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Artist Lecture Series - Campell Gray at the CUAC

CUAC — 2007-11-22T20:46:53-07:00

Here we have audio from Campbell Gray's lecture about the work of Tracy Featherstone.
Podcast

Featherstone Lecture

CUAC — 2007-11-20T07:14:25-07:00

Here we have audio from Tracy Featherstone's lecture at Snow College.
Podcast

Bateman Lecture

CUAC — 2007-11-19T07:15:45-07:00

Here you will be able to see featured video from the lecture series at the Central Utah Art Center. Adam Bateman is speaking about the work of Los Angeles painter Elizabeth Tremante.

Fast Fire Workshop

CUAC — 2007-10-23T12:40:05-06:00

The Central Utah Art Center had another successful Fast Fire workshop. A whole kiln-load was fired with beautiful results. We hope that you will join us next time.

Raku Workshop

CUAC — 2007-10-20T14:44:35-06:00

CUAC had its second Raku workshop. A couple of interested Snow College students participated. Everyone had fun.

du Toit's lecture on youtube

CUAC — 2007-09-25T13:46:22-06:00

Sean Slemon in 15 bytes

CUAC — 2007-09-25T13:14:26-06:00

Public vs. Private: Who Owns the Light?

Sean Slemon and Herman Dutoit at CUAC
by Geoff Wichert

From ten feet away it appears that in Tied Up/Tied Down, Sean Slemon has filled a shadow box with bits of leafy foliage and then overlaid lengths of orange ribbon in Xs in front to enclose the space, interrupt the gaze, and rupture any Romantic connection between viewers and this bit of Nature. Slemon, whose medium is the installation, has placed this work in an alcove in the CUAC gallery, so that one approaches it straight on, rather than walking along a wall where the initial view is close up. As the viewer draws near, the illusion collapses into a digital photograph of a tree bound by the plastic tape used in urban settings to support and control trees planted in concrete surroundings: the work not of gardeners but of architects and engineers for whom plants are versatile ornaments compromised by high maintenance costs. visit 15bytes for more...

Sanpete Juried Show

CUAC — 2007-08-07T10:02:04-06:00

Open House, Friday, August 3, 6-8pm
Exhibition: August 3 - September 4

The CUAC is excited to announce the opening of the Sanpete County Juried Show. The jurors this year were Herman Dutoit and Dawn Pheysey from the Museum of Art at Brigham Young University. 15 artists were selected to exhibit. The show will offer a broad range of images as well as artistic experience. The artists are:

Brad Aldridge
Doug Fryer
Pam Paulson
Ron Richmond
John Stevens
Kathleen Peterson
Osral Allred
Scott Allred
Lee Bennion
Russ Evans
M’Lisa Paulsen
Kelly Brooks
John Parsons
Chandler Paulsen
Steiner Paulsen

Please join us at the opening reception on Friday August 3 from 6-8pm to meet the artists and jurors, There will a brief talk by the Herman Dutoit and the the awards announcement at 7pm.

Summer Art Programs

CUAC — 2007-07-11T15:18:57-06:00

The Central Utah Art Center is excited to offer a series of Summer Art Workshops for Children.
Classes for children ages 7 to 12, will begin on Thursday July 19th, and continue on July 26th and August 2nd. A morning class will be offered for the younger kids ages 7 to 9, from 10:30 am until noon. An afternoon class will be for those from 10 to 12 years of age and will begin at 12:30 pm until 2:00 pm. The classes will cost $5.00 per child per class. Attendance is not required on all three days for a child to learn a little about art and have something to take home. Class sizes are limited so early registration is encouraged.

Contact the CUAC for more information. Phone 435-283-5110, email education@cuartcenter.org.

We are located at 86 N. Main in Ephraim, our hours are 11 am to 6 pm Tues through Fri., 10 am to 4 pm on Sat.

Open Secret: Kent Wing, Alex Bigney and Frank McEntire

CUAC — 2007-05-31T21:23:46-06:00

Artist's Exhibit: June 15, 2007 to July 31, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, June 15, 2007 6-8pm
Alex Bigney's public reading from "Talking to Tesla": Friday, June 29, 2007 7pm

Can you keep a secret? Can you guess what the secret is?
These artists are challenging you to figure out what their secret is. They expect you to look at the exhibit and then to look again, take a double take so to speak. This double take is somewhat prurient in nature, a bit voyeuristic maybe. But this is how you will be able to zero in on the secret. Are you curious? Can you expose their secret without revealing too much about yourself?

CUAC is pleased to welcome Kent Wing, Alex Bigney, and Frank McEntire to central Utah. Each artist is well respected and known in Utah. They are all very interested in appropriation and creating conundrums into which the viewer may find him or herself. Each artist has a passion for symbols and sharp eye on culture and history

We hope that you will join us at an opening reception on Friday, June 15 from 6-9pm. Come and see what their secret is.

