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Show Openings 1988 Entertainment - Page Four GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS U, .museums imaginative & Baseball, gardens among treasures By Sharon Deckert Loving hopes it will attract a new audi- Chronicle assistant feature editor ence. One possible new audience is the children who will participate in the exhibit's opening weekend batting clinic. Robert Redford and former Mets pitcher Tom Seaver will demonstrate their abilities. - The museums at the University of Utah are very different from the cluttered, musty museums of many people's imaginations. (Do people perhaps think mausoleums and museums are similar?) The U.'s museums are spacious and innovative. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, for instance, is hosting a children's batting clinic as part of an upcomming exhibit. But best of all for U. students, these museums are all FREE! a The Utah Museum of Fine Arts-W-ith almost of 8,500 permanent collection objects, this museum represents all time periods and cultures. Chuck Loving, the museums's assistant All-St- ar For U. students needing a relaxing, quiet break from their studies, visiting the museum in the afternoon (there are literally hundreds of school children there in the mornings) could be just the ticket. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Utah Museum of Natural History-Th- is museum, with more than 200 items in its permanent exhibit, represents the earth sciences, life sciences and archaeology. The first thing that pops into mind when thinking of this museum is dinosaurs. That is appropriate this year, since 1988 is the year.of the dinosaur, but the museum offers much, much more, The Norton Hall of Minerology, for instance, is worthy of more than a few wide-eye- d enjoyable hours. mechaBut until December the this dinosaurs do reign at nized museum. "Dinamation," the museum's current dinosaur exhibit, seems to have taken this museum and the population at large by storm. Curator Frank L. DeCouften said the average yearly attendance of the museum is about 80,000 people. "Dinamation" has attracted almost that many people since its opening in June, he said. J, .Unfortunately., fpr , U. students , agree- ments with the creators of "Dinamation" have prevented the museum from offering . director of administration, said all the pieces, however, are not displayed at once. The museum is divided into several rooms, each representing a different time period or culture. Pieces within each exhibit are periodically rotated so visitors aren't overwhelmed by seeing too much permanent-collectio- n too fast. life-siz- e, The room dedicated to Utah and the' West, for instance, changes as it focuses on different artists who have lived or worked in the West, Loving said. Besides the permanent exhibits, the museum presents 16 temporary exhibits each year. They range from the photogra- phy exhibit shown this summer; to "Diamonds are Forever: Artists and Writers on Baseball," which opens Sept. 17. The exhibit will combine visual arts , such as painting, photography and sculpture with literature on baseball, and N . . : "Raven Mask," a wood and pigment carving by a member of the Kwaiuti tribe, is one of many exquisite art pieces at the Museum of Fine Arts. Museums on campus are free for U. students. Butte Gardens are east of Fort Douglas. student discount tickets, DeCourten said. The gardens include many varieties , But don't panic too quickly; the rest of of free. still are marvelous the plants both native and adaptive to displays Utah. One of the goals of the gardens is The museum also offers workshops, short courses, lectures and field trips. to demonstrate how homeowners, nurseries and landscape artists can use Some of these are free and some are availsaid." these plants to create gardens that are able at a minimal charge, DeCourten Utah-This attractive all year, Dick Hildreth, is The State Arboretum of not a museum, but a visit is an absolute arboretum director, said. This is the kind of garden both the must for students who go crazy surrounded by concrete and asphalt all day. plant aficianado and the casual browser will love. Paths surrounded by different The arboretum is not a giant greenhouse, though there are plans for one; nor types of flowers wander past ponds and a n cans meadow and under groves of trees. is it a bunch of trees in The cool quiet would be enough for most, Arbor on to be Day. planted waiting for the educated there are many variall but of Officially, the arboretum includes eties of plants, from lobelia to hyacinths to the grounds of the U. The tree identification signs across campus are part of the hybiscus to flowering tobaccos. The arboretum staff, in a joint venture work done by the arboretum. But aside from the U, campus, which with Native Plants Inc., is also doing most of us see too much of on a daily research with drought-resistaplants. Red Butte Gardens also is home to a basis anyway, a visit to the Red Butte Gardens could make one forget there is a series of outdoor concerts in the summer and to classes during the school year. city down here. office is in the same The arboretum's The arboretum is open from 8 a.m. building as Parking Services. But the Red until sunset seven days a week. five-gallo- nt , U. student art exhibited Galleries display UntraditioriarwoYk By Sharon Deckert Chronicle assistant feature editor Galleries at the University of Utah provide more than just art exhibits. Not only do they provide an opportunity for students to view art, they provide students with the chance to show their own art. OF LEBANON RESTAURANT Lebanese, Armenian, Jewish, Moroccan and Greek food Vegetarian dishes (falafel, tabboule, couscoust etc.) Famous Chicken and Lamb Shishkebabs Special prices for parties of 10 and up Lunch specials $3.75 and up Affordable prices, Great food Menu is approved by the American Heart Association HOURS: Monday-Thursda- y 11 am-1- 0 Friday and Saturday 11 am-1- 1 pm pm BELLY DANCING Friday and Saturday night 10 i OFF all dinner entrees with current l) of U ID 152 East 200 South Salt Lake City CALL 364-409- 6 Alvin Gittins GalleryThis gallery, which is located on the first floor of the Art and Architecture Center, is not restricted to the traditional forms of art most people associate with galleries. v "The gallery shows everything from graphic design to painting to sculpture to computer art," Joe Marotta, U. associate professor of art, said. Through Sept. 30, for instance, the gallery and the Ching Hai Oriental Painting Society are sponsoring an celebrate the that show will open, juried Chinese Year of the Dragon. The exhibit, "Unfolding Forces," will feature paintings using a water medium on paper, U. associate professor of art Mary Lou Romney said. It will also feature the Work of an artist Koo-Mi. from Hong KGng, Carrie n is teaching a quarter Chinese brush in workshop painting in conjunction with the exhibit. Marotta said the gallery accepts appli- - ; cations to show the works of individuals or groups between its major annual shows. He said any interested applicants, may submit slides of their work. The annual, shows, include Jaculty, student and Mhtercone'giate shbws'! 'This year1 the faculty show will run Jan. The intercollegiate show invites stuKoo-Me- ei pre-autum- 9-3- 1. "The Walls Have Ears," by Cory Westerman, is an example of creative student exhibits at the Union Gallery. Marotta said the gallery exhibits many different types of art because it is meant to bea learning 'gallery. Professors, can bring students to see various exhibits and then discuss the different works in '.; . .s class.:, a But the gallery is not restricted to use by)ptafeB56rSTalAt'thBi students. It is open free of charge fronr8'a.m. to 5 p'.m. on weekdays. .'. The Union Gallery--I- f you are interesed dents from collegies and universities around the state. The show will run Feb. in a gallery that exhibits art that is really different from the norm, check out the 1. Beginning May 17, the gallery will Union Gallery, see "galleries" on entertainment page five show the work of U; students. " ; . . |
