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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

FAX Exhibit @ UMOCA (SLC: March 2 - June 23)



Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Announces:
FAX
Opening March 2, 2012 with a First Friday celebration
Contact: Emily Brunt | emily.brunt@utahmoca.org | 801.328.4201 x 115
(Danica Farley replaces Emily on March 1. Reachable at: danica.farley@utahmoca.org)
www.utahmoca.org | 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Tue-Thu & Sat 11 AM – 6 PM, Fri 11 AM – 9 PM

For Immediate Release:  February 24, 2012

SALT LAKE CITY, UT –  Utah Museum of Contemporary Art announces the opening of traveling exhibition FAX, Guest curated by João Ribas and co-organized by The Drawing Center and Independent Curators International.  FAX has grown and morphed since it’s opening at The Drawing Center in New York in 2009, and has travelled world-wide, amassing faxes in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. UMOCA hosts a comprehensive presentation of the exhibition, and will open with a First Friday celebration on March 2, 2012, and close June 23, 2012.


“FAX challenges our notion of where an art exhibition can wind up and what form it takes when it gets there. This presentation teleports to the ends of the earth riding on the technological whimsy of this thought-to-be obsolete mode of communication. As an artistic medium, the 500+ artists have created a material legacy that will keep fax machines transmitting for generations to come,” says Aaron Moulton, Senior Curator of Exhibitions, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.
Moulton has added the following artists to FAX: Mike Bouchet, Salotto Buono, Roisin Byrne, Keren Cytter, Sejla Kajmeric, Daniel Kingery, Forniture Pallotta, Bertrand Planes, Jared Steffensen, and Ignacio Uriarte.  Other artists will be added over the course of the exhibition and will be included in future presentations at other institutions world-wide.
FAX invites a multigenerational group of artists, as well as architects, designers, scientists and filmmakers, to re-conceive of the fax machine as a tool for thinking and drawing. Although the technology for transmitting

printed images and texts dates from the nineteenth century—a machine by Scottish mechanic Alexander Bain patented in 1843—it was the introduction of the modern fax through commercially available machines in the 1970s that turned facsimiles into a ubiquitous communications medium for international business. Artists readily exploited its immediate, graphic, and interactive character, making it an important part of the history of media art, nestled between the legacy of Fluxus and the nascent practices of new media. But with the fax machine now fast becoming a technology of the past, how do artists see the potential of the fax transmission today?

Faxes by nearly 100 artists that were sent to the initial showing of FAX at The Drawing Center form the core of the exhibition, including seminal examples of early telecommunications art. Each institution on the tour is encouraged to invite up to twenty additional artists to submit works, which will be presented at all successive venues. These works are transmitted to each participating institution’s working fax line throughout the duration of the exhibition. The active accumulation of information—received in real time, in the exhibition space—includes drawings and texts, and even the inevitable junk faxes from telemarketers and local businesses as well. All the transmitted pages are archived or displayed together with the active fax machine, which may produce new faxes from invited artists at any moment. The result—an ongoing cumulative project—is a show concerned with ideas of reproduction, obsolescence, distribution, and mediation.

Since the first showing of FAX at The Drawing Center, the exhibition has been presented in 14 galleries in Europe, Latin America and Asia, as well as North America, with over 200 artists from all over the world invited to participate by each host curator. At times, the exhibition has also been shown simultaneously, and at one point was even in three different countries: Para/Site Art Center in Hong Kong, Burnaby Art Gallery in British Columbia, and Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City. Recently, FAX was exhibited at the South London Gallery in the U.K. and the Knoxville Museum in Tennessee, where the two institutions had kept in contact throughout the duration of the exhibition. Subsequently, FAX has the ability to explore the potential of simultaneous and real-time exhibitions – furthering the unlimited possibilities of developing international collaborative exchange.

ABOUT THE GUEST CURATOR
João Ribas is curator at the MIT List Visual Arts Center and a widely published critic. He was previously curator at The Drawing Center in New York, and has organized over thirty exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad. Ribas is the winner of an Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award (2010) and two consecutive AICA Awards for Best Exhibition (2008/2009). He has contributed essays to numerous exhibition catalogs and monographs, and has been a visiting lecturer for institutions and organizations worldwide. He was previously adjunct faculty at the School of Visual Arts, New York, and currently teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design.

EXHIBITION ITINERARY

The Drawing Center
New York, New York
April 17, 2009 – July 23, 2009

Contemporary Museum, Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland                                     
September 12, 2009 – December 20, 2009                           

Plug in ICA
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
December 12, 2009 – February 21, 2010

Torrance Art Museum
Torrance, California
January 14, 2010 – February 20, 2010

Para/Site Art Center
Hong Kong
February 2, 2010 – April 1, 2010

Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby, British Columbia,
March 16, 2010 – May 23, 2010

Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil
Mexico City, Mexico
March 24, 2010 – June 20, 2010

Dowd Gallery, State University of New York,
College of Cortland
Cortland, New York
October 7, 2010 – December 10, 2010

New Galerie
Paris, France
November 6, 2010 - December 18, 2010

Apex Gallery, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid CIty, South Dakota
February 15, 2011 - April 3, 2011

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
March 7, 2011 - April 10, 2011

St. Paul St Gallery
Auckland, New Zealand
April 8, 2011 - April 30, 2011

Knoxville Museum of Art

Knoxville, Tennessee
August 26, 2011 - November 6, 2011

South London Gallery
London, United Kingdom
September 22, 2011 – November 27, 2011

DeVos Art Museum
Marquette, Michigan
January 13, 2012 - February 24, 2012

University of Hawaii Art Gallery
Honolulu, Hawaii
February 26, 2012 – April 15, 2012

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Salt Lake City, Utah
March 2, 2012 – June 23, 2012

San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
San Francisco, California
May 4, 2012 – July 22, 2012


CREDIT LINE
FAX is a traveling exhibition curated by João Ribas, and co-organized by The Drawing Center, New York, and Independent Curators International (ICI), New York. The exhibition and the accompanying publication were made possible, in part, by members of the Drawing Room, a patron circle founded to support innovative exhibitions at The Drawing Center; and by support to ICI from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and ICI’s Board of Trustees, as well as the ICI Access Fund.

ABOUT ICI
Independent Curators International (ICI) is a non-profit headquartered in New York that produces exhibitions, events, publications, and training opportunities for audiences around the world. Working across disciplines and historical precedents, since 1975 the organization has connected emerging and established curators, artists, and institutions, to forge international networks and bring behind-the-scenes curatorial discourse to new publics.

