Backstage at Utah Arts Festival 2014: Dallas artist Jennifer Lashbrook turns paint swatches into unique portraits

Backstage at Utah Arts Festival 2014: Dallas artist Jennifer Lashbrook turns paint swatches into unique portraits

ByLes RokaJun 29, 2014

DIY Day Lilies by Jennifer Lashbrook. Many artists at the Utah Arts Festival’s Artists Marketplace are increasingly finding that any material, which might have been discarded previously or considered an afterthought, is worth converting into appealing art forms. Jennifer Lashbrook from Dallas, who won this year’s People’s Choice Award in the Artist Marketplace, creates portraits from paint swatches she gathers from a local hardware store. She…

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Backstage at Utah Arts Festival 2014: Harper and Midwest Kind, MarchFourth Marching Band to close out festival on soulful, rousing notes

ByLes RokaJun 28, 20147 min read

Harper and Midwest Kind, June 29, 2 p.m., Art Yard stage; 4:30 p.m., City-County Building Stage, and 9…

Oguzhan Kaya

Backstage at Utah Arts Festival 2014: Turkish film director Oguzhan Kaya proves every boundary can be crossed in Fear No Film

ByLes RokaJun 28, 20145 min read

The director and producer from one of the 65 short films which are being screened this year at…

Bird of Paradise, Sergiusz Wiaderny.

Backstage at Utah Arts Festival 2014: Salt Lake City’s Sergiusz Wiaderny creates fascinating abstract art in most unusual form

ByLes RokaJun 28, 20145 min read

Burning Meadows, Sergiusz Wiaderny. Two years ago, Sergiusz Wiaderny applied to be in the…

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Backstage at Utah Arts Festival 2014: Josiel Perez, AC Jazz Project bring sizzling timba in first Utah performance

ByLes RokaJun 27, 20144 min read

Josiel Perez and The AC Jazz Project, June 28, 9:45 p.m., Park Stage Josiel…