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Spend some time exploring area galleries, museums

Published: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 12:09 a.m. MDT
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In addition to Salt Lake City's spectacular scenery and historical sites, conference visitors might want to spend some time perusing the city's art galleries and museums; many are within walking distance from downtown.

Utah's historical and contemporary art markets embrace all styles of visual art, making for hours of stimulating and educational diversion.

Getting to some of the galleries and museums, however, will require a car to travel short distances. Still other venues, such as the Brigham Young University Museum of Art and the Springville Museum of Art, will necessitate a 30- to 40-minute drive.

But it's definitely worth the time.

GALLERIES/MUSEUMS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE FROM TEMPLE SQUARE

Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, has Dale Chihuly's "Olympic Tower," a spire of red glass on par with any of Chihuly's best.

Alice Merrill Horne Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, 236-7555, is exhibiting 20 Western landscapes from the State Art Collection.

Main Street Gallery, 299 S. Main, 535-4660, features paintings by Kent Wallis, Scott Wallis and Eric Wallis.

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Museum of Church History and Art, 45 N. West Temple, 240-2299, features art that defines LDS Church history.

Museum of Utah Art & History, 125 S. Main, 355-5554, has "Living Beautifully in Utah — Folk Art in Utah."

Salt Lake Art Center, 20 S. West Temple, 328-4201, is showing "Resonance and Return: Social Documentary Photography, 1935 — Present."

Southam Gallery, 50 E. Broadway, 322-0376, has landscapes, still lifes and more by local artists.

Tivoli Gallery, 255 S. State, 521-6288, features original works by local and national artists.

Williams Fine Art, Main lobby in the Eagle Gate Plaza, 60 E. South Temple, 534-0331, specializes in early Utah artists like John Hafen, Lee Greene Richards, LeConte Stewart and more, including many contemporary painters.

GALLERIES/MUSEUMS FARTHER AFIELD BUT STILL CLOSE

Art Access, 230 S. 500 West, 328-0703, features contemporary paintings by Lindsay Frei.

Art Barn/Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, 596-5000, has woodcuts, etchings, lithography, screen prints, letterpress and monotypes by 25 Utah printmakers.

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"The Haymakers" (oil on canvas, 31 by 25 inches, 1886) by Julien Dupre (French, 1851-1910) at BYU Museum of Art.

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