In the last two years, 12 ICI exhibitions have been presented by 66 venues in 20 countries profiling the work of over 350 artists worldwide; 103 curators and artists from the U.S. and abroad have contributed to ICI’s talks programs, online journal, and conferences; and 80 emerging curators from 27 countries and 14 U.S. states have participated in the Curatorial Intensives, ICI’s short-course professional training programs. Through online resources and the creation of a new Curatorial Hub in New York, ICI’s fast-growing Curator’s Network provides members with up-to-date information on jobs and other curatorial opportunities, as well as access to articles, books, and round-table discussions addressing the latest curatorial debates.

UMOCA
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (formerly Salt Lake Art Center) was recognized as Best Museum in the State of Utah for 2011.  Founded in 1931 and now located in the heart of Salt Lake City, UMOCA exhibits groundbreaking work by leading local and international artists. UMOCA is currently exhibiting 2012 Sundance Film Festival New Frontier.  Coming up in June is Play Me I’m Yours, inviting the people of Salt Lake to show off their piano skills on street corners all over Salt Lake.  Recent exhibitions include Kim Schoenstadt, winner of the 2011 Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting; Fallen Fruit of Utah, a state-wide collaboration with museums and individuals about the role of fruit in Utah’s history, led by artist collective Fallen Fruit; Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out, a community public sculpture initiative 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; 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 Contemporary Masters: Artist-Designed Miniature  Golf.  UMOCA 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. UMOCA is located at 20 S. West Temple, just off the intersection with South Temple. Admission is free year-round. Business hours are Tuesday-Thursday: 11 am - 6 pm; Friday: 11 am - 9 pm; Saturday: 11 am - 6 pm; closed Sunday and Monday. For more information call (801) 328-4201 or visit www.utahmoca.org.

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For additional information regarding ICI, please contact Mandy Sa at mandy@curatorsintl.org or at 212.254.8200 ext. 121.


Emily Brunt
Director of Communications, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
801.328.4201 x115 | m: 801.232.7362 | emily.brunt@utahmoca.org  | www.utahmoca.org


Mountain West Arts Conference (May 3)


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Mountain West Arts Conference

Thursday May 3, 2012
Location - Utah Cultural Celebration Center, West Valley City

Information & Registration

We are pleased to announce our Conference Keynote Speaker
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang

"From moments after birth, people develop within social relationships—we come to the world biologically ready to engage with other people, and the emotions we feel in social contexts shape how we feel about ourselves, how we experience our own lives, and how we create art that reflects and represents these experiences. In this talk, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang will discuss the neurobiology of social emotions like compassion, admiration, inspiration and gratitude, including their deep visceral roots in the feeling and regulation of the body and consciousness, and their propensity to heighten one’s own subjective sense of self awareness. By examining neuroimaging data from adults alongside creative works by children, she will argue that creative thinking is grounded in the feeling of emotions that foster social connectedness and self reflection, and is driven by an inherent desire to make culturally appropriate meaning of one’s experiences in the world."

Nominations are still open for the

Governor’s Leadership in the Arts Awards
Due Date - March 2, 2012

Leadership in the Arts Awards categories include:
-Community
-Education
-Individual
-Organization
Submit your nominations today.

The Utah Arts Festival and the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office Currently Accepting Nominations for the 2012 Mayor’s Artist Awards Deadline: Friday March 2, 2012


The Utah Arts Festival and the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office
Currently Accepting Nominations for the 2012 Mayor’s Artist Awards
Deadline: Friday March 2, 2012

Salt Lake City, UT: The Utah Arts Festival is now accepting nominations through Friday, March 2 for the 2012 Mayor’s Arts Awards to be presented during the 36th Annual Utah Arts Festival in June.

The Salt Lake City Mayor's Office honors the contributions artists and organizations make to the cultural life of the Salt Lake City community. Awards are presented to recipients in the following categories: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Literary Arts and Service to the Arts. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker will present the awards during at the Utah Arts Festival June 21-24.

Nominees for the Mayor’s Artists Awards will be juried by a panel including representatives from the Office of the Mayor, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, the Utah Arts Festival and past recipients of the Awards.

The 2011 award recipients were 
Charles Frost  (Performing Arts), 
Trent Alvey  (Visual Arts), 
Carol Edison (Service to the Arts by an Individual), 
Ruth Lubbers  (Service to the Arts by an Individual), 
Book Arts Program (Service to the Arts by an Organization)

Nominations must be received by Friday, March 2, 2012.

For nomination details and to download a nomination form visit www.uaf.org.
Presented by the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office and the Utah Arts Festival.
For additional information please contact the Utah Arts Festival Office at 801-322-2428 or lisa@uaf.org.

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Junction City Big Band Dance @ WSU (Ogden: March 17)


Gotta Dance!
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Junction City Big Band Dance
When: Saturday, 17 March, 7:00 lessons; 8:00 dance downbeat
Where: Ballroom, Shepherd Union Building
Cost: $1/lesson • $5/dancing

The sixteen piece Junction City Big Band, directed by Steve Ericksen, presents a WSU Saturday Dance Date, March 17, in the Shepherd Union Building Ballroom. Downbeat is at 8:00 p.m. but for those who need it, professional dance instruction by Margene Anderson will be offered at 7:00. Tickets are $1 for lessons and $5 per person for the dance. An intermission floorshow will provide entertainment while dancers have a chance to catch their breath and enjoy some light refreshments. 

The band was organized in 1987 under the direction of Dr. K. Earl Ericksen, then chair of the Weber State Department of Performing Arts. (Dr. Ericksen passed away last summer and his son has taken on the role of band leader.) The Swing Era style dance band was formed specifically to give local musicians with big band experience an opportunity to continue playing for personal enjoyment as well as for community functions.  Donating their time and musical skills, they have helped to keep the community “jumpin’” with the music of Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sammy Kay, Freddie Martin, Harry James and other great swing era sounds.

Lessons will begin promptly at 7:00. No one will be admitted to the lessons after that time so please make plans to come early and be included in this fun and fantastic experience. Dance downbeat at 8:00 p.m. Best dress is recommended, which includes shirt and tie for men. 

For more information about the band, contact Steve Ericksen at 829-4098. 

WSU Percussion Ensemble (Ogden: March 20)


Percussion Delivers the Beat

Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: WSU Percussion Ensemble
When: Tuesday,  20 March 2012, 7:30 pm
Where: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
Cost: Free and open to the public

Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the WSU Percussion Ensemble on Tuesday, 20 March, at 7:30 pm in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. This is a free concert. Children 8 years and older are welcome
This is always an interesting concert for young people with the variety of unusual and standard instruments on stage. There is a form of choreography as the instruments and musicians rearrange between most pieces. And, since it is directed by Dr. Donald Keipp, one can always expect several very theatrical and highly energetic pieces.

