The increasingly-cool-and-cooler Sego Art Center has got it goin' on, and I am now uncool and remiss in not having gone down there yet. First up, reportedly, is "Was Ist Surrealismus," a room-sized, completely engulfing, organic-looking, foam spray sculpture installation by Brandon Boulton. Second is the inauguration of Sego's newest gallery space, "The Annex," with a curated show of work by St. Louis artist Colin Tuis Nesbit. The Annex show borrows the truly playful question, '[I]s The Experience of the Materialization of the Concept of Space the Experience of Space?" from Bernard Tschumi, the Swiss-born deconstructivist architect and writer, as its title. The whole caboodle looks promising and challenging, including, as a bonus, Provo-based Jim Dalrymple's complementary essay on Boulton's work. Bottom line: It's all about being engulfed.

Info The show is up through July 26, and the center is open Monday through Saturday 12-8 p.m. or by appointment by calling 801-599-0680. The gallery is at 169 N. University Ave., Provo or on the Web at www.segoarts.org.

Watch this space

Watch for more soon in these pages about the July exhibit from the Center for Documentary Arts. At first hearing, the commemoration of a half-century of city-sisterhood might sound mundane. But listen closer. "Ceremonies: a Tale of Sister Cities" isn't about Salt Lake and Matsumoto, Japan. It's about 50 years of people trying to make sense of what it means to engage in (can we call it anything like?) friendship after the Atom bomb and Topaz. The Center's executive director, Leslie Kelen, says there are stories within stories within stories just waiting for visitors to explore.

Info The exhibit is in the Urban Room at the Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City. For more information about the exhibit and the screening of the film "MacArthur's Children," from 6:30-9 p.m. on July 14, call the Center at 801-355-3903.

On the Road

A show of Leslie Thomas' new landscape paintings of roadside Utah opens Thursday at Ken Sanders Rare Books at 268 S. 200 East, Salt Lake City.

Info Contact books@dream garden.com or call 801-521-3819 for more information.

Learn by watching

Art in the Main, located at the Main Library in Salt Lake, offers a Saturday of demonstration by Sue Martin on layering and underpainting for either representational or abstract work from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday in the Urban Room at 210 E. 400 South.

Info For more information about Art-in-the-making Saturdays, call Terrece Beesley at 801-564-0892 or visit www.artatthemain.com for upcoming events.

Stroll highlights in Ogden

Ogden's Gallery at the Station announces a new show of sculpture by Benjamin Hammond and painting by Robert A. McKay, with an artist's reception on Friday, 6-8 p.m., during Ogden's gallery stroll.

Info Gallery at the Station is located inside Union Station at 2501 Wall Ave. in Ogden. For more information on both artists, visit www.theunionstation.org. For information about exhibit hours, call 801-393-9882.

Cultural sculptural

The Utah Cultural Celebration Center at 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City, hosts an opening reception on Thursday from 6-8:30 p.m. in honor of "The Face of Utah Sculpture IV" exhibit. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, features work by established and emerging Utah sculptors, including Tim Little's "Childhood Fantasy," a child-delighting winged fairy with noisemakers and levers that produce streams of water.

Info For more information about the exhibit, call 801-965-5100, or visit www.culturalcelebration.org.