Michael Young is an engineering major at the U who decided to try something different from his usual math and physics coursework. So he signed up for the Artists’ Books Class (Art 4090), which fulfills the general education requirements for fine arts. Community members can take...
Hello all and welcome to Spring! TJ here from Creativity & Innovation Services’ Creative Spaces (what a mouthful!). Let me begin the post with an intro to the Marriott Library’s Friday makerspace, held in the Knowledge Commons on level 2. Starting at 10:00AM and going until...
Thirty-five years ago last week, March 21, 1981, the radical environmental activist group Earth First! unrolled a gigantic sheet of black plastic to simulate a crack in the face of Glen Canyon Dam, a controversial hydroelectric dam on the Colorado River at the Utah-Arizona border....
One of the University of Utah’s core values, as expressed in The University of Utah Strategic Overview, is to “[celebrate] the rich diversity of people as well as creative and intellectual traditions by being inclusive in every respect.” In support of the U’s commitment to providing...
“…somebody killed something, that’s clear…,” said Alice. JABBERWOCKY Barry McCallion East Hampton, NY: 2015 India ink washes, various collage and drawing elements incorporating metallic gold paper and aluminum foil with text from newspaper type, copied on various papers, each letter cut out and collaged in a myriad of shapes...
It’s 1938 and three young Parisians have set out on an adventure of a lifetime – to travel halfway across the world and take kayaks down the untamed Green and Colorado rivers. Newlyweds Genevieve and Bernard de Colmont along with their friend, Antoine de Seynes,...
The Everett Ruess Family Papers (Ms0678), while all about the family, are essentially a before and after story. The before is when Everett was alive, and the only mystery surrounding him was what he was having for dinner. The after began in 1934, when the...
“Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us Facing the rising sun of our new day begun Let us march on ’til victory is won.”...
Hello again from the Video Studio! I have been working with the Theatre department for almost 5 years. In that time I have supported students and faculty on a very wide array of projects. From simple in studio monologues to support teaching and learning to multi...
As blades of grass begin to peek through receding snow and we shed our winter parkas, fans of America’s favorite pastime quiver with the anticipation of hearing the phrase, “play ball!” Whether we’ve driven 2,372 miles to see our favorite center fielder play on the...