Percussion Ensemble repertoire includes:

“Mudra” by Bob Becker
“Portico” by Thomas Gauger
“Chromatic Fox Trot” by Geo. Hamilton Green
“Jovial Jasper” by Geo. Hamilton Green
“The Highway” by Daneil Montoya, Jr.
“Suite for Three Drumsets” by Shelly Elias

Also the Winter Drumline (from the WSU Marching Band) will be performing the music from their spring show.

For more information about this concert, contact Don Keipp, 801 626 7073 or dkeipp@weber.edu

Utah Saxophone Quartet @ WSU (Ogden: March 22)


Utah Saxophone Quartet Returns to WSU

Who:  Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Utah Saxophone Quartet
When: Thursday, 22 March 2012, 7:30 pm
Where: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts.

Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents The Utah Saxophone Quartet Thursday, March 22 at 7:30 pm in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. The concert is free and children age eight and over are welcome to attend.

The quartet use the French saxophone quartet instrumentation with Ray Smith on soprano, Daron Bradford on alto, David Feller (WSU Faculty) on tenor, and Gaylen Smith on baritone -- all members being BYU School of Music alumni. 

The program will feature an interesting mix of classical, jazz, ragtime and “surprises.” As David Feller says, “we are great friends and have been playing together for many years. We like to share the fun we have with our audiences. There is a LOT to share with our combined talents. We have over 100 years of experience in teaching and performing. It really adds up to great music everyone can enjoy!”

All of the members of the ensemble double on multiple woodwinds, and the quartet will often add clarinet quartets, flute quartets, or mixed woodwind quartets to concert programs. Each member of the quartet is extensively active in the Utah recording scene, and all are mainstays in the Utah performance arena.

The Utah Saxophone Quartet was formed at Brigham Young University in 1983 by Ray Smith, who was hired to teach saxophone at BYU in 1982. The Utah Saxophone Quartet has been a pioneering ensemble since that time. The current personnel has been stable since about 1985. In fact, they have been friends since high school and have studied with several common teachers, including Steve Allen and David Randall, former director of the BYU School of Music.

For more information about this concert, contact David Feller at 801 626 6436 or dfeller@weber.edu

Onomatopoeia Exhibit by Constant Dullaart @ UMOCA (SLC: March 2 - May 4)








Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Announces:
Onomatopoeia
Opening March 2, 2012 with a First Friday celebration

Contact: Emily Brunt | emily.brunt@utahmoca.org | 801.328.4201 x 115
(Starting March 1, contact Danica Farley at danica.farley@utahmoca.org)
www.utahmoca.org | 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Tue-Thu & Sat 11 AM – 6 PM, Fri 11 AM – 9 PM
For Immediate Release: February 27, 2012

SALT LAKE CITY, UT –  Utah Museum of Contemporary Art announces Onomatopoeia by Constant Dullaart, opening March 2 at UMOCA with a First Friday celebration and closing May 4. 

Dutch artist Constant Dullaart wrestles within the delicate space between analog and digital. He makes works that reconcile ways to demystify technology by trying to physically enter it. “Onomatopoeia” is an exhibition of video works where form mimics function and meaning becomes the action itself. In the works on display we see the magical non-spaces of the internet, the standby droll before pressing play and the commonalities of our collective memories each deceptively occupied and turned into a performative zone. The work YouTube on the Floor II (2012) has been made for the occasion of this exhibition.

“Dullaart’s practice antagonizes the banalities of technology. We are left hypnotized again by things once familiar now turned awkwardly foreign,” says Aaron Moulton, Senior Curator of Exhibitions, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.

Constant Dullaart (NL 1979), former resident of the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, lives and works in Berlin. Originally trained as a video artist, he recently started focusing on visualizing internet grammar and software dialects. By editing online forms of presentations and by re-contextualizing 'found' material he creates installations, perfomances, prints, videos, websites and blog postings. In recent years works have received both critical acclaim as well as large scale attention on the internet, where many of the works can still be easily found. His work is discussed widely in publications both offline and online, and has been shown internationally at venues such as the MassMOCA, and the New Museum in New York, Autocenter and Grimmuseum in Berlin, de Appel, W139, and the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands. Dullaart curated several international exhibitions, and is a frequent lecturer at many institutions and universities. He recently co-founded an internet art documenting initiative, http://net.artdatabase.org.

UMOCA
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (formerly Salt Lake Art Center) was recognized as Best Museum in the State of Utah for 2011.  Founded in 1931 and now located in the heart of Salt Lake City, UMOCA exhibits groundbreaking work by leading local and international artists. UMOCA is currently exhibiting 2012 Sundance Film Festival New Frontier.  Coming up in June is Play Me I’m Yours, inviting the people of Salt Lake to show off their piano skills on street corners all over Salt Lake.  Recent exhibitions include Kim Schoenstadt, winner of the 2011 Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting; Fallen Fruit of Utah, a state-wide collaboration with museums and individuals about the role of fruit in Utah’s history, led by artist collective Fallen Fruit; Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out, a community public sculpture initiative 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; 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 Contemporary Masters: Artist-Designed Miniature  Golf.  UMOCA 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. UMOCA is located at 20 S. West Temple, just off the intersection with South Temple. Admission is free year-round. Business hours are Tuesday-Thursday: 11 am - 6 pm; Friday: 11 am - 9 pm; Saturday: 11 am - 6 pm; closed Sunday and Monday. For more information call (801) 328-4201 or visit www.utahmoca.org.

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Emily Brunt
Director of Communications, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
801.328.4201 x115 | m: 801.232.7362 | emily.brunt@utahmoca.org  | www.utahmoca.org


UTAH FILM CENTER ANNOUNCES LINE-UP FOR 2ND ANNUAL TUMBLEWEEDS FILM FESTIVAL FOR KIDS (SLC: March 23 - 25)


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - February 28, 2012
Additional information:
Levi Elder
UTAH FILM CENTER ANNOUNCES LINE-UP FOR 2ND ANNUAL TUMBLEWEEDS FILM FESTIVAL FOR KIDS

11 Features and 14 Short Films for children ages 4 and up to screen March 23-25 

Salt Lake City, UT – Today, the Utah Film Center announced the films and workshops for the 2012 Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Children.  The 2nd annual event presents feature-length and short films from around the world for children ages 4-14.  This year’s line up includes 11 feature films and 14 short films films from 7 countries, in 5 languages.  Many films will be screened in their original languages, with a reader narrating the subtitles for younger audience members. In addition to the 18 film presentations, the festival includes four film related workshops presented by Spy Hop Productions. Screenings and workshops will be held March 23-25 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Spy Hop Productions and The City Library. Tickets for all screenings are $6.00 and workshops are $30.00 including service charges. Tickets for all events are available beginning March 5 at www.arttix.org. More information about the Tumbleweeds Film Festival is available at www.utahfilmcenter.org.

