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Alumni Feature: Casey Jex Smith

November 17, 2020 12:00 AM
Smith prefers the accessibility of drawing to more complicated mediums, but his drawings are anything but simple
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Alumni Feature: Michael Whiting

October 25, 2020 12:00 AM
Minimalism meets video games in Whiting’s pixel-based sculptures
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PARC Collective: Championing Contemporary Art in Utah

October 11, 2020 12:00 AM
Founded by three BYU art alumni, Utah’s newest contemporary art platform aims to create opportunities for working artists within the state
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Alumni Feature: Tiana Birrell

October 07, 2020 12:00 AM
The research of new genre artist Tiana Birrell revolves around the intersection of materiality and immateriality, and the internet as a new type of consumerism
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Alumni Feature: Pam Bowman

August 17, 2020 12:00 AM
From fine craft to fine art, installation artist Pam Bowman has always been a maker of things
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Alumni Feature: Kendal Bryan

July 21, 2020 12:00 AM
Photographer Kendal Bryan seeks moments of quiet movement in her images
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Alumni Feature: Rachel Stallings Thomander

May 19, 2020 12:00 AM
As Thomander’s view of success expands and the lines between art and non-art blur, new creative possibilities emerge
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Two Alumni Named 2020 Visual Arts Fellows by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums

May 12, 2020 12:00 AM
Fellowship recipients Jane Christensen and Bryan Hutchison look forward to the next steps in their careers
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Art Department Releases Book Featuring Alumni

April 15, 2020 12:00 AM
Designed by Actual Source and curated by Executive Director of UMOCA Laura Hurtado, “A 15-Year Expanse” was created to help build connections between generations of alumni
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Alumni Feature: Ron Linn

March 06, 2020 12:00 AM
For artist Linn, drawing is more than a preparatory skill; it is a meditative state of mind and a process of trying to slow down time
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Alumni Feature: Levi Jackson

February 24, 2020 12:00 AM
Focused on the West, photographer Levi Jackson believes that myths convey more about the truth than the truth itself
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Alumni Feature: Gian Pierotti

October 10, 2019 12:00 AM
Wish fulfillment is at the heart of art-making for ceramist Gian Pierotti
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Alumni Feature: Heidi Moller Somsen

July 02, 2019 12:00 AM
The physical process of creating art helps ceramics instructor Heidi Moller Somsen process the vicissitudes of life
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Alumni Feature: Ashley Beck

June 17, 2019 12:00 AM
Art Ed grad devotes career to serving the most underserved students
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Alumni Feature: Jeffrey Cornwall

May 19, 2019 12:00 AM
Full-time art specialist Jeffrey Cornwall infuses art into everyday student learning
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Alumni Feature: Jethro Gillespie

April 10, 2019 11:32 AM
High school art educator Jethro Gillespie merges identities as teacher and maker by bringing contemporary art into the classroom
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Alumni Feature: Brandon Gunn

March 02, 2019 12:51 PM
As education director at the prestigious Tamarind Institute, Brandon Gunn trains students to become the best lithographers in the world
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Alumni Feature: Lili Sharp

February 19, 2019 04:00 PM
Lili Hall Sharp finds fulfillment at the intersection of conservation, bookbinding and printmaking
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