Christy Montrone-Burns

Two of my favorite things to do are work with youth and work towards social justice. So when I was offered the chance to create a mural celebrating hands, I immediately thought of all the good our hands do to create positive change in our communities. Although I make jewelry for a living and that […]

Colin Roe Ledbetter

For the Last 2 Years, I have been working on a BFA in Textile Design at the University of Kansas, where I have focused on weaving techniques, dyeing, and screen printing yardages of patterned fabric. This is in addition to a BFA in Photography/ Digital Media at the University of Utah and being a Co-Founder of the Copper […]

Madi McQueen

“I make fabric covered buttons and typically create them into jewelry and other accessories.  I like how these traditionally specific fasteners can lead me into the world of art.  This piece is called Handzaam: Dutch for getting handy or creating things by hand.  The word just seemed to describe the pattern, it sounded like what […]

Marcee Blackerby

“I wanted to create a city scape..a bit zany..humorous, odd….kind of like a walk on the wild side.  most of it is wood and paint…birds are metal crows (a noisy social bird that likes the city)  the clown;s hands open up to show eyes…the seeing hand of the artist. I was happy with the way it […]

Greg Nelson

“Bite the hand that feeds you.  An ironic twist on an old addage.  Reality is distorted by adding another plane.  The Midgaard Serpent rises from the depths to attack the source of its being.  The distortion provides a venue to facilitate composition, color and the the interplay of patterns.  These come together to create its […]

Mïa Vollkommer

Chainwheel Mandalas: A Meditation on Transportation By Mïa Vollkommer When I was approached to do this piece, my first concern was to preserve the spirit of my primary medium – jewelry – within the context of a much larger piece.  The second concern was to choose a theme or subject that I felt passionate about […]

Andy Joy Chase

“My plakat is a painting of a bee screen printing. The bee is placed in a grove of Aspen trees, there is a line tied to the trunks of the trees where the prints are drying. The prints that the bee has made are of native Utah plants. Also, the bee is screen printing with […]