NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mike Call, BDAC, mike@bdac.org
Bountiful/Davis Art Center
745 S. Main Street, Bountiful, UT 84010
Illustrators Utah! plus Lester B. Lee and Aaron Bushnell
Bountiful/Davis Art Center, September 16 – November 4, 2011
Illustration by Joe Bowler, member of the Hall of Fame of the Society of Illustrators
September 2, 2011, Bountiful, Utah - Bountiful/Davis Art Center will host two new exhibits starting with an opening reception on September 16: Illustrators Utah! and a companion exhibit featuring artists Lester B. Lee and Aaron Bushnell. The biennial illustrator exhibit at BDAC is a long-standing tradition that presents the top illustrators in Utah.
Features of the exhibits:
The exhibit will be juried by Robert Neubecker, professional illustrator living in Park City, Utah. Award will be given in four categories: Editorial, Book, Advertising and Comic/Sequential. There are Student and Professional divisions.
Original artwork from the collection of Paul Mann, Illustrator, featuring Hall of Fame Illustrators including Tom Lovell, Joe Bowler, Robert Fawcett and Robert McGinnis
Paintings by local artists Lester B. Lee and Aaron Bushnell will be presented in the north gallery of BDAC. Lester B. Lee is a well known artist, illustrator and retired high art educator (Woods Cross High School). Formerly a Bountiful, Utah resident, he currently resides in Clarkston, Utah with his family. Aaron Bushnell, a Bountiful, Utah resident, is a nationally known artist who sells his paintings widely and is featured in exhibits throughout the United States.
A life drawing workshop with renowned illustrator and BYU professor, Robert Barrett – October 20, 9am-4pm. See website for more information about this workshop and other classes at Bountiful/Davis Art Center: www.bdac.org.
“The methods of creating illustration have changed dramatically since I was in school with an Illustration Major many years ago. But the quality and innovation of contemporary illustrators featured in this exhibit are inspiring and a credit to this form of visual communication. Certainly technology has played a huge role in the development of illustration today but its foundation is due to the early illustrators who brought this method of communicating information to the forefront of our society. Some of these illustrators, members of the Hall of Fame of the Society of Illustrators, will be featured in the exhibit as selections from the collection of Paul Mann, Illustrator. The exhibit will instruct viewers on the importance of illustration and its power to communicate in today’s world along with its historical foundation. Bountiful/Davis Art Center is pleased to present this exhibit along with the amazing talent of well-known painters, Lester B. Lee and Aaron Bushnell.”
Emma J. Dugal
Executive Director, Bountiful/Davis Art Center
Bountiful/Davis Art Center is open Tuesday-Friday from 10am-6pm and Saturday, 2-5pm. Closed Sundays, holidays, and Mondays except the third Monday of each month that brings Family Art Night, a free event. For more information about this exhibit and other programs of Bountiful/Davis Art Center, call 801 292-0367 or visit us online at www.bdac.org http://www.bdac.org/ email: info@bdac.org
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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
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