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(L–R) Tut Lopez, Alex Lopez and Summer Sigritz form their ambient music in Savage Daughters to express their deepest feelings. Photo: Matthew Hunter

Localized: Savage Daughters

By Connor Lockie [Posted February 28, 2019]

Savage Daughters just want more of the emotion to be felt rather than ‘here’s this story,’ A-B-A-B with a bridge … read more

The Barbacoa Tacos (top) come in a skillet embedded in Oaxaca cheese and topped with Pico de Gallo, while the Elotes de la Calle (bottom) are grilled in a lime aoli and topped with cotija cheese. Photo: Talyn Sherer

’Mexo Mouth Water: Alamexo Mexican Kitchen

By James Bennett [Posted February 28, 2019]

In a restaurant landscape littered with assembly-line burritos swimming in enchilada sauce, a place that focuses on authentic, multi-regional Mexican food will always be worthy of multiple visits. … read more

Whitney Tassie, UMFA Senior Curator, works with colleagues in the Department of Art and Art History to review applications and select those who will create the LeWitt drawing. Photo: @clancycoop

LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #33: UMFA Gets Some Sol

By Tyson Call [Posted February 28, 2019]

The work of an artist who died over a decade ago has been installed in the Utah Museum of Fine Art (UMFA) … 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

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

(L–R) Tommy Fraser, Chuck Pak, Zach Dansie, Kale Morse and Ryan Tuttle combine their skills to share musical expression through explosive sounds in Sonnets. Photo: Matthew Hunter

Localized: Sonnets

By Connor Lockie [Posted February 28, 2019]

Each Sonnets song is about a specific event, person or idea in their songwriter’s head that has caused him some level of suffering. … 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

(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

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

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