Holder, Senior, Orem High School
Alyssa Hall, Senior, North Sanpete High School
Michael Junkins, Senior, Judge Memorial
Lexi Crandal, Junior, Karl G Maeser Preparatory Academy
Mandi Lopshire, Sophomore, Merit Academy
Samara Wells, Senior, Monticello High School
Shannon McCullam, Junior, Box Elder High School
Erica Farnes, Senior, Bountiful High School
Austin Brose, Sophomore, Northern Utah Academy for Math, Engineering and Science
Camilla Rifleman, Junior, Christian Heritage High School
“We are proud of our state finalists,” said Guy Lebeda, Literary Arts Manager and Poetry Out Loud Coordinator for the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. “Their articulate and thoughtful renditions of these great literary works were delightful to watch. We congratulate each of them on the analytical and public speaking skills they have cultivated as they studied Poetry Out Loud in their schools—skills they will carry with them throughout their lives in any profession they choose to pursue.”
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums’ Poetry Out Loud, presented in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, is part of a national program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. Poetry Out Loud seeks to foster the next generation of literary readers across the nation by capitalizing on trends in poetry-recitation and performance. The program builds on the resurgence of poetry as an oral art form by inviting the dynamic aspects of slam poetry, the spoken word, and theatre in the English classroom. Through Poetry Out Loud, students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence and learn about their literary heritage.
“Arts education is essential to raising America’s next generation of creative thinkers,” said NEA chairman Rocco Landesman. “The NEA is proud to provide leadership in arts education through high-quality national education programs like Poetry Out Loud.”
For more information or for details about participating in next year’s Poetry Out Loud, visit the Division of Arts & Museums website at www.artsandmuseums.utah.gov or contact Wendi Hassan at whassan@utah.gov, 801.860.6396.
Caption information:
#1 (left to right) Austin Brose, Lexi Crandal, Shannon McCullam, Michael Junkins, Stephen Holder, Alyssa Hall, Samara Wells, Camilla Rifleman, Erica Farnes, Mandi Lopshire
#2 Shannon McCullam
#3 Erica Farnes
About the Utah Division of Arts & Museums
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums is a division of the Utah Department of Community and Culture with a goal to promote innovation in and the growth of Utah’s arts and culture community. The Division provides funding, education, and technical services to individuals and organizations statewide so that all Utahns, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic status, can access, understand, and receive the benefits of arts and culture. Additional information on the programs and services can be found at www.artsandmuseums.utah.gov or by calling 801.236.7555.
About Poetry Out Loud
The National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation and state arts agencies work together to bring Poetry Out Loud to high schools across the United States. After successful pilot programs in Washington, DC, and Chicago, the second phase of Poetry Out Loud was launched nationwide in the spring of 2006 with tens of thousands of students participating. In 2009 nearly 325,000 students participated. More information about Poetry Out Loud can be found at www.poetryoutloud.org.
Fundraising Event in Las Vegas to Celebrate USF's 50th Anniversary (CC: April 29)
Fundraising Event to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
The Utah Shakespeare Festival announces its fourth annual fundraising event at Lawry’s The Prime Rib Restaurant, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, in Las Vegas on Thursday, April 29, 2011. As the Festival continues its 50th anniversary celebration in 2011, this event features an evening of food, entertainment, and fun with Festival artists and friends.
“We invite patrons, donors, and friends of the Festival to join us in celebrating our 50th anniversary,” says Jyl Shuler, Festival development director and coordinator for the evening’s events. “The evening is sure to be a memorable one and we hope to make it a significant fundraising event, as well.”
Entertainment for the evening will be provided by Festival artistic directors David Ivers and Brian Vaughn, as well as Festival founder Fred C. Adams and Festival favorite Melinda Pfundstein. Executive director R. Scott Phillips will also participate in the program.
Lawry’s The Prime Rib Restaurant is generously serving as the host sponsor for the fourth consecutive year, while Southern Wine and Spirits and the law firm of Brownstein/Hyatt/Farber/Schreck are also sponsors for the evening.
Tickets are $125, with $70 as a tax-deductible contribution. Tables of six or eight are also still available for interested parties. To reserve tickets call the Festival development office at 435-586-7880.
Tickets are also now on sale for the Festival’s 50th anniversary season, which will run from June 23 to Oct. 22, 2011. The eight-play season includes Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Richard III,” “Romeo and Juliet,” and “The Winter’s Tale.” The season will also include Meredith Willson’s great American musical “The Music Man,” Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie,” Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off!” and the mystery thriller “Dial M for Murder” by Frederick Knott. For more information and tickets visit www.bard.org
Media Contact: Kami Terry, 435-586-1970 or Marlo Ihler, 435-865-8632
The Utah Shakespeare Festival announces its fourth annual fundraising event at Lawry’s The Prime Rib Restaurant, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, in Las Vegas on Thursday, April 29, 2011. As the Festival continues its 50th anniversary celebration in 2011, this event features an evening of food, entertainment, and fun with Festival artists and friends.
“We invite patrons, donors, and friends of the Festival to join us in celebrating our 50th anniversary,” says Jyl Shuler, Festival development director and coordinator for the evening’s events. “The evening is sure to be a memorable one and we hope to make it a significant fundraising event, as well.”
Entertainment for the evening will be provided by Festival artistic directors David Ivers and Brian Vaughn, as well as Festival founder Fred C. Adams and Festival favorite Melinda Pfundstein. Executive director R. Scott Phillips will also participate in the program.
Lawry’s The Prime Rib Restaurant is generously serving as the host sponsor for the fourth consecutive year, while Southern Wine and Spirits and the law firm of Brownstein/Hyatt/Farber/Schreck are also sponsors for the evening.
Tickets are $125, with $70 as a tax-deductible contribution. Tables of six or eight are also still available for interested parties. To reserve tickets call the Festival development office at 435-586-7880.
Tickets are also now on sale for the Festival’s 50th anniversary season, which will run from June 23 to Oct. 22, 2011. The eight-play season includes Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Richard III,” “Romeo and Juliet,” and “The Winter’s Tale.” The season will also include Meredith Willson’s great American musical “The Music Man,” Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie,” Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off!” and the mystery thriller “Dial M for Murder” by Frederick Knott. For more information and tickets visit www.bard.org
Media Contact: Kami Terry, 435-586-1970 or Marlo Ihler, 435-865-8632
"Macbeth" Film @ USF's SUU's Shakespeare Film Festival (CC: March 24)
CEDAR CITY - On Thursday March 24, 2011, the next installation of the Shakespeare in Film series, part of the Utah Shakespeare Festival's 50th Anniversary celebrations,
For March 24, the 1948 version of “Macbeth,” directed and starring Orson Wells, will be shown. This film originated as a stage production with Roddy McDowell at the University of Utah Pioneer Memorial Theatre in the 1940s. Utah Valley University professor Chris Clark will host the evening. Clark is the director of this year’s Festival education tour of “Macbeth,” which is currently touring schools and communities throughout the region. For questions or more information, visit www.bard.org .
For March 24, the 1948 version of “Macbeth,” directed and starring Orson Wells, will be shown. This film originated as a stage production with Roddy McDowell at the University of Utah Pioneer Memorial Theatre in the 1940s. Utah Valley University professor Chris Clark will host the evening. Clark is the director of this year’s Festival education tour of “Macbeth,” which is currently touring schools and communities throughout the region. For questions or more information, visit www.bard.org
Arts Education Blog Salon on ARTSblog
All week, arts education experts from across the country will be discussing, analyzing, and presenting the latest information on the subject through our biannual Arts Education Blog Salon on ARTSblog
The Salon started this morning and more posts will be published every few hours each day. We encourage you to take part by reading through all of the posts and commenting or posing a question to the author.
Guest bloggers included:
Victoria Plettner-Saunders , Americans for the Arts’ Arts Education Council Chair
Clayton Lord, Director of Marketing and Audience Development at Theatre Bay Area
Kathi Levin, Arts Education Consultant
Richard Kessler, Executive Director of The Center for Arts Education (NY)
Merryl Goldberg, Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at California State University San Marcos
Ken Busby, Executive Director and CEO of Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa
Allen Bell, Program Director for Arts Education, Research, and Information at South Arts
Kim Dabbs, Executive Director of Michigan Youth Arts
Marete Wester, Director of Local Arts Policy at Americans for the Arts…and many more!
The Arts Education Blog Salons
We hope you will stop by and join in the conversation!
The Salon started this morning and more posts will be published every few hours each day. We encourage you to take part by reading through all of the posts and commenting or posing a question to the author.
Guest bloggers included:
Victoria Plettner-Saunders , Americans for the Arts’ Arts Education Council Chair
Clayton Lord, Director of Marketing and Audience Development at Theatre Bay Area
Kathi Levin, Arts Education Consultant
Richard Kessler, Executive Director of The Center for Arts Education (NY)
Merryl Goldberg, Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at California State University San Marcos
Ken Busby, Executive Director and CEO of Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa
Allen Bell, Program Director for Arts Education, Research, and Information at South Arts
Kim Dabbs, Executive Director of Michigan Youth Arts
Marete Wester, Director of Local Arts Policy at Americans for the Arts…and many more!
The Arts Education Blog Salons
We hope you will stop by and join in the conversation!
“I LOVE HISTORY” WEBSITE NOW ONLINE
The contents of the press release attachment are the same as the contents of this email.
For Immediate Release
March 15, 2011
Contacts:
Alycia Aldrich, Utah Division of State History
801.533.3556 or aaldrich@utah.gov
Claudia Nakano, Communications Director
Utah Department of Community and Culture
801.859.8443
“I LOVE HISTORY” WEBSITE NOW ONLINE
Utah State History has launched a new website. “I Love History” (http://ilovehistory.utah.gov
Topics include:
§ People: groups who have come and gone through Utah, including prehistoric peoples, American Indian groups, explorers and trappers, Mormon settlers, other immigrants, and other individuals.
§ Place: Utah’s land and geography, Utah’s counties and built environment.
§ Events in time: stories of important events in Utah history and an interactive timeline of world and Utah history.
§ Topics: special topics in Utah history.
§ Fun and games: Fremont matching game, History Explorers game and other fun learning games.
The site draws from publications that State History has contributed to or produced, including the Utah Historical Quarterly, the Utah History Encyclopedia, Beehive History, Currents, the Centennial County History Series, and A History of Utah’s American Indians, as well as collections held by State History.
This website is a work in progress; State History welcomes your input. Contact Alycia Aldrich at 801.533.3556 or email aaldrich@utah.gov with your comments or suggestions.
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State History serves the citizens of Utah by helping to make history accessible, exciting, and relevant—and integral to the economy and culture of the state. State History is a division of the Utah Department of Community and Culture (www.community.utah.gov
For Immediate Release
March 15, 2011
Contacts:
Alycia Aldrich, Utah Division of State History
801.533.3556 or aaldrich@utah.gov
Claudia Nakano, Communications Director
Utah Department of Community and Culture
801.859.8443
“I LOVE HISTORY” WEBSITE NOW ONLINE
Utah State History has launched a new website. “I Love History” (http://ilovehistory.utah.gov
Topics include:
§ People: groups who have come and gone through Utah, including prehistoric peoples, American Indian groups, explorers and trappers, Mormon settlers, other immigrants, and other individuals.
§ Place: Utah’s land and geography, Utah’s counties and built environment.
§ Events in time: stories of important events in Utah history and an interactive timeline of world and Utah history.
§ Topics: special topics in Utah history.
§ Fun and games: Fremont matching game, History Explorers game and other fun learning games.
The site draws from publications that State History has contributed to or produced, including the Utah Historical Quarterly, the Utah History Encyclopedia, Beehive History, Currents, the Centennial County History Series, and A History of Utah’s American Indians, as well as collections held by State History.
