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Plants Are a Creative and Environmental Inspiration for Good

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer May 16, 2021

  There is no denying that plant ownership has seen a recent resurgence in pop culture and even within our day-to-day lives. More and more people are purchasing plants and investing in their gardens...

Chiang Ta-Lai Landscape. (Courtesy Utah Museum of Fine Arts)

Music and Art Combine in New UMFA Exhibit ‘Sight & Sound’

By Heather Graham, Assistant Copy Chief, Arts Writer May 1, 2021

  If you have ever looked at a painting and wondered what the painting would sound like, the "Sight & Sound" project, hosted by the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, might be able to tell you. The...

Gwen Christophersons UID, which functions as an ArtsPass, at the U. Chronicle archives.

Recapping Arts on Campus for the 2020-2021 Season

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor April 28, 2021

  Something I’ve had the pleasure of covering this year is how the arts on campus have stopped for nothing: earthquakes, pandemics and more. The 2020-2021 arts season carried an undertone of...

2021 Student Art Exhibition Banner. (Courtesy University of Utah Department of Art and Art History)

2021 Juried Student Art Exhibition: A Showcase of Emotion and Stillness

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer April 17, 2021

  The University of Utah’s 2021 Juried Student Art Exhibition opened April 6 in the Department of Art and Art History’s Gittins Gallery. The exhibition features the work of students from the...

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March Arts Desk Favorites

  Oakley Burt I've always been a huge fan of Marvel — the comics, characters, cinematic universe and now, their newest TV shows. This month brought a tear-jerking end to "WandaVision," a show...

Growing Up (Courtesy of Cinders)

Salt Lake City Band Cinders’ Latest Release Will Give You Something to Dance About

By Frank Gardner, Assistant Arts Editor March 22, 2021

  Salt Lake City indie-pop trio Cinders first came onto the scene with the release of their single "Last Year's Winter" nearly six years ago, in 2015. Their latest song, "Growing Up,” is a perfect...

Highlights from the Black Refractions gallery (loaned from The Studio Museum in Harlem) on display at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City on March 18, 2021. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

‘Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem,’ at the UMFA

March 21, 2021

This exhibition will close on April 10, 2021. From the Utah Museum of Fine Arts website: "Featuring one hundred works by nearly eighty artists from the 1920s to the present, Black Refractions: Highlights...

Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem (Courtesy of UMFA)

UMFA’s ‘Black Refractions’ Exhibit Explores Impacts of Systemic Racism on Art and Society

By Heather Graham, Assistant Copy Chief, Arts Writer March 11, 2021

  Through April 10, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah invites audiences to join them for "Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem." This exhibit features...

Lamont Joseph White and his painting Squad (Courtesy Lamont Joseph White)

Lamont Joseph White’s ‘Skiing in Color’ Challenges Lack of Diversity in Skiing

By Frank Gardner, Assistant Arts Editor February 28, 2021

  The paintings in the phenomenal series "Skiing in Color," by artist Lamont Joseph White, were first exhibited in Park City at the end of last year. The critically acclaimed paintings are divided...

An art installation at the Dreamscapes environmentally sustainable immersive art attraction at the Gateway in Salt Lake City on Nov. 18, 2020. This location will be open until Nov. 29, 2020. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

‘Dreamscapes’ Lights Up The Gateway

By Frank Gardner, Assistant Arts Editor November 24, 2020

  "Dreamscapes" has been an exciting fixture of downtown Salt Lake City since November 2018. In the time since opening, it has inspired thousands of people and helped contemporary artists find...