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Show The S: ake Tribune ARTS Sunday May 23. 1999 In Kamas, Art Outside the Ordinary Artists Display Their Landscapes, Competing With the Real Thing Gallery founder seeks new and nontraditionalartists BY MARTHA SONNTAG BRADLEY SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE BY MARTHA SONNTAG BRADLEY SPECIAL TO THETRIBUNE KAMAS— Driving through SSummit ry on MainStreet is a perfect wayto fill a urdayafternoon The Bosquejo, which means “rough floors and warmcream-coloredwalls, the holds an eclectic sampling of ing abstract shapes and using them in my workto produce a type of realism that seems more real and excitingthanif everything were spelled out.” With a broad brushstroke and bright masses of black interplay with red and gray Patricia Kimball's charcoal ketches titled “Wasatch Landscape” and “Miners HomeII” capture the shifting shadows familiar to the Kamas Valley landscape. Perhaps better known locally for heroil paintings, Kimball’s charcoals are evi. lar says the only tools she uses to make her ceramic figures are a shardofmetal, a thorn from a cactus plant and her hands. Beyond that, she maintains, “You've got to put in some soul.” Aguilar’s parents were potters of painted with durable, bright paints. Art says Aguilar’s aptures something about the es- senceof people’s accouterments lives, what they do as around them.” Marti Esplin’s art, like herlife, is a work in progress. Esplin loves painting. She says of her work, “I've decided that Esplin’s paintings side of her nature. show a more serious At times they inves of it Refrigerators. and sculpture, bronze animals and fish time. The work of each member of this talentedfamily reflects Oaxaca’s rich In culture. in Aguilar’sfigures are baked wood-fueled kiln for seven hours, kept in theirnatural earth colors but also ART BRIEFS Michael Leavitt recently ap pointed Nancy Slitz to the Utah Arts Council Board of Directors to assist the council in coordinating and advising the arts in Utah “One of my goals is to not only foster the awareness ofour local talent, but I d like to expose the population of Utah to jectives, fine artists throughout the Slitz said. To accomplishherob- Slitz plans to participate on three committees: visual arts, art in : Shehopes her work shows thejoy she feels in living, in celebrating relation ships and experiences. Besides her beautifully decorated boxes and chairs. Besides oils, lounge in watercolors, surprising places Jeanne Wagner Theatre Ground wasbrokenthis week for the Jeanne WagnerTheatre, Phase II of the Rose WagnerPerforming Arts Center at 134 W. Broadway, Salt Lake City. The 64,000-square-foot additionwill contain a 500-seat auditorium, lobby, dressir rooms, two rehearsal studios and offices The rehi space will be used by groups that perform in the Capitol Theatre; the auditorium is intended as a “At Coit, your cleaning receives personal attention.” ryn States and KathyWilson. They depict tle richness of the Utah landscape. nestled at foot of the in Because of the historic homes. barns, log cabins and outbuildings belonging to En Ye navian pioneers Spring City has been designated as a National Reg ister Historic Dis The centeris funded through public and private money. Eaton Mahoney As. The Neils Borreson houseis on SpringCity's annual hometour. trict Celebr ating its 18th year, the Heritage Day Home Tour is ¢ nized by the Friends ofHistoric Spring City, a group Callfor Artists Painters and sculptors interested in participating in the the Rock Cliff area inall its seasons and shifting moods and remindusofthe sub- Sanpete County The Bosquejo Gallery is located at 60.N. Main, Kamas sociates is architect the canvasis barelylegible. water, trees and the undergrowth that pulls them together. Well-known locally as a gifted water colorist, Susan Gallagher's Willows in mountains the more intimate venue for performances. thickly with a palette knife and brash, and layers of transparent glazes where concentration of gallery education and community arts. painted with her distinctive brushstroke, bring sky and land togeth er, depicting, according to Posselli,"the ephemeral qualities of light and air as they play with nature.” Perhaps even more intriguing is the interaction between layers of opaque paint applied Manti-LaSal etchings in Bonnie Posselli’s landscapes in this Rock Cliff.” The 21 paintings in this show include work by Rob Adamson, Doug Braithwaite, Coleen Howe, Elva Malin, Kath: the with a bird, and twists with the emotion Council Board of Directors coordinate. advise and allocate funds for the arts in Utah, The 13 members of the Utah Arts New Board Member Gov. vas Everything is my can- fullness when painting from life.” show are among her- strongest ever Three oils, “Cottonwoods nter” and vivid colors, Hughes’ painting “Summer onthe Provo” is a joyous celebration of City, tense, loose brushstroke moves freely in tional surfaces. So I do. Boxes. Chairs and eventually dominated their and the essence of the painting experi ence. These elements