Exhibition Announcements
Up & Upcoming to the South
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The College of Eastern Utah's Gallery East UP: Drawn from Life: The Drawings of Robert T. Barrett. Though known for his paintings and illustrations, BYU art professor Robert Barrett possesses a strong affinity for drawing from life. |0| For him, life drawing is the artist's true test in developing observational skills. "Barrett's drawings not only show his strong skills as a draftsman but they reveal his remarkable ability to capture the inner character of his subjects," says gallery director, Noel Carmack. "The drawings are representative of Barrett’s lifelong interest people and personalities in the vast, diverse human story.” Through September 25.
MOAB
Framed Image Fine Art UPCOMING: Mixed water media works by R. Lillian Siefer. |1| Siefer conveys emotional tone without directing interpretation as she abstracts the essential elements of the southern Utah, red rock landscape. September 12 - October 3.
Moonflower Market (39 E 100 North 435.259.5712) UPCOMING: Susie Tabb, a multi-talented artist who works with ceramics, acrylics and fibers, brings together her passion for earth, ancient peoples and metaphysics. September 12 - October 3.
Moab Arts & Recreation Center (111 E 100 N UPCOMING: Seekhaven presents The Moab Clothesline Project, a visual display of shirts designed by survivors of violence or an ally who loves someone who has been harmed by violence. September 12 - October 3.
Cat's Lair Collection UPCOMING: Photographs by Joe Justad and a new painting by local artist Sandi Snead. September 12 - October 3.
Overlook Gallery UPCOMING: Earth And Ether, a special showing of more than 30 pieces of fine porcelain ceramics including sculptural and functional pieces by Alice Corning and a large display of new oil paintings by Chloe Hedden. September 12 - October 3.
The Western Image (16 West 100 North 435.259.3006) UPCOMING: Equine, western, and wildlife art in pastels and prismacolor by Nichole Taylor.
Eklecticafe (352 N. Main, 435.259.6896) UPCOMING: Copper jewelry, photgraphs and black and white encaustic paintings by Yrma Van der Steenstraeten.
Moonstone Gallery (217 E Center Street) UPCOMING: Inspired by the mischievous creatures inhabiting the rock formations of Goblin Valley and Bryce Canyon, sculptress Krista Guss unveils "Hoodoo Hide-n-seek" on Saturday. Join the fun at 7 pm for an all-ages hide-n-seek game with sculptures: Sam, Harold, Simone Hoodoo.
SANPETE COUNTY
Central Utah Art Center UP: Regrets Only, an installation project dealing with the complicated relationship between the celebration of life and the melancholy of death by Colin Tuis Nesbit. |2| Through September 9 (see page 6). UPCOMING: Farrar Hood. Farrar Hood's work is about the struggle for growth and flourishing that happens through the development of consciousness. |3| She seeks to represent life that is structured in a pattern of conflict, and the subsequent potential for release and expansion. Hood's work is a collection of the literal/figurative and abstract. Within this context she is able to construct a rich visual language. Natural, organic, and synthetic colors and textures stack on top of one another to create different realities in an attempt to replicate the materiality and physicality of the subjects that are represented; Figures searching for clarity as they pull themselves from dream-like states, or move to focus on the obscure or turn to look over a shoulder. September 11 - October 6
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UTAH COUNTY
Brigham Young University Museum of Art
UP: Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London, showcasing 60 extraordinary paintings illustrating some of the highest achievements in figurative and landscape art of the nineteenth century (see page 7). |4| Through October 25.
UPCOMING: Types and Shadows: Intimations of Divinity encourages viewers to participate in the process of seeking out and finding meaning in the symbols, metaphors and veiled visual references that “point to” the divine mission of Jesus Christ. The 44 works in this exhibition, which include paintings, prints and sculpture, have been selected to guide the viewer through a process of seeing beyond obvious and familiar narratives. September 18 - March 13.
Springville Museum of Art UPCOMING: A variety of exhibits fill the museum: Hudson River Revival: Contemporary Landscape Painting; UVU Art Faculty Show; Open Secret: Undisclosed Works by Kent Wing and Alex Bigney; Pastels by Anne Weber; Bridge Academy of Art: One-Year Concour. All September 11 - October 16.
