Arts
“Growth Requires Sacrifice:” Bianca Velasquez’s “Prescribed Burn”
“Prescribed Burn” by Bianca Velasquez is inspired by the Indigenous practice of cultural burns, exploring the beauty that can emerge from destruction. … read more
Autumn Jennings Ceramics: DIY Festival Artisans
For Autumn Jennings, pottery has been a lifelong companion. Jennings hand-sculpts mugs and bowls in her new at-home studio, her “pottery dungeon.” … read more
Silly Little Guys: DIY Festival Kid Row
What started as a 15-year-olds silly self-indulgent art let to the creation of Silly Little Guys, loveable magnet friends that come with their own backstories, now ready to find new homes at Craft Lake City’s 18th annual DIY Festival. … read more
The Odd Mod: Summer Buckshaw
Summer Buckshaw blended 1960s romance comic books with bold advertisement, incorporating vintage Pop Art through a vibrant color palette on this month’s cover. … read more
Hug Your Homies: DIY Festival Vintage Vendors
What starts with a laugh, a sticker, or a shirt ends with asking your friends, “But how are you really?” Hug Your Homies believes that small actions and intentional questions create opportunity for real conversation about mental health. … read more
Bright & Stormy Kids: DIY Festival Vintage Vendors
Combining a passion for sustainability, fashion and motherhood, Bright & Stormy Kids works to bring unique secondhand finds to parents. … read more
Andre Hoggan Studios: DIY Festival Artisans
Andre Hoggan has crafted mixed-material art pieces by blending handmade paper, metalworking and woven fabrics into breathtaking pieces of art. … read more
When It Comes To Art, Size Really Doesn’t Matter: The...
The Helper Mini art museum is a curated micro-gallery that has become another contemporary extension of the artistic spirit that runs in the community’s veins. … read more
Artist Jessica Smith Says Do What You Love, Even if...
Jessica Smith is about to open her first SLC art show. Returning to a childhood dream of becoming an artist, Smith is exploring new parts of herself. … read more
The Lost and Found Utah Alphabet
Designing Deseret delves into Utah’s attempt to transition to its own typography system based on phonetics to better educate people on reading and writing. … read more
Hear! Hear! Kimball Art Center’s (Re)sounding
Nowhere is that vibrant spirit more apparent than at Kimball Art Center, Park City’s longest-standing nonprofit. The center features rotating exhibitions of art. … read more
Food, Nostalgia and Connection in Mercedes Nokyi Ng’s Art
Hong-Kong- and Utah-based artist Mercedes Nokyi Ng’s art features paintings of food, her home in Hong Kong and “the randomness of life.” … read more