This website is a work in progress; State History welcomes your input. Contact Alycia Aldrich at 801.533.3556 or email aaldrich@utah.gov
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State History serves the citizens of Utah by helping to make history accessible, exciting, and relevant—and integral to the economy and culture of the state. State History is a division of the Utah Department of Community and Culture (www.community.utah.gov
"The Plan" @ Covey Center for The Arts (Provo: March 18 - April 2)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Plan Unfolds at the Covey Center
(PROVO, Utah) The Plan premieres Friday, March 18 in the Brinton Black Box Theater at the Covey Center. This new play, written and directed by BYU professor and veteran playwright Eric Samuelsen, examines some of the real-life dilemmas and emotions that face us all—choice and consequences, pain and difficulty and joy—framed in a series of short scenes from the Old Testament.
This is Samuelsen’s twenty-fifth produced play, and his experience is evident. The Plan shows us real people dealing with real problems. Earnest, sincere, guilty, and oftimes hilarious, Samuelsen’s characters span the gamut of human experience in this engaging production.
The nine-person cast includes BYU students Ashley Jean Bonner (Rahab), Emily Ruth Foster (Ruth), Andrea Hepfinger (Leah), and Peter Layland (Boaz). It also features local talents Bradford Garrison (Adam), Dianna Graham (Bathsheba), Patrick Kintz David, Jacob), Travis Hyer (Lucifer, Joshua), and Julie Webb (Gaia, Eve).
The Plan runs March 18 - April 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Brinton Black Box Theater at the Covey Center for the Arts, with a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee on March 26. Individual tickets are $10, and can be purchased at the Covey Center ticket office (open Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) at 425 W. Center St. in Provo, by calling 801-852-7007 or online at www.coveycenter.org.
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Contact: Danae Friel
Telephone: 801.852.7012
Cell phone: 801.361.6349
Email: dfriel@provo.utah.gov
The Plan Unfolds at the Covey Center
(PROVO, Utah) The Plan premieres Friday, March 18 in the Brinton Black Box Theater at the Covey Center. This new play, written and directed by BYU professor and veteran playwright Eric Samuelsen, examines some of the real-life dilemmas and emotions that face us all—choice and consequences, pain and difficulty and joy—framed in a series of short scenes from the Old Testament.
This is Samuelsen’s twenty-fifth produced play, and his experience is evident. The Plan shows us real people dealing with real problems. Earnest, sincere, guilty, and oftimes hilarious, Samuelsen’s characters span the gamut of human experience in this engaging production.
The nine-person cast includes BYU students Ashley Jean Bonner (Rahab), Emily Ruth Foster (Ruth), Andrea Hepfinger (Leah), and Peter Layland (Boaz). It also features local talents Bradford Garrison (Adam), Dianna Graham (Bathsheba), Patrick Kintz David, Jacob), Travis Hyer (Lucifer, Joshua), and Julie Webb (Gaia, Eve).
The Plan runs March 18 - April 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Brinton Black Box Theater at the Covey Center for the Arts, with a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee on March 26. Individual tickets are $10, and can be purchased at the Covey Center ticket office (open Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) at 425 W. Center St. in Provo, by calling 801-852-7007 or online at www.coveycenter.org.
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Contact: Danae Friel
Telephone: 801.852.7012
Cell phone: 801.361.6349
Email: dfriel@provo.utah.gov
What: Weber Reads! Readers Theatre: Scenes from the "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself" @ WSU (Ogden: March 22)
Weber Reads: Readers Do Theatre, Too!
Who: Weber State University
What: Weber Reads! Readers Theatre: Scenes from the "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself" by Harriet Jacobs
adaptation by Angela Berryman Choberka
When: 22 March, 12:30 pm
Where: Hetzel-Hoellein Room, Stewart Library, WSU Campus
Free and open to the public
Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents a readers theatre production of "Scenes from the 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself' " by Harriet Jacobs, adaptation by Angela Berryman Choberka. The performance is March 22, 12:30 pm, in the Hetzel-Hoellein Room, Stewart Library on the Weber State University campus. The audience is invited to discuss the play immediately following this free performance. This production is part of the Weber Reads! 2011 project, with this year's book being autobiographies by Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs.
Jacob's book, published in 1861, is considered a slave narrative and, in modern times, an example of feminist literature. Under the pen name "Linda Brent" Jacobs deals particularly with the troubles experienced by female slaves, including sexual harassment and abuse. Choberka's adaptation distills the book into several crucial scenes that give the modern audience an understanding of Jacobs' life as a slave.
Jacobs' life is ideal until she grows to understand her real status as a slave. While treated well by several early mistresses - one even teachers her to read and write - she eventually becomes the property of Dr. Norcam, an prominent member of his community whose private behavior does not serve his "Christian" values. Jacobs eventually escapes but stays hidden in the attic of her grandmother for seven years before she is able to escape to the North. The heart breaking details of her life keeps the audience mesmerized by her incredible courage in the face of the horrors of slavery.
Choberka was a member of a writing project at WSU in the summer of 2011 that brought teachers of English together to write the elementary and secondary school curriculum guide for Weber Reads! 2011. She came to the project well versed in the Jacobs story, as she had previously included it in several of her classes in the past. The series of events for Weber Reads! 2011 created a perfect venue for her "dreamed of" play about Harriet.
Workshopping the script with the performers and other theatre faculty has been part of the process. The premiere performance of the play is the completion of step one in her plan. The play can be developed into a full-length script and may also be presented later in the season with audio-visual elements.
The cast includes Rita Martin as the voice of Harriet the author; Alicia Washington as the voices of Harriet in her younger years; Jan Hamer as Jacobs' editor; and Caril Jennings, as the scholar filling in historical details of Jacobs' era. Rita Martin, in addition to her many other roles in community life, was recently seen as one of the Delany sister in the Grand Theatre's "Having Our Say." Alicia Washington is a WSU theatre alumna who is now appearing in many SLC productions, including "A New Brain," and "Hairspray." Jan Hamer is a WSU English faculty member and a frequent performer in readers theatre at WSU. Caril Jennings is the marketing director for the WSU Department of Performing Arts and produces several readers theatre performances every year.
For more information about the readers theatre production, contact:
Caril Jennings, crjennings@weber.edu
Angela CHOBERKA: angelachoberka@weber.edu
More info about Weber Reads! 2011: Kathryn MacKay, WSU Weber Reads! project director, 801-626-6782 or kmackay@weber.edu
Weber County Library project leader: Lynnda Wangsgard, Director, Weber County Library System
801-337-2618 or lwangsgard@weberpl.lib.ut.us
Who: Weber State University
What: Weber Reads! Readers Theatre: Scenes from the "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself" by Harriet Jacobs
adaptation by Angela Berryman Choberka
When: 22 March, 12:30 pm
Where: Hetzel-Hoellein Room, Stewart Library, WSU Campus
Free and open to the public
Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents a readers theatre production of "Scenes from the 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself' " by Harriet Jacobs, adaptation by Angela Berryman Choberka. The performance is March 22, 12:30 pm, in the Hetzel-Hoellein Room, Stewart Library on the Weber State University campus. The audience is invited to discuss the play immediately following this free performance. This production is part of the Weber Reads! 2011 project, with this year's book being autobiographies by Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs.
Jacob's book, published in 1861, is considered a slave narrative and, in modern times, an example of feminist literature. Under the pen name "Linda Brent" Jacobs deals particularly with the troubles experienced by female slaves, including sexual harassment and abuse. Choberka's adaptation distills the book into several crucial scenes that give the modern audience an understanding of Jacobs' life as a slave.
Jacobs' life is ideal until she grows to understand her real status as a slave. While treated well by several early mistresses - one even teachers her to read and write - she eventually becomes the property of Dr. Norcam, an prominent member of his community whose private behavior does not serve his "Christian" values. Jacobs eventually escapes but stays hidden in the attic of her grandmother for seven years before she is able to escape to the North. The heart breaking details of her life keeps the audience mesmerized by her incredible courage in the face of the horrors of slavery.
Choberka was a member of a writing project at WSU in the summer of 2011 that brought teachers of English together to write the elementary and secondary school curriculum guide for Weber Reads! 2011. She came to the project well versed in the Jacobs story, as she had previously included it in several of her classes in the past. The series of events for Weber Reads! 2011 created a perfect venue for her "dreamed of" play about Harriet.
Workshopping the script with the performers and other theatre faculty has been part of the process. The premiere performance of the play is the completion of step one in her plan. The play can be developed into a full-length script and may also be presented later in the season with audio-visual elements.
The cast includes Rita Martin as the voice of Harriet the author; Alicia Washington as the voices of Harriet in her younger years; Jan Hamer as Jacobs' editor; and Caril Jennings, as the scholar filling in historical details of Jacobs' era. Rita Martin, in addition to her many other roles in community life, was recently seen as one of the Delany sister in the Grand Theatre's "Having Our Say." Alicia Washington is a WSU theatre alumna who is now appearing in many SLC productions, including "A New Brain," and "Hairspray." Jan Hamer is a WSU English faculty member and a frequent performer in readers theatre at WSU. Caril Jennings is the marketing director for the WSU Department of Performing Arts and produces several readers theatre performances every year.
For more information about the readers theatre production, contact:
Caril Jennings, crjennings@weber.edu
Angela CHOBERKA: angelachoberka@weber.edu
More info about Weber Reads! 2011: Kathryn MacKay, WSU Weber Reads! project director, 801-626-6782 or kmackay@weber.edu
Weber County Library project leader: Lynnda Wangsgard, Director, Weber County Library System
801-337-2618 or lwangsgard@weberpl.lib.ut.us
Orchesis Dance Theatre Spring Concert @ WSU (Ogden: March 31 - April 2)
Orchesis Dance Theatre Spring Concert: Environs
WHO: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
WHAT: Orchesis Dance Theatre, directed by Joanne Lawrence
WHERE: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
WHEN: March 31, April 1, 2 at 7:30 pm
Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents Orchesis Dance Theatre’s Spring Concert, directed by Joanne Lawrence and featuring the choreography of a guest artists, three faculty members, one student, the restaging of a 1928 dance classic as well as a 1994 classic, March 31, April 1 and 2 at 7:30 in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts.
“Green Map® Icon Studies II” is choreographed by Zvi Gotheiner, RDT (Repertory Dance Theatre) dancers and WSU Moving Company dancers. This dance is a product of the Green Map® Project and is an evolution of a work presented on the Orchesis Dance Theatre fall concert. WSU Moving Company and Geography Department, in partnership with the visionary RDT, created the Green Map® Project, a transformative, community building project designed to create paths of inquiry, exploration and expression while inspiring young people to be thoughtful and productive citizens. The project was made possible, in part, by funding from Weber County R.A.M.P. (Recreation, Arts, Museums and Parks).
“Water Study,” choreographed in 1928 and restaged by Joni Urry Wilson for this performance, is one of the most stunning achievements in abstract dance. While the movement vocabulary is simple, almost primal, the form of the dance is highly selective. Doris Humphrey believed that the absence of music increases the spectator’s attention to movement. Water Study is performed in silence, building rhythmic phrases from the natural ebb and balance of the tides. Three main types of water motion are suggested: the swell and draw of the tide, the cumulative force and burst of the waves, and the surging subsurface flow of flat calm. (More information in separate release.
“Watermark” by RDT alumnus, Ford Evans, with original score by composer, Ricklen Nobis, examines the mysteries and the movement of water, the most conspicuous, the most powerful and the most essential element sustaining life in the desert. Evans is Director of Hopkins Center Dance and the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble. He was a professor at the University of Utah in the Department of Modern Dance, 1985-97.
Todd Courage and WSU’s Amanda Sowerby’s collaboration is a non-narrative exploration involving simultaneous dance performances in San Francisco and Ogden with the use of video conferencing. This dance portrays different ways of seeing each other. The video conferencing is supported by UEN (Utah Education Network) and WSU.
Dance faculty Erik Stern describes his dance: “Persist in the moment and you will find a way through - even in a moment of boredom.” This phrase and the dance arose naturally as they worked together.
WSU adjunct Laura Blakely portrays one’s relationship with oneself. Individuals struggle and get frustrated but through introspection can find humility, humor and even tenderness. This duet examines how regard for others can be translated into regard for oneself.
