(L–R) Art’s Place co-owners Yolanda and Art Sanchez offer a hidden gem of a dance club in SLC’s Westside, and welcome all who are looking for a fun night of dancing.

Dance Fever at Art’s Place: The Dancehall Experience You’ve Been Missing Out On

By Alexander Ortega [Posted April 4, 2019]

On a Saturday night, I felt right at home amid a display of jovial energy at Art’s Place. The presence of inexhaustible dance-lovers sustains the warm—nay, red-hot—atmosphere as the dance partners deftly executing the steps of voluptuous cumbia moves. … read more

Siri Elaine uses her artwork as a pathway to healing an self-discovery.

Rich Soil: SLC Artist Siri Elaine

By Parker Scott Mortensen [Posted April 4, 2019]

Elaine’s working toward her latest exhibition, called Rooted, in April at Commonwealth Studios, which will be an ambitious series of installations designed to immerse the viewer. … read more

(L–R) Artist Maddie Mekkelson FICE owner and Corey Bullough both believe in FICE’s monthly galleries as a way to support and celebrate local artists. Photo: John Barkiple

FICE Gallery Art Shows

By Bianca Velasquez [Posted February 28, 2019]

Every month, FICE hosts an art show that changes the space into one that the featured artist envisions. This month, FICE hosts local artist February Filth. … read more

(L–R) Derek Dyer and Renya Nelson have spearheaded efforts to add murals by local and national artists alike to the walls of Salt Lake City— bringing color and community to the forefront of South Salt Lake and the Granary District. Mural: Renya Nelson, Cody Comrie. Photos By John Barkiple

Paint the Town: Murals Adorn Granary District and South Salt Lake

By Zaina Abujebarah [Posted February 28, 2019]

Derek Dyer’s and Renya’s Nelson’s goal is to make Salt Lake City an international urban-art destination by featuring artists on a local and a national scale. … read more

Director/set designer David Brothers has based his upcoming fi lm, What a Show Show, on ‘70s game shows, their colorful stages and the hysteria that they engender. Photo: Matthew Hunter

David Brothers’ The What a Show Show

By Lizz Corrigan [Posted February 28, 2019]

In every project, there is a message that Brothers hopes to convey, whether by displaying his work or submitting it to festivals, magazines, or online. … read more

Gregg Deal will perform a piece at Transcontinental: People, Place, Impact at the Rio Gallery on April 19, which addresses “the impact of Western expansion on Native land and identity.” Photo: Gregg Deal

Gregg Deal

By Paige Zuckerman [Posted February 28, 2019]

Gregg Deal’s exhibition will depict Native erasure and the effects of the railroad and other related developments on indigenous populations. … read more

Using the history, geology and visual appeal of the Southern Utah arches, Wischer has design a multi-media exhibit to heighten the magic the arches are capable of creating. Photos courtesy of Wendy Wischer

Voices of the Arches: Displacing Vibrations at Nox Contemporary

By Danielle Susi [Posted February 28, 2019]

On Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, Nox Contemporary presented the multi-media exhibition Displacing Vibrations by visual and performance artist Wendy Wischer. … read more

Horacio Rodriguez digitally scans Mesoamerican sculptures, resizes them for a 3D print that he uses for a cast, then creates his rendition on which he prints decals.

SLC Artist Horacio Rodriguez Repurposes Mesoamerican Artifacts with 3D Printing

By Alexander Ortega [Posted February 28, 2019]

Horacio Rodriguez’s art looks to take on new meanings and nuances with each new project, each a reflection of our increasingly hybridic world. … read more

Salt Lake City Public Library holds a cornucopia of local music from over the years. Photo: John Barkiple

Gathering Music: The Library’s Process of Preserving Local Histories

By Benjamin Tilton [Posted January 31, 2019]

The SLUG local music archive, along with the Downtown library’s own collection of local music, is now available to the public via the Main Library. … read more

Yang Yongliang, “The Path” from the series salt 14: Yang Yongliang 2016.

Cities and The Sky – Yang Yongliang’s salt 14

By Parker Scott Mortensen [Posted January 31, 2019]

Utah Museum of Fine Arts exhibition, fully titled salt 14: Yang Yongliang, is a series of six internally lit landscape photographs and one huge 4K video. … read more