Stories about local arts and culture events and profiles about local creatives.
We’ve all been spending a lot of time at home and find daily, solitary walks to be a physical and mental outlet for us. In order to brighten people’s day during their walks, the Arts Council partnered with Park City and Summit County to promote Chalk You Walk, a community public art project that encourages people to write messages of hope and joy on sidewalks in their neighborhood for others to enjoy as they pass by.
Read MoreCREATE PC, the Arts Council’s pop-up gallery and studio space at 660 Main Street, only recently opened its doors in September 2019. This space served not only as a retail gallery and studio space for 13 local artists, but also as an artist collective that enabled artists opportunities to make work and sell work in the same space. When the gallery was forced to close in mid-March due to the impacts of COVID-19, the Arts Council took this roadblock as an opportunity to pivot and transition the retail gallery into an online platform.
Read MoreThe Park City Summit County Arts Council recognizes the severe hardship faced by many in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, and our hearts go out to those affected. During this difficult time, many of us are turning to the arts as a coping mechanism, keeping us creatively active during a time of isolation. In an effort to promote this, the Arts Council has launched a social media campaign, #ArtConnectsUs, and has partnered with our local arts and culture nonprofits to program virtual events and activities in the upcoming weeks.
Read MoreEarly this fall, KPCW became a construction site as work began on the long-awaited expansion. Their glassed-in, on-air studio perched above Swede Alley aka “the room with the view” became just the opposite as drywall went up surrounding the work space completely blocking the windows.
Read MoreLocals Lounge is a Facebook live music event put together by Mountain Town Music, O.P. Rockwell, Park City Summit County Arts Council, & MuSE PC. Their mission is “One [quarantined] Community Under a GROOVE!”. Bringing people together to share in the love for music during this time of uncertainty and social distancing.
Read MoreWe are loving the creativity that are local non-profits are using to keep people engaged and interested during this time. Park City Film has responded to this new time of social distancing by providing virtual screenings for the community! They wish to continue to bring our local community together through the love of movies.
Read MoreWhile at home this next month, might as well take advantage and try to cook a fun and interesting recipe from one of your favorite artists, like Dali’s avocado toast or Frida Kahlo’s Strawberry Atole. Art history shows that artists have always been interested in food. As Olafur Eliasson once said, “Cooking, like art, is both reactive and creative.” Below are a few recipes from modern and contemporary artists. Bon Appetit!
Read MoreAfter much thought and consideration, the Arts Council has decided to cancel our 2020 Arts Summit due to the current state and impacts of COVID-19.
Read MoreArt connects us, even across social distances. In an effort to keep our community inspired and engaged during this time, we wanted to encourage you to do something creative each day in the upcoming weeks. So we launched a social media campaign, #ArtConnectsUs, that focuses on a different creative theme throughout each week.
Read MoreThe Park City Summit County Arts Council is putting out an open call for Summit County artists to share your talents digitally! Art and culture is a positive light that helps to connect our community, a connection that is needed now more than ever. The Arts Council is working to keep our community artistically engaged during this time.
Read MoreIn this blog series we feature Park City Public Art Board Members favorite local art pieces. See public art through new eyes and experience what makes these pieces so special according to our Public Art Board members. Once you’ve read our blog, go experience these public art pieces for yourself! In this blog post we feature a favorite from Park City Public Art Board Member, David Nicholas.David’s favorite piece in the Park City’s public art collection is Fish, by local artist Scott Whitaker.
Read MorePark City’s mining history is symbolic of the town’s heritage. What better way to learn more about it than to tour several mines while sipping wine? There are several stops at historic mining locations. Some of which include: Historic Main Street, Ontario Mine, Silver King Consolidated HQ, The Red-Light District and the Miner’s Hospital. The tours are two hours in duration. Using luxury transportation to explore several locations.
Read MoreThe Ziegfeld Theatre will be presenting a very special production of NEWSIES at Park City's Historic Egyptian Theatre March 20 to 29. Assistant Director and Choreographer Bryan Andrews was enlisted by Director Caleb Parry to help design a production to be presented in both spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL). Bryan, whose parents are Deaf, describes himself as being a CODA (Child of Deaf Adult) whose first language was ASL so he is a perfect match for the development of this project.
Read MoreThe Park City Summit County Arts Council (“Arts Council”) will hold its Arts Summit ‘20 on Friday April 24th from 9am-noon at the Blair Education Center. This free event is an opportunity for the community to convene and celebrate progress in the arts and cultural sector. The Arts Council along with community partners will present about many of the existing projects happening in our community as a result of Project ABC, as well as outline the broad impact of Arts and Culture in Summit County.
Read MoreKimball Art Center and Park City Summit County Arts Council will once again team up to host this year’s fourth-annual Monster Drawing Rally, an event that allows artists to interact with spectators, collectors, and other local artists. The organizations are now accepting artist applications for the event, which will be held May 15,th 2020 at Kimball Art Center.
Read More‘The Upstanders’, an IndieFlix original documentary, is challenging bullying across several channels. Join CONNECT Summit County in watching this free screening of the documentary, “About resilience and the power of connection to end bullying.” Monday, March 2, 6:30 p.m. at The Jim Santy Auditorium.
Read MoreThe Transcontinental Railroad, was completed at a ceremony on May 10, 1869 and joined by a ceremonial golden spike at Promontory, Utah just 120 miles from Park City.
Read MoreA 2019 graduate of Park City High School, local musician Wyatt Pike is making the most of his 'gap year' to write music and play locally as much as possible before attending Berklee School of Music in the spring.
Read MoreThis month for our Park City Gallery Spotlight we are featuring the Arts Council’s pop-up retail gallery and studio space at 660 Main St (the old Zoom location), CREATE PC! CREATE PC is not only a retail gallery and studio space, it’s a local artist collective with an open studio layout that strives to create deeper connections between the viewer and artistic process, enabling local artists opportunities to make work and sell work in the same space.
Read MorePark City Museum and their committee 'Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History' have been working with contractor, Clark Martinez and structural engineer, Jonathan Richards since summer 2019 to stabilize the Thaynes Canyon conveyor, which is featured on the 2019 ornament.
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