Student Natalie Porter’s piece has two themes: dealing with mental disabilities and the effect of dance, music and art therapy
Tickets are $10/$7 and can be purchased at the Dee Events Center Ticket Office, 1-800-WSU-TIKS or at the Browning Center Box Office beginning one hour before each performance.
For more information about this production contact director Joanne Lawrence, jlawrence@weber.edu.
WHO: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
WHAT: Orchesis Dance Theatre, directed by Joanne Lawrence
WHERE: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
WHEN: March 31, April 1, 2 at 7:30 pm
Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents Orchesis Dance Theatre’s Spring Concert, directed by Joanne Lawrence and featuring the choreography of a guest artists, three faculty members, one student, the restaging of a 1928 dance classic as well as a 1994 classic, March 31, April 1 and 2 at 7:30 in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts.
“Green Map® Icon Studies II” is choreographed by Zvi Gotheiner, RDT (Repertory Dance Theatre) dancers and WSU Moving Company dancers. This dance is a product of the Green Map® Project and is an evolution of a work presented on the Orchesis Dance Theatre fall concert. WSU Moving Company and Geography Department, in partnership with the visionary RDT, created the Green Map® Project, a transformative, community building project designed to create paths of inquiry, exploration and expression while inspiring young people to be thoughtful and productive citizens. The project was made possible, in part, by funding from Weber County R.A.M.P. (Recreation, Arts, Museums and Parks).
“Water Study,” choreographed in 1928 and restaged by Joni Urry Wilson for this performance, is one of the most stunning achievements in abstract dance. While the movement vocabulary is simple, almost primal, the form of the dance is highly selective. Doris Humphrey believed that the absence of music increases the spectator’s attention to movement. Water Study is performed in silence, building rhythmic phrases from the natural ebb and balance of the tides. Three main types of water motion are suggested: the swell and draw of the tide, the cumulative force and burst of the waves, and the surging subsurface flow of flat calm. (More information in separate release.
“Watermark” by RDT alumnus, Ford Evans, with original score by composer, Ricklen Nobis, examines the mysteries and the movement of water, the most conspicuous, the most powerful and the most essential element sustaining life in the desert. Evans is Director of Hopkins Center Dance and the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble. He was a professor at the University of Utah in the Department of Modern Dance, 1985-97.
Todd Courage and WSU’s Amanda Sowerby’s collaboration is a non-narrative exploration involving simultaneous dance performances in San Francisco and Ogden with the use of video conferencing. This dance portrays different ways of seeing each other. The video conferencing is supported by UEN (Utah Education Network) and WSU.
Dance faculty Erik Stern describes his dance: “Persist in the moment and you will find a way through - even in a moment of boredom.” This phrase and the dance arose naturally as they worked together.
WSU adjunct Laura Blakely portrays one’s relationship with oneself. Individuals struggle and get frustrated but through introspection can find humility, humor and even tenderness. This duet examines how regard for others can be translated into regard for oneself.
Student Natalie Porter’s piece has two themes: dealing with mental disabilities and the effect of dance, music and art therapy
Tickets are $10/$7 and can be purchased at the Dee Events Center Ticket Office, 1-800-WSU-TIKS or at the Browning Center Box Office beginning one hour before each performance.
For more information about this production contact director Joanne Lawrence, jlawrence@weber.edu.
Washington County Arts Council Professional Development Seminars (St. George: March 29)
WCAC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS
MARCH 2011
Tuesday, 3/29 - THE HEALING ARTS...
Calling all artists, teachers of art, arts organizations and art lovers!
Join a community discussion on The Arts and Healing, on Tuesday, March 29 from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Piano Gallery, 390 North Mall Dr., St. George
Why is art is so important in everyone's life?
How is art now commonly used in healing therapies?
Whether practiced one-on-one, or as a community, everyone benefits.
This panel discussion, with presentations, will focus on music, song, writing, dance and other art forms are an essential part of life.
Questions to be addressed include:
music and the importance of sound that can actually physically heal the human body
how a group community choir contributes not only to the community but to the participants themselves
how can discipline-specific artists become involved in these therapies
Learn about everything from creative projects in hospitals to artists raising awareness about environmental issues and more
Moderated by John Sato, panelists include
JoAnn Ottley - vocal coach of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Gerald Ottley - Concert artist and former conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Others TBA
SEMINARS BEGIN PROMPTLY AND INCLUDE TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND SOCIALIZING.
ATTENDEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING MARKETING MATERIALS TO SHARE.
Piano Gallery
390 North Mall Dr. St. George, UT 84770 (next to Boulevard Furniture )
For more information about this or future events, contact WCAC 43-674-2687, info@washcoarts.org, www.washcoarts.org
This project is supported in part by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Washington County Arts Council
197 East Tabernacle
St. George, UT 84770
435-634-2687 Tel
435-634-5753 Fax
www.washcoarts.org
MARCH 2011
Tuesday, 3/29 - THE HEALING ARTS...
Calling all artists, teachers of art, arts organizations and art lovers!
Join a community discussion on The Arts and Healing, on Tuesday, March 29 from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Piano Gallery, 390 North Mall Dr., St. George
Why is art is so important in everyone's life?
How is art now commonly used in healing therapies?
Whether practiced one-on-one, or as a community, everyone benefits.
This panel discussion, with presentations, will focus on music, song, writing, dance and other art forms are an essential part of life.
Questions to be addressed include:
music and the importance of sound that can actually physically heal the human body
how a group community choir contributes not only to the community but to the participants themselves
how can discipline-specific artists become involved in these therapies
Learn about everything from creative projects in hospitals to artists raising awareness about environmental issues and more
Moderated by John Sato, panelists include
JoAnn Ottley - vocal coach of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Gerald Ottley - Concert artist and former conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Others TBA
SEMINARS BEGIN PROMPTLY AND INCLUDE TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND SOCIALIZING.
ATTENDEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING MARKETING MATERIALS TO SHARE.
Piano Gallery
390 North Mall Dr. St. George, UT 84770 (next to Boulevard Furniture )
For more information about this or future events, contact WCAC 43-674-2687, info@washcoarts.org, www.washcoarts.org
This project is supported in part by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Washington County Arts Council
197 East Tabernacle
St. George, UT 84770
435-634-2687 Tel
435-634-5753 Fax
www.washcoarts.org
Annual Meeting for Members & Foundation Awards in the Arts @ Bountiful/Davis Fine Arts Center (Bountiful: March 24)
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For More Information Contact
Emma J. Dugal, 801 292-0367
745 So. Main Street, Bountiful, UT 84010
Bountiful/Davis Art Center to Host Annual Meeting for Members and the Foundation Awards in the Arts
BOUNTIFUL, Utah, March 10, 2011 – The Annual Meeting of the membership of Bountiful/Davis Art Center (BDAC) will be on March 24, 2011 at 7:30pm at BDAC, 745 So.Main Street in Bountiful.
Former Trustees will be acknowledged and continuing and new Trustees and officers confirmed. The officers of Bountiful/Davis Art Center are as follows:
Aida Mattingley: Chair
Jean Madsen: Vice-Chair
Michal Onyon: Secretary
Reba Rauch: Treasurer
Bryan Anderson: Mayor’s Appointee
Highlights of 2010 will be presented and a financial report will be available to the members and supporters of Bountiful/Davis Art Center.
The meeting will take place amidst the current exhibit: Annual Statewide Competition, featuring 120 of Utah’s finest artists and 172 works of art.

Ann W. Hardy, former Utah Legislator and
Tom Hardy, Bountiful City Manager to be honored
The recipients of the 2011 Foundation Awards in the Arts are:
Foundation Award: George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
Outstanding Support from Individuals: Ann W. Hardy and Tom Hardy
Corporate Sponsor: Lakeview Hospital
Media Award: Jenniffer Wardell, Davis County Clipper
In Kind: Chipotle
Summerfest Award: Jerry Wilson, Parks Superintendant, Bountiful City
LeConte Stewart Education Award: Lester B. Lee, artist, teacher
The meeting will be conducted by Aida Mattingley, BDAC Chair and Emma J. Dugal, BDAC Executive Director. All members, supporters and potential members are welcome. Membership forms will be available at the meeting and the public is invited to join the BDAC family and reap the benefits of supporting this premiere art center.
Benefits of membership include:
Discounts on gallery sales, ticketed events, gift shop sales and class tuition
Name recognition on the donor wall (for memberships over $100)
Invitations to Gallery Talks and Special Events
Special Recognition at BDAC Annual Meeting
Bronze, Silver and Gold memberships are available and start at $35 per year.
For more information contact the Bountiful/Davis Art Center, 801 292-0367 or visit us online at: 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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For More Information Contact
Emma J. Dugal, 801 292-0367
745 So. Main Street, Bountiful, UT 84010
Bountiful/Davis Art Center to Host Annual Meeting for Members and the Foundation Awards in the Arts
BOUNTIFUL, Utah, March 10, 2011 – The Annual Meeting of the membership of Bountiful/Davis Art Center (BDAC) will be on March 24, 2011 at 7:30pm at BDAC, 745 So.Main Street in Bountiful.
Former Trustees will be acknowledged and continuing and new Trustees and officers confirmed. The officers of Bountiful/Davis Art Center are as follows:
Aida Mattingley: Chair
Jean Madsen: Vice-Chair
Michal Onyon: Secretary
Reba Rauch: Treasurer
Bryan Anderson: Mayor’s Appointee
Highlights of 2010 will be presented and a financial report will be available to the members and supporters of Bountiful/Davis Art Center.
The meeting will take place amidst the current exhibit: Annual Statewide Competition, featuring 120 of Utah’s finest artists and 172 works of art.

Ann W. Hardy, former Utah Legislator and
Tom Hardy, Bountiful City Manager to be honored
The recipients of the 2011 Foundation Awards in the Arts are:
Foundation Award: George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
Outstanding Support from Individuals: Ann W. Hardy and Tom Hardy
Corporate Sponsor: Lakeview Hospital
Media Award: Jenniffer Wardell, Davis County Clipper
In Kind: Chipotle
Summerfest Award: Jerry Wilson, Parks Superintendant, Bountiful City
LeConte Stewart Education Award: Lester B. Lee, artist, teacher
The meeting will be conducted by Aida Mattingley, BDAC Chair and Emma J. Dugal, BDAC Executive Director. All members, supporters and potential members are welcome. Membership forms will be available at the meeting and the public is invited to join the BDAC family and reap the benefits of supporting this premiere art center.
Benefits of membership include:
Discounts on gallery sales, ticketed events, gift shop sales and class tuition
Name recognition on the donor wall (for memberships over $100)
Invitations to Gallery Talks and Special Events
Special Recognition at BDAC Annual Meeting
Bronze, Silver and Gold memberships are available and start at $35 per year.
For more information contact the Bountiful/Davis Art Center, 801 292-0367 or visit us online at: 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
Arts Learning Grants from SLC Arts Council (SLC: Deadline May 5)
The Salt Lake City Arts Council announces that the guidelines and application for the Arts Learning 2011-2012 grant cycle are now available and can be found on our website at www.slcgov.com/arts . The intent of this grant category is provide access and exposure to a wide variety of quality arts experiences, artforms and arts learning activities that reach youth of all means, backgrounds and abilities in Salt Lake City. Nonprofit arts organization, community-based nonprofit organizations and individual artists are eligible to apply. The deadline for submitting an application is May 5.
Watercolor Workshops @ Bountiful/Davis Art Center (Bountiful: Apri 23 & May 12 - 14)
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For More Information Contact
Theresa Otteson, 801 292-0367 – Theresa@bdac.org
Bountiful/Davis Art Center
745 S. Main Street, Bountiful, UT 84010
Lester B. Lee and Carl Purcell to Teach Workshops
at Bountiful/Davis Art Center
Bountiful, Utah, March 9, 2011 -Bountiful/Davis Art Center will be hosting two watercolor workshops by nationally renowned watercolorists, Lester Lee and Carl Purcell in April and May.