“The response after last year’s inaugural festival was overwhelming,” said Patrick Hubley, Artistic Director of the Utah Film Center and Director of Tumbleweeds, “The positive feedback we had from our almost 3,000 attendees really inspired us as we planned to present another event.  This year’s line-up features more foreign language films than last year and just as many great stories. We hope our festival audiences enjoy watching these films as much as we did when selecting our program.”Earlier in the week, from March 21-23, the Utah Film Center is working with local elementary school, middle school, junior high, and high school teachers to bring 1,200 students to 6 school outreach screenings.  All of the screenings are free to the students, thanks to the support of our sponsors, and include study guides to assist teachers in using the film as a teaching tool. 

Opening and Closing Night films will be announced within the coming weeks. 
2012 Tumbleweeds Film Festival Film Program: 
AMAZING ANIMATIONS!
Recommended for children 6+

Don’t miss this international collection of colorful, clever and creative animated short films. From four sisters trying to pass the time on a long trip, to a pigeon that sabotages a secret mission, to a dog that finds a new best friend – its own tail! – this wonderful set of films features a variety of stories in a range of animations styles.  Fun and inventive, these animations are sure to entertain and delight audiences of all ages!

AURELIE LAFLAMME’S DIARY // LE JOURNAL D’AURÉLIE LAFLAMME 
Director: Christian Laurence (Canada, 2010 – 108 min)
Screens in French with English subtitles – Recommended for children ages 12+
Feeling out of place the world, Aurélie Laflamme wonders if she might be an alien in this funny and touching look at a girl navigating the path to adolescence.
BACALAR
Director: Patricia Arriaga-Jordán//Mexico, 2011 – 96 min
Screens in Spanish with English subtitles – Recommended for children 9+
With a little help from some mystical animal spirits, best friends Santiago and Mariana attempt to rescue endangered wolf cubs from ruthless animal smugglers in this exciting Mexican action-adventure.
A CAT IN PARIS // UN VIE DE CHAT
Directors: Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol (France/Belgium, 2011 – 70 min)
Screens in French with English subtitles – Recommended for children 8+
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Film, this stunning hand drawn and richly colored animation, with a jazzy soundtrack, is a charming, action-packed adventure set in the moonlit rooftops of Paris.
CIRCUS DREAMS
Director: Signe Taylor (USA, 2011 – 80 min)
Recommended for children 8+
Join charismatic young jugglers, acrobats and clowns as they spend the summer performing with Circus Smirkus, the only travelling youth circus in the United States.
FRIENDS FOREVER // MULLEWAPP
Directors: Toney Loeser and Theresa Strozyk (Germany, 2010 – 77 min)
Recommended for children 4+
When Cloud the Lamb is kidnapped, it is Johnny the Mouse, Charlie the Rooster and Percy the Pig to the rescue in this delightful animated adventure about the importance of friendship.
THE LETTER FOR THE KING // DE BRIEF VOOR DE KONING
Director: Pieter Verhoeff (The Netherlands, 2008 – 100 min)
Screens in Dutch with English subtitles – Recommended for children 8+
Travel back to medieval times for an exciting adventure about a teenaged squire who must evade his enemies and deliver a letter that carries the fate of an entire kingdom.
LOUDER THAN A BOMB
Directors: Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel (USA, 2010 – 99 min)
Recommended for children 13+
Exhilarating and inspiring, this documentary follow the fortunes of four diverse groups of high school students as they prepare for, and compete in one of the country’s leading youth poetry slam.
THE MAGICIANS // HET GHEIM
Director: Joram Lürsen (The Netherlands, 2010 – 94 min)
Screens in Dutch with English subtitles – Recommend for children 7+
Aspiring magician Ben learns not everything is as it seems when he must solve the mysterious disappearance of his best friend Sylvie in this charmingly entertaining family film.
MOONBEAM BEAR AND HIS FRIENDS // DER MONDBAER
Directors: Thomas Bodenstein and Mike Maurus (Germany, 2008 – 69 min)
Recommended for children 4+
When Mr. Moon falls from the night sky, it’s up to Moonbeam Bear and his friends to return him back home in this delightful and enchanting animation ideal for younger viewers.
TIGER TEAM
Director: Peter Gersina (Germany, 2010 – 90 min)
Screens in German with English subtitles –  Recommended for children 8+
Join the Tiger-Team, Bigi, Luk and Patrick, on a dynamic action filled adventure in China as they race to be the first to unlock an age-old palace of riches hidden deep inside a mountain.
2012 Tumbleweeds Film Festival Workshops
Presented in partnership with Spy Hop Productions.
Stop Motion Animation: LEGO’s Live! 

Ages 7 – 9
Saturday, March 24, 10 am–12 pm at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

Bring your LEGOs to life in this introduction to animation class. Write, produce and direct a short film involving LEGO minifigs and set designs.

3D Game Design: Space Invasions
Ages 10 – 12
Saturday, March 24, 10 am-12 pm at Spy Hop Productions

Using Unity 3D Software, build planets, asteroids and alien space ships to cruise around your new universe. You’ll take home your game to share online or with your friends.

Special FX Make Up
Ages 7 – 9
Saturday, March 24, 1-3 pm at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

Work with a makeup artist to turn your fellow classmates into zombies, avatars and monsters and then get a professional photo made of yourself in costume.

The Living Comic Book
Ages 10 – 12
Saturday, March 24, 1–3 pm at Spy Hop Productions

Start with a clip of a classic cartoon and record your own sound effects to make your own hilarious short film.

Visit www.kidsfilm.org for more info. Follow us on Twitter @kidsfilm and “like” our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/TumbleweedsFilmFestival.

Tumbleweeds is generously sponsored by: the Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Salt Lake County’s Zoo, Arts and Parks Program, Adobe Foundation, Art Works for Kids!, eBay, the Natural History Museum of Utah and Spyhop Productions. 

Media Sponsors for the 2012 Tumbleweeds Film Festival are: City Weekly, KUED, NOW, and Munchkin Radio.

Utah Film Center programs are made possible by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, Rio Tinto, Salt Lake County’s Zoo, Arts and Parks Program, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, the Swartz Foundation, and Zions Bank.The Tumbleweeds Film Festival is an annual film festival for children and youth, ages 4-14, presented by the Utah Film Center. Launched in 2011, Tumbleweeds provides 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. Many of the films at Tumbleweeds are screened in their original language. Foreign language screenings are presented with English subtitles that will be read aloud by a “subtitle reader.” In addition to film screenings, the Utah Film Center is partnering with Spy Hop Productions to present workshops designed to introduce participants to different aspects of filmmaking.

