Gallery stroll: The Salt Lake Gallery Association's monthly Gallery Stroll is Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. Galleries will stay open late for browsers to meet the artists, enjoy refreshments and possibly do some shopping. For a list of participating galleries and a map, visit www.gallerystroll.org.
Grand opening: Local Colors of Utah, which has relocated from Trolley Square to 535 S. 700 East, will host a grand opening reception Friday, 6-9 p.m., for artists exhibiting new works in a group show. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call the gallery at 801-363-3922.
Partners in art: The 13th Annual Partners Exhibit, featuring works by seven emerging artists - many with disabilities - and their professional-artist mentors, opens with a reception Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West #125 in Salt Lake City. The show will hang through Sept. 13. Participating this year are emerging artists Cori Redstone, Roger Reeves, Blake Palmer, Joe Fairbanks, Josee Pribbanaw, George Salerno and Deena Lee. Their mentors, respectively, are Susan Gallacher, Sam Wilson, Trent Call, Paul Heath, Downy Doxey, David Ruhlman and Travis Tanner. Call the gallery at 801-328-0703 for more information.
Now hear this: "Audioptic," an interactive "sound art" project featuring works by Utah artists Jason Metcalf and Conrad Nebeker, opens with a reception Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Rio Gallery, 300 S. 455 West, Salt Lake City. Metcalf and Nebeker created the art installation with help from Hales Swift, Wayne Madsen, Tim Leishman and Brian Christensen.
Funky fashion: "Beauty and Decay," a showing of photographs by Capree Kimball, will headline Friday's opening of the newly expanded Saans Downtown art gallery at 173 E. Broadway (300 South), Salt Lake City. The gallery will host a public reception from 6 to 10 p.m. This is the first show for what the 23-year-old BYU graduate calls her "atypical" fashion photography. She places her models in nontraditional poses against unique backgrounds. For more information, call Saans Downtown at 801-328-8827.
New gallery: Sand, Stone and Canvas, a new gallery in Salt Lake City's Sugar House neighborhood, celebrates its grand opening with a public reception Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at 1064 E. 2100 South #14. The gallery will sell works of glass, jewelry, pottery, wood, painting and collage. Hours will be Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. For more information, call 801-484-0980.
Family art day: The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is hosting a free family day Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. in conjunction with "Passion for Form," its current exhibition of Southeastern Asian art. Visitors will receive a backpack filled with educational activities for the whole family. "Passion for Form" will remain on view through Sept. 23. The UMFA is at 410 Campus Center Drive at the University of Utah. For more information, call 801-581-7332 or visit www.umfa.utah.edu.
Utah scenery: "Wish You Were Here," an exhibition of Dana Ballard's watercolors that celebrates Utah's natural beauty, opens Monday at Art at the Main, a nonprofit gallery on the ground floor of the Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South. The show, "a visual love letter to Utah," runs through Sept. 15. The gallery will host a reception for Ballard Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. For more information, call 801-363-4088.
Howe to paint: Nationally recognized painter and teacher Colleen Howe will be the featured speaker at the Intermountain Society of Artists' meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Wheeler Historic Farm, 6351 S. 900 East, Murray. Howe has been featured in many national art magazines and leads intensive weeklong workshops in the U.S. and in Europe; to learn more about her, visit www.colleenhowe.com. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, visit www.isartists.org.
Public-art ideas needed: Art in Transit, the public art program for Utah's light rail and commuter rail, announces two opportunities for Utah artists to create public art at future TRAX stations along the new spur to the Salt Lake Intermodal Hub. The two stations are the Planetarium Station at 150 S. 400 West and the Old Greek Town station at 200 S. 550 West. Each commission has a budget of $90,000. Artists are asked to submit a preliminary proposal that addresses TRAX operations, the character of the neighborhood and urban-design aspects of west downtown Salt Lake City. For the complete Request for Proposals, due Aug. 24, call the Salt Lake City Arts Council at 801-596-5000 or visit www.slcgov.com/arts and click on "Public Art."
