All good things must come to an end, and the Holiday Shopping Event in the Artspace Neighborhood wraps up today.
The first open house in Artspace for three years, this long-awaited event is bigger and better than ever. All of the specialty shops and galleries and virtually all of the artists' studios are open to the public.Some of the participating artists are Kerri Buxton, Diane Douglas, Andrea Martin, Lori Mehan and Dean Petaja.
Included in a wide spectrum of mediums are ceramics, photography, painting, printmaking, illustration, graphic design and metal sculpture.
Artspace Neighborhood is on West Pierpont Avenue (250 South) between 300 and 400 West. Hours today are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- The Salt Lake City Arts Council has announced that applications are available for visual artists who would like their work considered for exhibition in the Finch Lane Gallery in 1995. Completed applications and accompanying slides are due Tuesday, March 1, at the City Arts Council office, Art Barn, 54 Finch Lane.
Exhibits will be juried by the Visual Arts Committee of the City Arts Council. Selection is based on artistic quality and diversity in media as well as balance in the exhibits.
Artists interested in submitting applications may be interested in a one-day course taught by photographer Fred Wright. On Saturday, Feb. 5, he will help artists develop their skills in producing quality color slides of their work.
For more information, call Kim Duffin at 596-5000.
- James L. Morgan of Mendon is the only Utah artist whose work appears in "Birds in Art," an exhibition that opened Dec. 11 in Albuquerque at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. His oil painting "Magpies and Black Willow" depicts a trio of black-billed magpies in a snowy scene.
The exhibit will remain at the museum through March 5. A 124-page, full-color catalog documents the 60 works juried into the exhibit. Artistic treatments vary from closeup portraits to fully developed landscapes.
- Applications are being accepted for the Rocky Mountain National Park's 1994 artist-in-residence program. This program offers visual artists, journalists, writers, musicians, composers and performing artists the opportunity to pursue their particular art form while surrounded by the inspiring landscape of Rocky Mountain National Park. Selected participants can stay in the William Allen White cabin for two-week intervals between mid-May and mid-September. In return, the artists are asked to donate a piece representative of their style.
Applications should include six copies of a one-to-two page resume and summary of creative works, six slides from visual artists, six copies of a brief statement of what the applicant hopes to achieve from this residency and a self-addressed stamped envelope. For details, call Caralee S. Hays, 1-303-586-2371.