From Deseret News archives:
Showing at local galleries
OPENING THIS WEEK• Monday
Sweet Branch Library (455 F St.) — "Reading the Back of the Sky," featuring art by Jamie Peterson, through Aug. 15. Artist reception Friday, July 16, 7 p.m.
• Friday
Eccles Community Art Center (2580 Jefferson Ave., Ogden, 392-6935) — Main Gallery: "34th Annual Statewide Competition," featuring artwork from around Utah, through Aug. 30. Carriage House Gallery: The paintings of Catherine Darling Hostetter through Aug. 30. Reception for both exhibits tonight from 6-9.
Gallery at the Station (Union Station, 2501 Wall Ave., Ogden, 629-8446) — Sculpture by Benjamin R. Hammond and paintings by Robert A. McKay through July 29. Artists' reception tonight from 6-9 during Art Stroll.
Great Basin Cooperative (449 Main, Park City) — The gallery opening, featuring a retrospective of 50 paintings by Gary Ernest Smith. Opening reception tonight from 6-9.
Ken Sanders Rare Books (268 S. 200 East, 521-3819) — "Roadside Utah," featuring landscape paintings by Leslie Thomas, through July 31. Reception Friday, July 18, 6-9 p.m.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
21st Street Gallery (1064 E. 2100 South, Rockwood Art Building) — Artwork of seven women, including watercolors, collage, acrylics, photography and furniture. Open by appointment by calling 467-3694.
A Gallery* (1321 S. 2100 East, 583-4800) — The gallery's 25th anniversary celebration with art by gallery regulars through July 28.
Abravanel Hall (123 W. South Temple) — Dale Chihuly's "Olympic Tower" and art from the Salt Lake County Art Collection.
Alice Merrill Horne Gallery* (617 E. South Temple, 236-7555) — Exhibit of the five paintings added to the Utah State Fine Art Collection during the 2007-08 fiscal year plus six recently conserved pieces.
Anthony's Antiques and Fine Art (402 E. 200 South, 328-2231) — Fine art and furniture.
Art Access* (230 S. 500 West, 328-0703) — "Triumph of the Human Spirit: The Bindu Art School Project," featuring work by artists with leprosy, through July 11. (Sales from art show will go entirely to the school.)
Art Access II* (230 S. 500 West, 328-0703) — "Chadwick Tolley, New Work: Etchings & Woodcuts," featuring 18 prints by the artist through July 11.
Art at the Main (Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 363-4088) — Second anniversary group show through July 12.
Art Barn/Finch Lane Gallery* (54 Finch Lane, 596-5000) — Prints by Stefanie Dykes and photographs by Marnae Rathke through July 25.
