Gallery Stroll: Long Live Art!

Gallery Stroll: Long Live Art!
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The UMFA will be closing their doors on Jan. 18 until Spring of 2017. To kick off this project, the UMFA is hosting a weekend-long celebration entitled Long Live Art! on Jan. 16 and 17. Guests will be allowed to tour the museum and soak in the vastness of the UMFA’s permanent collection with a behind-the-scenes tour. … read more

Gallery Stroll: Grateful Gallery Stroller

Gallery Stroll: Grateful Gallery Stroller
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Being grateful is a fundamental part of my being. What value do the people, places and things in my life have if I’m not grateful for them? Along that same line, I often say that objects only become art when they are viewed by others. They may have noble beginnings or have been created by

Gallery Stroll: Ghouls and Gore Galore

Gallery Stroll: Ghouls and Gore Galore
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October is one of my favorite months—the change in season brings cool temperatures, autumn colors and the most imaginative holiday North America celebrates: Halloween! It’s a holiday that embraces the human psyche, with all its hopes, fears, fantasies and cravings, and it’s a natural muse for artists—hence why October’s Gallery Stroll is not to miss.

Gallery Stroll: Enjoy Your Own Perspectives

Gallery Stroll: Enjoy Your Own Perspectives
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Photo courtesy of the artist and James Fuentes. Peaceful, thoughtful moments wrapped in color and light with occasional straight-up lunacy—that’s what I hope to get out of my Gallery Stroll experience. I’m not here to give you the elongated, highbrow critique of the art that you’ll see at Gallery Stroll. I’m here to push you

Living (and Captured) Proof: Andrew Fillmore @ Mestizo Gallery

Living (and Captured) Proof: Andrew Fillmore @ Mestizo Gallery
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Salt Lake City–based Andrew Fillmore’s Proof is a jubilant photographic embodiment of something close to a personal manifesto. … read more

Art Rising: Gallery Stroll Builds Artists Up

Art Rising: Gallery Stroll Builds Artists Up
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In a letter to his son in 1746, statesman Philip Stanhope, the Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, wrote, “Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.” It’s fatherly advice that holds true 269 years later. Luckily, in the artist community, we have a tradition of mentoring—this tradition of passing down techniques and earned knowledge

God Hates Robots Art Gallery

God Hates Robots Art Gallery
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God Hates Robots has been a mission in the making for 10 years. Officially open since mid-May, this local experimental art gallery is one of the newest additions to the Broadway District. Founded by business partners Shon Taylor and Ray Childs, the art space sets itself apart with three core principles: All of the artists

Gallery Stroll: Hot City, Sizzling Art

Gallery Stroll: Hot City, Sizzling Art
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I am far from a scientist—I never have and probably never will be able to recite the periodic table. Instead, I tend to focus my inquisitiveness on human nature and the study of sociology. I find it particularly interesting how people react to summer. All day, the sun beats down, transferring its energy in the

Gallery Stroll: Showing Dad a Thing or Two

Gallery Stroll: Showing Dad a Thing or Two
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Gallery Stroll and Father’s Day coincide every year. What better way to see awesome and inspiring art than to share it with the man who informed your appreciation of Neil Diamond and red rock landscapes? This Father’s Day, I suggest that you give good old Dad a call and take him on a nice stroll.  

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Gallery Roll – May 2015

Gallery Roll – May 2015
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Last year, in honor of National Bike Month, I took a group of friends on a Gallery Stroll bike ride. Later, one friend called it a Gallery Roll. When I researched it further, I found that Salt Lake Gallery Roll has been officially changing their name every May, for the last 10 years, to Gallery Roll.

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