Exhibition

In recognition of Veteran’s Day and art therapy programs at the National Ability Center (NAC), the Kimball Art Center is hosting the dual exhibition One Nation. One’s national identity is a profound component of one’s life, influencing everything about a person and how they choose to live. Kimball is using the theme of national identity as an umbrella for exploration in the classroom through the Elementary Visual Arts (EVA) program and in the artist community through the Park City Professional Artists Association (PCPAA).

PCPAA is a group of Summit & Wasatch County visual artists working to promote exhibitions and encourage professionalism, education, networking, and the growth of the visual arts for the benefit of the community. Kimball has asked PCPAA members to create their personal, visual interpretations of national identity.

The EVA program’s mission is to allow every elementary school student in the Park City School District an experience with visual arts through their unique creativity. The goal of EVA is to provide children with a solid foundation in the visual arts which allows immediate, creative expression and creates a continued participation at higher levels of learning. EVA teachers have been working with students to create personal interpretations of the American flag while learning about Modern Art. A selection of these works will be on exhibition in the Garage Gallery November 11, 2014 – January 4, 2015.

Doore is an artist as well as an educator. She is interested in a consumer driven culture and how it affects the sense of self. Her current investigations into texting as a co-cultural existence and her fascination with multimodal talk are influenced by the idea that interaction occurs “not between the sender and the recipient but between their embodied representation in each other’s mind” (Agnieszka Knas): our sense of self is in constant flux and is guided by what we think is real. This body of work, titled Lost in Translation, explores texting and how it affects the sense of self…an investigation/reflection of/on texting and its influences on human psyche, personal relationships and a society as a whole.

Sucec and Beck do collaborative paintings and drawings. One artist will work on a piece in their studio, call the other on the telephone to describe what the artwork looks like, and then the other works on their own version of the described painting. This process forces the two artists to combine the verbal and the visual in a unique and interesting way.

Cofer, an artist based in Georgia, meditatively draws layer upon layer of vertical lines on paper. Over time these small, seemingly insignificant marks build to create forceful abstractions that communicate the artist’s durational practice and translate her unconscious onto paper.

Wasatch Back Student Art Show (WBSAS) was created to showcase the artwork of aspiring young artists living in Wasatch and Summit Counties. It is a one-of-a-kind forum where student artwork is presented in a professional setting and promoted as such.

Join us for light refreshments, Best in Show awards, and an interactive art installation made by YOU in the Kimball Art Center’s display window on Friday April 24, 6-8pm.

Kimball Art Center inspires and connects through art. Dealer’s Choice is a collaboration with Park City gallerists, who are a celebrated part of this exhibition. The Kimball Art Center asked local gallerists to look beyond their galleries (both their own and those of the Park City Gallery Association) and think about the other artists who inspire them. Featuring one artist per gallery, these artists come together in a captivating group exhibition. Dealer’s Choice is equally about the galleries and the artists they select, with each gallery highlighted through a statement about why they selected their artist and what inspires them to look deeper.

Participating galleries and artists include:

• Gallery MAR – Amy Ringholz (Jackson Hole, WY)
• J GO Gallery – Nicolas Sanchez (New York, NY)
• Julie Nester Gallery – Joe Brubaker (San Rafael, CA)
• Kimball Art Center – Nicole Pietrantoni (Walla Walla, WA)
• Lunds Fine Art Gallery – Christopher Maggio (Murray, UT)
• Meyer Gallery – Fidalis Buehler (Provo, UT)
• Montgomery-Lee Fine Art – William Maughan (Highland, UT)
• Silver Queen Fine Art – Stacey Embry (Versailles, MO)
• Trove Gallery – Kate Kilpatrick-Miller (Helper, UT)