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Prepared by 15 Bytes staff. Unless otherwise noted, UPCOMING shows begin March Gallery Stroll, April 16, 6 to 9 pm. For official Gallery Stroll information visit www.gallerystroll.org. UPCOMING and UP listings should reach us by the last Wednesday of the month. Those accepted will run until the closing date, or for one month if no closing date is given. Readers using the guide are cautioned to check with the exhibitor if the accuracy of the listing is crucial. Errors reported to us will lead to correction and earn good Karma. Please send listings for this page to gwichert@artistsofutah.org

CHARLEY HAFEN GALLERY UP: Unique pastel figure paintings on rough grounds of sand, acrylic medium and old scotch boxes by Jake Reese.|0| Reese's evocation of the figure, executed in a variety of drawing and painting media, can be classical and refined, brash and expressionistic or solidly geometric. UPCOMING: Oil and acrylic paintings by Cori Redstone.

ART BARN/FINCH LANE GALLERY UP: A mixed media installation by Anna Campbell Bliss and works by four ceramists–Stephanie Craig, Todd Leech, Chris Longwell and Jared Ward– in the Finch Lane Gallery; paintings by Chelsea James will be exhibited in the Park Gallery. Through September 11. UPCOMING: 35 x 35², a juried exhibition of thirty-five Utah artists thirty-five and under (see page 1).

UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE UP: Beauties and Beasties, an exhibit by Julie Lucus and Heather Wunderlich exploring the influence of narrative and nightmare in contemporary life, weaving elements of pop culture and current events into a body of work which is beautiful, mythical, and fantastically grotesque. Julie Lucus, who lives and works in Brigham City, calls herself a hybrid artist. Her sculptures, which use unconventional materials, blur boundaries and break rules.|1| Her goal in art making is to delight the eye, and shock the sensibilities. "If it can't be beautiful, it must be exciting!" Heather Wunderlich, a graduate of the University of Utah, tells a story with her paintings.|2| Each work is an intensely colorful representation of the natural world where anything can happen. The paintings in this exhibit are heavily influenced by the idea of relationships and the humor that can be found in the universal circumstances associated with mythology. On Friday September 18th, a special event Fashion Show by Deconstructress Designs will be presented at the gallery from 6 - 9 p.m. featuring original "Beauties and Beasties" fashions. Through September.

ART ACCESS GALLERIES
UP: 15th Annual Partners Exhibit featuring six emerging adult artists with their professional seven artist mentors. AND: 12th annual Teen Workshop Exhibition, featuring the work of 50 teens with and without disabilities, who participated in this year's workshop program.

UPCOMING: Hortus Conclusus or The Enclosed Garden featuring the noted Christensen family of artists: James C. Christensen |3| and his daughters, Cassandra C. Barney |4| and Emily C. McPhie.|5| This family of artists do not normally show their work together. For this particular show, however, all will create original art designed to interpret the theme of an enclosed garden, representing their own ideas of “Paradise” – a protected and nurtured space in which ideas and people, like plants and flowers, can flourish. The idea of a controlled safe place can represent the family, the community or even the space in one’s own mind. ACCESS II: House & Home, featuring Logan artists Scott and Katria Foster. Katria and Scott Foster have created a body of work centered around the memories and experiences of houses and homes. Katria's salt printed photographs create the impression of personal nostalgia;|6| while Scott's watercolors evoke a more diffused sense of memory – a contrast between past recollection and present reality.|7|

HORNE FINE ART UP: Making a Splash, new swimmer paintings by Jamie Wayman.|8| In these works you can delight in the fun of life in and around the pool - boys diving for rings, sisters dangling their feet in the water, babies getting their feet wet. Through October 9. Opening reception Friday, September 4, 6-8pm.

UMFA UP: Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Arts. 145 objects from the Native people of the Northeast Plateau and Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries. Through January 31. AND: Then & Now: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art. Through September 4. ALSO: Continuous Rhythm. Revealing a shared visual language between generations of artists, this installation of textiles and contemporary children's artwork from the UMFA's collection expresses the sophistication and rhythm of Navajo design. Visitors will take an in-depth look at the creative process of Navajo weavers and develop a deeper understanding of one of Utah's native tribes. Through October 25.

