Utah Arts Festival at 50: Awards announced for Artist Marketplace, Fear No Film, People’s Choice for Performing Arts

The 50th Utah Arts Festival announced awards for the Artist Marketplace and Fear No Film, along with the People’s Choice Performing Artist Award. “This 50th anniversary Utah Arts Festival proved what’s possible when we invest in artists and invite the public into the experience. From BANDALOOP’s breathtaking vertical dance on the Main Library glass wall … Read more

Utah Arts Festival at 50: Nikki Engel creates original fiber sculptures through freehand crochet, without using patterns

EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

Utah Arts Festival at 50: St. George, Utah painter Wil Adams explores emotions, mystery, unparalleled beauty in surrounding desert landscapes

EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

Utah Arts Festival at 50: Making her Artist Marketplace debut, Las Vegas painter Niki J. Sands with Cubist influences builds, edits surfaces through color manipulation

EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

Utah Arts Festival at 50: Trained in product and industrial design, Arūnas Ošlapas now devotes his time to weaving colorful metal baskets, metal quilts made from reclaimed materials

EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

Utah Arts Festival at 50: Liz Rhodes’ portfolio of life includes music, writing, acting, drawing, cartooning, caricature, large-scale mural, painting, and collage.

EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

Utah Arts Festival at 50: Local paleontologist Ethan Storrer among demonstrating artists, bringing the deep past to the public

EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

Utah Arts Festival at 50: Series of free stained glass workshops by internationally acclaimed Holdman Studios is phenomenal golden anniversary gift

EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

Early summer roundup at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art: Ariel C. Wilson and Matt Kowal: from where the sun is, to wherever you are; Out Loud: 10th anniversary, 2026 Gala Art Auction

Early summer is always special at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA). The Utah Review looks at some of the latest exhibitions, including the 10th anniversary edition of Out Loud (2026) and the works by 44 Utah artists that are available in the 2026 Gala Art Auction. Another is the fascinating and ingeniously conceived … Read more

Harmonizing the visual language of two artists: Liminal Spaces at Material excels as serendipitous collaboration

Demonstrating another dimension of collaboration in the wake of its critically acclaimed Grief Work multidisciplinary show, Material Art Gallery’s Colour Maisch and Jorge Rojas have curated Liminal Spaces, an absorbing paragon of harmonizing the visual arts languages of two artists, which— when combined— reside in a threshold between the worlds each artist has envisioned.  It is … Read more