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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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Fans in the mosh pit during Osees performance at the 2023 Kilby Block Party on May 13, 2023. (Courtesy of Robert Sagers)

Your Guide For Getting Into the SLC Music Scene

By Edie Raines, Copy Editor June 20, 2023

  As Utah becomes a bigger and bigger destination for concerts and music festivals, you may find yourself wanting to join in the festivities without spending hundreds of dollars. An incredible...

Star Quilt by Mora McKeown Ezell in the Handstitched World exhibit at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. (Courtesy UMFA)

UMFA’s ‘Handstitched World: The Cartography of Quilts’ Changes the Way You See Quilts

By Megan Fisher, Arts Writer March 27, 2022

  As a traditionally feminine enterprise, quilting has long been devalued — they are what you snuggle under on a long winter’s night, never mind the design and quality of the stitch work. The...

(Courtesy Ya LaFord)

Global Community in Artist Ya La’Ford’s Ogden Contemporary Art Residency

By Avery Greig, Arts Editor March 19, 2022

  This April, multimedia artist Ya La’Ford will begin an artist's residency at Ogden Contemporary Art, and Utahns could not be more excited. Ya La'Ford: The Artist With her impressive and multifaceted...

(Photo by Andrew Thomas Carroll | Courtesy Y105)

Up-and-coming Artist Toosii Talks New Mixtape ‘Thank You For Believing’

By Frank Gardner, Assistant Arts Editor May 9, 2021

  After his biggest year yet, it's clear that Toosii's momentum will continue as his highly anticipated mixtape "Thank You For Believing" dropped on May 7. It's been an incredibly successful year...

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Surprise! Planned Album Drops are More Fair to Artists and Fans Alike

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor February 28, 2021

    Shock value has a big grossing potential in the media. Much of our news coverage, social media posts, and scripted entertainment are created to catch attention, and the music industry...

Robert Smithtons Spiral Jetty turns 50 years old this month. (Courtesy Utah Museum of Contemporary Art | © Holt/Smithson Foundation and Dia Art Foundation)

The UMFA Adapts: Current Transitions and New Features

April 16, 2020

  It has been an unsteady several weeks for the arts with Salt Lake County experiencing a stay-at-home order, the closing of non-essential businesses and one of the largest earthquakes we’ve...

(Courtesy Alexis Rausch)

Artist of the Week: Alexis Rausch

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor January 14, 2020

  When I first saw “No Story, Thanks” by Alexis Rausch — a painting of an outstretched arm against a baby blue wall, bisected by two thin, yellow, crossed lines — I was struck by its specificity....

(Courtesy of Clare Gillen and Alexandre Moors)

Kim Petras Brings The Clarity Tour to SLC

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor December 2, 2019

Of all the rising names in pop music, there is no one like Kim Petras. After being thrust into the spotlight as one of the youngest openly transgender artists, her popularity as both an independent musician...

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...

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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...