The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Visual Art

(Photo by Kate Button | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Utah Arts Alliance Delights and Brings Back Childhood Wonder with ‘dreamscapes’

By Kate Button, Arts Writer, Copy Editor September 3, 2019

  If you're unfamiliar with "dreamscapes," you might think it’s a typical art installation or Instagram museum (ie. Hall of Breakfast). While both of these descriptors are accurate at various...

(Photo by Justin Prather | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Rediscover Physical, Fine Art with Book Arts Program

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor August 29, 2019

  On the fourth floor of the J. Willard Marriott Library, there’s barely any traffic. The quiet atmosphere up there is not only welcome, but required. You see, there’s some important work happening...

Artist of the Week: Howard Clark Scholarship Recipients

Artist of the Week: Howard Clark Scholarship Recipients

By Oakley Burt, Arts Editor August 27, 2019

  Each spring semester, students graduating in the Department of Art & Art History with an emphasis in Painting and Drawing are considered by faculty for the Howard Clark Scholarship. This...

Lemonade. Original design by Alethia Lunares, with additional editing by Malathi Gunawardena | The Daily Utah Chronicle. (Courtesy Craft Lake City)

Why You Should Support Local Art

By Sofia Sant'Anna-Skites August 26, 2019

  Art is the cornerstone of transformation. Why should people invest time, money and energy into watching performances and viewing exhibitions which do not always speak to them? The answer lies...

(Courtesy Utah Museum of Fine Arts)

Ummah Addresses Muslim Truths and Stereotypes

By Abigail Raasch, Arts Writer August 24, 2019

  Growing up in this day and age, many of us have encountered the stereotypes of Islam. We may not think about it frequently, but back in the recesses of our minds, we've all registered generalizations...

(Courtesy of Utah Museum of Fine Arts)

UMFA’s ‘Power Couples’ Reshapes Stories of Timeless Paintings

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor August 3, 2019

  In Utah Museum of Fine Arts' newest exhibition, two heads are better than one. With pieces previously found in the museum’s collection accompanied with newly acquired pieces, the collection...

The Spiral Jetty. Courtesy of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

Great Salt Lake and Vicinity Redefines Museum Art

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor June 24, 2019

  Anyone who has ever stepped inside the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) on campus can agree that the cavernous G.W. Anderson Family Great Hall is an odd place for a museum. When you consider the...

Queer Spectra Arts Festival Opens Door to Vital Conversation

Queer Spectra Arts Festival Opens Door to Vital Conversation

By Alison Myers, Arts Writer June 11, 2019

  A panel of artists lines up, standing and sitting, against a white backdrop. The unusual suspects. “You can’t be what you can’t see,” Rhonda Kinard, a member of the Americana folk band...

(Mount Lassen, California)
The reference to mountains as holy places is an ancient one. Here, that connection is
used to explore the differences and similarities between religion and the environmental
movement. Who is at the center of each setting? What does each place represent?
(Photos by Mark Draper | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

The Sanctity of Nature

By Mark Draper, Photographer June 6, 2019

  This project arose from two observations I had regarding my peers — the first being that almost none of them were religious, and the second being that the outdoors had a huge place in all their...

Pathway to the Pacific exhibition at the J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Marriott Library Commemorates the Historic Golden Spike

By Ray H., Arts Writer June 2, 2019

  May 10 marked the 150th Anniversary commemorating the driving of the last spike, known as the Golden Spike, of the Transcontinental Railroad which connected the Pacific to the Eastern railways....