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Show SCENE The www.parkrecord.com Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.15713 C-1 PEACE HOUSE READIES SPIKE 150 COMES TO ANNUAL LUNCHEON, C-2 SUMMIT COUNTY, C-3 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, MAY 4-7, 2019 Cancer researcher’s art is found in the DNA SPRING CONTRA DANCE AT ROCKPORT OLD CHURCH The spring contra dance will be held at 7;30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, at Rockport Old Church, at Rockport State Park in Wanship. All dances will be taught and no partners are needed. Live music will be performed by Loose Shoes, with calling by Rob Snow. Admission is $5 per person. For information, email rockportdance@ allwest.net. YOGA IN THE GALLERY AT THE KIMBALL ART CENTER A Yoga in the Gallery session will be held from 4-5 p.m. on Sunday, May 5, at the Kimball Art Center, 1401 Kearns Blvd. The one-hour yoga session will allow participants to stretch, breathe and open their minds amid the backdrop of inspiring artwork. Both yoga and art beginners welcome. Everyone should bring their own yoga mats. The cost is $15 per participant; children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. For information, visit kimballartcenter.org. Welm creates metal nucleosomes after taking a Kimball class SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Throughout the centuries, the human form has been a favorite subject for various painters, sketcher and sculptors. Bryan Welm, associate professor at the University of Utah’s department of surgery and a breast cancer investigator at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, creates art inspired by a part of the human body that is only seen through microscopes – the nucleosome. Nucleosomes store people’s DNA in tight packages, said Welm, a Summit Park resident. “Every cell in your body has two meters of DNA, and if you took the DNA of all the cells in one person’s body and linked them end to end and stretched that into one strand, it would reach to Pluto and back,” Welm said. “So the nucleosome holds the DNA into compact forms.” It also tells the body when it needs to make more cells by regulating its genes, the researcher said. “Cancer is caused by abnormalities on how a gene is turned on and off,” Welm said. A year ago, Welm was inspired to create a metal sculpture of a double helix. LITTLE NATURALIST STORY TIME AT TH ECOCENTER A Little Naturalist story time will be held from 10-11 a.m. on Monday, May 6, a the Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter, 1258 Center Drive at Kimball Junction. The program for 3- to 5-year-olds will feature a nature-themed book, the exploration of the natural world and a craft. The cost is $2 per child. For information, visit swanerecocenter.org. FREE ADMISSION TO PARK CITY MUSEUM The Park City Museum, 528 Main St., will waive admission fees on Tuesday, May 7. For information, visit parkcityhistory.org. NEWCOMERS CLUB MONTHLY COFFEE Newcomers Club of Greater Park City will host its monthly coffee from 9:3011:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8, at Park City Community Church, 4501 N. S.R. 224. The event, which will feature presentations by Beethoven Festival founders Leslie and Russell Harlow, is free and open to the public. For information, visit parkcitynewcomers.org. I pulled up a picture and immediately thought it would be impossible for me to do...” Bryan Wlem, cancer reseracher and sculptor “I would look at the structure and see how I could twist and bend metal, so, I just tried it,” he said. His first piece turned out well, but was inaccurate. “There were some problems with the distances between some of the strands,” he said. “So, I rebuilt it, and eventually ended up making five sculptures that were more accurate.” After his success with the helixes, Welm got word that Karolin Luger, the researcher who identified the nucleosome, liked his sculptures. “I thought maybe I should make a nucleosome and give it to her,” he said. “I pulled up a picture and immediately thought it would be impossible for me to do.” A few days later, Welm opened the image again. “I really looked at it and realized it was basically made of pieces,” he said. “So I decided to make the pieces and then assemble it.” Welm worked on the sculpture at a one-to-50 million scale for 10 months, and he said the most challenging aspect of the project was accuracy. “I had to measure how big the gaps were between the DNA strands and proteins were, so I could be as precise as I could be,” he said. “The images I use for models come from the National Center of Biotechnology Information database, and I can twist the image around and see the different dimensions.” SCOTT IWASAKI/PARK RECORD Parkite Bryan Welm, an investigator at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, spent 10 months creating this metal sculpture of a nucleosome. The piece is represented at one-to-50 million scale. Welm worked on creating the DNA strands and the protein cores, which included histone tails that resemble streamers. “I use what is called mild steel in these sculptures,” he said. “I get them from Wasatch Steel and Home Depot, and I also use a lot of recycled materials from various locations.” Working on the sculpture took Welm out of his day-to-day stresses. “I loved heating the metal and feeling it become pliable,” he said. “I would spend a whole day bending rods. Then I will cut them down to size.” Welm also enjoyed welding the parts together. “It was great to see the piece grow from a pile of metal on a table into a protein structure,” he said. While Welm made sure the structure itself was accurate, he took some liberties with the colors and textures. “There are really no colors in proteins, so I used some patinas, paints and chemPlease see Sculptor, C-5 SCOTT IWASAKI/PARK RECORD Sculptor Bryan Welm created these protein coils in his garage by heating and twisting rods of mild steel. valid SAT 5.4.19 - TUES 5.7.19 PIE Mother’s Day SPECIAL strawberry rhubarb • 25 peach raspberry • 25 QUICHE french macarons • 25 raspberry rose • 45 chocolate mousse • 45 Cutoff date to place an order - Thursday, 5.9.19 at 6PM. Pick up date - Saturday, 5.11.19 between 8AM + 6PM. TO PLACE AN ORDER CALL US OR VISIT US 1750 Iron Horse Dr. twO FOR one GHIDOTTI'S assorted dozen chocolate covered spring asparagus, strawberries • 18 leek + boursin • 28 order of 6 bacon, cheddar + tomato • 28 lemon blueberry cupcakes • 21 CAKE 435.647.2906 +MORE order of 6 + 3.50 for each additional GRAPPA 435.658.0669 | 6030 N. 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