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    August 2007
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Up and Upcoming: To The North
Exhibition Listings in Northern Utah
Prepared by 15 Bytes staff unless otherwise indicated.

The West by Dave Newman
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PARK CITY
Terzian Galleries UP: Dave Newman, during the Park City Arts Festival. Poster Signing, Friday, August 3rd from 6-9pm and an artist reception, Saturday, August 4th from 6-9pm. Rolling into Park City in his old Chevy, artist Dave Newman brings with him the American spirit along with visual memories of flashing neon signs, vintage toasters, and old western heroes. Through his mixed media and acrylic artwork he encases all of these times in his one-man show. |0| UPCOMING: Zachary Proctor and Justin Taylor. These artists are both figurative painters, with a high technical skill level, but differ in their approaches. Both the artists will be featured in Southwest Art Magazine's September issue. Some of the work featured in the article will be on display during the reception, Friday, August 31st, during Park City's gallery stroll, 6-9pm at Terzian Galleries.

Kimball Art Center UP: The Kimball Art Auction & Gala will be held Thursday, August 2nd at 6:30 pm at the Kimball Art Center. Tickets $150. You'll be greeted at the door with a glass of champagne and artistic hors d'oeuvres. Spend an evening enjoying live music, a silent auction and watch the World's Champion Auctioneer, Bruce Brock, entertain the crowd with a live auction. Come to enjoy the premier art by 30 artists on display or to add to your collection. Call 435.649.8882 for reservations.

38th Annual Park City Kimball Arts Festival, with four days of events and two days of the arts festival. Friday August 3rd is the Park City Gallery Walk and The Park City Kimball Arts Festival will be Saturday, August 4 from 9 am to 7 pm and Sunday from 9 am to 6pm. The festival showcases a variety of artists including: potters, painters, jewelry designers and more! The artwork is different every year; 220 artists were selected from 800 applicants. Last year an estimated 42,000 people attended the festival on Saturday and Sunday, a strong increase from the 37,000 who came the previous year.

AND: The Kimball is bringing a unique selection of precious pottery to the nonprofit community art center in Park City. The new exhibition will feature a collection of ceramics from the village of Mata Ortiz in North Central Mexico.|1| The village is located in the high desert area of Chihuahua. The pottery comes from the ancient Indian Casas Grande tradition. The tradition of making this pottery had been dormant for many hundreds of years. Juan Quezada, one Mata Ortiz villager, reawakened the ancient Indian tradition to create these pieces of artistic genius. Then, Juan shared this tradition with his fellow villagers. You can see the results in the Badami Gallery at the Kimball Art Center. ALSO: Oil paintings by Joy Every in the Garage Gallery through September 18.

Phoenix Gallery UP: Holly Mae Pendergast, during the Park City Arts Festival, August 3 - 5. Pendergast's meandering lines, fragile forms, and delicate lighting have endeared her works to local collectors. |2| Though she recently moved to Seattle, Pendergast continues to exhibit frequently in Utah. Her art was chosen for this year's catalogue of the Deer Valley Music Festival.

Julie Nester Gallery UP: Observations, an exhibition of recent paintings by Kiki Gaffney |3| and Silvia Poloto |4|, August 3 - 28, with an opening reception on August 3, 5:30-8:00 pm. This exhibit will bring together abstract presentation of two highly diverse styles. Kiki Gaffney works with ideas of nature juxtaposed by geometric shapes and designs to create a well balanced piece. Silvia Poloto works abstractly as well, creating rich, deep, bold spaces through the application of multiple transparent layers. In Gaffney’s current body of work she is working on both mylar and Plexiglas, using a combination of oil, acrylics and graphite. Many of her compositions feature controlled, precise botanical drawings combined with large geometric shapes. Poloto uses various media in her paintings including acrylic, charcoal, crayon and sometimes collage on canvas or wood. She employs a bold palate combining reds, greens, yellows and blues.

Redstone Gallery UP: Equine art by Mostafa Darehbaghi, Gladys Morante, Erica Nordean, Judy Summer, Susan Van Seters and Diane Whitehead, through August.

Meyer Gallery UP: Brian Kershisnik and Jim Rennert, opening August 3rd. The Park City Arts Festival coincides with the biggest show of the summer for Meyer Gallery. Recently exhibited at the University of Utah's Fine Art Museum, Kershisnik's work is now more celebrated than ever. Kershisnik's graceful and direct paintings are eloquent narratives about the human condition. Rennert's new "Men in Suits" series is very popular with business men and woman from all walks of life. Everyone can relate to feeling "One Step Ahead" in life.