Lester Lee is a retired high school art teacher who received the 2006 Huntsman Award for Excellence in Education. Some of his notable works are the illustrations on the cover and end sheets of the book series “The Work and the Glory” by Gerald Lund. Lester sells hundreds of watercolor paintings and prints each year, including the distribution of well over one million copies of a print of the past presidents of the LDS Church. Lester shows his work in many galleries and has won numerous local and national awards for his paintings and sculptures. Lester is a favorite of local students who take his classes repeatedly.

Lester B. Lee
Carl Purcell taught art at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah for over 26 years. He has had articles in “Artists Magazine” and he is author of the books “Painting with Your Artists Brain” and “Drawing with Your Artists Brain: Learn to Draw What You See-Not What You Think You See.”Carl has said of his painting, “Each painting I do is like a stepping stone leading somewhere I want to go but can’t yet see. Each one takes me closer to something just over the hill. But the journey is so absorbing that I seldom look back at the path that painting takes me along.”

Carl Purcell
Lester will be offering a one day workshop on April 23rd from 9am. – 4pm. at the Bountiful/Davis Art Center. This course is primarily for beginning watercolorists, but anyone is welcome. The morning will comprise a question and answer session, painting demonstrations of color and technique, and a quick drawing lesson. After lunch, students will use a document camera and projector to paint a country scene together. Cost for this one day workshop is $70.
Carl will be holding a three day workshop May 12-14, 9:00am. – 3:30pm each day. This workshop will focus on looking beyond the surface details of a subject and responding to the underlying color patterns. Students will learn how to create strong, fresh color patterns for a foundation that requires less fussy detail. The cost for this three day workshop is $225.
Anyone interested in taking these workshops can register online at www.bdac.org (go to the gift shop tab at the top of the home page) or call 801-292-0367.
For more information please contact the Bountiful/Davis Art Center, 801 292-0367 or visit us online at 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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For More Information Contact
Theresa Otteson, 801 292-0367 – Theresa@bdac.org
Bountiful/Davis Art Center
745 S. Main Street, Bountiful, UT 84010
Lester B. Lee and Carl Purcell to Teach Workshops
at Bountiful/Davis Art Center
Bountiful, Utah, March 9, 2011 -Bountiful/Davis Art Center will be hosting two watercolor workshops by nationally renowned watercolorists, Lester Lee and Carl Purcell in April and May.
Lester Lee is a retired high school art teacher who received the 2006 Huntsman Award for Excellence in Education. Some of his notable works are the illustrations on the cover and end sheets of the book series “The Work and the Glory” by Gerald Lund. Lester sells hundreds of watercolor paintings and prints each year, including the distribution of well over one million copies of a print of the past presidents of the LDS Church. Lester shows his work in many galleries and has won numerous local and national awards for his paintings and sculptures. Lester is a favorite of local students who take his classes repeatedly.

Lester B. Lee
Carl Purcell taught art at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah for over 26 years. He has had articles in “Artists Magazine” and he is author of the books “Painting with Your Artists Brain” and “Drawing with Your Artists Brain: Learn to Draw What You See-Not What You Think You See.”Carl has said of his painting, “Each painting I do is like a stepping stone leading somewhere I want to go but can’t yet see. Each one takes me closer to something just over the hill. But the journey is so absorbing that I seldom look back at the path that painting takes me along.”

Carl Purcell
Lester will be offering a one day workshop on April 23rd from 9am. – 4pm. at the Bountiful/Davis Art Center. This course is primarily for beginning watercolorists, but anyone is welcome. The morning will comprise a question and answer session, painting demonstrations of color and technique, and a quick drawing lesson. After lunch, students will use a document camera and projector to paint a country scene together. Cost for this one day workshop is $70.
Carl will be holding a three day workshop May 12-14, 9:00am. – 3:30pm each day. This workshop will focus on looking beyond the surface details of a subject and responding to the underlying color patterns. Students will learn how to create strong, fresh color patterns for a foundation that requires less fussy detail. The cost for this three day workshop is $225.
Anyone interested in taking these workshops can register online at www.bdac.org
For more information please contact the Bountiful/Davis Art Center, 801 292-0367 or visit us online at 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
Three Mozart Works @ Utah Symphony (SLC: March 25 - 26)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 11, 2011
THE UTAH SYMPHONY TO PERFORM SOME OF MOZART’S FINAL COMPOSITIONS
SALT LAKE CITY – Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, his Clarinet Concerto in A Major and his 22nd (and final) opera, “The Magic Flute,” are some of his more successful works, some of the last he composed in his short life and some of the highlights of an upcoming program by the Utah Symphony.
Internationally acclaimed guest conductor Matthias Bamert and Utah Symphony principal clarinetist Tad Calcara will join the Utah Symphony for these performances, March 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. in Abravanel Hall. Bamert most recently conducted the Utah Symphony in 2009, and has always been a favorite among Utah Symphony orchestra members and patrons.
Bamert, Calcara and the orchestra will not only feature the music of Mozart, but also how his role as an operatic composer influenced his last symphonic works and how other composers can gain inspiration for their orchestral compositions from their own operas.
The evening will begin with Mozart’s overture “The Magic Flute,” composed in the last year of his life, followed by Hindemith’s “Mathis der Maler” Symphony, based on one of Hindemith’s own operas about Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald. Calcara will then solo with the Utah Symphony for Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major, also composed in the last year of Mozart’s life. The program will conclude with Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, featuring some of the composer’s most dramatic, emotionally charged music. There is much of Mozart the opera composer in his last symphonies, and this program finale will clearly demonstrate that connection to audience members.
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
Bamert, along with Toby Tolokan, Utah Symphony Vice President of Artistic Planning, will present a free pre-concert lecture each night, 45 minutes prior to the start of the performance in the First Tier Room of Abravanel Hall.
Press photos available by logging in at http://www.utahsymphony.org/about/press-and-reviews/itemlist/category/35-media-kit (Username: usuoimages, Password: media).
Artist Bios:
Matthias Bamert, Conductor
Matthias Bamert’s distinguished career started at the Cleveland Orchestra where he was Resident Conductor alongside the then Music Director Lorin Maazel. Since then he has held Music Director positions with the Swiss Radio Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Associate Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. He has recently finished a highly successful period as Music Director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Music Director of the London Mozart Players for seven years, he has masterminded a hugely successful series of recordings of works by “Contemporaries of Mozart" which has already exceeded 50 symphonies. In 1999, the orchestra’s 50th anniversary year, he conducted them at the BBC Proms, in Vienna and at the Lucerne Festival and returned with them to Japan in January 2000. He has worked frequently in the concert hall and studio with such orchestras as the Philharmonia, the London Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, has appeared regularly at the London Proms, and often appears with orchestras outside London such as the BBC Philharmonic and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Director of the Glasgow contemporary music festival Musica Nova from 1985-90, Bamert became known for his innovative programming and has conducted the world premieres of works by many composers such as Takemitsu, Casken, Macmillan and Rihm. His gift for imaginative programming came to the fore during his tenure as Director of the Lucerne Festival (1992-98), when he was also responsible for the opening of a new concert hall, instituted a new Easter Festival, a piano festival, expanded the program and increased the festival’s activities several times over.
Tad Calcara, Clarinet
Tad Calcara began his position as principal clarinet of the Utah Symphony in 1999. He was born and raised in Oceanside, California where at the age of five began studying piano and later at the age of 12—clarinet. His first clarinet teacher was his father. In addition to his classical studies he played Jazz and Swing music with his grand father Carl Calcara who was leader of the popular Musi-Cals in Southern California. Mr. Calcara studied clarinet at the Manhattan School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Cleveland Institute of Music. In addition he attended summer music festivals at Tanglewood, Aspen, Round Top, La Jolla Summer Fest and Music Academy of the West. Prior to his appointment to the Utah Symphony he performed with the New World Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and the Grand Tetons Music Festival Orchestra.
Mr Calcara has been heard as soloist on numerous occasions with the Utah Symphony including performances of the Concertos of Copland, Mozart, Lutosloawski and Artie Shaw. In addition he was soloist with Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony, the Texas Festival Orchestra at Round Top (broadcast on NPR) and the Cleveland Orchestra. In recital he has performed for Radio France in Montpellier and in the spring of 1999 the first ever New World Symphony Honors Recital. He is also a frequent guest conductor/soloist with the Big Band Jazz Hall of Fame Orchestra based in California.
When not performing with the Utah Symphony he can be heard playing chamber music in and around Salt Lake City or leading his 15 piece New Deal Swing Big Band - performing classic Jazz & Swing Music from the 1930s. New Deal Swing has been guest soloist on the Utah Symphony Pops concert series in 2004, 2005, 2008 and the 2010 Deer Valley® Music Festival. In addition Mr. Calcara and New Deal Swing has performed at the Salt Lake International Jazz Festival as well as performing special centennial concerts for Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and a collaboration performance with Big Band Jazz legend, vocalist Herb Jeffries.
Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture to Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (The Magic Flute)
Paul Hindemith Mathis der Maler, Symphony
I. Ruhig bewegt (Angel Concert)
II. Sehr langsam (Entombment)
III. Sehr langsam, frei im Zeitmass (Temptation of
St. Anthony)
INTERMISSION
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto in A Major for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Rondo: Allegro
Tad Calcara, Clarinet
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
I. Molto allegro
II. Andante
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Allegro assai
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Hilarie Ashton
Public Relations Manager
UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA
(801) 869-9027 office
(801) 335-9387 cell
hashton@usuo.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 11, 2011
THE UTAH SYMPHONY TO PERFORM SOME OF MOZART’S FINAL COMPOSITIONS
SALT LAKE CITY – Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, his Clarinet Concerto in A Major and his 22nd (and final) opera, “The Magic Flute,” are some of his more successful works, some of the last he composed in his short life and some of the highlights of an upcoming program by the Utah Symphony.
Internationally acclaimed guest conductor Matthias Bamert and Utah Symphony principal clarinetist Tad Calcara will join the Utah Symphony for these performances, March 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. in Abravanel Hall. Bamert most recently conducted the Utah Symphony in 2009, and has always been a favorite among Utah Symphony orchestra members and patrons.
Bamert, Calcara and the orchestra will not only feature the music of Mozart, but also how his role as an operatic composer influenced his last symphonic works and how other composers can gain inspiration for their orchestral compositions from their own operas.
The evening will begin with Mozart’s overture “The Magic Flute,” composed in the last year of his life, followed by Hindemith’s “Mathis der Maler” Symphony, based on one of Hindemith’s own operas about Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald. Calcara will then solo with the Utah Symphony for Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major, also composed in the last year of Mozart’s life. The program will conclude with Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, featuring some of the composer’s most dramatic, emotionally charged music. There is much of Mozart the opera composer in his last symphonies, and this program finale will clearly demonstrate that connection to audience members.
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
Bamert, along with Toby Tolokan, Utah Symphony Vice President of Artistic Planning, will present a free pre-concert lecture each night, 45 minutes prior to the start of the performance in the First Tier Room of Abravanel Hall.
Press photos available by logging in at http://www.utahsymphony.org/about/press-and-reviews/itemlist/category/35-media-kit
Artist Bios:
Matthias Bamert, Conductor
Matthias Bamert’s distinguished career started at the Cleveland Orchestra where he was Resident Conductor alongside the then Music Director Lorin Maazel. Since then he has held Music Director positions with the Swiss Radio Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Associate Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. He has recently finished a highly successful period as Music Director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Music Director of the London Mozart Players for seven years, he has masterminded a hugely successful series of recordings of works by “Contemporaries of Mozart" which has already exceeded 50 symphonies. In 1999, the orchestra’s 50th anniversary year, he conducted them at the BBC Proms, in Vienna and at the Lucerne Festival and returned with them to Japan in January 2000. He has worked frequently in the concert hall and studio with such orchestras as the Philharmonia, the London Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, has appeared regularly at the London Proms, and often appears with orchestras outside London such as the BBC Philharmonic and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Director of the Glasgow contemporary music festival Musica Nova from 1985-90, Bamert became known for his innovative programming and has conducted the world premieres of works by many composers such as Takemitsu, Casken, Macmillan and Rihm. His gift for imaginative programming came to the fore during his tenure as Director of the Lucerne Festival (1992-98), when he was also responsible for the opening of a new concert hall, instituted a new Easter Festival, a piano festival, expanded the program and increased the festival’s activities several times over.
