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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 DESERT-LOVING SINGER ARTS-KIDS SEEKS ARTISTS MAKES UTAH DEBUT, C-2 FOR NEW PROGRAM, C-3 www.parkrecord.com C-1 WED/THURS/FRI, AUGUST 1-3, 2018 Photographer thrives on thrilling landscapes UTAH SYMPHONY’S DEER VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL The Utah Symphony’s Deer Valley Music Festival will present a chamber performance by the Fremont String Quartet on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 1505 White Pine Canyon Rd. The program features Utah Symphony Concertmaster Madeline Adkins on violin, violinist Claude Halter, violist Brant Bayless and cellist Rainer Eudeikis. For information and tickets, visit www. deervalleymusicfestival.org. ART STARTS HERE GALA The Kimball Art Center’s Art Starts Here Gala, a prelude to the Park City Kimball Arts Festival, will run from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 2, at the DeJoria Center, 970 N. S.R. 34, in Kamas. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.kimballartcenter.org. DEER VALLEY CONCERT SERIES: THE DECEMBERISTS The Deer Valley Concert Series will kick off its season with The Decemberists at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 2, at Deer Valley’s Snow Park Amphitheater. The Decemberists have recently released “Once In My Life,” the second single from their new album, “I’ll Be Your Girl,” which was released March 16. Tickets range from $49 to $77. They can be purchased by visiting www.ticketfly.com/purchase/ event/1690939?utm_source=DVCS. STAND-UP COMEDY AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE Comedians James P. Connolly and Jann Karam will perform at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 3, and Saturday, Aug. 4, at the Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. Karam has been on The Tonight Show and The Late Show with David Letterman numerous times. Connolly has appeared on Comedy Central and is recognized across the country as one of the most played comedians on SiriusXM’s comedy channels. Friday tickets range from $15-$29. Saturday tickets are $19-$29. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.parkcityshows.com. YOGA ON THE PATIO AT THE PARK CITY LIBRARY Free yoga classes will be held from 10-11 a.m. every Saturday on the Park City Library patio, 1255 Park Ave. Participants should bring their own mats. During inclement weather, the classes will be moved inside. For information, visit www.parkcitylibrary. org. PHOTO BY PATRICK BRANDENBURG Patrick Brooks Brandenburg’s “Cerro Torre,” captures the first light of day on the famed mountain in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. Brandenburg is one of the 13 local artists, who are members of the Park City Professional Artists Association, selected to participate in the 49th annual Park City Kimball Arts Festival. Patrick Brandenburg readies his images for Kimball Arts Festival SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Photographer Patrick Brooks Brandenburg enjoys capturing dramatic landscapes, from oceans, to, mountains, to the deserts of the American Southwest. The Park City Professional Artists Association member, who is set to be be part of the artist lineup at the annual Park City Kimball Arts Festival this weekend, also loves the danger that comes with taking photographs in remote areas. “There are things that can be problematic when you’re out there by yourself, especially if you head into bear territory to get a landscape photo,” Brandenburg said. “I’ve had some pretty close calls with bears, mountain lions and the weather.” His latest close call was with the latter, he said. “I wanted to get some photos of Mount Timpanogos with lightning, so I set up (the camera) about 10,000 feet up in American Fork Canyon,” said Brandenburg. “It looked like everything was going to line up perfectly.” The photographer was taken aback when a thunderstorm rolled in and covered the massive peak with sheets of rain. “I wasn’t able to get a dramatic shot with the sunset and lighting,” Brandenburg said. “Then the lightning bolts (started), but it got too dangerous because I was exposed, and I had to pack up and head down.” Brandenburg, who has been a professional fine art photographer for the past 15 years, mainly sold his works online until six years ago, when he started selling photos at the weekly Park Silly Sunday Market. “Doing that showed me how much I enjoyed meeting my clients face to face and interacting with them,” he said. Try, try again Some of his Park Silly customers suggested he try exhibiting at the Park City Kimball Arts Festival. So he applied, and PHOTO BY PATRICK BRANDENBURG Photographer Patrick Brooks Brandenburg is attracted to outdoor scenery such as the vivid colors of “Iron Canyon Fall.” started planning out his summer schedule. However, it took a few tries before he could make it in to the event, the largest of its kind in Utah. The first time, his application was rejected. “I was devastated,” Brandenburg said. “But it opened my eyes to just how much competition there is to get in.” Undeterred, Brandenburg applied the next year, getting a little further to his goal but still falling short. “I was put on a wait list, but still didn’t get in,” he said. Still determined to get in, Brandenburg applied the year after that and, finally, was accepted. “I was so happy, and it was the best show that I had ever done,” Brandenburg said. “It was the right market for me because a lot of my imagery is local.” This year marks Brandenburg’s third Park City Kimball Arts Festival, and getting accepted into the event is something Park City Professional Artists Association artists participating in this year’s Park City Kimball Arts Festival The Park City Professional Artists Association is an alliance for the promotion of local art within the Park City community. Each year a jury selects a handful of PCPAA members to showcase their works at the Park City Kimball Arts Festival. Here is a list of this year’s participants: • Patrick Brooks Brandenburg, photography • Ron Butkovich, jewelry • Naomi Doyle, fiber • Meghan Dutt, jewelry • Nan Gray, painting • Willie Holdman, photography • Thomas Horton, photography he doesn’t take for granted. “I’m so honored to be able to get in (again), because the festival is a juried show, so there are no guarantees,” he said. “Just because you got in last year • Robert Johnson, painting • Karen Kendall, painting • Michael McRae, jewelry • Fred Montague, drawing and printmaking • Felix Saez, mixed media • Jim Simister, ceramics will not mean you will get in this year.” Brandenburg shoots both film and digital photographs, and his love of photog- Please see Photos, C-7 |