Exhibition Spotlight: Springville
Five Noted Utah Artists Exhibit at Springville Museum of Art
The Springville Museum of Art's People, Places and Things, which highlights the work of Marilee B. Campbell |1|, Lou Jene Carter |2|, Carol Pettit Harding |3|, Carol Dunford Jackman |4|, and MaryAnn Free Smith |0|, is an exhibition of five women artists, friends and colleagues who, despite their different media and styles, share common interests as well as each other's company in an effort "not to paint in a vacuum."
In September of this year the artists attended the opening of Burton Silverman exhibition at Brigham Young University's MoA. In response to a question, Silverman summed up his belief that artists need association with other artists and other artwork by saying, "You can't paint in a vacuum" -- a statement that resonated with these five artists who share views about art, encourage each others work and share similar struggles. On occasion the artists meet together for lunch, usually at Campbell's house, where they discuss both their art and the daily requirement of living and family. At one of these recent meetings, the group slightly altered Silverman's statement to express another aspect of their lives as artists: "You can't paint and vacuum."
Each of the five artists has done their fair share of vacuuming as well as face more serious family and household duties. With their combined 300 years of experience, they have faced the difficulties of children with the serious health concerns like cancer, seizure disorders, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities and childhood diabetes, as well as the care of ill parents, spouses and grandchildren. As Campbell remarks, "We can only go into our studio when there isn't a current crisis."
When they do go to the studio, each artist uses her chosen media to express a unique vision; certain traits do bring them together: a compulsion to make art, the influence of the human exerience of living in the Mountain West, and optimistic and biographical elements in their work.
The artists also share a common interest and identification with art from an early age. When Carter was a child her parents introduced her as an artist. Harding was only ten when she sold her first painting to her uncle. Free Smith's parents encouraged her at an early age, Jackman made paper dolls for her kindergarten friends and Campbell lived with the influence of her grandfather, George Beard, a noted Utah artist.
All have all had formal art training as well as classes from top artists across the nation. They have exhibited in important shows and venues from the East Coast to the West Coast and have won many awards.
Exhibition Announcements
Up and Upcoming to the South
prepared by 15 Bytes staff
UTAH COUNTY
Springville Museum of Art UP: A number of new shows, up January 5th through February 1st.
People, Places & Things – Pastel & Painting (see above). Warren Archer II -- Sculpture; Sean Deidiker -- Painting; The Living Museum, photographs by Robert Weiner AND Digital Art, curated by photographer Rod Millar. This exhibit will address the question, "What is Digital Art?" and will show 10 answers to that question from: Ed Bateman, Anna Campbell Bliss, Shaun Christensen, Dan Cummings, Jim Frazer, Rod Millar, Arthur Roberg, Antony Siciliano, Susanne Simpson, and David Windham. There will be an opening reception Saturday afternoon, January 6 from 2 - 4 PM .
Woodbury Art Museum UP: Smith, Marshall, Doxey. This show is the second exhibit since the museum made renovations over the summer, and will run through January 6, 2007.
Harold B. Lee Library (Brigham Young University Campus) UP: A Show of Hands: Utah Women Printmakers Auditorium Gallery, level 1 through January 30, 2007. AND: Marsha Ellis:Tenderness & Cruelty, Hallway Gallery, level 2 during the month of January.
Coleman Studios (117 N University Ave; 225-5766) UP: Showing prints and originals by Michael Coleman, also paintings by Morgan and Nicholas Coleman as well as religious paintings by other local artists.
Gallery OneTen UP: Light Cleaveth unto Light: Visual arts, Dance, and Poetry by the Utah School of Young Artists.
Freedom Gallery (225 W. Center, Provo) UP:Watercolors by Ian Ramsay. Also art by 30 other local artists, including Gary Kapp, Steve Adams, Kaziah Hancock, John Hughes, Wilson J. Ong, Joseph Brickey and others.
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Brigham Young University Museum of Art
UP: Candida Höfer: Architecture of Absence, on view through Jan. 6, 2007, is the first North American survey exhibition devoted to this celebrated artist (see October edition). Types and Typologies: German Photographers from the Norton Museum of Art through January 6 . ALSO: Beholding Salvation: Images of Christ, through June 16, 2007, chronicles the life and ministryof Jesus Christ through 170 works of paintings, prints, icons, illuminated manuscripts and sculpture from diverse times and creeds.
A series of 14 lectures presented by the Brigham Young University Museum of Art and the BYU Religious Education Department will be held Wednesday evenings beginning January 10, 2007 in conjunction with the Museum of Art exhibition "Beholding Salvation: Images of Christ." These lectures will be held in the Museum Auditorium from 7 to 8 p.m. Speakers from the Religious Education Department and other Latter-day Saint scholars will address the events of Jesus' life, from his pre-mortal ministry to the advent of the Restoration. The museum will remain open until 9 p.m. Wednesday nights to accommodate this lecture series.