Tad Calcara, Clarinet
Tad Calcara began his position as principal clarinet of the Utah Symphony in 1999. He was born and raised in Oceanside, California where at the age of five began studying piano and later at the age of 12—clarinet. His first clarinet teacher was his father. In addition to his classical studies he played Jazz and Swing music with his grand father Carl Calcara who was leader of the popular Musi-Cals in Southern California. Mr. Calcara studied clarinet at the Manhattan School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Cleveland Institute of Music. In addition he attended summer music festivals at Tanglewood, Aspen, Round Top, La Jolla Summer Fest and Music Academy of the West. Prior to his appointment to the Utah Symphony he performed with the New World Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and the Grand Tetons Music Festival Orchestra.
Mr Calcara has been heard as soloist on numerous occasions with the Utah Symphony including performances of the Concertos of Copland, Mozart, Lutosloawski and Artie Shaw. In addition he was soloist with Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony, the Texas Festival Orchestra at Round Top (broadcast on NPR) and the Cleveland Orchestra. In recital he has performed for Radio France in Montpellier and in the spring of 1999 the first ever New World Symphony Honors Recital. He is also a frequent guest conductor/soloist with the Big Band Jazz Hall of Fame Orchestra based in California.
When not performing with the Utah Symphony he can be heard playing chamber music in and around Salt Lake City or leading his 15 piece New Deal Swing Big Band - performing classic Jazz & Swing Music from the 1930s. New Deal Swing has been guest soloist on the Utah Symphony Pops concert series in 2004, 2005, 2008 and the 2010 Deer Valley® Music Festival. In addition Mr. Calcara and New Deal Swing has performed at the Salt Lake International Jazz Festival as well as performing special centennial concerts for Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and a collaboration performance with Big Band Jazz legend, vocalist Herb Jeffries.
Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture to Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (The Magic Flute)
Paul Hindemith Mathis der Maler, Symphony
I. Ruhig bewegt (Angel Concert)
II. Sehr langsam (Entombment)
III. Sehr langsam, frei im Zeitmass (Temptation of
St. Anthony)
INTERMISSION
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto in A Major for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Rondo: Allegro
Tad Calcara, Clarinet
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
I. Molto allegro
II. Andante
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Allegro assai
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Hilarie Ashton
Public Relations Manager
UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA
(801) 869-9027 office
(801) 335-9387 cell
hashton@usuo.org
Auditions for Utah Opera Chorus (SLC: March 28)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 11, 2011
UTAH OPERA HOLDS CHORUS AUDITIONS FOR 2011-2012 SEASON
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Opera Chorus will be holding auditions for the 2011-2012 Utah Opera season on March 28, 2011.
Members of the Utah Opera Chorus, directed by Dr. Susanne Sheston, have the opportunity to work with nationally and internationally-acclaimed conductors, stage directors and principal artists.
“Performing with the Utah Opera Chorus was a valuable and rewarding experience for me,” said Heather Madsen, who performed with the chorus in Utah Opera’s most recent productions of Verdi’s Macbeth and Puccini’s Suor Angelica. “Dr. Sheston is such a talented musical director, and I have been able to work with some big name opera singers and observe their acting, singing and preparation at close range.”
The repertoire for Utah Opera’s 2011-2012 season includes Beethoven’s Fidelio, Verdi’s Rigoletto, Donizetti’s Elixir of Love, and Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men. Chorus members are paid an honorarium for participation in each production.
Auditions will be held at the Utah Opera Production Studios between 4 and 8 p.m. by appointment only. Applicants should be trained singers with significant stage experience. They must have one aria or art song prepared from memory and may be asked to sight-sing. Applicants can contact Ashley Magnus, amagnus@usuo.org to request an audition.
About Utah Opera
Since 1978, Utah Opera has cultivated and entertained a growing audience of more than 150,000 annually around the intermountain area. Led by Artistic Director Christopher McBeth, the company produces four operas each season, with artistic standards of distinction and a fresh vibrancy of new works for our area as well as the classics.
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Hilarie Ashton
Public Relations Manager
UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA
(801) 869-9027 office
(801) 335-9387 cell
hashton@usuo.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 11, 2011
UTAH OPERA HOLDS CHORUS AUDITIONS FOR 2011-2012 SEASON
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Opera Chorus will be holding auditions for the 2011-2012 Utah Opera season on March 28, 2011.
Members of the Utah Opera Chorus, directed by Dr. Susanne Sheston, have the opportunity to work with nationally and internationally-acclaimed conductors, stage directors and principal artists.
“Performing with the Utah Opera Chorus was a valuable and rewarding experience for me,” said Heather Madsen, who performed with the chorus in Utah Opera’s most recent productions of Verdi’s Macbeth and Puccini’s Suor Angelica. “Dr. Sheston is such a talented musical director, and I have been able to work with some big name opera singers and observe their acting, singing and preparation at close range.”
The repertoire for Utah Opera’s 2011-2012 season includes Beethoven’s Fidelio, Verdi’s Rigoletto, Donizetti’s Elixir of Love, and Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men. Chorus members are paid an honorarium for participation in each production.
Auditions will be held at the Utah Opera Production Studios between 4 and 8 p.m. by appointment only. Applicants should be trained singers with significant stage experience. They must have one aria or art song prepared from memory and may be asked to sight-sing. Applicants can contact Ashley Magnus, amagnus@usuo.org
About Utah Opera
Since 1978, Utah Opera has cultivated and entertained a growing audience of more than 150,000 annually around the intermountain area. Led by Artistic Director Christopher McBeth, the company produces four operas each season, with artistic standards of distinction and a fresh vibrancy of new works for our area as well as the classics.
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Hilarie Ashton
Public Relations Manager
UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA
(801) 869-9027 office
(801) 335-9387 cell
hashton@usuo.org
Records preservation grant funding available
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 from public and non-profit cultural heritage organizations 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.
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For additional information, contact Glen Fairclough, 801-531-3841.
Records preservation grant funding available
The Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board (USHRAB) seeks proposals from public and non-profit cultural heritage organizations 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.
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Spring Class Schedule @ Bountiful/Davis Art Center (Bountiful: Through May 14)
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
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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: trixeeperov@bdac.org www.bdac.org
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
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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: trixeeperov@bdac.org www.bdac.org
Inaugural Tumbleweeds Film Festival @ SLC Film Center (SLC: APril 1 - 3)
For Immediate release
Contact, Levi Elder
801.746.7000 - lelder@slcfilmcenter.org
SLC FILM CENTER ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL
TUMBLEWEEDS FILM FESTIVAL FILMS AND WORKSHOPS
Film Festival Featuring Films From Around The World For Children And Youth
To Run April 1-3
Salt Lake City, UT - From April 1-3, 2011, the SLC Film Center
presents the inaugural Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Children and
Youth – the only film festival of its kind in the intermountain west.
The 1st annual festival features a jam-packed program of
feature-length films from around the world. This year’s festival
presents films from ten countries including The Netherlands, Germany
and Ireland. Two of the films will be screened in their original
language with English subtitles that will be read aloud by a “subtitle
reader.” In addition to film screenings, the SLC Film Center is
partnering with Spy Hop Productions to present workshops designed to
introduce participants to different aspects of filmmaking. The full
festival line-up, program and details on how to attend are now
available online at kidsfilm.org - where you can also sign up for our
newsletter, follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page.
Screenings will be presented at the Sorenson Unity Center, and the
Salt Lake Film Society’s Broadway Centre Cinemas and Tower Theatre,
with workshops at Spy Hop Productions and Discovery Gateway.
Tickets for films and workshops will be on sale 10:00 am, March 14 for
$5.00 for films and $20.00 for workshops from www.kidsfilm.org
Many films presented in the Tumbleweeds Film Festival are unrated –
unless otherwise noted. We have made our best efforts to provide age
recommendations for each film. More information about the content of
each film can be found on our website. Parental warnings can also be
found on imdb.com
2011 Tumbleweeds Film Festival Line-up
ALABAMA MOON
Director: Tim McCanlies
USA 2009, 89 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
Based on the acclaimed novel by Wyatt Key, this smart and
heart-warming film tells the story of an isolated boy who learns the
value of friendship and trusting others. Rated PG.
Official Selection of SideWalk Moving Pictures Festival 2009 -
Official Selection of Austin Film Festival 2009
CARLITOS AND THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
Director: Jesus Del Cerro
Spain 2008, 107 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
You’ll cheer for Carlitos, an eleven-year-old orphan with two dreams:
to become a great soccer player and to be adopted by a loving family.
Presented in Spanish with English subtitles.
Official Selection of Febio Film Festival 2009 - Official Selection
Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children 2010 -
Official Selection Seattle International Film Festival 2010
ELEANOR’S SECRET
Director: Dominique Monféry
France 2009, 76 min
Recommended for children 6 and up
Join seven-year-old Nat on a magical adventure in this beautiful and
imaginative animated film that celebrates the joy of reading.
Official Selection of Rome Film Festival 2009 - Official Selection of
Seattle Film Festival 2010 - Official Selection of Melbourne Film
Festival 2010 - Official Selection of Dubai International Film
Festival 2010
FROM TIME TO TIME
Director: Julian Fellowes
UK, 2009, 95 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
Thirteen-year-old Tolly discovers he can mysteriously travel back and
forth in time, beginning a thrilling adventure to unlock an age-old
family mystery.
Winner Best of Fest Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
2009 - Winner Adults Jury Award Chicago International Children’s Film
Festival 2009 - Winner Futurewave Youth Special Jury Award Seattle
International Film Festival 2010
LAURA’S STAR
Directors: Piet de Rycker and Thilo Graf Rothkrich
Germany, 2004, 80 min
Recommended for children 4 and up
This beautifully animated film tells a magical story about a wondrous
friendship between a young girl and a shooting star.
Winner Film Award in Gold German Film Awards 2005 - Official Selection
Carrousel International du Film 2005
THE RACE
Director: Andre F. Nebe
Ireland/Germany 2009, 95 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
Dreaming of becoming a great race car driver, eleven-year-old Mary
sets out to prove that she has the skill to win an important go-cart
race in this heart-warming film.
Official Selection Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2010 -
Official Selection Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children
and Youth 2009
THE SEVEN OF DARAN: THE BATTLE OF PAREO ROCK
Director: Lourens Black
The Netherlands 2008, 96 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
Unlikely friends Jimmy and Charita must race through the Southern
African landscape to prevent an impending battle in this exciting and
moving adventure.
Winner Young People’s Jury Award at Toronto Sprockets International
Film Fest For Children 2009 - Official Selection of Cairo
International Film Festival for Children 2009 - Official Selection
Nederlands Film Festival 2008
SNOWMEN
Director: Robert Kirbyson
USA, 2009, 86 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
Filmed on location in Park City and inspired by real events, this
warm-hearted film follows ten-year-old Billy and his misfit friends on
a winter quest to set a Guinness World Record. Rated PG for thematic
material, some rough bullying and peril, language and brief juvenile
humor.
Official Selection, 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
STELLA AND STAR OF THE ORIENT
Director: Erna Schmidt
Germany 2007, 86 min
Recommended for children 6 and up
Finding herself transported one hundred years in the past,
ten-year-old Stella embarks on a fun-filled and action-packed
adventure in search of a secret treasure. Presented in German with
English subtitles.