ART AT THE MAIN UP: Why More Landscapes? varied perspectives on the landscape art form by Joy Nunn. For this exhibit Nunn challenged herself to use every tool or medium in her paintbox to see how she could present a subject differently, and how it would affect her creative process. The results are works in watercolor, monotype, oil pastels and acrylic, and presents glimpses into this versatile artist's sketchbooks, color studies, photographs, and even unfinished creations. UPCOMING: Whimsy Through Art II, new whimsical paintings by Joan B. Zone. Using watercolor or acrylic paints, Zone layers transparent washes, then watches for her subject to emerge. From the many layers of color, Zone may "find" a plaid pig or a flying cow. "Anything goes" is this artist's mantra |9|.

UTAH ARTIST HANDS UP: More than two dozen stunning photographs featuring Robert Smithson's iconic land art work, "Spiral Jetty," captured over the past nine years by Ray Boren, native Utahn and lifelong journalist, writer, editor and photographer. UPCOMING: Red Rock Visions. A group show featuring the Red Rock landscape paintings of John Berry, Rob Colvin, Willamarie Huelskamp, Cara Koolmees, Ron Russon, Susan Smith and Serena Supplee.

GALLERY UAF UPCOMING: Earth Texture, oil on canvas works by Jayne-Anne Mulholland.|10| Earth Texture is a collection of paintings inspired by elements of our planet – lichen, stone, water, fire, the way the land looks from high above the ground.

SLC MAIN LIBRARY UP: mmmm, expressive figurative paintings by John Sproul, whose work is a dialogue of thought both conscious and subconscious, realized in paint. AND: Foursight, works by Bret Hanson. Through September 4. UPCOMING: NAMI Utah Artists Project: Visions and Voices 2009.The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)--a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support, and advocacy organization--presents an exhibit of works by local member artists. Through October 10.

SPRAGUE BRANCH LIBRARY UP: Broken Edges: Oil Paintings by Michelle Condrat. Condrat graduated from the University of Utah in 2007 with a BFA in Painting/Drawing and Printmaking. She creates stylized contemporary landscape oil paintings. Through October 4.

SWEET BRANCH LIBRARY UP: People, Place, or Thing, recent work by Paul Heath. Through September 19.

UTAH CULTURAL CELEBRATION CENTER: UP: Celebrating the Diversity of Women, the 14th biennial juried exhibition sponsored by the American Association of University Women (Utah). The show is open to professional, amateur, craft and student artists. Through September 30.

KAYO GALLERY UP: 24 Hours: Each artist set out to create twenty-four work of art in a 24-hour period. See the results. Chad Crane, Joey Behrens, Annie Boyer, Justin Wheatley, Lewis Crawford, Stefanie Dykes, Zane Lancaster, Steven Stradley. UPCOMING: David Ruhlman, Joey Behrens and Window by Cara Despain.

PHILLIPS GALLERY UP: Summer Group Show. UPCOMING: Abstract paintings by Meri DeCaria & Nel Ivancich.

SALT LAKE ART CENTER UP: Harmed, a body of work by artist Stephanie Wilde (Boise, ID) is about the corporate greed of the few and its devastating effects on the many. Through October 10. AND: All American: Defining Ourselves in a Time of Change, 13 regional and national artists whose work embodies the characteristics and traditions that define us as a nation. Through October 31.

ALPINE ART UP: New Works By: Kate Birch, Trent Call, Kathy Finlayson, Cristall Harper, Paul Heath, John Langeliers, Zachery Proctor, Sue Valentine. Through October 14.

SAM WELLER'S GALLERY ON THE MEZZANINE (Sam Weller's Bookstore, 254 S. Main, 328-2586) UP: Dos Oestes ("Two Wests"): Works by Brittany Ann Edmiston and Ben Kilbourne. Two perspectives on the psychological and physical landscape of the new west. Through September 11th. UPCOMING: /Ephemera/ Selected objects from the recesses of the David Keith building.

DOWNTOWN STATE WINE STORE (255 S 300 E, Salt Lake City - (801) 533-6444) UP: Works by Paul Vincent Bernard, complete group of drypoints along with a good deal of new "color work."

