Festival Programs
Art Attack 5K Run
The 16th Annual Sports Medicine Center of Utah Art Attack 5K is held the Saturday of the Festival and raises $15,000 annually to support the artistic programs of the Festival. The run features a USAT&F certified out and back course that is very flat, and very fast! Along with the 5K, those 12 and under can participate in a 1K at 7:45 am to test their fitness level.
More info coming soon.
Art Partners
In a greater effort to be inclusive of artists and communities within the state of Utah, the Utah Arts Festival and the Utah Arts Council Community/State Partnership Program got together in 1995 to explore the idea of an Art Partners Program.
As the largest multi-disciplinary, four-day festival in Utah, we are in a unique position to serve as a conduit for artists across the state – giving them support, networking opportunities and exposure to new audiences by including them at the annual Utah Arts Festival.
Composer Commissions
The Utah Arts Festival commissions works of classical music for ensemble and for orchestra.
Visit the application information.
Utah Arts Festival Announces 2009 Composer Commission for Ensemble
Kurt Rohde, composer/violist
Originally from New York, composer and violist Kurt Rohde attended the Peabody Conservatory, the Curtis Institute and SUNY Stony Brook. He is the recipient of the Rome Prize, the Berlin Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and commissions from the Fromm, Koussevitzky and Barlow Foundations.
He is a member of the New Century Chamber Orchestra and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. Rohde resides in San Francisco and teaches composition at UC Davis.
Culinary Artists
Trying to feed some 75,000 people over four days can be a daunting task – just ask any of our culinary participants come Sunday night at 11 pm! They’re wiped out.
This year we’re excited to offer our patrons some new culinary offerings. For those who just want to come down and have a little nibble and a glass of wine – visit our Tapas Tent. How about barbeque? Italian gelato? Bring your appetite!
Demonstrating Artists
Each year the Festival invites local artists to come down and demonstrate their artistic talents. In the past we’ve invited Utah Calligraphers, The Salt Lake Knitting Guild, and The Glass Guild from Illinois. Watching artists “at work” gives patrons the opportunity to see the artistic process, learn about a new medium and ask questions of the artists about their craft.
See real artists creating real art all four days of the Festival, usually located in the northeast corner of the City County grounds (unless otherwise noted). Most demonstrations last 45 minutes. Schedules subject to change.
eARTh Team
The Utah Arts Festival environmental program began 10 years ago with a recycling program and a valet bike lot. As one of the few events in the country with a recycling program, we became the “experts” and held seminars, wrote articles for event-industry magazines and spoke at conferences around the country on setting up a recycling program.
Now we are doing more for the overall environment. Our goal is to reduce the overall impact the Festival has on the environment. Along with recycling plastics and cardboard, we’ll try to further reduce the impact by recycling glass, composting food scraps and collecting vegetable oil from our food vendors for bio-diesel use.
Exhibitions
Each year in partnership with the Salt Lake City Main Library, the Utah Arts Festival features the work of an artist with an artist reception and exhibit during the month of June.
Exhibition 2009: June 6 – July 18
Saltgrass Printmakers
2126 S 1000 E
Salt Lake City UT 84106
801-467-1080
www.saltgrassprintmakers.org
Artist Reception: Thursday, June 25, 6pm – 8pm
Fear No Film
Fear No Film is co-produced by the Utah Arts Festival and the SLC Film Center. Entry into Fear No Film will also make your film eligible for other SLC Film Center festivals and events, including Fear No Film on Sidewalk Cinema, an ongoing festival of short films playing on large screens throughout downtown Salt Lake City.
Literary Arts
The Word Ecstatic!
The Word Ecstatic encompasses the entire literary arts program which includes events at Festival. In partnership with the Salt Lake Community College’s Community Writing Center, Salt Lake City’s YouthCity Program and the Salt Lake Acting Company, we are offering a variety of opportunities to take workshops, enter a writing competition, participate in a Poetry Slam or just enjoy readings from local authors and poets.
Mayor's Artists Awards
Presented by the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office and the Utah Arts Festival
The Mayor's Office honors the contributions artists and organizations make to the cultural life of the Salt Lake City community. Four awards are presented to recipients in the following categories: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Literary Arts and Service to the Arts. Awards are presented by the Mayor at the Utah Arts Festival in June.Performing Arts
The Utah Arts Festival celebrates music and performance with featured headliners, dance companies, street theater, and local musicians.
Target Art Yard
One of the most popular attractions at the Festival each year is the Target Art Yard. Everyone knows that kids would rather “do” than “just look...” While they can enjoy visiting the Visual Artists booths with their parents, they are often told, “don’t touch.” At the Target Art Yard, they are encouraged to touch, make, create. Enjoy!
When Target opened its first stores in 1962, it was with a strong commitment to support and empower the communities its stores serve. Today, that 44-year tradition is reflected in the Target grant-making program, through which Target gives more than $2 million every week to strengthen families and communities across the nation, with a focus on education, the arts, social services and other vital community partnerships.
Urban Arts
The Utah Arts Festival places an emphasis on contemporary art, which implies a willingness to accept artistic risk by presenting artists, forms and subject matter that are innovative or non-traditional.
Visual Artists
The Utah Arts Festival features 130 visual artists in its Artist Marketplace every year.
To apply, please visit our online application and complete all required information.
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