Coda Gallery UPCOMING: Opening Reception for Utah artist Aaron Fritz on Saturday, August 4th at 6pm in conjunction with the Park City Kimball Arts Festival. Fritz is an expressionist landscape artist who uses heavy texture and vivid colors to capture Utah's landscape.

LOGAN
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art UP: Dark Metropolis, Irving Norman's Social Surrealism through October 6. Originating at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento California, this exhibit, curated by Scott A. Shields, Ph.D., Chief Curator at the Crocker Art Museum, consists of approximately 25 large-scale paintings by Irving Norman along with 14 examples of the artist's works on paper, and it is accompanied by a 228-page color catalogue. Unmasking the realities of human nature and the contemporary society in which we live, Irving Norman aimed only "to tell the truth of our time." His highly detailed paintings are powerful critiques of modern life, painted in the hope of promoting change. The atrocities Norman witnessed in volunteer service during the Spanish Civil War jolted his consciousness, and he began to express his experiences through drawing and then painting from the 1940s to the 1980s. With the belief that his paintings could act as agents of social reform, Norman felt that pointing out the inequities, horrors and foibles of human behavior might somehow cause people to reconsider their actions. Most paintings were intended for public institutions, particularly museums, where the artist thought "all people could come and study them and contemplate."

BOUNTIFUL
BDAC UP: Bountiful Handcart Days Art and Craft Exhibit thru July 21st. The theme for this year's exhibit is "Celebrating Our Heritage." Along with the many entries from talented amateur artists in Davis County there are several entries from invited professional artists in the exhibit.

HEBER
Two Sisters Fine Art UP: Whimsical Works by Sophie Soprano through August 11. Sophie Soprano was born July 4, 2005 after a more-than-five-year gestational period. She is the brainchild of artist Lynn Farrar. "I always wanted a daughter," says Farrar, "although truly she's my alter ego more than my daughter. Perhaps you could say I've finally succeeded in cloning myself, something I've wanted to do for more than 20 years." When Lynn Farrar began doing murals for hospitals such as Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City and the pediatric wing of Utah Regional Medical Center, she discovered a whimsical side of herself that could finally express her dry sense of humor with paint. "I was free to be as silly as I wanted and, amazingly to me, people really enjoyed the work. I think even more now, people want something that will make them smile and feel good." So Sophie was born, or hatched, out of the idea that this work was a great departure from the usually traditional though colorful landscapes, seascapes, and figurative paintings of Lynn Farrar, serious artist. Though originally conceived as paintings for children, the artist has found an increasing number of collectors and businesses interested in purchasing them.

OGDEN
The Ogden First Fridays Art Walk takes place every month on the First Friday. Galleries are open from 6 to 9 pm for receptions.

Eccles Community Art Center UP: 33rd Annual Statewide Competition, a juried competition that features recent works by Utah artists in all media except photography through August 30. AND: In the Carriage House Gallery paintings by Farrell R. Collett. Collett was one of Utah's most successful and well-known painters. The Collett Family is exhibiting and making available to collectors a limited selection of his paintings. Collett touched many lives both as a teacher and as an artist. He often said "A work of art is only half completed unless it is shared by others."

Gallery at the Station UP: Group Show featuring paintings by Mac Stevenson, Lucille Chamberlin, Keith Dabb, Lairie Esklson, Carol Fielding, Jeff Hepworth, Liz Pierce, Lorin Wilde, Doug Wride. Opening Reception, Friday August 3, 6pm-8pm.

Universe City UP: Universe City presents local secondary school art educators in an exhibit opening in conjunction with Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll, August 3, 5:00-8:00 pm. The exhibit will run Fridays, August 3, 10 and 17, 5:00-8 p.m. and Saturdays, August 4, 11 and 18, Noon-8:00 p.m. Artists (and their school) included in the exhibit are Peggy Barker, (St. Joseph High School), Bruce Burningham (Ogden High School), Steven Jay Henry, (Heritage Christian School), Ed Palmer (Ogden High School) and others.

Ogden Valley Balloon Festival UPCOMING: 2nd Annual OGDEN VALLEY Plein Air Competition & Silent Auction, sponsored by Wilkerson Fine Art & Consulting, Saturday, August 18 in Huntsville Park. Artists will paint in Ogden Valley from 8 am - 4 pm and the exhibition and sale of their works will take place 4:30 pm - 7 pm. Over $3000 in prizes in professional and amateur categories. This event is open to any artist who wishes to participate. Registration is $10. Participating artists can register up until 8 AM the day of the event. For entry information go to the Wilkerson Fine Art website at www.wilkersonfineart.com/events.htm.
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