Artist Jessica Smith Says Do What You Love, Even if it Takes You 35 Years

Artist Jessica Smith Says Do What You Love, Even if...
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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

The Lost and Found Utah Alphabet
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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

Hear! Hear! Kimball Art Center’s (Re)sounding
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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

Food, Nostalgia and Connection in Mercedes Nokyi Ng’s Art
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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

Communal Grief and Joy in Trying Times: Molly Heller’s Story of Curation

Communal Grief and Joy in Trying Times: Molly Heller’s Story...
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A long-running subject of study and experience, grief confronts Molly Heller as an old friend while co-curating an exhibit, Grief Work, with Material Gallery. … read more

Space & Faders: Charles Thorpe’s Creative Campus

Space & Faders: Charles Thorpe’s Creative Campus
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The setup of Space and Faders resembles a music building on a college campus — if that college were run by someone in band T-shirts and Vans. … read more

Inside the Mission of Utah Film Center: A Conversation with Mariah Mellus

Inside the Mission of Utah Film Center: A Conversation with...
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Mariah Mellus doesn’t just hope for the future of the Utah Film Center, she hopes people can feel like they can make their film from start to finish in Utah. … read more

Materializing Hope and Expression at Material Gallery

Materializing Hope and Expression at Material Gallery
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Colour Maisch and Jorge Rojas have built Material Gallery grounded in their own creative practices and long-standing commitment to community engagement. … read more

Mike Brown: Utah Change Maker: Nate Drew From Lost Art Tattoo

Mike Brown: Utah Change Maker: Nate Drew From Lost Art...
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Lost Art Tattoo by Nate Drew opened the doors for artists in this Salt Lake City to open their own shops. He refused to take credit for this, but I stand by it. … read more

Art in Experimental Places: Ben Bloch and Carol Sogard

Art in Experimental Places: Ben Bloch and Carol Sogard
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Bloch and Sogard explore the excitement of innovation, meditate on the man-made and natural worlds and encourage reflection on our own wasteful habits. … read more

Beyond Sexuality: How House of Temptaxxions Educates and Entertains

Beyond Sexuality: How House of Temptaxxions Educates and Entertains
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House of Temptaxxions pushes strict boundaries to get people to listen, change and hopefully, have some fun. … read more

SLUG Localized: Stand-Up Comedy Showcase 2025

SLUG Localized: Stand-Up Comedy Showcase 2025
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Dare I say this fills me with a little more hope for the future of comedy than I had before. Don’t miss their sets at SLUG’s Comedy Localized at Urban Lounge. … read more