Woodbury Art Museum UP: Shaolin: Temple of Zen. Over the past eight years, photographer Justin Guariglia has slowly but surely won the trust of the notoriously secretive warrior monks of the Shaolin Temple, a unique Chinese Buddhist sect dedicated to preserving a form of kung fu referred to as the "vehicle of Zen." With the blessing of the main abbot, Shi Yong Xin, Guariglia has earned the full collaboration of the monks to create an astonishing, empathetic record of the Shaolin art forms and the individuals who consider themselves the keepers of these traditions. It is the first time the monks have allowed such extensive documentation of these masters and their centuries-old art forms - from Buddhist mudras to classical kung fu - in their original setting, a 1,500-year-old Buddhist temple. This exhibition is printed on Hahnemuhle Bamboo 290. Also included in the exhibit are several video installations demonstrating the art in a time-based medium. For a LOOK at some images and video from the exhibitions click the following link: http://www.aperture.org/shaolin. Through October 9.
BYU Harold B. Lee Library Exhibits UP: Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange's Three Mormon Towns Rephotographed by Mark Hedengren. Utah photographer Mark Hedengren re-shoots a LIFE magazine photo essay from 1954 that ended the friendship between Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange. HBLL Gallery, Level 1, through October 28. See a TV interview on the project here.
AND: Miriam Rasmussen's photographs, Heaven And Hell: The Changing Face of Romania. Hallway Gallery (Level 2), through September 30.
Covey Center for the Arts UP: There is Beauty All Around, landscape photography by Luis Pino. Pino, who was born in the spectacular landscape of southern Chile, has always been inspired by beauty of nature. He has traveled widely, capturing images of majesty and grandeur and brings these to this exhibition. |5| September 4 - 28.
Terra Nova UP: Tulips, paintings by Cristall Harper. Harper is a realist painter who has distilled her subject matter down to simplicity, color and form. |6| Her artwork usually emphasizes one object per painting with minimal to no background so the viewer can rediscover a common object that Harper has painted: a tractor, a horse, a tulip. September 4 - 25.
ESCALANTE
The Sixth Annual Escalante Canyons Art Festival/Everett Ruess Days, UPCOMING: Escalante Canyon Arts Festival plein air competition, September 20 - 24. ALSO: During the festival, September 25 - 26, a number of talks will deal with the visual arts in the area. On Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. at the EHS auditroium, art historians Donna Poulton and Vern Swanson who have combined their substantial knowledge and expertise to create "Painters of Utah's Canyons and Deserts" will be the Festival's Keynote Speakers. Saturday's speakers will all be at the EIVCA and will begin at 11:00 a.m. when Paula McNeill, Art Professor from Valdosta University, Georgia, will present "The Scupltured Furniture of Utah Artist David Delthony". David and his wife, noted potter, Brigitte moved to Escalante in 1996 where they built their home and studio. Concluding the 2009 Festival Speakers will be astronomical artist-author, Michael Carroll. Carroll and his associates portray real desert landscapes of the Southwest in a surreal association with photographs of the realms of discoveries by modern technology of worlds beyond Earth. His presentation, "Mars in Escalante: How the Deserts of Utah Show Us What Future Travellers Will Find in the Cosmos", will enthrall the audience with his depictions of Space-Age Art grounded in our real landscapes.
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CEDAR CITY
Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery UPCOMING: High School Fine Art Competition, September 10-October 10.
ST. GEORGE AREA
Sears Art Gallery UPCOMING: Selections from the Collection, new acquisitions -- including one of Edith Carlson's elegant "abstract luminism" paintings -- and favorites from the Dixie State College Permanent Art Collection. AND: In the Grand Foyer, Ernesto Perez: Photography, Pam Bird: Feminine Archetypes from Around the World and Through the Ages, and ceramics: DSC students. September 18 – November 21.
St. George Art Museum UP: From Pale to Brilliant-Photography of the West. Through September 12. Main Gallery: Through the Infrared Lens-Curated by Barry Parsons, Mezzanine Gallery: Whispers of the West by Steve Mohlenkamp; Legacy Gallery: Shakespeare as Muse by Gina Jrel.
UPCOMING: Visions of Zion, a juried show of all media showing the best of Zion, from Kanab to Ivins, Cedar to Mesquite . september 26 - January 16.
Juniper Fine Art Gallery (Ivins) (435.674.2306) UPCOMING: Hope and Despair, a series of paintings by Gina Jrel. The most controversial series in the artist's 32 year painting career, Hope and Despair deals with politics, the environment, war and peace, pain and joy, life and death. The opening reception for Hope and Despair is Saturday, September 26 from 6-9pm In line with the despair theme, musician Jerone Wedig will delight attendees with live blues music.
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