Additionally the Museum of Art will present five lectures on selected Thursday evenings that will address the artistic styles and conventions used throughout the history of Christian art. The lectures in this series will be presented by the exhibition curator and other BYU art historians. These lectures will be held in the Museum Auditorium from 7 to 8 p.m.
Utah County Gallery (151 S University Ave; 785-2059) UP: "Rock and Water" pastels by Anne Weber, "Rust and Roses" watercolors by Susan Morris.
Terra Nova Gallery UP: Still Life is Still Alive January 5 though February 23, 2007. Opening Reception Friday, January 5th, 6-9 p.m.
SOUTH EASTERN UTAH
Moab Art Works UP: South Eastern Utah's newest venue for visual arts will host an opening reception for its latest show of works, "fLux - photographers explore change" on Saturday, December 9th from 6pm through 9pm. The show features works by six of Moab’s leading photographers including Chris Conrad, Bill Godschalx, Bruce Hucko, Brian Parkin, Patrick Paul Rene, and Deborah Shank. Each artist will exhibit photographs that explore the concept of flux or change.
UPCOMING: Memories of the 1980s will come back to viewers who see John Schaefer’s photographs in Moab Art Works latest exhibit, The BIG Picture Show, which opens on Friday January 12th. Schaefer attended the Democratic and Republican Presidential Conventions of 1984 and documented them using 35mm Polaroid transparency film. Later he made prints using the super-large Polaroid camera at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston. John Schaefer grew up in New York and now lives in Salt Lake City. He is the director and co-founder of the Children’s Media Workshop and is particularly interested in how mass media is integrated into people’s lives. He has photographed the Sundance Film Festival for the past 25 years and is a regular presenter at the Moab Photo Symposium and will be making a return appearance at this year’s event in May.
"I am excited to get the opportunity to show these photographs to a local audience" said Brian Parkin of Moab Art Works. "Schaefer’s images draw the viewers’ attention to the iconography used by both major political parties. To see the pictures after twenty years with the knowledge of all that has happened since then in the country and the wider world is most interesting."
There will be an opening reception with the artist on Friday January 12th from 5.30pm until 8.30pm at Moab Art Works, 35 North Main Street, Moab. The show runs through February 10th.
EPHRAIM
Central Utah Art Center UP: Rick Gate, Jacqui Biggs Larsen, Jean Arnold, Robert Kingston through January 18.
CEDAR CITY
Braithwaite Fine Art Gallery UP: High School Fine Art Competition January 9-20. Come and see promising work in drawing, painting, ceramics, and graphic design by the next generation of artists. Featuring work by selected entrants from Utah high schools, this exhibit offers younger artists an opportunity to display their artwork and receive awards and critiques from the faculty of the SUU Department of Art and Design.
ST. GEORGE AREA
Sears Art Gallery UP: The Print's in the Paper and Constructive Novels, through Feb. 1, features prints from the artists and acquaintances of Salt Lake City's Saltgrass Printmakers and The Southern Utah Walking Lizards. The 3D element of the exhibit will feature some of the best book artists in the region.
Royden Card Fine Art (847-C, Coyote Gulch, Kayenta, 435-656-5051) UP: "Sunflowers," featuring new paintings by Jenni Christensen, through Feb. 15. Artist reception Saturday January 6th from 4-8.
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12/1 Darryl
Erdman: My work seems to be in constant motion.
12/3 Utah's
Wassmer prolific, giving artist: Utah mourns the passing of one of its
artist statesmen, Ted Wassmer.
12/8 Artists find space, camaraderie at studio complex
12/9 Governor's
artist awards serve up a feast of cultural, culinary winners.
12/16 Drawn
to the essence:
No longer an exclusive domain, portraiture is enjoying a renaissance as
nostalgia for value based on artistry stokes interest - and Utah painters
are finding beauty in its challenges
12/17 Angels on high — Art of the ages depicts Jesus Christ in a stunning BYU exhibition
12/20 Warrick spices up Meyer Gallery's theme:Artist combines parables and messages with her contemporary pieces
12/21 Religious art: Springville Museum of Art exhibit runs for the 21st year
12/23 Park
City Main Street's charm threatened
Devastating report suggests newer buildings endanger national historic
designation
12/27 Parkite appointed to Utah Arts Council: Kimberli Brown-McManus hopes to further the arts in Utah
12/28 Grandmother's artwork to go on display: 5 artists to display in Springville
12/28 Turn
Into Gold: James Anthony brings New York art to Salt Lake City.
12/30 Vern
Swanson, director of the Springville Museum of Art to address Utah Watercolor
Society.
12/31 This was
a year full of farewells. In 12 months we said goodbye to a longtime arts
administrator, a sculptor deported to Mexico and several painters who
finally succumbed to age.
12/31
Utahns of the Year: Bursting with reds, oranges, blues and yellows, the
large paintings of Ruby Chacon capture mundane moments in the daily lives
of her Mexican-American family.
1/1 David
Habben II: I’ve always believed that good art equals good communication.
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