Events
Art Exhibits
February 2010
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| until Wednesday, March 10 |
Sprague Branch Library The Beauty of Plein-Air Watercolors by Douglas Simms Stenhouse Exhibit. |
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| until Friday, March 26 |
Main Library Chinese Painting by Yaodong Hu Public reception: Saturday, February 6, 2010. Yaodong Hu lives in Shanghai, where he is a painter with Shanghai Baodao, Changhua Art Gallery, and a senior painter at the National Painting and Calligraphy Academy. A book about his work, The Painting Art of Yaodong Hu was published in China in September 2007. Hu's award-winning work has been included in solo and group exhibitions, published in newspapers, and published in Shanghai Bookstore Publication's The Collections of Oriental Art Academy: Calligraphy and Paintings. Hu writes, "I have been fond of calligraphy and painting since my childhood. However, I had no time to develop this talent due to the demands of my career. Not until I retired did I have more free time to pursue my interest in this area. I entered the Senior Citizens' College to study Chinese calligraphy and painting, specializing in flower, bird, animal, and landscape painting. Fifteen years of diligent practice, hard work, and development--from basic to proficient, from imitation to innovation, from entry-level to high-level--have brought me vitality, good health, friendship, and wisdom. The benefits of my painting work are immeasurable. Not only are my golden years filled with joy, I have, indeed, realized my dream of becoming a master of Chinese painting." |
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| until Friday, March 26 |
Main Library West Desert Horizons by Sean Toomey Public reception: Saturday, February 6, 4:00-5:30 p.m. Sean Toomey began painting scenes from the New Jersey shore when he was twelve. He moved to Salt Lake City in 1972 and began interpreting the Utah landscape. Toomey has studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, the San Francisco Academy of Art, and the University of Utah, where he earned a degree in Arts Communications and Marketing. His paintings have been included in several exhibits including the Utah Watercolor Society 2008 Spring Open Exhibition, the Utah Watercolor Society 2008 Fall Open Exhibition, the Utah Watercolor Society 2009 Spring Open Exhibition, and the Traveling Exhibits Program of the Utah Arts Council in 2008-09 and 2009-10. More of his work can be seen at http://sites.google.com/site/seantoomeywatercolors. Toomey writes, "I've seen the world in brushstrokes and washes since I was twelve. Lately, the wide expanses and the light and color of Utah's west desert have captured my attention. From Fish Springs to the Bear River Bird Refuge, and from the eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake to Pilot Peak, the landscapes are foreboding, but their starkness holds a unique beauty: a sea of salt, sand and mud; plants struggling against the heat and salinity; mountains cast from fire; skies of infinite variety and width; water in unlikely places. I use transparent watercolors and I paint without preliminary sketching to allow for an intuitive representation. I primarily paint with one- and two-inch brushes to capture scenes with the fewest strokes. I use paper with panoramic dimensions to best match the west desert horizons." |
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Tuesday 16 |
Tuesday February 16th Main Library through 4/9 Drawing from Within by Clayton Middle School Students Public reception: Thursday, February 18, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Exhibit featuring mixed media artwork and poetry by local middle school students. |
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Friday 19 |
Friday February 19th Main Library 6:00-9:00 p.m. Gallery Stroll Art at the Main, an exhibit by artist Colleen Reynolds; the show runs February 15-March 13. The Main Library's Urban Room will be open until 9:00 p.m.--visitors can enjoy the exhibit at Art at the Main, then browse the other distinctive shops found at Library Square. Gallery Stroll is sponsored by the Salt Lake Gallery Association, a partnership of independently owned and operated art galleries, visual arts related businesses, and sponsors. It takes place on the third Friday of each month, except in December when it is on the first Friday. The library will not be open to the public on Gallery Stroll nights. |
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