After one glimpse at Mollie Hosmer-Dillard’s prismatically textural series of paintings, titled Morning Hours: Experiments in Moving Images and on display now within THE BLOCKS Exhibitions on Main kiosks, how this woman from Missouri found herself in Utah begins to make sense. “Where I live in the Dammeron Valley (St. George area), I’m just 10 minutes from Snow Canyon,” […]
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Part of the thought process that Jared Steffenson, curator of exhibitions at UMOCA, engaged in when developing the museum’s current ALL WALL exhibition was considering where and how many people experience art for the first time. “I grew up in the Bay Area where I spent a lot of time skateboarding in places with graffiti […]
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“I’d really like Utah to be viewed as an arts hot spot,” explained Nick Rees. “There are so many great artists here, but Salt Lake City is still not considered an artistic hub. I think events like Urban Plein Air help give this area some justified exposure.” THE BLOCKS Urban Plein Air has been […]
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The July 4th holiday is in the rearview and the first day of school is still on the distant horizon. In other words, we’re deep in the dog days of summer. If you’re like many parents and are looking for a way to tear your kids away from their screens and just DO something, look […]
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Earlier this spring, as I pedaled my way down one of the many foothill trails east of downtown, I came upon a young mother with a toddler in a backpack carrier. As I stopped to let them pass, the mother smiled and said, “Have a nice day,” which was immediately repeated in her baby’s tiny […]
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Earlier this spring, while working on a story about a cool, new downtown development, I learned the backstory about a tidy little brick building with white Victorian trim located just east of State Street at 241 S. Floral St. The so-called Cramer House was built by Christopher Cramer, a Danish immigrant who arrived in Salt […]
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THE BLOCKS presents Exhibitions on Main, an opportunity for our community to exhibit their stories, bodies of work, and more on Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City Artist Allowance: $400 Entry Deadline: Wednesday June 30, 2021 at 11:59 PM Please submit your entry to Cassandra Yerkes, cassandra@downtownslc.org. Your submission must be sent as one […]
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Artist Allowance: $200, plus any tips collected Application Deadline: Wednesday June 30, 2021 at 11:59 PM Required Materials: Digital Portfolio in PDF format, details below DETAILS THE BLOCKS will provide selected artists with one 12”x12” canvases to complete during the two painting days (July 15 & 16) as well as a drop cloth. Artists will […]
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If you’ve ever strolled downtown New Orleans, Nashville or San Francisco, you’re aware of how street performers—aka buskers—add to the cultural richness of those cities. This weekend, Salt Lake’s heart will thrum with a similar energy when more than 60 buskers descend on downtown as part of the third annual SLC Busker Fest. “The last […]
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For many artists, one of the most unexpected aspects of this last, strange year was the space it provided to create. Such was the case for Joshua Graham, whose thought-provoking installation Walking In Place—borne from a yearlong walking practice—is on display now through May 22 at UMOCA. This year marks UMOCA’s 90th birthday and, as […]
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