Dog Dogs, a sampling from an extensive series by American photojournalist Elliott Erwitt, includes over 60 black-and-white photographs taken around the world between the years 1946 and 2000. Erwitt sees the dignity of the ankle-high Chihuahua; the anxiety of the homeless hound; the patience of the pom-pommed poodle; and the matchless joy of the homely but well-loved pug. Organized by Magnum Paris and art2art Circulating Exhibitions, these acute observations of the canine world prove that human relationships with furry friends are often due to mutual resemblance and emotion.

Erwitt’s images have appeared in such publications as Life, Look, Holiday and Collier’s, as well as in the renowned 1955 Museum of Modern Art, New York exhibition The Family of Man. Born in Paris to Russian parents, Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan, then emigrated to the United States via France, with his family in 1939. As a teenager living in Hollywood, he developed an interest in photography and worked in a commercial darkroom before experimenting with photography at Los Angeles City College. In 1948 he moved to New York City and completed his formal education through film classes at the New School for Social Research. After service in the United States Army as a photographic assistant, Erwitt joined the prestigious Magnum Photos agency in 1953 with such famed photographers as Edward Steichen, Robert Capa and Roy Stryker.

Over the years, Erwitt has published numerous books as well as feature films, television commercials and documentaries, but he is probably best-known for his candid photographs of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings.

“Postcards are totable memories, emblematic imagery of people, places, and things that people find meaningful. I love that a simple photograph — an arrested moment — has the power to elicit precious emotional reactions in others. I want my audience to personalize my work, associating their own feelings and experiences with my images. I hope that even just one of these photos triggers a thought, a moment, a person, or an event that provokes nostalgia and resonates in your heart.”

Postcards is a stunning series of photographs capturing the beauty of the simple moments of life photographed by Park City local, Carla Boecklin.

Spanning two years and 50 states, Greta Van Campen’s series “American Travels” gives us a collection of landscapes from across our country. Greta depicts everyday America in her contemporary style, finding inspiration in everything from the gable on a house, to railroad tracks in the city, from a dinghy on a peaceful bay, to a crane and power lines. Greta’s modern painting style distills her landscapes into color, shape and line. Greta paints in her studio in Maine, where she uses photographs and sketches from her trip to complete each painting.

Over the past four Summers, the Kimball Art Center has hosted RELEVANT – an artist-in-residence program that pairs talented and dedicated undergraduate and graduate level art students from across the country with nationally recognized professional artists. Over eight days students created artwork for exhibition at the Kimball, attend workshops, and participate in round-table discussions with industry professionals to provide them with a greater understanding of how to build a successful career. Please join the Kimball in celebrating the success of this program through an exhibition of student and mentor artist-in-residence works from 2010 through 2013 in the Main Gallery.

Scrawls on the Walls is the Kimball Art Center’s first exhibition of street art and was scheduled as a timely response to the recent vandalism of Banksy’s Main Street artworks.

In 2010 the worlds most famous street artist, Banksy, visited Park City during the premier of his film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, at Sundance. During this time he created ten spray-painted works in Park City and Salt Lake, two of which remain on Main Street. To protect the works from dirt, the weather, and other interference, the owners covered the murals with a layer of glass. On New Years Eve, 2013, the works were intentionally vandalized and the glass broken raising this question in the community: what does it mean to vandalize vandalism?

Scrawls on the Walls brings together local street artists for the first time in a Park City gallery. The gestural mural, controlled spray-paintings on canvas, and model replicas of train graffiti bring insight into the creative practice of some of the most innovative artists in our community.

Naomi Vona believes objects transport us through time, connecting the past and the present in a tangible way. Vintage photographs, in particular, carry a strong link to the past through their physicality and subjects. Vona uses these photographs as a base, layering colored tapes, shapes, and drawn lines to create new identities and meanings for the people and places in them. The Time Travelers will make you think about your personal connection to the past through your own vintage photographs and family heirlooms.