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Show Park City offers galleries for all seasons by Rick Brough IPO I i 1 ir 1); . , , j i -: li' j . si a u . .! tj " " " . -'- and silk-screen artist Karen Offringa. THE KIMBALL ART CENTER hardly needs an introduction. It is the flagship of art galleries in Park City. It was founded in 1976 at the site of the old Kimball Garage at the junction of Park City's historic Main Street and Park Avenue. It offers a rich variety of events, including exhibits by renowned artists in the Main and Lower Gallery. Under the direction of Corke Pepper, it sponsors workshops, the Summer Arts Institute, courses from the University of Utah, the summer Shakespeare Festival from In-termountain In-termountain Actors Ensemble, and, of course, the Park City Art Festival. THE LIDO GALLERY features artists art-ists of regional and national stature, including in-cluding Nancy Lund, Robert Marshall, Ladd O'Dell and Lois Johnson. It will also provide art for the corporate investor in-vestor or interior designer. The Lido Gallery is located in the Brent C. Hill Building at 248 Highway and 750 East. MEYER GALLERY, at 305 Main, specializes in Western and American Indian In-dian art. Darrell and Gerri Meyer feature artists John Nieto, Amado Pena, Ray McCarty and Al Rounds, along with sculptors Edward J. Fraughton and Dennis Smith. SCOTT NELSON PHOTOGRAPHY has not only Nelson's photos, but paintings by Kirk Randle and watercolors by Linda Roberts. Rob-erts. The shop is located at the Snow Park Center in Deer Valley. continued on page 25. -I UST AS ORANGE juice isn't just for breakfast any more, art in Park City J isn't confined to , Main Street on an wmmmmmmmm August weekend. There are 12 galleries in town, of which most are members of the Park City Art Dealers Association. The head of the organization, Robin Valline, said the group seeks to promote local artists and to spotlight Park City as a place where art can be found. "It's a natural place for galleries to exist," Valline said. Park City is a recreation area, and the variety of people who visit, he noted, will include both the art collector and the tourist with interest in-terest in art. It also has one important advantage over Salt Lake. It's easier to see everything that's available in the small resort town area. With so many galleries, Valline said, Park City joins the list of small thriving art towns, like Springville and St. George in Utah, Cody in Wyoming, and Scottsdale in Arizona. Th-. following is a quick tour of the year-round an galleries in Park City. ARTWORKS is an artists' cooperative co-operative located at 465 Main. The proprietors are jewelers Roger Fuller and Judy Summer. But four other artists contribute time at the shop and help pay the rent in order to exhibit their work. They include glaziers Chris Geer and Pete Park, potter Mary Barrena, and leatherworker Mark Johnson. DAVIES-LEE GALLERY is located at 467 Main and specializes in works of Haitian art. THE FAMILY JEWELS, at 591 Main Street, was established in 1975 by jeweler Mary Doughty. Starting with her custom designs, the shop has expanded to include wall art by local artists, Western prints, and graphics in the Poster Parlour. THE JOHNSON GALLERY, named for previous owner David Johnson, is located in the Silver Millhouse Building at the Park City Resort. According to art coordinator Robin Valline, the shop has a portfolio of 100 original works to place in corporate offices, from common areas to a president's office. It is an official of-ficial Greenwich Workshop dealer (one of three in Utah) offering such artists as Frank McCarthy and James Bams. Local artists featured include Judy Summer |