NEWS: Utah Visual Arts March 2013 Newsletter

VISUAL ARTS FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS 2013 Congratulations to Christopher Gauthièr and Mark Hedengren who have been awarded the Utah Arts & Museums 2013 Fellowships.Juror Richard Roth noted,   "The urgency and insightfulness of their missions...was deemed highly relevant   [and] necessary to today's world.     Gauthier's exquisite portraits of autistic individuals serve to personalize those too often seen as statistics. Hedengren's photographs allow us to see ourselves as joyful and uncanny creatures, beautiful and defiled – presented with grand virtuosity." Christopher Gauthièr,Evidence and Artifacts Series Mark Hedengren, Cliff Jumpers Series REGISTRATION NOW OPEN This annual state and region-wide conference will be held May 2, 2013. The conference is designed to help individuals and organizations in the arts access essential resources and create community connections throughout Utah and the Mountain West by participating in workshops, networking and innovation.  Click here to register. Featured ArtOp Utah Lawyers for the Arts and Dance Theater Coalition are offering a Spring Lecture and Workshop for artists that will cover the ins and outs of contract negotiations, break down the professional writing process, and even offer a rare opportunity for personal editing help for those craving feedback from a knowledgeable outside eye.  April 27, 2013.   For a complete listing of local, national and international artist opportunities click here. UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS Lenzi, Reynolds, Tachinni Rio Gallery MAR 15 - APR 26, 2013 Join us for Gallery Stroll March 15, 6-9pm Performance at 7pm Eugene Tachinni Centering on the idea of observing social, political, and personal paradigms, Kristina Lenzi, Gretchen Reynolds and Eugene Tachinni will present work in a variety of media including installation, photography, mixed media and performance. Lenzi says, "We each come from very different backgrounds but found our common ground in the term ‘structures’. We’re looking at our personal connections to these paradigms and how they relate to each other.” CURRENT EXHIBITIONS Portrait as Narrative and Narrative as Portrait Alice Gallery FEB 15 - MAR 29, 2013 Rebecca Pletch, Over the River and Through the Woods For more exhibitions click here.  HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION The collections of the State of Utah Division of Arts and Museums owe their success and prominence to the tireless efforts and support of Utah women. Alice Merrill Horne (1868 – 1948), the founder and first patron of the Utah Arts Council, was a powerful and important influence on art and culture in Utah’s history. This legacy has meant a great deal to the Collections, in terms of paving the way for other women artists and arts supporters. In our more modern era, the Utah State Fine Arts Collection is home to works by many important and brilliant Utah women artists, including Bonnie Sucec, a past fellowship recipient who can count several of her works among the numbers of the Fine Art Collection. Bonnie Sucec, Blue Matches, 1997 Bonnie Sucec, Among the Shadows, n.d. Browse the Utah State Fine Art Collection For a complete list of Utah Arts & Museums Staff  click here.