Arts

Two years after a giant dragon sculpture left St. George for northern Utah, the city is getting another one. It’s part of an annual event that creates an outdoor art gallery in southwest Utah.

The new tunnel, slated to open in October, cost roughly $80 million. Nearly 7% of the cost was for an interactive art installation.

Salt Lake City student Gabriella Miranda was recently named a 2023 National Student Poet. As part of the award, she’ll lead a service project, during which she hopes to connect with and teach other students of color.

The laws that govern our region’s rivers and reservoirs are tough to wrap your mind around. But art can create an emotional connection that helps people understand what’s at stake, as seen in one painter’s depiction of the Colorado River.

The Sundance Institute might be best known for its annual film festival in Park City, Utah, but the screenwriting and directing labs have been just as, if not more, influential in helping to launch the first films of many of Hollywood’s top filmmakers over the past 40 years.

Artists, musicians and vendors came from across the region to participate in áyA Con, an Indigenous Comic Con festival this past weekend. They reflected on Indigenous history and celebrated their culture.

The city of St. George, Utah, cited an informal arrangement that was "contrary to city practice" as the reason for why the senior project of a Utah Tech University art student was removed from a city-owned gallery.

A new public art installation has breached the surface of a Salt Lake City neighborhood east of Liberty Park. For some, it’s a welcome sight. Others wish it had stayed submerged.

Artist Galina Perova is on her way to Poland to rescue family members who’ve fled war-torn Ukraine, with the hope of bringing them back to Utah.

Most skiers and snowboarders have probably seen the art of James Niehues. Over the last 30 plus years, he’s painted over 300 resort trail maps — including Alta, Snowbird, Deer Valley and many other Utah resorts.

Egyptologist Cynthia May Sheikholeslami has spent much of her career studying burial equipment in ancient Egypt. The painted stela of Kharu-Sheri is beautifully preserved and reveals more about the profession of doorkeepers than meets the eye. It is currently on exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Utah.

A new series of paintings is celebrating what it means to be a Black skier or snowboarder in a world that has traditionally been overwhelmingly white. “Skiing in Color'' by artist Lamont Joseph White features large oil paintings that show Black women, men and children decked out in gear and enjoying the slopes.