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The City Library Presents Tenth Annual “No Strings Attached” Puppetry Festival Two days of performances and activities celebrate puppetry in Salt Lake City (March 10 - 11)


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Julianne Hancock
M: 801.455.3432

The City Library Presents Tenth Annual “No Strings Attached” Puppetry Festival
Two days of performances and activities celebrate puppetry in Salt Lake City

February 28, 2012, SALT LAKE CITY -- The City Library is proud to present the tenth annual “No Strings Attached” puppetry festival March 10 and 11 at the Main Library. The award-winning Maritime Marionettes from Nova Scotia will headline the festival with their production of Igor Stravinksy’s Petrouchka.

Petrouchka, an extraordinary puppet ballet, features 23 marionette characters telling the story of downtrodden puppet Petrouchka. Designed and executed by puppeteers Heather and Darryll Taylor, choreographer Mary Lou Martin and costume designer Jacqueline Allen, it is a true tour de force. The show has received rave reviews since its premiere in May of 1999. Preceding the headlining event, patrons can join Cecile Forsberg of the Utah Symphony for a discussion of Igor Stravinsky and Petrouchka, which will offer great insight to the performance.

Additional highlights of the festival include The City Library’s own Whizgiggle puppets performing the “Late Night Laugh-a-Thon,” The Puppet Players presenting two performances designed especially for children, Maxed Out Puppetry, Constant Moon Puppet Co., Freddie Spencer the String Man, Salt Lake Adult Puppet Theatre, and many more.

Numerous all-day activities are available, including a display of international puppets from the Berlin Puppetry Museum in the Special Collections Room on Level 4.

There will be “take and make” bag puppet materials available outside the Children’s Library, books on puppetry available to checkout, and puppets available for sale outside the Library Store.

This exciting event is made possible with special thanks to the Friends of the City Library, WESTAF, National Endowment for the Arts, Salt City Arts Council, and the Utah Symphony & Opera. 

Please see www.slcpl.org/nostrings for a full listing of the festival’s events.





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JULIANNE HANCOCK 
Communications Manager | Salt Lake City Public Library 
p: 801.524.8219 | m: 801.455.3432 | jhancock@slcpl.org 

SUU's ART INSIGHTS, BRUCE DEHNERT (CC: March 8)



FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: ART INSIGHTS, BRUCE DEHNERT
WHAT:             Whether abstract or functional, each piece created by ceramicist Bruce Dehnert is an exciting expression of form. Dehnert, an internationally known ceramicist and educator, will present on his unique body of work as well as his expansive career.

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

WHEN:             Thursday, March 8, 2012

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 
CERAMICIST BRUCE DEHNERT
MARCH 8, 2012

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Whether abstract or functional, each piece created by ceramicist Bruce Dehnert is an exciting expression of form. Dehnert, an internationally known ceramicist and educator, will present on his unique body of work as well as his expansive career as part of SUU’s Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series, Art Insights, on Thursday, March 8. The lecture begins at 7pm at the Centrum Arena, Section K. Admission is free and the public is encouraged to attend.

Bruce Dehnert is currently head of ceramics at New Jersey’s Peters Valley Craft Center where he has been for the past twelve years. His teaching assignments span from New York’s Hunter College and Parson’s School of Art and Design to the New Zealand School of Art and even to the University Malaysia Sarawak. He is also the recipient of numerous prizes and awards for his art including the Fletcher Challenge International Ceramics Award, the Settlor Prize in Sculpture and a Carnegie Premier Award for Works on Paper.
                                                                                                                   
Art Insights is a weekly program hosted during the fall and spring semesters by SUU’s Art and Design faculty. Students and community members meet weekly to experience presentations and discussions by visiting artists and art educators from around the nation who share their work and insights and attend gallery openings. Admission is free, and the general public is invited to attend.

Learn more about internationally celebrated ceramicist Bruce Dehnert by attending his Art Insights’ appearance. 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 Shakespeare Festival 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

Steam Powered Circus Oz Brings Australian Circus to Kingsbury Hall (SLC: March 20 - 21)


Press Release

Steam Powered Circus Oz Brings Australian Circus to Kingsbury Hall

February 28, 2012: The legendary, world-famous, globe-roving icon Circus Oz brings its 2012 Steam Powered to Kingsbury Hall for two hours of absurd acrobatics, graceful aerial performance, fast-paced knockabout comedy, plus much more, all set to the rocking sound of the live Circus Oz band. Circus Oz will perform at Kingsbury Hall on March 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $19.50 - $34.50 and are available at www.kingtix.com or 801-581-7100. 

The 2012 U.S season of Circus Oz introduces their crew of highly skilled performers, with a clutch of new acts of non-stop energy. For this show Circus Oz has headhunted a gang of extraordinary fresh new performers. Hazel Bock, arguably Australia’s finest juggler, is a woman who can juggle a table with her feet. Sarah Ward aka Yana Alana/ex-SistaShe is a powerhouse singer who can impersonate anyone from rap to opera to cabaret. BecBeat is a drummer with an electric superhero act. Ania Reynolds who plays a mean keyboard and baritone saxophone.  Rowan Heydon-White is a blonde Amazon super-strong trapeze artist who can climb through a tennis racket, and Mason West is a nuggety half-Kiwi acrobat who can balance on a precarious stack of five rolling tubes. They’ll be joined by the current crop of super humans, rubber-limbed acrobats Paul O’Keeffe, Flip Kammerer, Luke Taylor, Jeremy Davies and guitar solo legend Carl Polke.

Believe it or not, it’s now more than three decades since the Australian-based Circus Oz first started making shows and traversing the globe to become a world-famous entertainment icon. So if you’re looking for something a little bit different to share with family and friends, come along and experience this special brand of circus anarchy.  Circus Oz will have you gasping and then laughing yourself silly.  

Watch a video clip of Circus Oz at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MosCRVdTqqc

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Contact:
Sheri Jardine
Kingsbury Hall Public Relations
801-585-1556

Bountiful/Davis Art Center to Host Annual Meeting for Members and the Foundation Awards in the Arts (Bountiful: March 7)


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


Staff of the Utah Division of Arts & Museums: Left to right (front:  Leah Piccolo, Wendi Hassan, Kirsten Darrington, Margaret Hunt, Jason Bowcutt, Jim Glenn)
(Back:  Laura Durham, Jean Irwin, Lynnette Hiskey, Katie Woslager, Alyssa Hickman Grove, Jen Parsons-Soran, Fletcher Booth, George Schoemaker)
Photo taken on the front porch of the Glendinning Home, 617 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah on February 21, 2012.


