Conquer Monster is an electronic synthwave, sci-fi music and multimedia duo heavily involved in the Salt Lake City local arts scene. Originally conceived as a music venture alone, Conquer Monster has morphed into a multi-dimensional project combining sci-fi electronica music and retro-futuristic hallucinogenic visual and performing art compositions. Members Joshua Faulkner and Daniel Romero have […]
Utah artists and volunteers practice recycling/repurposing for art’s sake Dreams rarely make sense. But frankly, reality doesn’t always make much sense either. The planet’s garbage crisis is just one absurdity of reality that comes to mind. Why should more whimsical things like sliding off a giant toadstool, navigating through a glowy kelp forest, or staring […]
See Alice heal (with pencil and paper)
Halley Jean Bruno, professionally known under the alias Cinder Ash, was born and raised in Utah and works as an illustrator and freelance artist in downtown Salt Lake City. Bruno’s work focuses on the spiritual connection between human and nature and her current project explores the relationship between the power of the natural world and […]
My inspiration comes from the sweet side of life. I admire the great Illustrators of the 20th century, as well as the Masters in Fine Art, and Modern Art. Over time I have preferred to explore the figure and representational painting in general What has evolved is a smooth blending of the representational with a […]
“The artist’s mission is to make the soul perceptible.” Alex Grey
In my search for meaning and joy in life, I have become a painter. I have found both there. But really, I have found all of life there. In the creative act I have continuously cycled through the struggles and rewards that are the common experience, every day. There are moments of quiet peaceful meditation […]
Marisa Moran Jahn’s MIRROR/MASK exhibit at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
After graduating from the University of Utah with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, Chris Miles moved to New York and worked as an illustrator for magazines, book covers and children’s books, working for The New York Times, Random House, Harper Collins and other companies. “In 2000 I moved back West, shifted my focus to fine […]
“Eternal Companion” by Lucia Heffernan.
A visit to Pilar’s is a rich, multi-layered feast for the senses. Color, light, music in the air and her everpresent canine companion, Casper, all greet you along with Pilar’s open arms, taking you with both hands deeper into her remarkable art cocoon.
I have been a stained glass artist for a very long time but I don’t think much of it was my doing at all. There has been a series of glass fairies who have created this path for me. Thirty years ago I took a stained glass class from a charmer who went by the […]
Today, Bonanza Flat is 1,350 acres of undeveloped mountain on the dividing line between the Wasatch Front (Salt Lake’s side of the range) and the Wasatch Back (Heber City’s side). From these lands, hikers and trail runners access the Wasatch Crest Trail. Families fish the half dozen small alpine lakes. In the winter, snowmobilers cross […]
Hatred Driven Hence by Adele Flail.
300 Plates, Art Access 2016 May’s cover features art submitted by some of Utah’s best-loved artists for 2016’s “300 Plates.” This year’s Art Access fund-raiser/must-attend event is Thursday, May 19, 6-9pm. Selected from plates in this year’s show for our cover are Paige Croslan (detail), Terrece Beesley, Laurie Shields, Carel Brest-van-Kampen, Irene Rampton, Pat Bagley […]