For Immediate Release - Sanpete Juried Show

CUAC — 2007-04-25T23:12:03-06:00

Central Utah Art Center
86 north Main
Ephraim, Utah 84627
www.cuartcenter.org

Call For Entries:
CUAC is seeking entries for the Sanpete Juried Art Exhibition. August 3rd -September 4th.
The jurors this year will be Dawn Pheysey and Herman Dutoit from the Brigham Young University Museum of Art. They will award one $500 grand prize, one $300 second prize, and one $100 third prize. Winners will be notified at the opening on August 3rd, 6-9pm. The jurors will be present at the opening.
Work in all media will be accepted for review (i.e. painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, video, photo, fibers, printmaking, etc). Any Sanpete county resident may submit an entry.
Please submit the following in one packet by July 6, 2007 at 6pm: (late submissions will not be accepted.)
Three (3) 35mm slides of recently (last 2 years), completed work (or other documentation appropriate to your medium).
A CD will also be accepted. Images should be saved at a high resolution.
Resume/bio
Artist statement
$15.00 non-refundable processing fee.
$5.00 for each additional slide (i.e. for 5 slides, you’d send $25.00)
Contact Information

Calendar
July 6 - Submission Deadline
July 11 - Notifications Sent
August 1 - Delivery of selected work
August 3 - Opening Reception
September 5 - Pick up artwork
Sales
The Central Utah Art Center will retain 40% of the sale price. This amount will be considered a charitable donation.
Central Utah Art Center is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, so contributions will be tax deductible, as provided by the Internal Revenue Code. All gifts to CUAC from donors will be used within the exempt function of CUAC as defined under its organizational documents and the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
Questions
For more information, contact Jared Latimer at 435.283.5110. For entry forms visit www.cuartcenter.org

Peter Everett and Anne Watson

CUAC — 2007-04-06T22:32:44-06:00

Open House, Friday, March 30, 6-8pm
Exhibition: Mar 30-May 2

Stories: Fiction/Reality and Memory/Loss

We are excited to introduce Peter Everett and Anne Watson to the CUAC.

Exhibiting in the lower gallery is a new body of work by Peter Everett. Everett is currently teaching at BYU in the art department. He is recognized both nationally and internationally.

His works are creations of fiction that run parallel to reality. They are conglomerations of his experience and the made-up fantasies of his mind.The images create a narrative that is both loose and constructive. He is "building relationships between beauty, ecstasy, martyrdom, and apocalyptic" notions. By combining repeated patterns and abstract forms he fully utilizes the language of abstraction. Through reducing and simplification he creates a utopia where his stories can be told.
Anne Watson is an artist that exhibits nationally. She is also the executive director of the Marriner S. Eccles Foundation, an organization that funds non-profit organizations throughout the state.
She will be installing a multi-media piece, in our upper gallery, that is a visual and audio representation of her personal experience. The project is called "Shroud". Watson states that the one thing that we all have in common is pain. It is our "common humanity". "Shroud" is a collection of recorded stories from individuals who are going through the grieving process. It is communal, it is it is meant to be shared and experienced.

Through the creative process she copes with her personal losses and hopes that through exhibiting (sharing) her experience that others may gain strength.
Both artists are creating stories, both fictional and real, and both artists expect the viewer to rely on memory and personal experience to understand the work.
We hope you will join us at at an open reception that is free to the public on Friday, March 2 from 6-8pm.

Spring Workshops - Introduction to Ceramics

CUAC — 2007-03-13T14:52:52-06:00

Spring Workshops
Introduction to Ceramics

An introductory class designed to put the student in touch with the magic of clay when used in making functional pottery and small sculpture. The class will learn wheel-thrown and hand-building techniques. Students will become familiar with the history and the many creative possibilities afforded to the ceramic artist.

Schedule and Info:
How long: April 10 - May 15
Where: Central Utah Art Center
How often: Tuesday & Thursday 6-8pm
How much: $60 for 12 classes (tools and supplies extra)

To sign up email us at: education@cuartcenter.org
Or Call:
435.283.5110

Bill Viola at the University of Utah Tanner Lecture Series on Human Values

CUAC — 2007-03-09T10:10:31-07:00

Video artist Bill Viola took part in the Tanner Lecture Series on Human Values at the University of Utah. The series was entitled: "Presence and Absence: Vision and the Invisible in the Media Age" The panel spoke of art and it's effect on the audience. Major themes were the experience of viewing art, the act of seeing and the revelation through these acts.
The panel included: (from left to right) Moderator, Bob Goldberg, Director, Tanner Humanities Center,David Baddley, Westminster College Department of Art, Bill Viola, Sharon Swenson, Brigham Young University Department of Film Studies, Peter Sellars, UCLA Department of Theatre, and Ric Collier, Salt Lake Art Center

Rashawn Griffin

CUAC — 2007-02-26T16:01:37-07:00

Rashawn Griffin's opening reception will be Friday, March 2, 2007 at 6 pm. Please come and visit.

