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June 19 through July 10, 2009
Artists' Reception: June 19, 2009 from 6 to 9 PM
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Art Access Gallery
Shelf Life: Preserving Artifacts |
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 The Humble Mason Jar Stars in Shelf Life: Preserving Artifacts
Art Access Gallery is pleased to present Shelf Life: Preserving Artifacts, a group exhibit of 30 artists, focusing on the Mason Jar. This exhibition of paintings and new jar assemblages was curated by Salt Lake artist Trent Alvey and is intended as a commentary of urban Salt Lake City life. The exhibit will hang from June 19 through July 10. The Opening Reception will be held on Friday, June 19 from 6 to 9 PM.
According to curator Trent Alvey, this show owes its genesis to an exhibit that Alvey participated in at the Salt Lake Art Center (Present Tense: A Post 337 Project in 2008). In this exhibit, Alvey composed jars for her installation piece featuring jars that she had distributed to friends, strangers, artists and arts administrators. The returned jars revealed trends, sentiments and complexities – the tone of the community.
Alvey said, “ A couple of artists asked me if they could paint a specific jar from the Art Center show and I realized that this could be the basis for another vibrant exhibit stemming from the original 337 Project (2007). Painting a single jar, selected from the more than 210 canning jars filled with artifacts could be a very exciting idea to some painters”.
Shelf Life: Preserving Artifacts at Art Access Gallery features paintings and new jar assemblages of 30 artists. It includes 337 Project artists as well as newly chosen and highly diverse artists – in age, styles, life experience and philosophy – graffiti artists to university professors, ages 6 – 80.
Artists in Shelf Life: Preserving Artifacts include: Trent Alvey, Darryl Erdmann, Doug Braithwaite, Joe Carter, Jimmy Lucero, Cathy Dern, Elmer Presslee, Frank McEntire & Jennica Sheets, Kin Blake, Trent Call, Circle Gal, Dana Costello, Blue Critchfield, Meri DeCaria, Dave Doman, John Erickson, Steven Larson, Chase Leslie, Tessa Lindsey, Layne Meacham, Jared Nielsen, Josee Pribbanow, Cori Redstone, Edie Roberson, Shawn Rossiter, Brian Szugye, Sri Whipple, Sam Wilson and Patrick Weeks. |
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Art Access II Gallery
Cat & Blake Palmer
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 Husband and Wife Artist Team Collaborate on Art
Art Access II Gallery is pleased to host Cat & Blake Palmer, photographer and mixed media artist, respectively, in Synergetic, an exhibition featuring their collaborative art. Synergetic will hang from June 19 through July 10, with the Artists’ Reception being held on Friday, June 19 from 6 to 9 PM.
Cat Palmer typically works in black and white photography, often printed on wood or metal. Her subjects are often women and her focus is often on causes.
Blake works in mixed media (acrylic paint, toner, up to 3 types of Xerox transfers, spray paint, markers & stencils, etc.) He describes his art, “ I have an underground urban feel to my work. I also incorporate women in all of my pieces because they are so beautiful and special to me.”
The husband and wife artists have built separate reputations in their disciplines, but this is the first time that they have actually collaborated on the same work. Enjoying their experience and each using their unique skills, they quote Henry Ford on their invitation/postcard, “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”
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