One of the highlights of BYU's blockbuster exhibition "The Etruscans - Legacy of a Lost Civilization" has got to be the bazaar that accompanies the show. Resembling an Etruscan market, it's filled with a variety of imported items: original pottery from Bucchero, terra cotta vases from Italy, drinking goblets, bronze sculpture, crystal from Italy and Greece - and much, much more.
Bazaar manager Bev Cohen said the public response has been very good because this is a rare opportunity to buy items that are available only outside the country.As she walked me through the bazaar, she pointed to one of the most popular items in the shop - a stylized bronze sculpture of a horse. The same image appears on T-shirts.
She introduced me to statues of warriors, mirrors with figurative bases and clay figures similar to those found in Etruscan tombs. Also catching my attention were toys, animals, posters, mugs and notepads; baskets filled with herbs, food products, bread mixtures, bottles filled with herbs and vinegar and Italian cookies and candies.
There was also an abundance of jewelry; some were reproductions of pieces seen in the exhibit. There were also women's rings, cufflinks, key chains, etc.
The museum shop upstairs features art objects and books not related to the Etruscan exhibit - porcelain, crystal, jewelry, notecards, etc. In a few weeks, it will sell posters and notecards spotlighting works found in BYU's permanent collection.
You can visit both the museum shop and the bazaar without paying admission to the exhibit.
Both shops open at 9 a.m. The museum shop closes at 8:30 p.m.; the bazaar at 10 p.m.
- The Utah Arts Council invites artists to submit proposals for the Ogden Courts Building, a 1%-for-Art project. The selection committee's decision will be based upon the most appropriate solution to the sites designated as having the greatest impact on the facility. They include a sculpture-oriented environmental work in the plaza of the main entrance; a low/high relief surface treatment, also at the entrance; and an interior painting.
Deadline for picking up guidelines is Dec 15, 1993; deadline for proposal submission is Jan. 15, 1994.
Also, UAC is requesting proposals for the Winter Sports Park Facility (Bear Hollow Day Lodge), another 1%-for-Art project. This commission is open to artists living in Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming.
The facility's purpose is to provide training in winter sports - primarily the luge, bobsled, free-style acrobatic and ski jump.
Two options for the site-specific commission: Interior suspension related and exterior suspension or architecture integration. Deadline for picking up guidelines is Dec. 15, 1993. Deadline for proposal submission is Jan. 7, 1994. For further information about the proposals listed above, call David Holz, UAC design arts coordinator, at 533-4039.
- Salt Lake City will be host to a national watercolor conference and symposium on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4. Called "Watercolor Now," the conference will be held in the Doubletree Hotel Salt Lake. Keynote speaker will be New York watercolorist Janet Fish. A large part of this two-day event will be comprised of lectures and panel discussions.
The Watercolor USA Honor Society (WHS), sponsor of the event, is inviting anyone in the United States interested in watercolor painting to attend the meetings and activities. An entry fee of $90 is required for nonmembers.
The opening of the "Watercolor Now, Fourth Biennial" exhibition will be part of the festivities. It's set for Saturday, Dec. 4, from 7-9 p.m. at the Salt Lake Art Center. For more information, call 393-0395.
- The 5th Black & White Competition is currently on display at the Eccles Community Art Center. Juror Thomas A. Leek selected 104 from a total of 328 entries. He also awarded cash prizes to three artists: first place ($300) to Sara Varner, Midvale, for her mixed-media work, "Heavy With Child"; second place ($200) to Sheila Nadimi Zeepvat, Logan, for her installation "The Owl, The Cafe, The Sea, The House, The Road"; and third prize ($100) to Kip Harris, Salt Lake City, for his photograph "Clio at Wolf Creek Pass."
Honorable mention recognition was given to Ed Macner, Harry Taylor, Helen Becker, Kerry Winston Jones, Valerie Parker and Shirley Danahy.
The exhibit continues through November at Eccles Community Art Center, 2580 Jefferson Avenue, Ogden. For details, call 392-6935.
- Lectures, workshops, classes and meetings:
Wednesday, Dec. 1 (7:30 p.m., NEH Museum of Art, Logan) - Lecture by USU art department faculty member Sara Northerner on new exhibition "A Portfolio Quartet."
Tuesday, Dec. 7 (4-6 p.m., Bountiful/Davis Art Center) - Christmas workshop for grade school students 8-12. Instructor Susannah Kirby will help students create personalized holiday gifts. Tuition: $5. For details, call 292-0367.