CUAC Welcomes Rashawn Griffin

CUAC — 2007-02-23T22:12:37-07:00

Central Utah Art Center
86 north Main
Ephraim, Utah 84627
www.cuartcenter.org

Open House, Friday, March 2, 6-8pm
Exhibition: Feb 28-Mar 28

CUAC is excited to introduce Rashawn Griffin to Sanpete county. Griffin is coming from New York where he exhibits regularly. He will be installing new work constructed onsite that focuses on landscape.

Griffin's work takes the normal and mundane and elevates it to a newer artistic level. It moves between the public and private, the obscure and transparent. His work transcends any specific genre; constructed wooden panels wrapped in fabric resemble large minimal painting reminiscent of the color field painters and at the same time calls back to assemblage: handmade and rough.

Griffin's installations of mundane materials and hand-made construction engage the viewer and foster interpretation. His paintings, sculptures and multimedia collages explore the innate nature of materials and the context in which we encounter them. It balances between the recognizable and the foreign.

He will be lecturing at Snow College on Wednesday, February 22 at 7:00 p.m.

Third Annual Juried Art Show

CUAC — 2007-02-19T12:03:43-07:00

CUAC is seeking entries for the Third Annual Utah Artist Juried Exhibition,
May 4-June 13. The juror/guest lecturer this year will be Tanja Grunert, from Gasser and Grunert Gallery in Chelsea, NY. She will award one $400 grand prize, one $200 second prize, and one $100 third prize. Winners will be notified at the opening on May 4, 6-9pm. Juror will be present at the opening.
Work in all media is accepted for review (i.e. painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, video, photo, fibers, printmaking, etc). Any Utah resident may submit an entry.
Please submit the following in one packet by April 1, 2007 at 6pm:
Three (3) 35mm slides of recent (last 2 years), completed work (or other documentation appropriate to your medium).
A CD will also be accepted. Images should be in jpeg format. Images should be saved at a high resolution.
Resume/bio
Artist statement
$20.00 non-refundable processing fee.
$5.00 for each additional slide (i.e. for 5 slides, you’d send $30.00)
Contact information
Slide list

Incomplete or late submittals will not be considered.
Download form here.

ARTSTORM

CUAC — 2007-02-14T12:13:06-07:00

MAY 10 - 12, 2007

Join faculty and students of the Snow College Department of Visual Art for a three-day art residency. Students will interact directly with our dynamic visual arts faculty in an intense portfolio-building weekend. This event is designed to broaden and fortify portfolios in preparation for college and future art study. Room, board, and supplies are provided.
Get more info on the residency.

Peter Finnemore Exhibit

CUAC — 2007-01-23T17:40:42-07:00

Press Release:
Peter Finnemore
Central Utah Art Center
86 north Main
Ephraim, Utah 84627
www.cuartcenter.org

Open House, Saturday, January 20, 6-8pm
Exhibition: Jan 20-Feb 22

Saturday's open house will mark three major events at the CUAC. We will introduce Jared Latimer, the CUAC's new director; Peter Finnemore, a major European artist will be present to inaugurate his new exhibition; and CUAC
board members will be present to meet the public.

Jared Latimer is a graduate of BYU and Pratt Institute in New York City. Since graduating with his Masters of Fine Art in Painting from Pratt, he has taught part time at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Art Academy of Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati, and Sinclair College. He has exhibited his art in
several states around the country, including the CUAC two years ago. As a professional artist he has an emphasis in abstract painting, figure drawing, and short films. He has also started his own graphic design firm and worked with major clients such as Honeywell, Proctor and Gamble (Tide, Crest, Biore, others), and Gateway. Latimer will bring a great work ethic, connections from around the country, and a good artistic vision to compliment his emphasis on education and coordination with the community.

Peter Finnemore has had solo exhibitions in seventeen countries including the United States (New York City), Germany, England, Switzerland, Italy, and others. He was included in last years? Venice Biennale, the world's largest and most important art exhibition where he represented his native country of Wales where he still resides. He will be installing new work in the
CUAC this week that is a continuation of his Project Jedi. This installation and collection of short films is loosely based on the US Military?s Project Jedi where marines were trained in special mind control techniques that would help them feel invincible, invisible, and able to conquer their enemies. The
work is a commentary on the absurdity of war, but also is an exploration of Welsh (and by extension, Western) culture and how we have a capacity for violence. His show will be up through the end of February.