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Jamie Kyle Comes to the Art Side

Jamie Kyle Comes to the Art Side

By Madge Slack September 19, 2017

In many ways, art is one of the most inclusive industries out there. Anyone can be brilliant and talented, but it is also not terribly hard to hide behind your work. This is where shy actors, reclusive...

Lions and Tigers and Beers, Oh My!

Lions and Tigers and Beers, Oh My!

By Madge Slack September 13, 2017

Let’s face it. There are many people in the world who don’t love art. It is not their idea of a fantastic night to go to a gallery opening and stare at multi-colored blobs blown up on a seven-foot...

Jason Manley's 'Shrinking Room' exhibit at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Arts in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. (Dr. Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Shrinking Rooms, Expanding Boundaries

By Madge Slack September 1, 2017

Let’s face it, there are a few things all art majors are sick of hearing. Some stereotypes need to be dispelled. These are common phrases, such as “poor starving artist” and questions, like “yes,...

The Utah Museum of Contemporary Arts in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. (Dr. Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Art & Chill: UMOCA is a U-Must-A

By Madge Slack August 29, 2017

People often refer to dating as a series of tests or mini mind games. While no one really wants to have this experience, there is a certain amount of truth to the stereotype. The point of dating is to...

Greek Row along 1st South just north of the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, July 13, 2017

(Photo by Adam Fondren | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Greek Life, Don’t Knock it ‘Til You Try It

By Madge Slack August 13, 2017

A huge part of college, at least in the movies, is Greek life. Every year fraternities and sororities on campus hold recruitment. The fraternities do things differently, but for the girls it means three...

The historic Rio Grande Depot hosts the Winter Farmers Market in downtown Salt Lake City on Saturday, January 30, 2016 (Kiffer Creveling, Daily Utah Chornicle)

Art & Chill: Make Time for Utah’s Local Festivals

By Madge Slack August 12, 2017

As many know, Cedar City is festival city. Salt Lake City, however, holds its own with a series of fun festivals. These festivals can be a perfect date option. The average festival admission cost is...

UMFA is reopening in style

By Madge Slack August 3, 2017

It is officially August and what a mixed month it will be. We all go back to school in only a few short weeks, it’s still 1,000 degrees outside despite the impending fall and after the holidays of July,...

Artist of the Week: U Grad, Ballet Dancer, Novelist

Artist of the Week: U Grad, Ballet Dancer, Novelist

By Madge Slack August 2, 2017

Kara Roseborough is an unusual dancer for the U’s program. Tall dancers face a lot of challenges in an art form designed hundreds of years ago when people were naturally shorter. It's often considered...

The Performing Arts Building on the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. 4/18/2017

Photo by Adam Fondren/Daily Utah Chronicle

Social Issues Take Center Stage

By Madge Slack July 22, 2017

Shakespeare, dancing, soccer, tradition and of course money. The University of Utah 2017-18 theater season is breaking stereotypes, and it is taking on all kinds of issues. Each season features six shows....

Archived photo of UMFA sign.

Art Isn’t Exclusive

By Madge Slack July 22, 2017

Not everyone plans to be an art major. Art is an integral part of society, however, and everyone interacts with it on a daily basis. Don't believe me? Just ask, Spotify, Netflix, Hulu, and every website...