Moab Officials Reject Message of Equality in Mural by Black Artist Chip Thomas
Grand County, Utah commissioners censored a quote by a historic Black cowboy about racial and class equality in a mural proposed by artist Chip Thomas.
Grand County, Utah commissioners censored a quote by a historic Black cowboy about racial and class equality in a mural proposed by artist Chip Thomas. By Emily Arntsen
Thousands gathered for Zozobra 2023 in Santa Fe to stuff their sorrows into a fifty-foot puppet and watch the effigy burn to the ground. By Emily Arntsen
Hole N” The Rock—a 1930s excavated cave that honors Jesus Christ and Franklin Delano Roosevelt—is a feat of do-it-yourself architecture just off Highway 191 near Moab, Utah. By Emily Arntsen
FeatureUtahVol. 8 Medium + Support
Building Man, an annual, week-long desert rave and art festival in Green River, Utah, celebrates artists who work with found and reclaimed materials. By Emily Arntsen
Moab Arts Reuse Residency program in Utah, which attracts worldwide artists to make pieces out of rubbish, challenges the concept of detritus and trash. By Emily Arntsen
FeatureVol. 7 Finding Water in the West
Summer Orr employs the ancient practice of dowsing to find sculptural materials for her project Geomancer. By Emily Arntsen
Elpitha Tsoutsounakis’s Unknown Prospect explores the material possibilities of ochre to showcase the beauty and agency of the Utah landscape and its nonhuman inhabitants. By Emily Arntsen
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