BOUNTIFUL, Utah, February 28, 2012 – The Annual Meeting of the membership of Bountiful/Davis Art Center (BDAC) will be on March 7, 2012 at 7:00pm at BDAC, 745 South 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
Sherry Rauch: Secretary
Ana M Silva Bouck: Mayor’s Appointee
Douglas Meredith: Member at Large

Highlights of 2011 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 156 works of art.




Michal Onyon, Artist, Former Board Member to receive Outstanding Contribution from an Individual Award

The recipients of the 2012 Foundation Awards in the Arts are:

    Foundation Award:                                                    Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Margaret Hunt, Managing Director
    Outstanding Support from Individual:                Michal Onyon, Artist, Former Board Member
    Media Award:                                                               Davis Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, Barbara Riddle, CEO                                  
    In Kind:                                                                             South Davis Recreation Center, John Miller, Director
    Summerfest Award:                                                   Woods Cross City with special recognition to: Mayor Kent Parry and wife Kim & Bruce and Kit Borrowman
    LeConte Stewart Education Award:                     Robert McKay, Art Professor, SLCC; Artist

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
Artist names/links will be listed on website

Membership levels:
            Student           $10
            Artist               $25
            Senior (65+)    $25
            Individual       $35
            Family Plus     $100-499
            Gold                $500-$2499
            Platinum          $2500-$4999
            Diamond         $5000-$9999
            Lifetime          $10,000+

            Gallery Name  $50,000 (payable over 10 years)


For more information contact the Bountiful/Davis Art Center, 801 292-0367 or visit us online at:



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Friday, February 24, 2012

March 2012 Exhibitions and Events @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts



Media contact:
Shelbey Lang, 801-585-1306
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
March 2012 Exhibitions and Events

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

salt 5: Daniel Everett
March 30 –July 29, 2012
salt 5: Daniel Everett is the fifth in the Museum’s series of exhibitions featuring innovative art from around the world.  In his work, Daniel Everett explores the pursuit of meaning through various media including photography, video, performance, and installation. Much of his art focuses on liminal spaces, points of transition, and personal meaning found in public areas.  In his installation, Everett contemplates the changing role of now-obsolete technologies by repurposing them and putting them to use in fresh and inventive ways.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Highlights of the Collection Tour
6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month and 1:30 p.m. on all Saturdays and SundaysFREE with general museum admission
Experience the UMFA galleries through a thirty-minute tour with a docent. No pre-registration necessary.

Evening for Educators: Printmaking through the Ages 
5:30-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7 FREE 
This teacher workshop will show educators from all disciplines and grade levels how to incorporate printmaking in the classroom. Teaching packets with images, artist biographies and lesson plans are available for a $5 donation. State in-service credit available. Funded in part by the StateWide Art Partnership. 

At Work Film Series: Nine to Five
2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 10 Rated PG • FREE 
Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton star in the 1980 comedy, Nine to Five. Mistaken identity and miscommunication are at the center of the film as three women colleagues fantasize about taking revenge on their boss. Presented in conjunction with the At Work: Prints from the Great Depression exhibition.

Third Saturday for Families: Self-Portrait Canvases 
1:00-4:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 17 • FREE
What ideas do you have about work? Wander through the At Work: Prints from the Great Depression exhibition for inspiration and then express your new ideas with paint and canvas. Third Saturday is funded in part by the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts and Parks fund.
The Faculty Show Gallery Talk 
6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21 • FREE with general admission 
Meet talented University of Utah faculty artists and learn about their work during this gallery talk held in conjunction with The Faculty Show exhibition.

Visiting Artist Talk: A Conversation with Daniel Everett 
7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 30 • FREE 
Join us for a conversation with salt 5 artist Daniel Everett and Jill Dawsey, Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. 

At Work Film Series: Soy Mi Madre
2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 FREE 
Released in 2009, Soy Mi Madre examines issues surrounding immigrant populations who live and work in Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley. Inspired by Jean Genet's 1974 film The Maids, Soy Mi Madre explores the power dynamics that exist between people of disparate socioeconomic groups. Not rated. Presented in conjunction with the At Work: Prints from the Great Depression exhibition.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS

At Work: Prints from the Great Depression
On view May 6, 2012 
What is the place of labor in our lives? Organized in collaboration with Dr. Matthew Basso, Assistant Professor of History and Gender Studies and Director of the American West Center at the University of Utah, this exhibition features Depression-era prints focusing on men and women and work. At Work explores the role of working artists during one of America’s most trying eras, and tells the compelling story of life and labor during the Great Depression with prints by Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Herschel Levit, Riva Helfond and dozens of other artists. The exhibition features selections from the collection of Mrs. Marcia Price and Ambassador John Price. At Work will be accompanied by a film series and art-making activities for families. 

The Faculty Show: Recent Work by The University of Utah Art Faculty
On view through May 6, 2012
The UMFA is pleased to present an exhibition of artwork by the University of Utah Department of Art faculty. New works by tenured, tenure-track, and adjunct faculty artists will be on view in the Museum's Great Hall and first-floor galleries. The exhibition reflects current trends in contemporary art, as well as traditional practices in a variety of media, including: ceramics, painting and drawing, sculpture, photography and digital imaging, printmaking, installation, and new media. Visitors to The Faculty Show are encouraged to attend a series of three gallery talks by featured artists.

Georges Rouault: Circus of the Shooting Star
On view through May 13, 2012
Artist Georges Rouault was fascinated by the circus, a world where superficial brightness was underscored by overwhelming sadness. The images in his portfolio of etchings, Cirque de l'Etoile Filante (Circus of the Shooting Star), demonstrate Rouault's attempt to strip away the spangles of the clown's costume and reveal the "reflection of paradise lost." On loan to the UMFA from the Syracuse University Art Galleries, this exhibition comprises color etchings that introduce the portfolio and wood engravings illustrating Rouault's text. The Circus of the Shooting Star exhibition will be accompanied by a fun-filled family guide, in-gallery puppet theater, a film series and special art-making events for kids and parents.

Res Mortis: Matters of Death
Now on View
Experience the UMFA’s ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman collection in its new home on the second floor. The Egyptian gallery features the 26th dynasty anthropoid coffin of Padiusir (a visitor favorite), along with other intriguing objects that explore the economic aspects of preparing for the afterlife. The revitalized Greek and Roman gallery highlights the UMFA's recently conserved Apulian funerary amphora and the marble sarcophagus of a young Roman nobleman.
**Exhibition dates are subject to change.

