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Show 1ni THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT THE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL• SOUTHERNUTAHUNIVERS1TY • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1998 I 'Arts for the Parks' opens winter quarter exhibits Vie"'. of Cedar Breaks from Brian Head Peak, painted with oil by f. Brad Holt. Yellowstone Spring by Mike Balm, graduate of SUU 1996 ZION Jig / jj)IA ._'-;I ·1{;(/n[0'fltilP j 1 Kurtis L. Leany 'lF,e Portrait SpecuJ{ist 20°/o off Wedding Invitations Napkins & Thank-you Cards Sample price: 500 Photo Invitations only$ l 90 plus tax & shipping 491 S. Main #5 Cedar City, Utah 586-4725 1(800) 369-9466 A 100-piece exhibit of works selected from more than 2,000 entries in the Arts for the Parks competition will open the winter quarter schedule at SUU's Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery. The exhibit, which features contemporary American representational paintings in a variety of media will hang through Jan. 30. Other shows scheduled during the quarter include an exhibit featuring the work of SUU Art Department faculty members and a collection titled II Artists in the Copy Center, Feb. 5-27;'' selections from SUU's archaeology collection and 11 formulation: Articulation," an exhibit of Josef Albee's work with the theory of color; March 5-27. "Paintings for our first winter quarter exhibit were selected by a panel of nationally prominent art editors, administrators, and artists," Lydia Johnson, director of museums and galleries at SUU, said. "The 2,328 entries in the 1997 Arts for the Parks competition were submitted by artists from all 50 states and from seven foreign countries. This is a very impressive exh ibit. " Am ong the 10 Utah-based artists represented in the show are two SUV graduates, Mike Malm, who is working on a graduate degree at Utah State University in Logan, and Brad Hold, currently living in Preston, Idaho. Other Utah artists included in the exhibit are Michael Aiken, Salt Lake City1 Glen Edwards, Smithfield; Luke Frazier and Jason Rich, Logan; Kay Homan, Providence; Richard Miles, Fruit Heights; Randsom Owens, Tremonton; and Seth Winegar, West Bountiful. Rich's " Emerging, " an oil painting of two mule deer coming out of hiding to feed, won the competition's $50,000 1997 grand prize. T he winter quarter exhibits wil l be the first to be presented in the gallery 's recently expanded and refurbished display area. With the addition of about 1,000 square feet of public exhibit space and private storage/work space, the gallery now has two roughly equivalent exhibit areas. "Our increased space will allow us to show larger exhibits and to better utilize our facilities," Johnson explained. " We will designate an 'East Gallery' and a ' West Gallery' when we have sepa rate exhibits running concurrently." Renovation includes new finishes, fixtures, display panels, ca rpet, and paint. Updated lighting and security systems have also been installed. Big Sucking Moose band to perform this afternoon By VERONICA GARNER SENIO R STAFF WRITER What better way to get back in the swing of the quarter than to chill in the Sharwan Smith Center Living Room with lun ch and a Big Suc king Moose? SUUSA will be presenting the acoustic/ska band, Big Sucking Moose, tomorrow as the first SUU Unplugged concert of winter quarter. " Big Su cking Moose is from the Salt Lake area, composed of 5-6 students from Snow College, BYU, and other local coll eges. " They're sound is somew here between ska and acoustic, and they're really good," said Clinton Dorney, STAB United Arts direct0r. Beginning at 11:45 a.m. today, Big Sucking Moose will perform in the Kolob Canyon Living Room located in the cast end of t he Sharwan Smith Center, until 1:15 p.m . Students are invited to attend, free of charge, during th eir lunch break. Big Sucking Moose T -shirts, as well as the band's CD, will be on sa le during the concert. "The Unplugged concerts have gone over really well this year, we have gotten some good feedback. When we saw this band a t the U ta h Leadership Academy last yea r, we just had to have t hem ," said Dorney. SUUSA started the Un plugged traditi on this year as a way to break up the monoton y of the week. " I really enjoy being able to sec these new bands. It gives a refreshing look at the current mus ic that I may h ave never know abo ut," said Bryan Blackwell, a freshman politi cal scien ce major from Ferron, Uta h The concerts are scheduled to be presented every Wednesday at 11 :45 a. m . in the Sharwan Smith Center living room . Dorney said all students are invited to grab a quick bite to cat and pull up a seat on the way to class. 'We saw this band...last year and we just had to have them,' said United Arts Director Clint Dorney. |