| Show I In n case you missed d it I t i f. f i r 1 2009 Ar Arts ts Fest success M J J t j JL Paris Gibson Contributing Writer II- II ll r I A foo luly briefly stalled the 2009 Utah Arts Festival then it was back to to the show When the r rain in set in Library Square was splashed with people and art running for cover The second day of the Arts Festival was reopened and ready for viewing once again within an hour Difficult weather on Thurs and Fri but the we weekend kend was gorgeous says Ashley Babbitt the Utah Arts Festivals Festival's marketing coordinator We Ve Ved had d a gorgeous weekend and great shoppers it was Jr I c. c J. J v I x tip a very good turn rum out says Babbitt Poetry reading to booths selling watches face painting and metal sculptures all occupied the space of the Festival Wise guys comedy was also included into the performing arts in this years year's festival It seems like there are even more people than last year says Mirela Mackovic alumni of Salt Lake Community College age 22 and majoring in consumer and community studies Coming to the Arts Festival makes it possible to leave Utah for fora a weekend and explore d I I different cultures and enrich our lives with more edgy forms of art to escape our ur everyday norm Mackovic says The Community Writing Centers Center's third annual Iron Pen Competition within the Festival had over 45 entries Eight winners took home a 25 or 50 gift card to Kings King's English Bookstore free admission plus one oneto oneto oneto to the Arts Festival and a afree afree afree free workshop at the Community Writing Center The winners were also invited read their pieces on the Big Mouth stage Another successful activity was the prompted Write A Minute Each 4 participant was given givena a paper to write on for 60 seconds Every contributors contributor's piece was posted to cover the walls of the Writing Center Everyone can write look its it's all over our walls says Jeremy Remy a writing assistant at the Community Writing Center Monster under my bed if I had superpowers man dancing alone so then I looked up and I think I did one on best food in the world says Remy repeating all of the prompts he had come up with for the Write A Minute activity Many local artists were also featured at the Arts Artst t Festival such as Weird Chief Pop Art based out of Murray Utah Weird Chief fP Pop p Art t displayed executions io of pop stencils over fine art abstract paintings Colorful and modern modem paintings of The Beatles BeatIes Che Guevara Beethoven The Saints and Run and many more were very popular Bruce Jefferies Reinfeld of Philadelphia Pennsylvania was vas was another mixed medium booth displayed at the festival Vibrant black and white photographs with colors emphasizing a particular focus on the picture created a classic but J modem modern edge to the piece Reinfeld participates ina in ina a collective olle ive of different arts such as designing two different clothing lines and performing in multiple bands The focus of the booth for the Festival was Reinfeld's photography bordered with trendy Kodak film edges Reinfeld's artist name is High Fidelity Distribution Company where all of his art is displayed Next years year's 2010 Utah Arts Festival is already in inthe inthe inthe the making for anyone who missed this years year's event i j- j t J t. t J I |
