Stories about local arts and culture events and profiles about local creatives.
There’s still time to enjoy and participate in the Utah Filmmaker Spotlight! Park City Film is hosting the 2020 Made in Utah Filmmaker Spotlight from May 28th through June 8th. You don’t want to miss the live virtual Q&A event with film directors on June 4th at 6pm.
Read MoregGather together from 5-6pm, bring your own favorite beverage, and explore the #ChalkYourWalk art your neighbors have created. Walk your Chalk/Yappy Hour is a perfect opportunity to meet new neighbors, too.
Read MoreThe Park City Institute is hosting several interesting online events this month. Locals Live which is a series of streamed, state of the art, performances of local artists who are otherwise not able to work due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The series streams each Saturday night at 7:00 pm.
Read MoreOn Mountain Town Music's web page is the statement “In the face of uncertainty, music is a social balm for soothing anxiety, enhancing community connections and celebrating our community spirit.” They've streamed music virtually for the last month or so and plan to bring us live music in some novel new places and even right to our door this summer.
Read MoreNan Chalt-Noaker's combined talents of creativity, knitting and photography have aided her in producing several stop-motion animation films with up lifting messages in this time of Covid Crisis.
Pandemania and Pandemania 2 have a run time of less than a minute but the time invested is incalculable. “It is impossible to add up the time spent building a set, creating the characters, knitting outfits for them and then shooting a scene. Even more time is spent in post production — touching up each frame, adding sound etc. It is time-consuming but I seem to be kind of obsessed with it. And I am completely self taught!”
Read MoreFor Nora Wall, a 17 year old Junior at Park City High School, 2020 began with her becoming a twice-published author. Her new science fiction book 'Time Never Stops – Musings of the Last Man' is not a sequel to her first book but contains similar dystopian themes.
Read MoreJoin local artists Emily Quinn Loughlin as she makes art out of recycled materials in our weekly video series, Recycled Art with EQL. She loves a good cardboard box and some paint! The thing is, you often have more art supplies laying around the house than you realize. And the possibilities of what you can do if you just have scissors, glue, and paint are vast!
Read MoreOne of Park City’s most beloved community events, the Monster Drawing Rally, has been postponed to the fall. But in an effort to support local artists and continue to inspire the community, organizers decided to host a similar virtual event on May 15th. Like the original Monster Draw, Monster Drawing Rally // Digital + Rewired will be a live art-making event that allows attendees to spy on the creative process. The ‘spying’ will take place via Zoom, while local artists create in their studios. Online attendees will still be able to purchase artwork for $50, and new this year, artists will have additional pieces available priced at their discretion.
Read MoreWe’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.
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