While THE BLOCKS is a fantastic place to immerse yourself in art, it’s also ripe with possibilities for those who create. And a silver lining of the next few weeks of closures due to coronavirus concerns is the space it will create for artists to further their craft. The following are five great opportunities in […]
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Simply put, plein air painting is the act of painting outside. But rather than merely an opportunity for an artist to get out of the studio, the genre allows a multi-sensory immersion into a landscape that, hopefully, yields a much richer piece of work than when painting from a photograph or memory. And while painters […]
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Playwright Jenifer Nii proudly calls Plan-B her creative home. She has previously premiered THE WEIRD PLAY, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (created with Dave Evanoff), THE SCARLET LETTER, SUFFRAGE, RUFF!, WALLACE (created with Debora Threedy) and (IN)DIVISIBLE (a collaboration with 11 other local playwrights) at Plan-B. Her latest, THE AUDACITY, premieres ONLINE March 28-31st. Plan B will […]
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Fair warning to parents. After just one Tumbleweeds Film Festival screening, you may lose your tolerance for sitting through another Disney film ever again. Written by Melissa Fields
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You don’t have to look very hard to find artistic expression in THE BLOCKS. From vibrant building murals and multiple modern dance companies to edgy galleries and concerts galore, whatever you’re artistic itch is, you can scratch it—and then some—in THE BLOCKS. A burgeoning facet of downtown Salt Lake’s creative scene that may not immediately […]
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Written by Melissa Fields
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It’s that time of year again when New York and L.A. pay an annual visit to Utah as part of the Sundance Film Festival. But contrary to the images sure to take over your social media feeds over the next ten days, Sundance does not take place in Park City exclusively. In fact, there are […]
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CALL FOR ARTISTS MARCH 7, 14 & 21, 2020 Artist Allowance: $200 & any sales of completed works Entry Deadline: Sunday February 16, 2020 at 11:59 PM Digital Portfolio of applicable competed works in PDF format Download a PDF version of this Call for Artists here – Urban Plein Air at The Market Call for Artists […]
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The following also appears in the February issue of QSaltLake Magazine Once upon a time, I read an article on writing artist’s statements, I think, that asked me to articulate what my “project” as an artist is. What is the big question I am trying to answer with my writing? Looking back on my now […]
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When you arrive at downtown Salt Lake City’s Ken Sanders Rare Books (268 S. 200 East), don’t be surprised if you feel as if you’ve stepped out of Utah into a lovely, decades-old, hole-in-the-wall book shop in Cambridge or the West Village. The store’s main interior space is anchored by the cluttered cash wrap (Presided […]
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