Stories about local arts and culture events and profiles about local creatives.
The China Bridge Parking Structure in historic downtown Park City has gone through extensive renovation recently. With these updates, PCMC has offered an exciting opportunity for artists to breathe some creativity into the newly renovated space.
Read MoreBeginning in 2016 the Summit County Public Art Advisory Board in partnership with the PCSC Arts Council and Basin Recreation began to explore ways to engage local youth in a public art project. The result is The Future is Now which is designed to engage local young people in the creation of an interactive street art mural in the tunnel under Highway 224 -- a literal and figurative connection point for the Park City community.
Read MoreTwo very different art styles are on exhibit at Park City Library. Works from local artists Karen Kurka Jensen and Linda McCausland may be viewed around the second floor and in the reading room alcove now through May 18, 2018.
Read MoreWhen I heard about a new glassblowing studio opening in Park City, I jumped at the opportunity to find out more. Art studios in general are some of my favorite spaces on earth. I love the feeling of walking into a studio space and becoming immediately inspired. Studios expose the raw creative, reveals the process, and allows for the exploration of new techniques. They give people opportunities to communicate and connect over creative ideas, and this is exactly the feeling I got when I walked into Red Flower Studios.
Read MoreAnsel Adams said, “You don't take a photograph, you make it.” This idea is central to Nicole Pietrantoni’s work, which will soon be on view at Kimball Art Center. The exhibition runs February 10 - April 15, with a preview with the artist for KAC members on February 9.
Nicole’s work is based in the tradition of landscape photography, but she challenges its conventions, examining the tension between picturesque images of nature and the near-constant threat of environmental change.
Read MoreAs the new Education Director and Executive Director at the KAC, I have visited several of our educational partners over the past month, and without exception I was amazed with how much the community and other organizations respect the KAC and want to work us. The Park City area values arts education. At the Kimball we will work to nurture those relationships and play a leading role in the growth of the arts education in the Park City area.
Read MoreArt serves as a mechanism to bring community together. It inspires conversation. It is an outlet for expression. Its product can generate hope. Street art is a purposeful tool for community activation. It is a contemporary form of creative expression designed to engage the public, generate an emotional response, and symbolically communicate an idea.
Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District, Park City Summit County Arts Council, and the Summit County Public Art Advisory Board have come together to develop a project called The Future is Now to engage local young people in the creation of an interactive street art mural in the tunnel under Highway 224 -- a literal and figurative connection point for the Park City community.
Read MoreCelebrate Winter by visiting the Park City Library for their Winter Art Exhibition, featuring the Summit County Traveling Art Exhibit.
The Park City Library hosts art exhibitions year round to expose residents to new art forms and ideas, to foster creativity and inspire curiosity, and to provide exhibition opportunities for the artistic community.
Old Town Cellars and Kimball Art Center have partnered to present an exciting Call for Art to be featured on an OTC wine label!
This project came to fruition through conversations that took place last summer when the KAC first reached out to OTC to develop their Sip + Sketch / Wine + Watercolor classes, which are held at OTC. The classes are taught by KAC instructors, and are meant to be fun and accessible for anyone to enjoy. The wine, of course, is a nice addition to the art classes.
The mission of the Kimball Art Center (KAC) is to inspire and connect through art. Through our exhibitions, educational arts programs and events, KAC provides a platform and a place for artists and arts enthusiasts to come together to explore, celebrate and develop the creative spark that lives within us all. We believe that art changes lives and brings people together, sustaining our vibrant community and catalyzing positive change in the world around us. Click here to support the Kimball Art Center during Live PC Give PC, Park City’s annual day of giving to support nonprofits in our community.
Read MoreThe Kimball Art Center’s mission is to inspire and connect through art.
Each Thursday afternoon, the Kimball Art Center fills with little artists eager to express their creativity. Story Time Art for Tots was started by the Kimball’s Education Team to ensure everyone, no matter what age, has the opportunity to do something creative in their week - and for free!
Read MoreLocal photographer, Richard Pick got his first camera in college. “Back then I just shot black and white film. We always had a darkroom back then and would develop our own film and make our own prints. I transitioned to color transparency film and then to digital. So I have kind of been through it all. I am really glad I could start with film and transition to digital.”
Read MoreArt Elevated, an art and handcrafted gift market featuring local artists and artisans, returns the weekend of Nov. 3-5 at Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter in Park City’s Newpark Town Center. The three-day event kickoffs the holiday season with one-of-a-kind gifts and festivities including live performances, demos, and a special wine tasting event.
Read MoreIt’s essential for artists to have entrepreneurial skills to thrive in any creative community. Park City Foundry, a local nonprofit community organization, provides opportunities for makers to connect and learn entrepreneurial skills to further themselves and their projects.
Read MoreSummit County's Kimball Junction Transit Center has been busy with activity over the last several weeks as local artist Kylie Millward has been finishing up her work on the Kimball brand upright piano. Kylie has painted the old player piano with folksy scenes of Utah wildlife, including a skunk, elk, snake, beaver, and mountain goat, as well as a few hidden artistic surprises such as a bear catching a fish.
Read MoreThe Kimball Art Center has launched a new free Critique Night program as a resource for local artists on the last Wednesday of every month. The goal of the program is to create and foster a collaborative and open environment for feedback that is supportive and critical for practicing artists in our community.
Read MoreOn September 13th -16th aspiring Plein Air (outdoor) painters of all stripes will ascend to the beautiful Heber Valley to augment their craft with some of the top, nationally known Plein Air painters that Utah has to offer. This event is sponsored and hosted by the Midway Art Association in conjunction with the artists/instructors from the Plein Air Painters of Utah.
Read MoreSwaner Preserve and EcoCenter and the Park City Summit County Arts Council have teamed up with the Park City Professional Artists Association to present “Art Elevated”, an art and handcrafted gift market featuring local artists and artisans. The show will run November 3, 4, and 5th at the Swaner EcoCenter, 1258 Center Drive, Park City.
Read MoreDon Weller loves the west and finds a treasure trove of inspiration living in Utah. He admires the works of C.M. Russell, Will James and George Phippen but learned to loosen his drawing methods and brush strokes by studying the impressionists. By combining the two, his distinct paintings trigger the imagination and cultivate an appreciation for the beauty of the west and the ongoing traditions of its history.
Read MoreMain Street Park City is lined with galleries featuring art of every kind but during the Fourth of July parade.....the biggest and most interesting art projects will be cruising down the middle of the street. Keep an eye out for 'THE FROG PRINCE', designed and owned by local artist Zafod (pronounced Zay-Fahd) Beatlebrox and 'THE PILOT FISH', designed by Zafod and owned by Park City physician, Dr. Harry Adelson. “Another favorite entry from past years was 'THE DOUBLE COMFORT VAN', which was two 15 passenger vans welded together back to back to make a 'push-me pull-you'.” Zafod, well-known for his functional art, which creates a thing of beauty out of ordinary objects, has super-sized his creations by using his scientific and mechanical skills to create the fantastic cars which appear in our local parades and joined other unique creations at The Burning Man Festival, held annually in Nevada.
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