Art on Violence: The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be

Rosa Naday Garmendia, Rituals of Commemoration, as shown at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art for The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be (2017). Courtesy of UMOCA.

In The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be, a group exhibition curated by South Florida–based Susan Caraballo, 10 artists confront us with “manmade atrocities,” not through explicit spectacle or slaughter, but through rumination and social practice. View the exhibition at UMOCA through May 13. … read more

Threading Through: Pretty Macabre

Model: Chaunsey L. Hildebrandt HMUA: Chausney L. Hildebrandt @chaunseyhildebrandt Location: Studio MG

Andrea Hansen might easily be the most talented horror-couture designer in Salt Lake City. Pretty Macabre is exactly what it sounds like—grotesque, horrific and high-fashion couture. Hansen is your go-to if you want a cosplay outfit for Salt Lake Comic Con, a high-fashion wedding dress, an elaborate steampunk outfit or an elegant dance costume. … read more

Contributor Limelight: Heidi Gress

Heidi Gress is a cornerstone of Utah fashion as a Creative Director of Experiential Marketing. After falling into fashion photography, she now teaches at the SLCC Fashion Institute in fashion show production, fashion marketing and fashion photography. Gress produces an annual event called Art Meets Fashion where she treats SLC to a mix of local