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Show 6 - V. --- cJv-- W&p.izrt K PACE 7 Monday, April 25, 201 1 ( T' ! VW9tmtfrKHUfU'jm EDITOR 1 Holly Coombs, 586-548- 8 X, 70 iiuD uii By CARIN MILLER showed audience members images of her first days in Zion; a time when she said she was trying to figure out both where to begin, and how to find her focal point. This (image) is on the Kayenta Trail, Dondero said And Im just taken by the fact that on the trail there's all these little side gardens. Some of certain kind of plants and the next one is a different kind of plant, where do I start, where do I look, what do I do, I dont even know how to begin to focus. Jessica Kusky, Zion National Park volunteer coordinator, said part of her job includes acting as the coordinator for resident artists and a liaison between the artists and park officials. I meet the artist when they come in and if they need something I help them find it, Kusky said. She said the strangest item she has helped an artist find since the program started a few years ago would have to be rain gutters. She said Dondero asked for them so she could cmillersuunews.com Zion National Park Mary Dondero told students at Thursday nights Art Insights one important facet of art is that it only exists if an artist dedicates time to making it. The second thing ... art is work, Dondero said. Most artists, especially young artists, need to learn that (creating art) is about time and work. Time set aside for nothing else but creating new works, and in a place as fantastic as Zion National Park as part of a residency program can be any artists dream or worst nightmare, she said. There has been a strong tradition for more than 100 years of incredible art resulting from visits to Zion National Park by prominent artists of the time; and that, coupled with the enormity of the landscape, can be paralyzing for any artist, she said. (At first) I am overwhelmed and I dont know what to do next, Dondero said as she a i ao'-5asSy- 1 f -l uifrnpn? Vj xr i use them in her studio set-u- p to drain the run off from the ink she used when painting. An essential piece of gaining focus on her work was to transform the cabin provided by the park into a working studio space so she could stop worrying about possibly ruining the floors or walls, Dondero said. I had to set up a special kind of studio, she said. First covering everything up with plastic and then I had to go to St. George and I had to purchase a gutter. The gutter, in combination with several orange buckets, became a drainage system which Dondero told students would allow her to pour layer after layer of ink, building up the abstraction that eventually would become a finished painting. Dondero said she had a system of pouring the paint onto a Mylar canvas and turning the canvas as needed to draw forms and create the image she is looking for. Biam Stults, a senior studio arts major from Cedar City, c?n?3iP7c? XlJ said he found Donderos use of materials like mylar as a canvas intriguing because it has a modern element that sets it apart from previous eras of art. The materials are interesting to me because plastics are a materia! of our age. Stults said. She seems to have chosen materials where they create an ethereal sort of mood and, most importantly for me, the way it captures the light and allows the light to pass through it it has a certain translucence. Stults said he thinks Dondero could push her work further than she has. He said he has worked with Mylar in a block printing technique where he uses water-solubinks on the plastic and then allows them to dry. Once the mylar has dried he can then use it to create a multitude of mono-print- s by using a wet paper that he runs through the press, layering different tones of depth with it. Its almost like her paintings are only the first step in a multitude of steps, Stults said. Kusky said artists who spend time as a resident in the park ! i I t r le CARIN MILLER Zion National Park UNIVERSITY JOURNAL Mary Dondero tells art students about the intimidating beauty of the park at See ART, Page 8 Thursdays Art Insights. Artist-in-Residen- ce City arts council preps for festival By TIANA LUND tlundsuunews.com , . ..mitiw .m ,, ,,,11 . t. Aa- w-- - k f Tift Ml I fc liM.ll ASHER SWAN - irn fliln ri i UNIVERSITY JOURNAL Multicultural Club Involvement Vice President Sarah business administration student from Saudi Arabia, Webber and Marketing Vice President Josh Dutson with an award for Club Contributor of the Year at the honor club member Yasir Alluhay, a master of Multicultural Club Banquet Wednesday night. First-ye- ar By For anyone stuck in Cedar City this summer and looking for something to do, the Summer Arts Festival will join with Groovefest and will take place June 24 and 25 at Cedar Citys Main Street Park. The festival will enter its 10th year of celebrating the artistry of all handmade items. The festival is put on by the Cedar City Arts Council, which supports artists in folk, literary, visual and performing arts in Cedar City as well as surrounding areas. Cedar City Arts Council Artist Coordinator Sandi Levy, said the council tries to benefit the community. (The festival) is to promote local and regional artists and provide the community with artistic enhancement to their lives, Levy said. Artists from all over the country exhibit their craft in the Main Street Park for two days. Frontier Homestead State Park Manager Todd Prince explained how participants get into the festival. To participate, artists must submit an application to be jurried by a selection panel that looks for distinctive concept, excellent workmanship, appropriate presentation and Prince said. The medium, festival takes great pride in its artists and their work. The festivals Facebook page includes several artists that will be appearing this summer, with paintings by Nancy Thomas, water color and acrylic work by Young Kim, wire-wra- p by Lynn Dalton, hand painted gourds by Claire Whipple, sandblasted glass by David Baltrusaitis and pieces by many more artists. Levy explained how the Arts Festival is in conjunction with Groovefest. Groovefest is a four-da- y event this year, June 22-2and includes a (4 marathon and live music performed by national-levbands, Levy said. Levy said that this event is free to the public and that it will attract community members of all ages. The Arts (C'edai City Council), sponsors a kids art area where children of all ages can have an ait experience, Levy said. This year we will be making musical instruments with the kids. Levy said there is currently one SUU student involved, and there are several volunteer opportunities available. More information on this upcoming summer event, is available at the Cedar City Arts Festival Facebook page and groovefestutah.com. 5, club acknowledges success at banquet JOHN GRIMSHAW jgrimshawsuunews.com The Multicultural Club banquet Wednesday in the R. Haze Hunter Conference Center recognized outstanding members and successes the club has had in its first year. Cassidy Hill, a senior management major from Centerville and club executive vice president, said the members wanted to celebrate their first year and honor those who put in extra effort to make the club what it is. The evening included food, a slide show of pictures from activities, awards and dancing to music from various cultures. Shaka Richardson, club president and founder, said he never thought the day .would come when tbp club could meqt together like that. Richardson said the club started last summer v. ith just one member him. He said it later grew to five people, and they started it all. At the banquet almost ail the tables were filled, which occupied more than half of the Great Hall. Several members said they were grateful to have the club, and had learned about other cultures because of it. Abdullah Alhomaid, a master of business administration student from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and winner of an outstanding member award, said he was thankful for the friends he had made through the club. Everyday they help me with anything I need (such as) homework or research. Everyone is so friendly. I am thankful for their help, he said. Alhomaid said he has eaten Chinese, Korean, Ethiopian as well as other types of food while in the club. He said students should join the Multicultural Club because of all the things they can teach to and learn from other students. Another student grateful to be in the club was Meskerem Wollebo, a freshman biology major from Shashamane, Ethiopia. The club became my second home and cured me of my homesickness, Wollebo said. She said she loves the diversity and uniqueness that the club brings together. Wollebo said tint she was looking for something that mixed cultures, and she first found about the Multicultural club at See CLUB, Page S PHOTOS COURTESY OF CEDAR CITY ARTS COUNCIL Examples of n glass (Top) and wire wrapped will be included at the Cedar City that jewelry (Bottom) Arts Festival on June 22 through 25. pmr vm sand-blow- el |