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Visual Art

(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....

Courtesy of Pexels via Pixabay

Find and Feed Your Inner Artist

By Sofia Sant'Anna-Skites May 25, 2019

  Summer is the best time to fill your life with the arts. If you've been pushing off your goals of becoming a more artistically-driven and self-aware human, you now have several months to achieve...

The Performing Arts Building (PAB), home to many departments and classes within the arts at the U. Chronicle archives.

A Word of Advice from the Arts Desk

  Being a freshman is terrifying, to say the least. As you embark on your college journey, the writers of the Arts Desk want to pass along some words of wisdom — from reflections on our personal...

Summer Arts Events Calendar

Summer Arts Events Calendar

By Sofia Sant'Anna-Skites May 12, 2019

  Now that summer is here, we have much more free time to enjoy events all around Utah. Music, art, theater and more — summer is the perfect time to celebrate art. This calendar highlights some...

Break The Scape project projecting landscapes through a new digital lens. Photo by Amelia Walchli.

In the ‘E-Co-System’ Exhibition, Arts and Technology Students Deserved a Bigger Platform

By Ray H., Arts Writer April 26, 2019

  Coincidentally related to Earth Day this month, the students of the University of Utah’s Arts and Technology Interdisciplinary Capstone course, taught by Martin Novak, held their final semester...

(Courtesy of Nora Lang)

A Scholar and an Artist: The Difficulty of Studying Fine Arts in the Honors College

By Abigail Raasch, Arts Writer April 22, 2019

  “About 30% of honors students complete the Honors Bachelor Degree, the highest degree an undergraduate can earn at the University of Utah,” said Dean of the Honors College, Sylvia Torti....

A Personal Reflection on Wasatch Writers in the Schools

A Personal Reflection on Wasatch Writers in the Schools

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor April 13, 2019

  Over this past semester, I was part of an amazing creative writing program at the University of Utah. Wasatch Writers in the Schools (WWiTS) is explained in depth by our news desk, but to experience...

T-shirts displayed in The Clothesline Project. Courtesy Donna Baluchi and Heidi Greenberg.

The Clothesline Project Uses Art to Increase Awareness of Sexual Assault

By Yixin Song April 1, 2019

  Content Warning: This article discusses sexual assault. Growing up in China, I was rarely exposed to any discussion of sexual assault, partially because of the country's traditional and conservative...

Melting the Impenetrable Dimensions by Dana Hansen. Photo by Amy Walchli

University of Utah Sculpture Club Debuts Exhibition at Trolley Square

By Alaikia Marielle March 5, 2019

  Cello music filled the South Court at Trolley Square where people gathered for the opening night of the University of Utah Sculpture Club’s “Art in Form” exhibition on Feb. 22. The show,...