become part of the painting itselfand one can only have that urday in Spring tight realismof herearlier draft. The in a tale about a monkey who falls in love their decorativefigures were popular lo- When { paint.” Gallagher says, “the weather, the light, the fragance in the air my mood, all add to the spirit of the day Tour some of Utah's best exam ples of historic architecture tigate social issues involving women or racism. Her “Monkey Turn for Love’ painting over a painting. fighting the cally experience. Spring City Shows Off Its Historic Homes “lan” anetchingin black,red andgray, MorganFisher Hall, ownerof the Bosquejo Gallery. it’s just fine for me to use whatever | want as my canvas,including conven: stical pots for household use, but “Simplifica sary detail onto a painting. It is more effective to say a lot with less than to diminish a work with more. | enjoy see: In anetchingbyHalltitled “Ian,”dark ceramist Josefina Aguilar, such as her portrait sculpture “Frida Kahlo.” Agui- John Hughes tion makes a more powerful statement than heaping more and more unneces: animpossiblerangeof blues andpurples, the colorsof the night skyilluminated by a thingestureof light peeking out along the top of mountain peaks. Phinney’s passion forcolor, pattern andthe play of light is here givenfree range. J Jor Nature Cente subtly oftened by snow drifts. Gallagh: er’s sense of the land comes from direct Hughes saysof his work: senting fantasies ofthe female domestic life. Herpainting “Night Clouds” shows Cliff danelle State Park, on Highway 32 about 7: miles east of Highway 40 near Heber City. Thecenter is open from 6.a.m. to 10 p.m Snow captures the essence of the muted ray and browns of the Utah winter, of the Utah landscape exchange between colorful forms, repre- is now on display at the through upland sage and wetland areas. One hundred acres of protected habitat is home to abundant wildlife nearly 200 species of birds, plus mink, fox and or her worka particu ir vision and sens¢ for theplayful % “Images of Rock Cliff Art Nature Center provides a unique chance to interact withthe natural environment him in painting this environment over several months. Separately and in groups, they came Rach brought to hi apes of denceof the range ofhertalent The inviting spaces of the Bosquejo Gallery hold folk sculpture by Mexican with: metal roof screened by brush invited a group of Utah painters to join and “Mrs. B Hangs Her women become excuses tur Utah landseape painter Hall's mother, Molly Phinney, owned two galleries and had a painting career herself. Several of Phinney’s paintings are part of this show, including “Mrs. B The rounded a sensitively designed frame struc beaver, along with the fish and amphibi ans workfrom local and national artists, in eluding Hall. Does Tile” Rock ing, and trees. ‘ed among tall cottonwoods along provide exhibit space for newartists and thoseartists not working in traditional media. Spread through two rooms with tile The Show” the Upper Provo River. the Rock Cliff draft,” is MorganFisherHall's effort to Stockings. @ Art in the Canyon Visitors to the Rock Cliff Nature Cen ter travel from ue par wooden w County to the new Bosquejo Gal gallery D3 that helps preserve the historic charac ter of Spring City. Funds generated by Statewide Annual Competition and Exhibition sponsored by the Utah Arts Council should bring this group go to help with ongoing resto: ration projects their work to Union Pacific Depot at 200 There are 15 buildings on tour this year, includi he LDS meeting house built of local oolite limestone. The struc tures range from one-room log cabins to latge Victorian homes. Two notable buildings on tour this year include the home of LDS Apostle Orson Hyde and the South 400 West between June 3 and 5 Artwork c! hose or the juried showW Bi on exhibit during the Utah Arts Fes beginning June 24 and stays on di through July 30, For more information. call 533-4195. stone and frame Baxter Mercantile, later known as the Schofield Mercantile. The home tour runs Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, Ticket sales will begin at 9 a.m. at the old fire house on MainStreet, Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for chil dren under 12. The tour usually takes most of the day if people wish to see all the homes. A bake sale sponsored by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers will take place, 9 a.m-1p.m., in the old city hall on Main Street and a dinner will be served at the bowery near the Old School at Center and First East Streets i ROIAO Ly roultne | A Pn AtCoit, we guarantee your drapes, carpets and upholstery to be OCTReOCRUmmeReos ona Meekieeeroepou ORCRO OCLCROOMaee A Salt Lake City Institution since 1954 5% OFF CARPET, DRAPERY & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Expires 5/31/99 Minimum charge 2 wo] hs Salt Lake City 595-0909 Taylorsville 964-1500 Bountiful 292-4600 Ogden ! 627-9620 sky a Y healthy sigh eyaaL at 1.800.453.1302 CALL COIT FOR A FREEINHOME ESTIMATE TODAY! 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