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Bill Owens: Suburbia @ BYU MOA

This week I have a short notice about Bill Owens iconic photography series Suburbia currently on exhibition at BYU's Museum of Art.  If you have not had the chance to visit this particular museum due to it's location, you are without question missing out on one of the best museums in the Western U.S.

In 1972, Bill Owens took a camera and explored Livermore, Calif., every Saturday for one year, resulting in one of the most well-known series of photos on contemporary American life: Suburbia.  Owens captured a time and place that seemed to illustrate the American Dream of the early ’70s generation, where suburbanites’ social mobility and economic comfort were valued above most everything else. . . more >>>

Sunstone Symposium: City Weekly

The Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium is an annual gathering of scholars, historians, novelists, feminists, activists, and anyone intellectually curious about Mormon culture and history. Now in its 30th year, the symposium is a forum for liberals and conservatives, heretics and orthodox, atheists and believers, a place where free and open discussion is explored and encouraged.

Keith's Finale, Bernstein's MASS: City Weekly

With his all-American good looks and musical talent to burn, Keith Lockhart has given Utah music lovers more than their fair share of enjoyment. After inspiring us as conductor and musical director of the Utah Symphony since 1998, he now is bowing out from the Utah stage, leaving us all a little poorer.

David Copperfield: City Weekly

In the current milieu of “extreme” magic, David Copperfield seems downright old-fashioned. But his style has inspired countless magicians who have gone their own way, including rebels such as Chris Angel and David Blaine. And while presentation changes over time, the magic remains the same in attempting to connect to another person through story and wonder.

Art of Siddarth Parasnis

In the painting of architecture, the subject is rarely revisited with a new, interesting perspective. Siddarth Parasnis brings something different that shakes our vision and shows unexceptional walls and windows as something more beautiful than we expect.

Pendergast's Portraits of Malawi

What does a Buddhist orphanage in Africa have in common with a Park City art gallery? The artist Olivia “Holly” Mae Pendergast. On a recent trip to the country of Malawi, she created a new series of evocative and beautiful figurative paintings of people she encountered.

Living Traditions Festival

Where can you eat Bosnian Cevapi, drink Tahitian Otai, and finish off with Scottish apple tarts for dessert, all at the same place? At the 2008 Living Traditions Festival, of course. But food is only the beginning at this annual celebration of Salt Lake City’s folk arts and ethnic culture. Musicians, dancers, artists, craft makers, storytellers and many more come together every May to offer attendees a unique experience.

84th Annual Springville Art Salon

In the small town of Springville, you’ll find one of the best museums in Utah. And now until July 6 is the 84th Annual Spring Salon at the Springville Museum of Art. With close to 300 works of art in a diversity of styles and approaches, you will find something for everyone’s taste: painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, mixed media, and occasionally pieces that are difficult to categorize.

Sax and Sushi SMALL Show

During the monthly Gallery Stroll in Park City, the Phoenix Gallery will hold its winter kickoff event, SMALL: The 2nd Annual Miniature Painting Exhibit featuring contemporary paintings that are … well, small. But paintings are just part of the experience at this gallery during the “Sax and Sushi” opening reception.