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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
Active duty military personnel FREE
Thanks to the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks fund, the UMFA opens its doors for FREE on the first Wednesday and third Saturday of the month.

“Shadows” @ Babcock Performing Readers (SLC: March 15)


March 15, 2012
“Shadows”
Written, composed & directed by Joyce Skidmore

Clap your hands! Tap your feet! Sing the “We Don’t Care!” chorus from this delightful dramatic musical which won the special judges award of the 2008 Babcock Playwright’s Circle. Let the characters reveal the shadows which hover within each of us. An uplifting tale of the human experience which will cause you to search your soul.

Olpin Union Building Little Theatre
200 S Central Campus Drive
SLC

Free Parking with validation
Free Admission
Free Refreshments


Partially funded by
Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks
Salt Lake City Arts Council

Duel•Ality 2.0 @ Another Language Performing Arts Company (SLC: Feb 24 - March 3)


Another Language Performing Arts Company invites you to Duel•Ality 2.0, an upcoming telematic cinema project created and performed by Company Directors Elizabeth and Jimmy Miklavcic. This original work explores the concepts of relationships and personal duality.

Duel•Ality 2.0 examines the many sides of the two characters Duel (Jimmy Miklavcic), and Ality (Elizabeth Miklavcic). This telematic work focuses on two people and the way this duo encounters and functions in this technological world. It looks at the relationship of man and woman, human and computer, software and hardware, as well as, live performance and projected elements. The performance also explores the connection between elements of creativity and how the audience perceives them.
The script developed by Elizabeth and Jimmy Miklavcic is a dialogue between Duel and Ality as they wrestle with each other, their expressions, and their technological lives. Throughout the play, they use their computers as extensions of themselves. This telematic performance shows the human side of technology, revealing that everything and everyone has at least two sides.

Telematics is defined by Roy Ascott as “computer-mediated communications networking between geographically dispersed individuals and institutions… and between the human mind and artificial systems of intelligence and perception.”

Duel•Ality 2.0 takes place in a Visualization Laboratory, the VisLab Black Box Theater, where the audience will experience 2D and 3D projections throughout the performance. These projections enhance the story by serving as visualizations of Duel and Ality’s thoughts, enhancing the experience of the technological journey.  Audience members will wear active stereoscopic glasses during the performance to view the 3D projections.

Duel•Ality 2.0 performances will be held February 24-25 at 7:00pm and February 26 at 4:00pm & March 2-3 at 7:00pm and March 4 at 4:00pm. The performance space will be at the University of Utah Intermountain Networking and Scientific Computation Center and will be in the Visualization Lab Black Box (VisLab) on the second floor, room 294. Admission is $7.00 general, $5.00 Another Language members and seniors. Students from any school will receive free admission. The VisLab seats 15-20 people, so reservations are highly recommended and can be made through the Another Language Web Store Box Office www.anotherlanguage.org/store, by calling the Another Language Office (801) 531-9419 or by emailing info@anotherlanguage.org. An audience discussion will follow the sixty-minute performance.

Another Language Performing Arts Company holds a reputation for creating unique, cutting edge work and Duel•Ality 2.0 will continue in the tradition of the unexpected. Be a part of this one of a kind event by attending the performances at University of Utah. Information on live streaming viewing options is available in the Telematic Cinema section of the Another Language Website. (www.anotherlanguage.org/tele_cinema/2012_da/video/viewingoptions.html)

Bonneville Chamber Music Festival Concert #2 @ WSU (Ogden: March 23)


Bonneville Chamber Music Festival: Modern Chamber Music
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival
When: 23 March 2012 • 7:30 pm
Where: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
Cost: $12/adults; $9/students* and seniors; 
purchase 2 or more tickets and receive a 25% discount
*free for WSU students with Wildcard (required)
www.weberstatetickets.com or 1-800 WSU-TIKS

The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the second concert of Bonneville Chamber Music Festival  2012, “Modern Chamber Music,” Friday, March 23, at  7:30 pm in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $12/$9 and may be purchased from the Dee Events Center Ticket Office, 1-800-WSU-TIKS. All concerts are free for WSU students with a current Wildcard (student I.D.). Children 8 years and older are welcome. 

For the first time BCMF will present chamber music by the acclaimed Russian/Soviet composer Alfred Schnittke: Quintet for piano and strings (1972-76). Even though it reflects polystylistic traits of Schnittke’s composing, this piece was influenced by the Russian spirit of the Piano Quintet by Dmitry Shostakovich. Performing artists include Bojan Martinovic, piano, Carmelo de Los Santos, violin, Guigla Katsarava, piano, Miran Begic, violin, Spencer Martin, viola, Viktor Uzur, cello

Program:

Quintet for piano and strings (1972–76) by Alfred Schnittke (1934 –1998)
  1. Moderato
  2. Tempo di Valse
  3. Andante
  4. Lento
  5. Moderato pastorale

The Bonneville Chamber Music Festival is made possible through the generous support of:
Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation
Weber County RAMP
Harris Family Foundation
Mel and Sandy Sowerby

Festival website: weber.edu/bcmf

Bonneville Chamber Music Festival Concert #4 @ WSU (Ogden: March 26)


Bonneville Chamber Music Festival: Albeniz to Zeppelin
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival
When: 26 March 2012 • 7:30 pm
Where: Mar 26: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
Cost: FREE! no tickets required. Seating first come, first served

The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the fourth concert of Bonneville Chamber Music Festival  2012, “From Albeniz to Zeppelin,” Monday March 26, at  7:30 pm in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. This is a free concert, sponsored by Weber County RAMP. No tickets are required but seating is “first come, first served.” Children 8 years and older are welcome. 

“The Richter Uzur Duo is doing some amazing stuff. Wait until you hear…. This is going to be very special,” says Michael Johnathan, host of PBS’s WoodSongs

Since October of 2008 The Richter Uzur Duo has appeared regularly on NPR broadcasts of American Public Media’s Performance Today. The Richter Uzur Duo may be unique in the way they combine classical, rock and folk music and themes into truly original new compositions as well as in the way they collaborate. Because they live almost 1,000 miles apart, they do a great deal of composing over the phone and Internet, writing parts separately, combining and re-developing them while on concert tours together.  It is rare that two successful classical composers come together to co-write music of such distinction. The fun and friendship Viktor and Brad share in this partnership are obvious on stage and in their music. (http://www.ruduo.org)

The Bonneville Chamber Music Festival is made possible through the generous support of:
Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation
Weber County RAMP
Harris Family Foundation
Mel and Sandy Sowerby

Festival website: weber.edu/bcmf

Bonneville Chamber Music Festival Concert #3 @ WSU (Ogden: March 24)


Bonneville Chamber Music Festival: Chamber Music Classics
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival
When: 24 March 2012 • 7:30 pm
Where: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
Cost: $12/adults; $9/students* and seniors; 
purchase 2 or more tickets and receive a 25% discount
*free for WSU students with Wildcard (required)
www.weberstatetickets.com or 1-800 WSU-TIKS

The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the third concert of Bonneville Chamber Music Festival  2012, “Chamber Music Classics,” Saturday, March 24, at  7:30 pm in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $12/$9 and may be purchased from the Dee Events Center Ticket Office, 1-800-WSU-TIKS. All concerts are free for WSU students with a current Wildcard (student I.D.).Children 8 years and older are welcome. 

