The Rose Wagner Art Gallery is open during regular business hours and during performing arts events. For more information, call 801-468-3517.
Roadside attractions: "Motion Pictures," an exhibit of photographs by Amanda Moore, will remain through Oct. 26 in the Alvin Gittins Gallery on the University of Utah campus. Moore's images seek the beauty in aging motel signs, discarded diner marquees and other relics of small-town Utah roadside culture.
Art from meditation: Hiro Chhatpar is an artist, musician, chef and yoga teacher who meditates before starting work on a painting. The results are gathered in a series of oil paintings, "Tangents and Hyperboles in Meditation," through Saturday at Studio Nine gallery, 926 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City. Chhatpar is a retired electrical engineer who was born in India and earned an MFA from Utah State University. "Through these paintings," he says, "I hope to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."
Desert landscapes: "Silence and Sage," an exhibit of John Berry's landscapes from the empty spaces of Utah and Nevada, opens Wednesday in the Badami Gallery at the Kimball Art Center, 638 Park Ave., Park City. The show runs through Nov. 26.
Art and Sherlock: Watercolors of buildings by Tamara Ward Burnside and watercolor landscapes by Bonnie Merrill will be on display beginning Wednesday in the Loge Gallery of Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City. The exhibit will remain through Nov. 5 during Pioneer Theatre Company's run of "Sherlock Holmes and the West End Horror."
Gallery stroll: Gallery stroll: The Salt Lake Gallery Association's monthly Gallery Stroll is Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. Galleries across Salt Lake City will be open late for the public to meet artists and browse Utah's visual-arts market. The event is free.
Access to art: Two exhibits open Friday at Art Access gallery, 339 W. Pierpont Ave., Salt Lake City. The first, "Partners Redux," features the paintings and drawings of legally blind artist Vojko Rizvanovic, who uses magnifying scopes to paint, and his art teacher-mentor, Sam Wilson. The second, "Pippi Explores Place," contains drawings by Anne Watson that put a contemporary spin on kid-lit heroine Pippi Longstocking. Both shows will remain through Nov. 11.
Seeing Godfrey: The A Gallery will host a reception Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. for Brent Godfrey's solo exhibition, "A Path to the Self," whose layered abstract images explore memory, self-awareness and paths taken or not taken. The show runs through Nov. 4 at the gallery, 1321 S. 2100 East, Salt Lake City.
Creative headgear: The Utah Arts Council is hosting "Hats Off," an exhibition and fundraiser, Friday at 6:30 p.m. in its gallery, 617 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City. A handful of Utah artists have created hats and other headpieces for sale to benefit arts education for children with disabilities. For more information, call 801-232-1430.
New gallery space: The poetic watercolors of Willamarie Huelskamp will be on display beginning Friday at the new location of the Michael Berry Gallery, 163 E. 300 South, Salt Lake City. The show runs through Nov. 13. For more information, call 801-521-0243.
At the library: Mixed-media paintings by Marcee Blackerby and drawings by Paul Northway will go on display Saturday on the fourth floor of the Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South. A reception will be Saturday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. for both shows, which will remain through Dec. 3.
Call for entries: The Kimball Art Center in Park City is seeking entries from Latino artists in Utah for its 2006 Arte Latino exhibition, which will take place in March and April.
The show is open to artists in all fine-art mediums, including ceramics, painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture and traditional folk art. Submissions must include a completed entry form, an artist statement, an artist bio and five slides or a CD with five images of original artwork. Please send submissions to Erin Linder at the Kimball Art Center, P.O. Box 1478, Park City, UT 84060. Entry forms are available at the center or at http://www.kimball-art .org. The deadline for submissions is Dec. 15. For more information, call 435-649-8882.