BEANS & BREWS UP: Photographer Matt Spencer's work has been seen around the world in advertising, magazines and now in artistic prints. The focus of his work is fashion, commercial and personal with an artistic flair and beautifully unique results. UPCOMING: Rosanne Blue. Her unique style includes a range from farm fields to fantasy paintings.

SIGNED & NUMBERED UP: Mother and Child, new works by Leia Bell and her son, Cortez Sherburne.
This show runs through September 12th, so if you can't make it to the reception, you can stop by any time during our regular business hours: TUES - SAT 12 - 6 PM.

SUGARHOUSE COFFEE (1045 E. 2100 South) UP: Big Impressions, by Keith Johnson, Liz Kuz, David Born, Lee Madrid, Mike Kamanski and Casey Kawaguchi. Reception, Friday September 4, 6-9 pm.

WILLIAMS FINE ART UP: Wendy Chidester, Erin Berrett and Randall Lake. Works on paper by LeConte Stewart.

LDS CONFERENCE CENTER UP: Eighth International Art Competition. Work by 200 plus artists from around the world. Through October 11. (see April edition)

SOUTHAM GALLERY UP: New works by Richard Boyer, Elva Malin, Linda Curley and A.D. Shaw.

RED KILN UP: Invoking the Divine Goddess, Cowgirl, and Pottist, recent works by Randi Lile. UPCOMING: Presenting wood-fired work from the Hanksville Anagama Kiln by potters Gavin Noyes and Aaron Ashcraft.

LOCAL COLORS
UP: Red Show for Red Hot July, featuring several new artists.

STATIC SALON UP: Local arising artist David Born displays new montage work, Addictions of Color, as well as the Absence of Color with large format black and white prints.

PATRICK MOORE GALLERY ( 2233 S 700 E; 801-484-6641) UP: Plein Air Paintings by James Kirkland. UPCOMING: New Works - Veera Kasicharenvat, Blake Luther and Anne Wolfer. Abstract prints, paintings and contemporary landscapes.

MICHAEL BERRY GALLERY (163 E 300 S; 521-0243 ) UP: Summer Group Show featuring Pilar Pobil, Willamarie Huelskamp, Rachel Pettit, Edie Davis and more. UPCOMING: Pastel paintings by Karen Watson.

KEN SANDERS RARE BOOKS UP: Colorado Plateau landscapes by Kimo Nelson.

CAFE NICHE UP: Oil painter, Todd Powelson and a group exhibition featuring the work from students from the Visual Art Institute ranging from ages 5 to 18 years. UPCOMING: Presenting acrylic and ink collages by Gia Throndsen-Whitlock and Ellen McConnell's mixed media abstracts.

A GALLERY UP: New works by Brent Godfrey, Chris Thornock, Gregory Stocks and Andy Taylor..

PALMERS GALLERY (378 West Broadway [300 South]). UP:New landscape oil paintings by Cassandria Parsons.

BUSATH PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO UP: Contestant winners of the Wasatch Journal Photography Contest as well as other photography exhibits.

ANTHONY'S FINE ART & ANTIQUES UP: Worth a Thousand Words, a collection by Western illustration artists Maynard Dixon and Lillian Wilhelm. UPCOMING: Vivid Landscape: The Paintings of Kent Wallis.

OUR STORE: Your Thrift Alternativeur Store UP: Work of Jason Lee Madrid.

EVERGREEN FRAMING UP: Hosting a show of botanical prints and old maps of Utah and the World. UPCOMING: Featuring 20 artists painting different interpretations of structures to benefit Habitat for Humanity.

RIO GALLERY UP: Living Art of Utah's Tribes: We Shall Remain. Reception September 18.

NOBROW UP: New paintings by Jonathon Baker.

TIN ANGEL CAFE UP: Grace Ann Polon. UPCOMING: Steve Smith with his Mirror Mosaics.

(A)PERTURE UP: Emerging local artist showcase, with over twenty talented artists (see page 7).

MESTIZO GALLERY UP: Revoltoso works by Xico Gonzalez; an artist, poet, and cultural activista out of Sacramento California exhibits his colorful prints.