Photographer Lynn Blodgett has been taking pictures since the age of 10. In 2007, after studying photography with world renowned portrait photographer Andrew Eccles and distinguished photo-editor Laurie Kratochvil, Lynn’s photo’s of the homeless were published in his book “Finding Grace, the Face of America’s Homeless.” The work was named by American Photo as one of the top 10 photography books of the year, and received nation wide praise.

Lynn’s newest body of work “Soldier Boy. Soldier Girl,” will be exhibited in the Kimball Art Center’s Garage Gallery from October 18th- December 1st, 2013. The dramatically lit portraits feature two ‘soldiers’, one male, one female, dressed in the military uniforms of every war fought by the United States. While the technology and clothing change from image to image, the two models remain the same, symbolizing the constant human element of warfare. Even as the style and appearance of war is modified over time, the bravery, valor and sacrifice of soldiers never falters. Lynn’s work shows the dignity of the armed forces throughout America’s history, and visually represents how the cost of conflict does not change.

Park City Collects returns to the Kimball Art Center’s Main Gallery after a highly successful run in 2011. Park City Collects II will feature pieces from 12 diverse private collections from around Park City. Curated by former Kimball Exhibitions Director Erin Linder, the exhibit will bring wonderful works of art from a wide range of time periods, mediums and styles by notable artists from around the world. Everything from photography to painting, ceramics to sculpture, will be explored. Unique pieces from such notable artists as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alvin Gittins, Jeremy Lipking, Javier Pinon, Donald Morris, Henri Matisse and Annie Leibovitz to name just a few, will be exceptionally on loan. Explore the personal stories behind why each collector was drawn to acquire the works on display.

This exhibit is a unique opportunity to see pieces that are typically not available to public viewing. Discover why people in our community collect, how they acquire art, and why the pieces have special meaning to their owners.

The Park City Professional Artists Association is coming back to the Kimball Art Center’s Badami Gallery with this new exhibit featuring work by a variety of artists in a variety of mediums. The Park City Professional Artists Association is a group of Summit & Wasatch counties visual artists who promote and encourage professionalism, production, exhibition, education, networking, camaraderie and the growth of the visual arts of its members for the benefit of our community. Park City Creates will highlight art created in the heart of our community for the enjoyment of all.

In his large-scale loose-leafs, seemingly torn from the notebook of a distracted grade-schooler, Adam Greener explores the ways in which the youthful imagination processes the chaotic swirl of social and cultural imagery that seeks to shape, stimulate, and confine it all at once.

With this series of ink illustrations, created on handmade “notebook” sheets, he taps into his memories of his early visual preoccupations and re-presents them with a witty and subversive not-so-grown-up eye. In Greener’s vision, movie monsters cast an ominous shadow over a pop quiz; young Star Wars characters intrude upon a family portrait: All of early experience — cognitive, social, emotional — is circumscribed, for better or worse, by our cultural iconography.

In this unprecedented, gallery-wide exhibit, the Kimball Art Center will explore the history of our incessant journey to progressively master time, as well as the art and science of making and adorning timepieces.

Since the dawn of civilization, humans have created timekeeping devices of ever-increasing precision, which have had a profound impact on the framework of life and society. From the rudimentary, ancient Egyptian Shadow Clocks to the modern, ultra-accurate Atomic Clocks, this exhibition traces mankind’s unrelenting quest for excellence by creating instruments of staggering complexity and beauty – devices which marry both the disciplines of art and science.

For the first time ever, visitors will discover the expansive collection of Karol Renau’s extraordinary timepieces as well as his intimate photography of the hidden art within. Discover exceptional watches on loan from O.C. Tanner, as well as the timepiece-based jewelry of artists Krysia Renau and Stacy Sherr.

A.R.T.S. School Tours of this educational exhibit are available free of charge thanks to funding from Vail Resorts and Canyons. To schedule a free school tour, please contact artstours@kimballartcenter.org.

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Originally from Warsaw, Poland, Karol Renau has been taking pictures since the young age of six. Allowed access to a family-owned and run photography studio, Renau began to self-develop his own film at 13 or 14 years of age.

These images shown are a combination of Karol’s enthusiasm for historical and modern timepieces. He captures with his abilities the beauty developed and skill necessary by watchmakers in order to create these timeless objects. Although he has been collecting watches for the last ten years, the self-taught “fixer” only began to tinker with broken watches due to sleepless nights and probable insomnia after the launch of a company he had begun with his wife.

The first watch that Karol learned to fix, from various videos and tutorials he had found on the web, was a cheap ten-dollar, Elgin pocket watch.

It is a strategy game of sorts for Karol to further piece together material that he has amassed. He has discovered resourceful means of finding or recreating missing aspects of his timepieces. From creating replicas of parts—which has proved rather difficult—to purchasing other watches for the parts he needs, he constructs a vicious cycle for his admirable devotion, desiring to mend what he had originally obtained for parts.

In breaking down these watches, which can take the use of a microscope, Karol discovered more hidden treasures within the faces and interiors of pocket watches. Intrigued by the significant amount of detail, he began documenting the master artistry of engravings and paintings by watchmakers. These photographs displayed are images captured within the last two years.

A.R.T.S. School Tours of this educational exhibit are available free of charge thanks to funding from Vail Resorts and Canyons. To schedule a free school tour, please contact artstours@kimballartcenter.org