A friend of the gallery passed on this event information for a trunk show on February 10, 11, and 12 at the beautiful Montage in Deer Valley. Perfect timing for Valentine’s Day gifts, no? While you’re there, take a tour of their residences– simply gorgeous.
Montage Deer Valley
We have had several calls from collectors and friends wondering… “are you open?”
Yes! We will be open for the entirety of the Sundance Film Festival. Do you have your tickets? Your “in” with the PIBs (People in Black) to get into the hottest parties? Well, me neither. But you do have a full access pass to some of the best artwork in town at Gallery MAR.
Each day of the Festival, you will find Gallery MAR open and exhibiting the latest work from Amy Ringholz in her “Menagerie” show, along with our 30 other talented artists.
And we’re excited to announce that we will have Carson Daly from the “Last Call with Carson Daly” show filming in the gallery on Saturday afternoon, so stop by to check out which celebs he’ll have in front of the mic.
Then, on January 25th and 26th we will be moving to our new location. We’ll see you there, at the beginning of February, our new home: 436 Main Street, Park City.
The Kimball Art Center held their annual Charity Lift Auction last week. Six quick draw artists battled it out to win a solo exhibition at the Kimball’s Badami Gallery. With only an hour and a half, the talented artists produced incredible works which were then auctioned off. It was an exciting evening that benefited several local charities, and one we will look forward to for 2012. The winner of the Badami gallery show, with his metal chandelier sculpture, was Justin Pok: http://justinpok.com/
Last Thursday, the Kimball Art Center‘s Jury selected 5 incredibly talented architects, from a pool of 18, to compete for the chance to design the KAC’s new redevelopment, the “Transformation” project.
Be sure to mark their “Meet Your Designer Night” on your calendar. This evening of presentations will be at the historic Egyptian Theater on Wednesday, November 2nd from 5:30pm-6:30pm. The Top Five architects chosen to compete will make a short 10-minute presentation about their firms as they compete for the Kimball Art Center Transformation Project bid. The Kimball Art Center is inviting the public to attend this free and open event.
The five architect firms selected are as follows:
BIG / Bjarke Ingels Group – Offices in New York, NY and Copenhagen, Denmark; www.big.dk
Brooks + Scarpa Architects – Los Angeles, CA; www.brooksscarpa.com
Sparano + Mooney Architecture – Salt Lake City, UT; www.sparanomooney.com
Will Bruder+ Partners Ltd. – Phoenix, AZ; www.willbruder.com
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects – New York, NY; www.twbta.com
The competing architects will spend the afternoon of the 2nd touring the City and getting to know the programming needs of the Kimball Art Center.
“We were stunned at the level of architects who applied to our competition. The architects in the mix are comprised of men, women, Americans, Danes, Utahans, thirty-somethings, and sixty-somethings. Their styles range from contemporary, bold, refined, historic, spiritual, and minimalist to global. We have an extremely exciting and vibrant contest in the works that we hope will gain international attention. Furthermore, we believe our collective effort will help shape the future of Utah as an important upcoming arts and culture destination. After much deliberation, we believe this is reflected in the five architects who were ultimately chosen to represent the spectrum of distinct styles that will give us an incredibly diverse and exciting design competition,” shares Robin Marrouche, Executive Director, Kimball Art Center.
The November 2nd Egyptian Theater presentation is a chance for the community to hear directly from these architects about their design philosophy and to see some examples of their past work. All of these firms will bring a completely new approach to Park City architecture and as a requirement of the competition regulations, will partner with a local Park City or Salt Lake City design professional with a proven record of designing and building in the mountain areas similar to that of Park City.
After the November 2nd presentation, the five competing firms will have until December 21st to design and submit their version of the new Kimball Art Center. The final designs will be on display for the community to enjoy at the Kimball Art Center, where the public is invited to come and share their thoughts about them throughout the holidays until the final decision will be made in February when the winner of the design competition is to be selected.
With Live PC Give PC, you can! On 11.11.11, join Gallery MAR and our community as we come together for 24 hours of unprecedented giving.
If you live or play here in Park City, you have probably seen The Park City Foundation‘s Live PC Give PC banners in our parades, around town, and on the Kimball Art Center’s plaza.
All in an effort to promote this one extraordinary day to support the organizations that make Park City special. And it’s your chance to make a real impact – every donation you make gives your favorite organization the chance to win matching grants and prizes.
How do you put a price tag on the good life we enjoy here?
Start by thinking about all the good things our local nonprofits make possible each and every day.
Explore the many organizations that enrich Park City–and decide who you’ll support on November 11th.
You can search the list of participating nonprofit organizations and find the causes you love.
1971 Honda CT90 Trail 90: ‘Green Man’
Join Joe Norman at Gallery MAR this Saturday from noon-on. Joe Norman will be premiering 3 new vintage bikes that he has been building with Flying Heart Motorworks.
This premier coincides with the Park City Harley-Davidson Charity Ride and Poker Run. See more information about the Ride below– and ride safely!
