Stories about local arts and culture events and profiles about local creatives.
In this blog series we feature Summit County Public Art Board Member’s favorite local art pieces. See Summit County public art through new eyes and experience what makes these pieces so special according to our Summit County Public Art Board members. Once you’ve read our blog, go experience these public art pieces for yourself!
In this blog post we feature a favorite from Summit County Public Art Board member, Pete Van Stee.
Read MoreDr. Alison Delgado is a pediatrician who has been on staff at Summit Pediatrics in Park City since 2013. She is also a runner with an amazing story to tell and now a local author. After experiencing a near-fatal accident with dim prospects for recovery Alison beat the odds and wanted to share her story of hope, prayer and love.
Read MoreLocal artist, Kelly Franklin recently retired from a 38 year career as a mechanical engineer in aerospace, specializing in composite structures. “I retired as a senior program manager at Northrop Grumman, based in Clearfield. Who knew engineers could grow up to become artists?”
Read MorePark City Institute’s August line up is all about variety. Check out the musical and literary programming for August.
Read MoreFor the month of July, BalletNEXT is in residence at the Rockwell Listening Room on Main Street, Park City. Each performance will feature dancers alongside instrumentalists on the piano, violin, and Spanish guitar. Between morning and evening performances, there’s sure to be a performance that piques your interest and fits within your schedule. Tickets can be purchased here for the following performances:
Read MoreThe Summit County Public Art Advisory Board and the Deer Valley Music Festival are excited to present an Art Piano for All Pop-Up Community Concert featuring artists from Utah Symphony | Utah Opera on Saturday, July 31st from 4-4:30pm at Trailside Park, 5715 Trailside Dr, Park City, UT. The performance will be free and open to the public featuring Summit County’s newest Art Piano for All, Abloom, by local artist Anna Leigh Moore. The goal of this concert series is to bring accessible, high caliber music to our community using the Art Pianos for All program as the vehicle.
Read MoreThe annual Summit County Fair brings the community together for a week of food, fun, exhibits, demonstrations, contests, and rides. In addition to the demolition derby (always a locals favorite), the livestock showings, the 4H displays, parade, pie baking contest, and the little buckeroo rodeo, the Fair hosts the Fine Arts Show at the Ledges Event Center at the Coalville Fairgrounds which gives local artists the opportunity to share their creative work with the public. Admission to all Fair events is free and a full schedule of activities is available on the Fair website.
Read MoreAs we near the end of June, we’d like to take a moment to introduce an artist who has been instrumental in helping our community celebrate Pride Month, and who more generally creates diverse design projects for us all to enjoy. Eric Warner is the founder and creator of Mountain Aesthete, where he designs event decor, interiors, retail design and special projects for corporate and private clients here in Utah, including Sundance, Backcountry and Equality Utah. He’s also a featured artist at CreatePC.
Read MorePark City’s local farm and CSA, Copper Moose, is open for the spring, summer, and fall! There are several ways to incorporate local, organically grown produce into your routine in the coming months.
Read MoreIn this blog series we feature Summit County Public Art Board Member’s favorite local art pieces. See Summit County public art through new eyes and experience what makes these pieces so special according to our Summit County Public Art Board members. Once you’ve read our blog, go experience these public art pieces for yourself! In this blog post we feature a favorite from Summit County Public Art Board member, Lisa Bedell.
Read MorePark City Library is combining the joy of reading, the power of literacy and social engagement with their new Action Book Club. It’s a win, win, win situation! “Action Book Club is a great way for all ages to read about a particular topic and then take action around that topic,” explains Adult Services Librarian, Kate Mapp. “This is meant to drive conversation at home and amongst your neighbors, friends and family.” The summer theme of “Come Together” begins in June and will focus on unity, equity and understanding.
Read MorePark City is home to a wonderful Latinx population and this summer, Mountain Town Music is celebrating their culture and arts. Starting on June 7th, and continuing on the 14th, 21st, 28th and July 5th, Noches de Verano will feature different instrumentalists, bands, dancers, and singers. Head to City Park each Monday from 6:30pm–8pm to catch the live music and festivities.
Read MoreEncore! Encore! Park City Film’s Twilight Drive In Theatre returns this summer! During summer 2020, Park City Film, like so many nonprofits, invented ways to make up for lost income and engage their film-loving fans. The Twilight Drive-In was launched without a clue for how well it would do. They felt confident it would be possible to pull off a few weekends and provide a space to engage and entertain our community in a COVID safe way during an unprecedented time with our partners Dragonfli Media Technologies.
Read MoreSpend some time relaxing in the mountains at the annual Summit Arts Showcase Friday, June 18th from 4-8pm and Saturday, June 19th from 10am-5pm. Oakley’s Red Barn, set against the Uintas, is a gorgeous setting for artists to exhibit their work and for arts enthusiasts to come and grow their collections.
Read MoreAfter half a century of working as a lawyer in Washington D.C. and as an international business consultant in countries around the world, Arthur Quinn has now settled in Park City and with the publishing of his first children’s book, The Rarie, has officially become an author.
Read MoreThe hills will be alive with music at Park City Library’s patio throughout the summer. The Friends of Park City Library are sponsoring Music in the Hills on Wednesdays from 10 am to 1 pm on Wednesdays.
Read MoreIn this blog series we feature Summit County Public Art Board Member’s favorite local art pieces. See Summit County public art through new eyes and experience what makes these pieces so special according to our Summit County Public Art Board members. Once you’ve read our blog, go experience these public art pieces for yourself! In this blog post we feature a favorite from Summit County Public Art Board member, Maureen Lahey.
Read MoreThe latest Summit County art piano has just been completed! Artist Anna Leigh Moore has just finished work on the latest addition to the Summit County Art Pianos For All piano managed by the Summit County Public Art Advisory Board, a Schilling & Sons Cabinet Grand piano located at Trailside Park!
Read MoreYou may remember reading our blog post a few weeks ago about the new Kamas Valley History Mobile Museum. If you missed it, no worries. You can check it out here. Long story short, the article covered exciting news about the Kamas Valley History Group's new undertaking led by Kate Wynn. The group purchased, renovated, and converted a vintage trailer into a museum on wheels!
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