Audiences  favorite,  Felix Mendelsohn’s Piano Trio No. 1 in in D minor will be performed by guest artists from Montenegro, violinist Moran Begic and pianist Bojan Martinovic, with WSU faculty member Viktor Uzur, cello. This concert will for the first time feature chamber music for two pianos as European pianists, Guigla Katsarava and Bojan Martinovic perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 2 for two pianos on our brand new Steinways!

Program:

Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
I. Molto allegro ed agitato
II. Andante con moto tranquillo
III. Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace
IV. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato

Suite No. 2, Op. 17 for two pianos, four hands by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)
I. Introduction: Alla marcia
II. Valse: Presto
III. Romance: Andantino
IV. Tarantelle: Presto

The Bonneville Chamber Music Festival is made possible through the generous support of:
Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation
Weber County RAMP
Harris Family Foundation
Mel and Sandy Sowerby

Festival website: weber.edu/bcmf

Bonneville Chamber Music Festival: Faurè Requiem @ WSU (Ogden: March 30)


Bonneville Chamber Music Festival Final: Faurè Requiem
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival: Faurè Requiem
a concert dedicated to Danièle Doctorow
When: 30 March 2012 • 7:30 pm
Where: Holy Family Catholic Church, 1100 East 5550 South, Ogden
Cost: $12/adults; $9/students* and seniors; 
purchase 2 or more tickets and receive a 25% discount
*free for WSU students with Wildcard (required)

The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the fifth and final concert of Bonneville Chamber Music Festival  2012, “Faurè Requiem,” Friday March 30, at  7:30 pm ar Holy Family Catholic Church, 1100 East 5550 South, Ogden. Tickets are $12/$9 and may be purchased from the Dee Events Center Ticket Office, 1-800-WSU-TIKS. All concerts are free for WSU students with a current Wildcard (student I.D.). Children 8 years and older are welcome. 

This final concert is dedicated to a celebration of the life of Danièle Doctorow (1952 to 2010), friend, musician, business woman, and the first Executive Director of the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation. The Brazilian conductor Manfredo Schmeidt will lead WSU Chamber Choir and Orchestra in this magnificent festival finale. A week prior to the performance, Mr. Schmeidt will be in residence at WSU, preparing the Faurè Requiem with WSU students. Concert will also feature Michael Palumbo, WSU Orchestra Director and Mark Henderson, WSU Choir Director.

Program will include:
Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
I. Introït et Kyrie
II. Offertoire
III. Sanctus
IV. Pie Jesu
V. Agnus Dei et Lux Aeterna
VI. Libera me
VII. In Paradisum

Manfredo Schmeidt, conductor (Orchestra Symphonica de Porto Alegre)
Brett Patterson, organist (music director, Holy Family Church, Ogden)
Mark Henderson, director, WSU Chamber Choir
Michael Palumbo, director, WSU Symphony Orchestra
WSU Chamber Orchestra
WSU Chamber Choir

The Bonneville Chamber Music Festival is made possible through the generous support of:
Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation
Weber County RAMP
Harris Family Foundation
Mel and Sandy Sowerby

Festival website: weber.edu/bcmf

Bonneville Chamber Music Festival @ WSU (Ogden: March 21 - 30)


Bonneville Chamber Music Festival Returns
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival
When: 21-30 March 2012 • concerts: 21, 23, 24, 26, 30 • 7:30 pm
Where: Mar 21, Austad Auditorium, Va. A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
Mar 23, 24, 26: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
Mar 30: Holy Family Catholic Church, 1100 East 5550 South, Ogden
Cost: $12/adults; $9/students* and seniors; 
purchase 2 or more tickets and receive a 25% discount
*free for WSU students with Wildcard (required)

The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the sixth annual Bonneville Chamber Music Festival presenting international, national and local musicians in three concerts and two master classes. Concerts are scheduled March 21 at 7:30 in the Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts; March 23, 24 and 26  at  7:30 pm in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. The final concert will be March 30 at 7:30 at the Holy Family Catholic Church, 1100 East 5550 South in Ogden. The concert on Monday, March 26 is free, sponsored by Weber County RAMP. Tickets for all other concerts are $12/$9 and may be purchased from the Dee Events Center Ticket Office, 1-800-WSU-TIKS. All concerts are free for WSU students with a current Wildcard (student I.D.). Children 8 years and older are welcome. 

Festival guest artists include:  
Bojan Martinovic, piano, Montenegro (professor, Montenegro Academy of Music)
Brad Richter, guitar, USA (guitarist, composer, residency artist)
Brett Patterson, organist, USA (music director, Holy Family Church, Ogden)
Carmelo de Los Santos, violin, Brazil (professor, University of New Mexico)
Guigla Katsarava, piano, France (professor, Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris)
Manfredo Schmeidt, conductor, Brazil, (Orchestra Symphonica de Porto Alegre)
Miran Begic, violin, Montenegro  (dean/professor, Montenegro Academy of Music)
Monte Belknap, violin, USA (professor, Brigham Young University)
Spencer Martin, viola, USA (professor, Luther College)

Weber State University faculty and students: artists
Mark Henderson, director, WSU Chamber Choir
Michael Palumbo, director, WSU Symphony Orchestra
Moriah Wilhelm, violin
Viktor Uzur, cello
WSU Chamber Orchestra
WSU Chamber Choir

Artistic Director, Viktor Uzur, WSU, music faculty and cello instructor, is continuing a tradition he began in 2007. The festival is designed to encourage appreciation of chamber music by bringing together musicians from around the world to perform and offer master classes to our campus and northern Utah community. 

The Bonneville Chamber Music Festival is made possible through the generous support of:
Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation
RAMP
Harris Family Foundation
Mel and Sandy Sowerby
Details of each concert follow in separate releases.
Festival website: weber.edu/bcmf