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Native talent

The LeConte Stewart Festival continues at the Bountiful/Davis Arts Center through Nov. 5. The festival has been held for three decades to celebrate the influential Utah artist and teacher. This year it also includes the paintings of his student Diane Turner and her students. Other events, including "Family Encounters of the Art Kind" and the annual "Evening in Art," are scheduled for later in the month.

When • Center hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 2-5 p.m. on Saturdays.

Where • Bountiful/Davis Art Center, 745 S. Main St., Bountiful

Info • Admission is free. Call 801-292-0367 for information, or visit http://www.bdac.org.

Snapshots from Ayn

Though tea-party adherents aren't noted for their love of the arts, they might want to see "Possible Realities" at the Utah Arts Festival Gallery. Three photographers, Chris Madsen, Ai Mitton and Jacquelyn Muir, explore the realms of human emotion in their work, including Mitton's topical foray into the storyline of Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged that has become holy scripture to many conservatives. An artist reception is planned for the Oct. 15 Gallery Stroll beginning at 6 p.m.

When • Oct. 15 to Nov. 12. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where • Utah Arts Festival Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, Suite 120, Salt Lake City

Info • Admission is free.

Peace through art

As part of its Week Without Violence, the YWCA is offering an exhibit of art by Cat Palmer and Peter Hays through October. Palmer is a well-regarded local photographer who offers visual messages of hope. Hays is a lifelong painter, river runner, climber and a biology teacher at Rowland Hall school. "I use art all the time in my class to get students to better understand how life works and just exactly what it is," he says.

When • Through October. Gallery hours Tuesday through Saturday, noon-8 p.m.

Where • Utah Arts Alliance Gallery, 127 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, 801-870-2069

Info • Free

Looking good for a good cause

Art, fine food, beverages and fashion will collide at the Salt Lake Art Center during the second annual Art Meets Fashion. (a)perture marketing will present runway-inspired fashion in artistic settings reflecting the city. AMF Salt Lake City includes a cocktail hour offering artistically inspired tasting stations, featuring food from locally owned restaurants paired with wine. Runway shows will follow, spotlighting the work of local designers and students. All ticket revenue will go to the Human Rights Campaign and the Salt Lake Art Center.

When • Oct. 16, 6 p.m.

Where • Salt Lake Art Center, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-953-0109.

Info • Tickets $50 (students $35), including food and drinks, at http://www.arttix.org or 801-355-ARTS.

Why West?

Twenty contemporary artists probe the myths of the American West in the Salt Lake Art Center's Main Gallery. The exhibition, organized by Jill Dawsey, acting chief curator at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, includes artists working in media ranging from works on paper to sculpture to video. The artists explore why humans migrated here: "Some, like the Cherokee Indians, were forcibly moved west, while others, like the Mormons, sought exile here; some came in search of fame and fortune, while others stake their claim to a separatist space, away from mainstream society."

When • Now through Jan. 9

Where • Salt Lake Art Center, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-328-4201

Info • Free