Show The Utah Arts Festival invite I f all all to Come to Your Senses' Senses S it Marissa Groce Grace Local Art Staff Writer The Utah Arts Festival is a time-honored time tradition throughout through through- out the community Spanning 30 years the festival promises to bring a colorful world of entertainment diversity and art The 2006 Utah Arts Festival marks its thirtieth anniversary and runs downtown at Library Square from Thursday June 22 through Sunday June 25 from noon to 11 pm p.m. The festival is a major project project project pro pro- that takes countless hours and many individuals to help put it together Over a thousand volunteers more than 30 sponsors sponsors sponsors spon spon- sors and hundreds of people and businesses donate their time and money each year to help ensure that the Utah Arts Festival will be around for years to come All the hard work appears to pay payoff off though as more than 45 million million million mil mil- lion people have attended over performances have taken place and the over artists have displayed their work At this years year's arts fest there will bemore be bemore bemore more than 1 00 performances of different styles such as dance spoken word street theater and music The national headliners include Remedy Motel Ten TenMile TenMile TenMile Mile Tide Kelley Hunt Sandra Tsing Loh Loti and the Starlight Orchestra and the Mike Miller Band There will also be over visual artists from Utah and andall andall andall all around the country displaying displaying display display- ing their work in areas such as ceramics toys sculpture photography photography photography pho pho- metalwork printmaking ing graphics mixed media and more The local artists who were invited to have their work displayed include Trent Call Jones Anne Munoz and Heidi Besides original art by local and non-local non artists there will also be a fine art exhibition which is showing at the Gallery Galery at Library Square in the Main Library on level 4 The show runs through Sunday June 25 the last day of the festival and andis andis andis is held in hi honor of the Utah Arts Festivals Festival's thirtieth anniversary 30 artists were invited to create a self-portrait self hence the exhibits exhibit's exhibits exhibit's exhibits exhibit's its it's name Constructing Self Thirty Self There is something for everyone at the Utah Arts Fest even if they're not into live performances performances performances per per- or art displays The Fear No Film Festival features more than 50 films in all cate cate- gories There are various composer composer composer com com- poser commissions that will e take place as well as the Target Art Yard which features 30 years of arts fest memories along with on hands-on activities and a Toddler Zone The Big BigMouth BigMouth BigMouth Mouth Cafe Caf is where nationally acknowledged authors Bret Lott Jesse Lee Kercheval and Steve Almond will present readings as well as appearances by other authors and poets Library Square is located on E. E and S. S Adult admission admission admission sion is 8 children under 12 are free and seniors 65 and over are 5 A weekday lunchtime admission special no it doesn't include lunch for Thursday and Friday from noon to 3 pm p.m. costs 5 and a four-day four pass costs 25 As far as parking goes carpooling or taking is always encouraged but there is also parking underneath the library |