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A street performer wearing a flower outfit and multi-colored LED lights from ILLUMINATE Creative Art + Tech Festival on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022.

ILLUMINATE Creative Arts + Tech Festival Lights up the Night

By Andre Montoya, Arts Writer November 19, 2022

  In the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, a first-of-its-kind festival featuring an emphasis on light as an art form brightened up the night sky. Organized by the Utah Arts Alliance, ILLUMINATE...

Vincent Van Goghs Sunflowers (Courtesy Van Gogh Museum)

What is Worth More: Art, Life or Performative Activism

By Edie Raines, Copy Editor October 26, 2022

  On Oct. 14, two young environmental activists entered London’s National Gallery and threw cans of tomato soup pointblank onto Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” before super gluing their...

Hailey Malin Tattoos Client (Courtesy of @desertmousetattoo on Instagram)

Two Tattoo Artists on the Importance of Tattoos as Self-Expression

By Andre Montoya, Arts Writer October 18, 2022

  According to a study done by psychologist Luzelle Naudé, the majority of college-aged adults have positive opinions about tattoos, especially when, “[they have] personal meaning or [are] a...

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Changes to Museums Look to Improve Transparency and Inclusivity

By Megan Fisher, Arts Writer October 6, 2022

  Big changes are coming to the world of museums that will hopefully usher in a feeling of greater transparency. The American Alliance of Museums, or AAM, has announced that by Nov. 15 all institutions...

Cosplayers gather in front of the stairs at FanX 2022. (Courtesy @fanxsaltlake on Twitter)

FanX Fails to Find Their University Audience

By Audrey Hall, Arts Writer September 27, 2022

  FanX, Utah’s very own Comic-Con, has been a part of our state’s culture since 2013. With an estimated attendance of 125,000, FanX is one of the largest comic conventions in the United States....

Detail from inside Will Wilsons AIR Lab in UMFAs Air exhibition (Courtesy UMFA)

‘Air’ at the UMFA with Curator Whitney Tassie and Artist Will Wilson

By Nicoline West, Arts Writer September 15, 2022

  In 1968, artist Willoughby Sharp unveiled "Air Art" — an exhibit exploring the possibilities of air and the dematerialization of the physical art piece. 54 years later, a new exhibit at the...

Jenna L. Rogan works on a painting at the Pioneer Park farmers market in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, June 25, 2022. (Photo by Amen Koutowogbe | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Being a Professional Artist Without an Art Education

By Heather Hopkins August 28, 2022

  Any professional artist has certainly been met with warnings of the lack of financial opportunity in the field. Art buildings are recognizable on campuses with their dated linoleum flooring,...

Mutual Creation by Tyler Kellis at Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 6, 2022. (Photo by Xiangyao Axe Tang | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

The Art of Medicine

By Luke Jackson August 28, 2022

  Science versus the arts. Right brain versus the left brain. These two facets, faculties or skillsets always seem to be duking it out in a never-ending boxing match for superiority. This duel...

(De)Framing Identity and the Body exhibit (Photo by Heather Hopkins | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

UMOCA’s ‘(De)Framing Identity and the Body’

By Heather Hopkins July 25, 2022

In their newest exhibition "(De)Framing Identity and the Body," the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art plays with the classic childhood sneer, “I know you are, but what am I?” As one enters the main...

ArtsForce members have a meeting. (Courtesy of ArtsForce)

ArtsForce Treks Are Back and Bringing New Artistic Experiences to Students

By Whit Fuller and Alfonso Belloso July 15, 2022

  The student-led organization ArtsForce has relaunched its Career Treks Program, which connects students in the arts with experiences and career opportunities from a number of local organizations,...

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