(1) Motorcycle admission into a fully escorted ride by the Park City Police Motorsquad from Harley-Davidson of SLC to Park City Harley-Davidson
(1) Free lunch provided by The Wasatch Brew Pub of Park City from 12:00pm-2:30pm
The ride will depart Harley-Davidson of Salt Lake City on Saturday August 27th at 10:30 AM. The Park City Police Motorsquad will lead the riders up 1-80 East through Parleys Canyon, to Highway 40, exiting onto Kearns Blvd, ending in the specially designated Wasatch Brew Pub parking lot at the top of historic Main Street in downtown Park City. Additional FREE motorcycle parking will also be available on Main Street in front of The No Name Saloon on 447 Main Street in Park City. The No Name Saloon is a proud sponsor of the Brandon Olson Charity Ride and Poker Run.
Music Makers– a Community Shindig to support Mountain Tow Music, this Saturday the 2nd at 7 pm. Join us in celebrating local [FREE] music!
Artist Penelope Moore partners with Honorary Chairs of Red White & Snow, Shari and Garen Staglin of Staglin Family Vineyard and helps raise $28,000 for the National Ability Center in Park City, UT. The National Ability Center offers a multitude of sports and recreation programs for people with disabilities.
Penelope Moore, represented by Gallery MAR in Park City, UT, created a special painting for Red, White & Snow, an annual event to benefit the National Ability Center that took place March 10-12th 2011. Penelope was the featured artist during the event. Her painting Ruby Romance, oil on canvas, 24×18″ depicting a bottle of 2006 Staglin Family Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon with a bouquet of roses was the official artwork of the event and was used for the poster, website and gala schedule.
During the sold out Gala Dinner at Montage Deer Valley, Penelope’s original oil painting along with a 3L bottle of Staglin 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon and a one-of-a-kind experience that included a VIP tour & tasting, two night accommodations and a dinner for eight at the Staglin Family Vineyard Estate was featured in the Live Auction, Lot #12 – Under the Tuscan Sun, valued at $10,000.
As the evening progressed, it was evident that the room was filled with love, inspiration and enthusiasm. As the Live Auction moved forward the energy in the room began to swell and the numbers began to snowball. When Lot #12 came up on the auction block, the room was on fire. Shari and Garen Staglin approached the stage with their family, Penelope joined them, and an assistant showcased the painting. Garen presented a special invitation to partake in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity accompanied by “a beautiful rendition” of their 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon by Penelope.
Once they exited, Auctioneer David Reynolds lit up the stage. Numbers began to roll and roll. Within seconds the lot surpassed its $10,000 value and nearly tripled, selling for an all time record breaking number of $28,000. The room exploded with cheers and a standing ovation. This lot was the highest individual bid of the night and in the history of Red, White & Snow.
The weekend proved to be a huge success for the National Ability Center, who’s mission is to to develop lifetime skills for people of all ages and abilities by providing affordable outdoor sports and recreational experiences in a nurturing environment.
The National Ability Center makes the seemingly impossible possible.
http://www.DiscoverNAC.org
http://www.redwhiteandsnow.org
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Penelope Moore – Contemporary Still Life Paintings
Above, take a peek at the photos from the annual “Step Up to the Plate” Fundraiser for Arts Kids, a youth development program using expressive arts and group techniques to serve at-risk youth. Gallery MAR was very proud to help sponsor this event, which was heads above their previous years’. Delicious food from 8 Park City chefs and dessert from the head pastry chef at the Montage Deer Valley made for a delightful and delicious evening. Fine Art Consultant Jennifer Carr (who volunteers as their Event Coordinator) was key to the success of the evening’s fund raising performance.
A little history on the program:
Arts-Kids Has Served 4000 Children Since 1999. Arts-Kids was founded in 1999 at two schools in Park City, Utah, by Pat Drewry Sanger, an Advanced Practice Psychiatric-Mental Health Registered Nurse and Child/Adolescent Specialist.
The inspiration for the program came from her early work in Norfolk, Virginia. She noticed that children growing up in tough inner city environments began to become hardened and emotionally shut down by age nine or ten. Parents were often too burned-out from their efforts to survive. They had no energy to support their children on an emotional level.
She transferred that learning to develop an initial program, using the expressive arts and group techniques to create a joyful environment for self-expression. The program grew over the years to help children cope with the inevitable social problems kids encounter at school – teasing, bullying, feelings of low self esteem – and to help students with behavioral challenges such as ADHD, autism and Asperger’s.
The purposes of Arts Kids is as follows:
From the Sundance Film Festival website: 2011 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition.
“The Festival is a challenge to narrowly define. It is all at once exciting, fun, crazy, engaging, visceral, and sometimes even painful…but ultimately what we will experience for 10 days in January is different for each of us.” -John Cooper
PARK CITY, UT – Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition Categories, the Festival presents films in six out-of-competition sections to be announced on December 2. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival.
Gallery MAR will be closed from January 20-26 for a private Sundance Affiliate event, and will reopen with plenty of time before the Park City Gallery Stroll the following weekend. The featured show for this month is “Natural Impressions,” a group show featuring Amy Ringholz, Lisa Lamoreaux, and Brad Stroman. Opening reception on Saturday, January 15th, 2011 at 6 pm.
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