Winner Best of Fest Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
2008 - Official Selection Copenhagen International Film Festival for
Children and Youth 2009 - Official Selection Mill Valley Film Festival
2009
TURTLE: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
Director: Nick Stringer
UK/Austria/Germany 2009, 81 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
Experience and enjoy one of the most fascinating and extraordinary
migration stories in the animal kingdom in this breathtaking film
about the loggerhead turtle’s incredible journey.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2009 - Official
Selection London Film Festival 2009 - Official Selection Seattle
International Film Festival 2010
WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE?
Director: Catherine Gund
USA 2009, 76 min
Recommended for children 10 and up.
Sadie and Safiyah, two sixth-grade students set out to discover where
the food they eat comes from in this fun and fascinating documentary.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2009 - Official
Selection Seattle International Film Festival 2009
Workshops for Kids!
Vox Pop Attack / 9 am-12 pm / Ages 10 – 14 / Spy Hop - 511 W. 200 S.
Come up with one question, and see how everyone answers differently on
camera. Edit it all together to get a short take on a modern
documentary style.
The Filmmaker Experience / 9 am-12 pm / Ages 7 – 10 / Discovery
Gateway - 444 W. 100 S.
Learn to take the script to screen. In this workshop you will learn
the visual language of film,
how to work a camera, set-up shots, direct actors, and the basics of editing.
Special FX / Ages 10 – 14 / 1-4 pm / Spy Hop - 511 W. 200 S.
Turn ducks into monsters, pencils into people! Using Adobe
AfterEffects and Photoshop, the possibilities are limitless -- animate
a camera to fly through your scene or simulate weather animations like
snow and rain, and add special effects and lighting.
LEGO Live! LEGO animation / Ages 7 – 10 / 1-4 pm @ Spy Hop - 511 W. 200 S.
Bring your LEGOs to life in this introduction to animation class.
Write, produce and direct a short-film involving LEGO mini-figs and
set designs.
Major funding for the Tumbleweeds Film Festival has been provided by
The Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Art Works for Kids!, The Larry H. &
Gail Miller Family Foundation, and EBay, Inc.
The Tumbleweeds Film Festival is an annual film festival for children
and youth, ages 4-14, presented by the SLC Film Center. The festival
presents films that inspire, engage, and connect the children and
youth of our community through international and independent film
screenings and creative workshops. Tumbleweeds will provide
opportunities for film lovers of all ages to engage their creative
spirit, and bridge cultures by experiencing films whose stories
transcend geographic, cultural and political boundaries.
SLC Film Center brings the world of film to local audiences through
free community screenings and discussions, outreach programs, and
visiting artists and professionals. Emphasizing social content and
artistic excellence, we present the best documentary, independent, and
dramatic cinema year-round. We collaborate with various educational
and community organizations to promote a diversity of ideas, to
provide forums for underrepresented groups, and to develop new
audiences for film.
The SLC Film Center and its programs are made possible largely by
funding from: The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, The
Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Swartz Foundation, Zions Bank, and
Zoo, Arts and Parks.
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Contact, Levi Elder
801.746.7000 - lelder@slcfilmcenter.org
SLC FILM CENTER ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL
TUMBLEWEEDS FILM FESTIVAL FILMS AND WORKSHOPS
Film Festival Featuring Films From Around The World For Children And Youth
To Run April 1-3
Salt Lake City, UT - From April 1-3, 2011, the SLC Film Center
presents the inaugural Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Children and
Youth – the only film festival of its kind in the intermountain west.
The 1st annual festival features a jam-packed program of
feature-length films from around the world. This year’s festival
presents films from ten countries including The Netherlands, Germany
and Ireland. Two of the films will be screened in their original
language with English subtitles that will be read aloud by a “subtitle
reader.” In addition to film screenings, the SLC Film Center is
partnering with Spy Hop Productions to present workshops designed to
introduce participants to different aspects of filmmaking. The full
festival line-up, program and details on how to attend are now
available online at kidsfilm.org - where you can also sign up for our
newsletter, follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page.
Screenings will be presented at the Sorenson Unity Center, and the
Salt Lake Film Society’s Broadway Centre Cinemas and Tower Theatre,
with workshops at Spy Hop Productions and Discovery Gateway.
Tickets for films and workshops will be on sale 10:00 am, March 14 for
$5.00 for films and $20.00 for workshops from www.kidsfilm.org
Many films presented in the Tumbleweeds Film Festival are unrated –
unless otherwise noted. We have made our best efforts to provide age
recommendations for each film. More information about the content of
each film can be found on our website. Parental warnings can also be
found on imdb.com
2011 Tumbleweeds Film Festival Line-up
ALABAMA MOON
Director: Tim McCanlies
USA 2009, 89 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
Based on the acclaimed novel by Wyatt Key, this smart and
heart-warming film tells the story of an isolated boy who learns the
value of friendship and trusting others. Rated PG.
Official Selection of SideWalk Moving Pictures Festival 2009 -
Official Selection of Austin Film Festival 2009
CARLITOS AND THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
Director: Jesus Del Cerro
Spain 2008, 107 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
You’ll cheer for Carlitos, an eleven-year-old orphan with two dreams:
to become a great soccer player and to be adopted by a loving family.
Presented in Spanish with English subtitles.
Official Selection of Febio Film Festival 2009 - Official Selection
Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children 2010 -
Official Selection Seattle International Film Festival 2010
ELEANOR’S SECRET
Director: Dominique Monféry
France 2009, 76 min
Recommended for children 6 and up
Join seven-year-old Nat on a magical adventure in this beautiful and
imaginative animated film that celebrates the joy of reading.
Official Selection of Rome Film Festival 2009 - Official Selection of
Seattle Film Festival 2010 - Official Selection of Melbourne Film
Festival 2010 - Official Selection of Dubai International Film
Festival 2010
FROM TIME TO TIME
Director: Julian Fellowes
UK, 2009, 95 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
Thirteen-year-old Tolly discovers he can mysteriously travel back and
forth in time, beginning a thrilling adventure to unlock an age-old
family mystery.
Winner Best of Fest Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
2009 - Winner Adults Jury Award Chicago International Children’s Film
Festival 2009 - Winner Futurewave Youth Special Jury Award Seattle
International Film Festival 2010
LAURA’S STAR
Directors: Piet de Rycker and Thilo Graf Rothkrich
Germany, 2004, 80 min
Recommended for children 4 and up
This beautifully animated film tells a magical story about a wondrous
friendship between a young girl and a shooting star.
Winner Film Award in Gold German Film Awards 2005 - Official Selection
Carrousel International du Film 2005
THE RACE
Director: Andre F. Nebe
Ireland/Germany 2009, 95 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
Dreaming of becoming a great race car driver, eleven-year-old Mary
sets out to prove that she has the skill to win an important go-cart
race in this heart-warming film.
Official Selection Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2010 -
Official Selection Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children
and Youth 2009
THE SEVEN OF DARAN: THE BATTLE OF PAREO ROCK
Director: Lourens Black
The Netherlands 2008, 96 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
Unlikely friends Jimmy and Charita must race through the Southern
African landscape to prevent an impending battle in this exciting and
moving adventure.
Winner Young People’s Jury Award at Toronto Sprockets International
Film Fest For Children 2009 - Official Selection of Cairo
International Film Festival for Children 2009 - Official Selection
Nederlands Film Festival 2008
SNOWMEN
Director: Robert Kirbyson
USA, 2009, 86 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
Filmed on location in Park City and inspired by real events, this
warm-hearted film follows ten-year-old Billy and his misfit friends on
a winter quest to set a Guinness World Record. Rated PG for thematic
material, some rough bullying and peril, language and brief juvenile
humor.
Official Selection, 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
STELLA AND STAR OF THE ORIENT
Director: Erna Schmidt
Germany 2007, 86 min
Recommended for children 6 and up
Finding herself transported one hundred years in the past,
ten-year-old Stella embarks on a fun-filled and action-packed
adventure in search of a secret treasure. Presented in German with
English subtitles.
Winner Best of Fest Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
2008 - Official Selection Copenhagen International Film Festival for
Children and Youth 2009 - Official Selection Mill Valley Film Festival
2009
TURTLE: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
Director: Nick Stringer
UK/Austria/Germany 2009, 81 min
Recommended for children 8 and up
Experience and enjoy one of the most fascinating and extraordinary
migration stories in the animal kingdom in this breathtaking film
about the loggerhead turtle’s incredible journey.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2009 - Official
Selection London Film Festival 2009 - Official Selection Seattle
International Film Festival 2010
WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE?
Director: Catherine Gund
USA 2009, 76 min
Recommended for children 10 and up.
Sadie and Safiyah, two sixth-grade students set out to discover where
the food they eat comes from in this fun and fascinating documentary.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2009 - Official
Selection Seattle International Film Festival 2009
Workshops for Kids!
Vox Pop Attack / 9 am-12 pm / Ages 10 – 14 / Spy Hop - 511 W. 200 S.
Come up with one question, and see how everyone answers differently on
camera. Edit it all together to get a short take on a modern
documentary style.
The Filmmaker Experience / 9 am-12 pm / Ages 7 – 10 / Discovery
Gateway - 444 W. 100 S.
Learn to take the script to screen. In this workshop you will learn
the visual language of film,
how to work a camera, set-up shots, direct actors, and the basics of editing.
Special FX / Ages 10 – 14 / 1-4 pm / Spy Hop - 511 W. 200 S.
Turn ducks into monsters, pencils into people! Using Adobe
AfterEffects and Photoshop, the possibilities are limitless -- animate
a camera to fly through your scene or simulate weather animations like
snow and rain, and add special effects and lighting.
LEGO Live! LEGO animation / Ages 7 – 10 / 1-4 pm @ Spy Hop - 511 W. 200 S.
Bring your LEGOs to life in this introduction to animation class.
Write, produce and direct a short-film involving LEGO mini-figs and
set designs.
Major funding for the Tumbleweeds Film Festival has been provided by
The Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Art Works for Kids!, The Larry H. &
Gail Miller Family Foundation, and EBay, Inc.
The Tumbleweeds Film Festival is an annual film festival for children
and youth, ages 4-14, presented by the SLC Film Center. The festival
presents films that inspire, engage, and connect the children and
youth of our community through international and independent film
screenings and creative workshops. Tumbleweeds will provide
opportunities for film lovers of all ages to engage their creative
spirit, and bridge cultures by experiencing films whose stories
transcend geographic, cultural and political boundaries.
SLC Film Center brings the world of film to local audiences through
free community screenings and discussions, outreach programs, and
visiting artists and professionals. Emphasizing social content and
artistic excellence, we present the best documentary, independent, and
dramatic cinema year-round. We collaborate with various educational
and community organizations to promote a diversity of ideas, to
provide forums for underrepresented groups, and to develop new
audiences for film.
The SLC Film Center and its programs are made possible largely by
funding from: The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, The
Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Swartz Foundation, Zions Bank, and
Zoo, Arts and Parks.
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DesignArts Utah 2011 Call for Entries (Statewide: Deadline April 28)
For immediate release
10 March 2011
DesignArts Utah ’11 call for entries
Works invited from architects and designers of all fields
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums announces a call for entries for DesignArts Utah ’11, a juried exhibition highlighting the work of architects and designers of all fields currently living in Utah. Stuart Karten of Stuart Karten Design, Los Angeles, is the esteemed 2011 juror and curator. All entries for DesignArts Utah 2011 must be submitted by April 28, 2011. The exhibition of selected designs opens Friday, June 17 and runs through Thursday, July 28, 2011 inside the Rio Grande Depot at the Rio Gallery, located at 300 South Rio Grande (455 West) in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The juror, Stuart Karten, is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Karten worked for Gould Medical Products, Mattel, and Baxter Medical Products until founding Stuart Karten Design (SKD) in 1984. He is the former chair of the Los Angeles chapter of the Industrial Designer Society of America and currently sits on the advisory board to the University of Southern California master’s program in Medical Device and Diagnostic Engineering. He has shared his perspectives on creativity and business across the nation, speaking for the IIT Design Research Conference, the Design Management Institute and the Product Development Management Association. Karten sees design and business as two innately intertwined disciplines. He founded design and innovation consultancy Stuart Karten Design in 1984 with the goal of “connecting creativity with commerce,” helping companies develop award-winning products that achieve measurable business results.
