Authors: Mariah Mann Mellus
Gallery Stroll – October 2011
Whether you’re looking for art on the first Friday, the second Friday, the third Friday, or just a random day in October, there is always art to be seen and SLUG will always make sure you know what’s going on. … read more
Gallery Stroll – November 2011
I’ve tried to make my own Christmas gifts before, and I’d like to apologize to anyone who has ever received a lopsided crocheted cap or a batch of slightly burned cookies. After strolling through the amazing Craft Lake City booths, I was ashamed! If you’re like me, and can’t cut in a straight line, worry no more. My Holiday Boutique and Gallery Stroll Guide will have you looking like Susie Homemaker without ever having to pull out a hot glue gun. … read more
Gallery Stroll – December 2011
Tony Fitzpatrick is a Renaissance Man—a self-taught artist, poet, playwright, radio talk show host, screen and stage actor, small business owner, publisher, father and mentor—after the December Gallery Stroll, this Chicago-based artist can also add the Kayo Gallery to his already lengthy resume. … read more
Bellator 114 in Salt Lake City 03.28
Thousands of MMA fans will enter the Maverick Center Friday, March 28 to see MMA icon Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, the middleweight title fight with Alexander Shlemenko versus Brennan Ward and Rad Martinez’s final professional fight against Edson Berto, along with several other promising match-ups. … read more
What Are The Odds? Local Artist Logan Madsen
Logan Madsen lives a life far from ordinary. He’s a brilliant artist, now a subject of a documentary film, promoted via a Kickstarter campaign … oh and yes, he has a very rare disease that only affects about 30 people globally. Somehow Madsen is taking it all in stride, learning from each project, making his mark and teaching all of us a little bit more about what it’s like to live and create under the rarest of circumstances. … read more
Fluid Art: Bringing Together Art & Ales @ UMOCA 05.31
When your editor calls you up and asks if you want to drink local craft beers and look at contemporary art, the first answer is “hell yes!” immediately followed by the question, “we can do that in Utah?” … read more
Jane Chu: Grant Me the Strength to Work in the...
Working in the arts is very rewarding and a little scary, similar to the creative process itself. Not all the people who work in the arts would consider themselves artists. Crafting the message, beating the drum, waving the flag, has become a craft in itself. … read more
Gallery Stroll: UMOCA – YourMOCA
UMOCA has become a hotbed for these creative collaborations. Formerly the Salt Lake Art Center, UMOCA has been kicking butt and changing names! … read more
Gallery Stroll: Art Has a New Home
Salt Lake City has a new Arts Hub. Normally, an “Arts Hub” earns its name over months or years, but if you’re Derek Dyer, Executive Director of the Utah Arts Alliance (UAA), and your programs serve over 50,000 people throughout the year, and you just acquired a 30,000 square foot building, I think you have the right to call it an “Arts Hub.” … read more
Gallery Stroll – January 2012
Usually the title of a piece gives you some inclination of the artist’s intent, but Nelson-Carruth wants you to truly draw your own conclusion, so everything is left untitled, making you go “hmm.” … read more