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Utah Arts Festival: Making tracks to the festival – literally

0 Comments Published by les June 23rd, 2011 in Art, Communication, Community Dialogue, Current Events, Education, Fashion, Film, Fine Art, Music, Performing Arts, Photography, Pop Culture, Public Relations, Salt Lake City, SLC, Theater, Tourism, Youth Organizations.

The ninth and final installment of the Utah Arts Festival’s webisode series is a tribute to Utah’s exceptional features which take you from winter to summer in one easy trip with the final destination at the 35th Utah Arts Festival which opens today. Kudos to Bombshell Music and Media for a great series of webisodes. [...]

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Countdown to Utah Arts Festival: The Yarn Bombing! webisode

0 Comments Published by les June 21st, 2011 in Art, Communication, Community Dialogue, Current Events, Customer Service, Education, Fashion, Film, Fine Art, Music, Performing Arts, Photography, Pop Culture, Public Relations, Salt Lake City, SLC, Theater, Tourism, Youth Organizations.

The 35th annual Utah Arts Festival begins Thursday in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City. And, in preparation for the festival, the UAF has produced a series of weekly webisodes that highlight a few of the many great features in all realms of creative and artistic expression. The eighth installment features the Yarn Bombing [...]

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The grand preview of the 35th Utah Arts Festival in one word: Blockbuster

0 Comments Published by les June 18th, 2011 in Art, Business News, Communication, Community Dialogue, Current Events, Education, Film, Fine Art, Music, Performing Arts, Photography, Pop Culture, Salt Lake City, SLC, Theater, Tourism, Youth Organizations.

DID YOU KNOW? The first Utah Arts Festival in 1977 featured 55 artists and 43 performers. Known originally as the Salt Lake Festival of the Arts, the current name took hold in 1980. In 2011, the UAF is stronger than ever. It ranks 14th among the top 100 fine arts fairs, according to the Art [...]

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