DesignArts exhibitions annually feature a selection of designs, prototypes, and produced samples by members of Utah’s various design fields. Designers may submit produced work or conceptual, pre-production documentation. All Utah designers, including those in the fields of architecture (landscape or structural) and community planning and design (urban and rural); as well as those in brand/packaging, display, fashion, furniture, graphic, industrial, interior, lighting, theatre or film set, transportation, or web design are invited to participate. Entries must be submitted to the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Design Arts Program, 300 S. Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
Further information, including entry forms and instructions, is available online at www.designartsutah.org To reach a staff member regarding entries for DesignArts Utah ’11 contact Jim Glenn at jglenn@utah.gov and 801.533.3585 or Fletcher Booth at fbooth@utah.gov and 801.533.3586.
About the Utah Division of Arts & Museums
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums is a division of the Utah Department of Community and Culture with a goal to promote innovation in and the growth of Utah’s arts and culture community. The Division provides funding, education, and technical services to individuals and organizations statewide so that all Utahns, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic status, can access, understand, and receive the benefits of arts and culture. Additional information on the programs and services can be found at www.artsandmuseums.utah.gov or by calling 801.236.7555.
10 March 2011
DesignArts Utah ’11 call for entries
Works invited from architects and designers of all fields
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums announces a call for entries for DesignArts Utah ’11, a juried exhibition highlighting the work of architects and designers of all fields currently living in Utah. Stuart Karten of Stuart Karten Design, Los Angeles, is the esteemed 2011 juror and curator. All entries for DesignArts Utah 2011 must be submitted by April 28, 2011. The exhibition of selected designs opens Friday, June 17 and runs through Thursday, July 28, 2011 inside the Rio Grande Depot at the Rio Gallery, located at 300 South Rio Grande (455 West) in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The juror, Stuart Karten, is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Karten worked for Gould Medical Products, Mattel, and Baxter Medical Products until founding Stuart Karten Design (SKD) in 1984. He is the former chair of the Los Angeles chapter of the Industrial Designer Society of America and currently sits on the advisory board to the University of Southern California master’s program in Medical Device and Diagnostic Engineering. He has shared his perspectives on creativity and business across the nation, speaking for the IIT Design Research Conference, the Design Management Institute and the Product Development Management Association. Karten sees design and business as two innately intertwined disciplines. He founded design and innovation consultancy Stuart Karten Design in 1984 with the goal of “connecting creativity with commerce,” helping companies develop award-winning products that achieve measurable business results.
DesignArts exhibitions annually feature a selection of designs, prototypes, and produced samples by members of Utah’s various design fields. Designers may submit produced work or conceptual, pre-production documentation. All Utah designers, including those in the fields of architecture (landscape or structural) and community planning and design (urban and rural); as well as those in brand/packaging, display, fashion, furniture, graphic, industrial, interior, lighting, theatre or film set, transportation, or web design are invited to participate. Entries must be submitted to the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Design Arts Program, 300 S. Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
Further information, including entry forms and instructions, is available online at www.designartsutah.org To reach a staff member regarding entries for DesignArts Utah ’11 contact Jim Glenn at jglenn@utah.gov and 801.533.3585 or Fletcher Booth at fbooth@utah.gov and 801.533.3586.
About the Utah Division of Arts & Museums
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums is a division of the Utah Department of Community and Culture with a goal to promote innovation in and the growth of Utah’s arts and culture community. The Division provides funding, education, and technical services to individuals and organizations statewide so that all Utahns, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic status, can access, understand, and receive the benefits of arts and culture. Additional information on the programs and services can be found at www.artsandmuseums.utah.gov or by calling 801.236.7555.
March Issue of Provo Orem Word
The March issue of The Provo Orem Word is up! www.provooremword.org
Read literature about nature by P.G. Karamesines, Dennis Marden Clark, George Handley, and Katy Savage; get the scoop on Terry Tempest Williams coming to town; and see how media can help your kids appreciate the great outdoors.
Read literature about nature by P.G. Karamesines, Dennis Marden Clark, George Handley, and Katy Savage; get the scoop on Terry Tempest Williams coming to town; and see how media can help your kids appreciate the great outdoors.
Photographer Zig Jackson @ SUU's Art Insights (CC: March 24)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03/10/11
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
FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: ART INSIGHTS, ZIG JACKSON
WHAT: A photographer who uses his work to educate society on the reality of contemporary Indian existence, Zig Jackson uses his lens to capture and focus on his culture and changing way of life for both urban and reservation Native Americans. The distinguished photographer talks about his craft and shares his experiences 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 24, 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
NATIVE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER
ZIG JACKSON
MARCH 24, 2011
Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: A photographer who uses his work to educate society on the reality of contemporary Indian existence, Zig Jackson uses his lens to capture and focus on his culture and changing way of life of both urban and reservation Native Americans. The distinguished photographer talks about his craft and shares his experiences during his appearance at SUU’s Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series, Art Insights, on Thursday, March 24, 2011. The lecture begins at 7pm at SUU’s Centrum Arena. Admission is free and the general public is encouraged to attend.
Zig Jackson is an artist and photography professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design. An enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes—Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, Jackson grew up on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. Jackson holds a B.S. in education from Northeastern Oklahoma State University and an M.F.A. in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. He has taught photography at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe; San Francisco State University; the University of California, Davis; and the Savannah College of Art and Design. Jackson’s work has been shown extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad at sites such as the Smithsonian Institution, the International Center of Photography (New York), and the High Museum (Atlanta), among many others. His photography is represented in the collections of several public and private institutions, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Jonson Gallery of the University of New Mexico; the Institute of American Indian Arts; the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; the Joslyn Art Museum, Nebraska; and the Savannah College of Art and Design. In 2004, Jackson became the first Native American photographer to be represented in collection of the National Library of Congress, when the Prints and Photographs Division acquired a number of his images. The artist is currently working on a photographic book of his work.
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.
Come and meet a native artist whose work is both provocative and educational in depicting his background and Native American roots. Learn more about the art and perspective of photographer Zig Jackson by attending his appearance at Art Insights. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.
ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespearean Festival, the performance group Acclamation, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.
Michael French
Public Information Coordinator
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
Office: 435-865-8667
Cell: 805-260-8797
michaelfrench@suu.edu
FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: ART INSIGHTS, ZIG JACKSON
WHAT: A photographer who uses his work to educate society on the reality of contemporary Indian existence, Zig Jackson uses his lens to capture and focus on his culture and changing way of life for both urban and reservation Native Americans. The distinguished photographer talks about his craft and shares his experiences 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 24, 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
NATIVE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER
ZIG JACKSON
MARCH 24, 2011
Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: A photographer who uses his work to educate society on the reality of contemporary Indian existence, Zig Jackson uses his lens to capture and focus on his culture and changing way of life of both urban and reservation Native Americans. The distinguished photographer talks about his craft and shares his experiences during his appearance at SUU’s Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series, Art Insights, on Thursday, March 24, 2011. The lecture begins at 7pm at SUU’s Centrum Arena. Admission is free and the general public is encouraged to attend.
Zig Jackson is an artist and photography professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design. An enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes—Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, Jackson grew up on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. Jackson holds a B.S. in education from Northeastern Oklahoma State University and an M.F.A. in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. He has taught photography at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe; San Francisco State University; the University of California, Davis; and the Savannah College of Art and Design. Jackson’s work has been shown extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad at sites such as the Smithsonian Institution, the International Center of Photography (New York), and the High Museum (Atlanta), among many others. His photography is represented in the collections of several public and private institutions, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Jonson Gallery of the University of New Mexico; the Institute of American Indian Arts; the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; the Joslyn Art Museum, Nebraska; and the Savannah College of Art and Design. In 2004, Jackson became the first Native American photographer to be represented in collection of the National Library of Congress, when the Prints and Photographs Division acquired a number of his images. The artist is currently working on a photographic book of his work.
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.
Come and meet a native artist whose work is both provocative and educational in depicting his background and Native American roots. Learn more about the art and perspective of photographer Zig Jackson by attending his appearance at Art Insights. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.
ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespearean Festival, the performance group Acclamation, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.
"The Smithson Effect" Exhibit @ UMFA (SLC: March 10 - July 3)

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
--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
The Smithson Effect
March 10-July 3, 2011
Salt Lake City, UT- The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is pleased to premier The Smithson Effect, an exhibition highlighting the pervasive presence of artist Robert Smithson (1938-1973) in contemporary art since the 1990s. The most ambitious contemporary art exhibition ever organized by the UMFA, The Smithson Effect brings together, for the first time, a broad spectrum of work by international artists who share a profound debt to Smithson’s art and ideas.
The Smithson Effect features sculpture, video, photography, installation, and sound art by twenty-three leading artists. Organized by Acting Chief Curator Jill Dawsey, the exhibition occupies over 4,000 square feet in the museum’s first-floor galleries and will be on view in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building at the University of Utah from March 10 through July 3, 2011.
Perhaps the most influential artist of the postwar period, Smithson is best known for his pioneering earthworks created during the 1960s and 70s, such as the famous Spiral Jetty (1970) in Utah’s Great Salt Lake. If the site of artistic creation had traditionally been the artist’s studio, Smithson took this activity into the unbounded landscape. He redefined the terms of art’s display and exhibition, establishing a new relationship between the ‘site’ of the landscape and the ‘nonsite’ of the gallery.
Smithson’s legacy, however, extends far beyond his revolutionary use of land as an artistic medium. In addition to earthworks, Smithson produced sculpture, drawings, collages, paintings, photographs, films, and extensive writings. His practice of working across various mediums, which was once unusual, has become widespread among artists today.
A significant number of artists in the mid-to-late 1990s turned to Smithson’s work as a source of inspiration. Artists continue to explore Smithson’s radical ideas on the subjects of entropy, land use, anti-monuments, natural history, and language, which have critically shaped contemporary art, as evidenced in the dozens of works in The Smithson Effect.
The Smithson Effect includes work by the following artists: Adam Bateman, Walead Beshty, Matthew Buckingham, Tom Burr, Center for Land Use Interpretation, Peter Coffin, Tacita Dean, Mark Dion, Sam Durant, Shannon Ebner, Cyprien Gaillard, Amy Granat and Drew Heitzler, Renée Green, Simon Leung, Debora Ligorio, Ann Lislegaard, Florian Maier-Aichen, Vik Muniz, Lee Ranaldo, Alexis Rockman, Melanie Smith, and Tony Tasset.
A number of artists in The Smithson Effect focus their attention on earthworks by Smithson that have been lost or destroyed. A key point of reference is Smithson’s Partially Buried Woodshed (1970), which was created by dumping twenty loads of dirt onto the roof of an abandoned shed until it collapsed under the weight. Sited at Kent State University in Ohio, Partially Buried Woodshed became an unofficial memorial in the wake of the killings of four students by the National Guard during a protest against the US invasion of Cambodia, just months after the earthwork’s creation. The work was eventually removed from the Kent State campus by University administration.
Artists Renée Green and Sam Durant both take Partially Buried Woodshed as a starting point for their own pieces in The Smithson Effect. In Green’s films, Partially Buried (1996) and Partially Buried Continued (1997), she documents her search for the woodshed, acting as a kind of archaeologist (as Smithson might have done), investigating the sites on campus and excavating artifacts from the past. In Sam Durant’s 1998 sculpture Partially Buried 1960s/70s Dystopia Revealed (Mick Jagger at Altamont) & Utopia Reflected (Wavy Gravy at Woodstock), he places mounds of dirt atop rectangular mirrors that lay flat on the floor, recalling Smithson’s ‘Nonsite’ sculptures. Inside the mounds are speakers, one emitting the voice of folk hero Wavy Gravy at Woodstock in 1969, another playing audio of Mick Jagger trying to calm the crowd at the Altamont Free Concert, an event that seemed to symbolize the end of the 1960s.
