Art canvas: Special exhibits and programs throughout Utah

ARTini, a New Year's Eve fundraising extravaganza for High Road for Human Rights, featuring live music, dancing and extraordinary art auction, Dec. 31, 7 p.m., at Sterling Lofts, 35 W. Broadway, $50 per person including all food and drink, RSVP required. For more information go to www.highroadforhumanrights.org (801-364-3560).

The annual Holiday Craft Exhibit and Sale in the Park Gallery at the Art Barn runs through Dec. 20, 1-7 p.m., 1325 E. 100 South. Gifts created by more than 60 local artists in a range of prices will be available (801-296-5000 or www.slcgov.com/arts).

Art in Transit announces the availability of public art commissions on the North Temple TRAX line. There will be five commissions awarded at $90,000 each. Two of the commissions are limited to Utah artists only. A conceptual proposal is required; the deadline is Jan. 11. Call 801-596-5000 or visit www.slcgov.com.arts and click on "Public Arts." Art in Transit is managed by the Salt Lake City Arts Council in partnership with the Utah Transit Authority.

Bountiful/Davis Art Center is looking for professional illustrators to participate in the Utah Exhibit in January. This year the exhibit will be a juried competition with entry fees and cash awards. The juror for the exhibit is Don Weller, nationally recognized painter, illustrator and graphic designer. All Utah illustrators can submit work that was created or published during 2008-09 and not previously displayed at the Bountiful/Davis Art Center. Please list artwork in one of these categories: editorial, book, advertising, institutional, comic/sequential or uncommissioned. Artwork will be accepted Jan. 4-8 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., the cost is $10 per entry with up to three entries per artist. For more information go to www.bdac.org (801-292-0367)

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