Looking to another 1970s earthwork as a point of reference, artist and musician Lee Ranaldo pays homage to Smithson’s Amarillo Ramp in his audio recording Amarillo Ramp (For Robert Smithson) (1995). Smithson died in 1973 while choosing a site in Texas for Amarillo Ramp, which was completed posthumously by his wife, artist Nancy Holt. Ranaldo, best known as the guitarist for the seminal rock group Sonic Youth, operates outside the conventional modes of music making in Amarillo Ramp (for Robert Smithson), treating sound as a material to be manipulated and sculpted; his sound piece evokes the slow grade and circular curve of Smithson’s earthwork.
A recurring theme in many works featured in The Smithson Effect is that of entropy, or the second law of thermodynamics, which describes how matter inexorably loses energy, moving from a state of order to disorder. Smithson was fascinated by this concept, which for him implied time on a geological scale beyond that of human activity. Artist Matthew Buckingham conjures up the entropic process in his piece The Six Grandfathers, Paha Sapa, in the Year 502,002 C.E. (2002). Buckingham’s installation includes a photograph that has been digitally altered to appear as scientists imagine the mountains of Paha Sapa—better known as Mount Rushmore—will look in the year 502,002 C.E. The photograph asks us to consider the inevitable erosion of this seemingly eternal monument, the erasure of presidential figures carved in stone.
As featured artist Tacita Dean has said, “Robert Smithson has become an important figure in my working life, not because I depend on him in any way, but because his work allows me a conceptual space where I can often reside.” Smithson’s work, ideas, and processes have played a crucial role in the course that contemporary art has taken during the last two decades, and his legacy continues to provide a conceptual space for artists to reside.
“We are delighted to present this exhibition, which has been in the works for almost three years,” said Gretchen Dietrich, UMFA Executive Director. “While Smithson’s influence is widely acknowledged, no institution has attempted to survey or assess how it shapes the landscape of contemporary art. The Smithson Effect takes the pulse of the contemporary art world and discovers that Smithson’s example is at the heart of much work made in the past two decades.”
The Smithson Effect is generously presented by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation.
RELATED PROGRAMMING
Spiral Jetty Online Resource
Now available at www.umfa.utah.edu/spiraljetty
The Smithson Effect is accompanied by a virtual online resource created to provide information about Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty. Designed by Cris Baczek, this program is intended for viewers who may or may not have visited the earthwork in person, and includes a time-lapsed video of a journey from the UMFA to Spiral Jetty, interviews with art historians and environmental experts, video accounts of personal experiences visiting the work, and links to additional information.
The Smithson Effect Audio Stops
The UMFA is pleased to offer six short audio stops that highlight specific works in the exhibition. Learn more about five featured artists and their work by using your cell phone, borrowing an MP3 player from the front desk, or downloading them to your iPod from http://umfa.utah.edu/audiostops for free.
“Artists on Smithson”
Saturday, April 2 • 2-4 pm
Join us for short talks by artists featured in The Smithson Effect, including Matthew Coolidge of the Center for Land Use Interpretation, Sam Durant, and Melanie Smith, followed by panel discussion mediated by Jill Dawsey, UMFA Acting Chief Curator.
“Viral Jetty: The Smithson Effect in Literature”
Wednesday, April, 13 • 6 pm
Professor Craig Dworkin of the Department of English at the University of Utah will discuss Smithson's influence on writers.
Double Feature Films: Spiral Jetty and Casting a Glance
Wednesday, April 27 • 7 pm
It’s movie night at the UMFA. Enjoy a double feature screening of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970) and James Benning’s Casting a Glance (2007) in the UMFA Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Auditorium.
“Robert Smithson and the Spiral Jetty: The Center and the Circumference”
Wednesday, May 11 • 7 pm
Don’t miss this lecture by Hikmet Sidney Loe, author of the forthcoming book The Spiral Jetty and Rozel Point: Rotating Through Time and Place (Utah State University Press, 2012).
Double Feature Films: Spiral Jetty and Casting a Glance
Wednesday, June 8 • 7 pm
It’s movie night at the UMFA. Enjoy a double feature screening of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970) and James Benning’s Casting a Glance (2007) in the UMFA Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Auditorium.
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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.
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
--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
The Smithson Effect
March 10-July 3, 2011
Salt Lake City, UT- The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is pleased to premier The Smithson Effect, an exhibition highlighting the pervasive presence of artist Robert Smithson (1938-1973) in contemporary art since the 1990s. The most ambitious contemporary art exhibition ever organized by the UMFA, The Smithson Effect brings together, for the first time, a broad spectrum of work by international artists who share a profound debt to Smithson’s art and ideas.
The Smithson Effect features sculpture, video, photography, installation, and sound art by twenty-three leading artists. Organized by Acting Chief Curator Jill Dawsey, the exhibition occupies over 4,000 square feet in the museum’s first-floor galleries and will be on view in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building at the University of Utah from March 10 through July 3, 2011.
Perhaps the most influential artist of the postwar period, Smithson is best known for his pioneering earthworks created during the 1960s and 70s, such as the famous Spiral Jetty (1970) in Utah’s Great Salt Lake. If the site of artistic creation had traditionally been the artist’s studio, Smithson took this activity into the unbounded landscape. He redefined the terms of art’s display and exhibition, establishing a new relationship between the ‘site’ of the landscape and the ‘nonsite’ of the gallery.
Smithson’s legacy, however, extends far beyond his revolutionary use of land as an artistic medium. In addition to earthworks, Smithson produced sculpture, drawings, collages, paintings, photographs, films, and extensive writings. His practice of working across various mediums, which was once unusual, has become widespread among artists today.
A significant number of artists in the mid-to-late 1990s turned to Smithson’s work as a source of inspiration. Artists continue to explore Smithson’s radical ideas on the subjects of entropy, land use, anti-monuments, natural history, and language, which have critically shaped contemporary art, as evidenced in the dozens of works in The Smithson Effect.
The Smithson Effect includes work by the following artists: Adam Bateman, Walead Beshty, Matthew Buckingham, Tom Burr, Center for Land Use Interpretation, Peter Coffin, Tacita Dean, Mark Dion, Sam Durant, Shannon Ebner, Cyprien Gaillard, Amy Granat and Drew Heitzler, Renée Green, Simon Leung, Debora Ligorio, Ann Lislegaard, Florian Maier-Aichen, Vik Muniz, Lee Ranaldo, Alexis Rockman, Melanie Smith, and Tony Tasset.
A number of artists in The Smithson Effect focus their attention on earthworks by Smithson that have been lost or destroyed. A key point of reference is Smithson’s Partially Buried Woodshed (1970), which was created by dumping twenty loads of dirt onto the roof of an abandoned shed until it collapsed under the weight. Sited at Kent State University in Ohio, Partially Buried Woodshed became an unofficial memorial in the wake of the killings of four students by the National Guard during a protest against the US invasion of Cambodia, just months after the earthwork’s creation. The work was eventually removed from the Kent State campus by University administration.
Artists Renée Green and Sam Durant both take Partially Buried Woodshed as a starting point for their own pieces in The Smithson Effect. In Green’s films, Partially Buried (1996) and Partially Buried Continued (1997), she documents her search for the woodshed, acting as a kind of archaeologist (as Smithson might have done), investigating the sites on campus and excavating artifacts from the past. In Sam Durant’s 1998 sculpture Partially Buried 1960s/70s Dystopia Revealed (Mick Jagger at Altamont) & Utopia Reflected (Wavy Gravy at Woodstock), he places mounds of dirt atop rectangular mirrors that lay flat on the floor, recalling Smithson’s ‘Nonsite’ sculptures. Inside the mounds are speakers, one emitting the voice of folk hero Wavy Gravy at Woodstock in 1969, another playing audio of Mick Jagger trying to calm the crowd at the Altamont Free Concert, an event that seemed to symbolize the end of the 1960s.
Looking to another 1970s earthwork as a point of reference, artist and musician Lee Ranaldo pays homage to Smithson’s Amarillo Ramp in his audio recording Amarillo Ramp (For Robert Smithson) (1995). Smithson died in 1973 while choosing a site in Texas for Amarillo Ramp, which was completed posthumously by his wife, artist Nancy Holt. Ranaldo, best known as the guitarist for the seminal rock group Sonic Youth, operates outside the conventional modes of music making in Amarillo Ramp (for Robert Smithson), treating sound as a material to be manipulated and sculpted; his sound piece evokes the slow grade and circular curve of Smithson’s earthwork.
A recurring theme in many works featured in The Smithson Effect is that of entropy, or the second law of thermodynamics, which describes how matter inexorably loses energy, moving from a state of order to disorder. Smithson was fascinated by this concept, which for him implied time on a geological scale beyond that of human activity. Artist Matthew Buckingham conjures up the entropic process in his piece The Six Grandfathers, Paha Sapa, in the Year 502,002 C.E. (2002). Buckingham’s installation includes a photograph that has been digitally altered to appear as scientists imagine the mountains of Paha Sapa—better known as Mount Rushmore—will look in the year 502,002 C.E. The photograph asks us to consider the inevitable erosion of this seemingly eternal monument, the erasure of presidential figures carved in stone.
As featured artist Tacita Dean has said, “Robert Smithson has become an important figure in my working life, not because I depend on him in any way, but because his work allows me a conceptual space where I can often reside.” Smithson’s work, ideas, and processes have played a crucial role in the course that contemporary art has taken during the last two decades, and his legacy continues to provide a conceptual space for artists to reside.
“We are delighted to present this exhibition, which has been in the works for almost three years,” said Gretchen Dietrich, UMFA Executive Director. “While Smithson’s influence is widely acknowledged, no institution has attempted to survey or assess how it shapes the landscape of contemporary art. The Smithson Effect takes the pulse of the contemporary art world and discovers that Smithson’s example is at the heart of much work made in the past two decades.”
The Smithson Effect is generously presented by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation.
RELATED PROGRAMMING
Spiral Jetty Online Resource
Now available at www.umfa.utah.edu/spiraljetty
The Smithson Effect is accompanied by a virtual online resource created to provide information about Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty. Designed by Cris Baczek, this program is intended for viewers who may or may not have visited the earthwork in person, and includes a time-lapsed video of a journey from the UMFA to Spiral Jetty, interviews with art historians and environmental experts, video accounts of personal experiences visiting the work, and links to additional information.
The Smithson Effect Audio Stops
The UMFA is pleased to offer six short audio stops that highlight specific works in the exhibition. Learn more about five featured artists and their work by using your cell phone, borrowing an MP3 player from the front desk, or downloading them to your iPod from http://umfa.utah.edu/audiostops for free.
“Artists on Smithson”
Saturday, April 2 • 2-4 pm
Join us for short talks by artists featured in The Smithson Effect, including Matthew Coolidge of the Center for Land Use Interpretation, Sam Durant, and Melanie Smith, followed by panel discussion mediated by Jill Dawsey, UMFA Acting Chief Curator.
“Viral Jetty: The Smithson Effect in Literature”
Wednesday, April, 13 • 6 pm
Professor Craig Dworkin of the Department of English at the University of Utah will discuss Smithson's influence on writers.
Double Feature Films: Spiral Jetty and Casting a Glance
Wednesday, April 27 • 7 pm
It’s movie night at the UMFA. Enjoy a double feature screening of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970) and James Benning’s Casting a Glance (2007) in the UMFA Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Auditorium.
“Robert Smithson and the Spiral Jetty: The Center and the Circumference”
Wednesday, May 11 • 7 pm
Don’t miss this lecture by Hikmet Sidney Loe, author of the forthcoming book The Spiral Jetty and Rozel Point: Rotating Through Time and Place (Utah State University Press, 2012).
Double Feature Films: Spiral Jetty and Casting a Glance
Wednesday, June 8 • 7 pm
It’s movie night at the UMFA. Enjoy a double feature screening of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970) and James Benning’s Casting a Glance (2007) in the UMFA Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Auditorium.
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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.
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