Meet the artists and performers that make up our region's thriving arts and culture scene!
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Poet - UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist - Writer
Polly Parkinson is particularly interested in the pairing of images and words, although she is also available for projects that are solely visual or literary. She has worked on acrylic collage installations, chalk art, great artist shoe painting projects, children’s poetry classes, and can work with the state core curriculum... More
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UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist
I have been creating paper flowers for over 30 years. Years ago, when my husband and I traveled to Mexico for the winter, I took classes on flower creation. I enjoyed not only the beauty of the creations, but how relaxed I felt as I worked. I started working with... More
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Filmmaker - Photographer - UAC Teaching Artist - Writer
Todd Robert Petersen has a degree in film from the University of Oregon and an M.A. in English from Northern Arizona University, emphasis in Creative Writing. His Ph.D. is from Oklahoma State University, emphasis in Creative Writing and Critical Theory. Petersen has won an AWP Intro Award for his poem... More
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UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist
NAME: james Rees EDUCATION: m.f.a. printmaking, the university of arizona (1991) • b.f.a. drawing, brigham young university (1989) • EXPERIENCE: Juror’s award-Utah ‘10: “Mixed Media and Works on Paper” 2010,, Utah Art Council • Secondary Division Director, National Art Education Association (2011-2015) • appointed panelist, national endowment for the arts (2010) • president, uaea (2009-2011) • art instructor, phs (1992-2011) •... More
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Musician - UAC Teaching Artist
Nino Reyos is a member of the Northern Ute and Laguna Pueblo Indian Nations. He was born the youngest of 11 children, among the Ute People in North Eastern Utah near Ft. Duchesne, where he had spent the majority of his adolescent life. Nino holds a Master's degree in Social... More
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UAC Teaching Artist - Writer
Susan Sample, a Salt Lake City resident, has a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Arizona. Her poetry has won awards in two recent Utah Arts Council’s Original Writing Competitions; her fiction won an award in Redbook magazine’s Young Writers Contest. She has published in literary journals,... More
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Filmmaker - Photographer - UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist
John Schaefer, director/founder of the Children’s Media Workshop (www.mediadivide.org), is an artist, educator, community builder who uses innovative media experiences to created macro educational systems. His expertise in designing large-scale initiatives is informed by his grass roots authenticity. One day he is working on major systems (500,000 teachers +), the... More
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Storyteller - UAC Teaching Artist
Set sail on a joyful journey through the remarkable world of storytelling with Lora Schmidt. For over fifteen years Lora has captured the imagination and emotions of audiences of all ages in venues as diverse as the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, Primary Children's Hospital, Youth Detention Centers and classrooms and libraries... More
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UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist
Elena Sepulveda is a multidisciplinary sensitive artist. Throughout her life, she has developed a true passion for painting with acrylics and oil on canvas, ceramics and wood. Elena grew up surrounded by art. Her passion started at an early age, selling small "art work" for a few pennies after school... More
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Composer - Musician - UAC Teaching Artist - Bandleader of the Shapiro Project Jazz Quartet
Eugene Shapiro is a Jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, bandleader of the Jazz Quartet the Shapiro Project, and educator. He holds a Master’s Degree in Jazz studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and teaches guitar for the College of Southern Nevada. Eugene Shapiro also leads a Las Vegas based... More
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UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist
Suzanne Simpson is a fine art photographer and digital artist whose world becomes her palette. Impressions, memories, dreams, fears and hopes play out their narratives in out-of-scale fashion. Her digital collages include a nymph unzipping the skies to obtain clean air, cars discovering wheeled stilts to avoid traffic jams, and... More
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Choreographer - Dancer - UAC Teaching Artist
Katherine St. John has been a mainstay instructor of international dance in Utah for many years. With an MA from the University of Utah in Middle East Studies (Persian language and literature); an MA in dance pedagogy from BYU, Katherine has been on the UAC Artists in Education roster offering... More
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Actor - Comedian - Director - Producer - Singer - Storyteller - UAC Teaching Artist - Writer
Gayle Stahlhuth is an actress, playwright, producer, and director who is an active member of the acting unions and the Dramatists Guild. As such, she has appeared in Off-Broadway and regional theatre, film, television, and on radio. In 1999, Gayle accepted the Board of Trustees' offer to become the artistic... More
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Actor - Composer - Director - Musician - Producer - Singer - UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist - Playwright, Songwriter, Sound Engineer
Gary is proficient in multiple disciplines and moves easily from Visual Art, to Theater to Music creation and performance. Gary Studied Musical Theater under a scholarship at the University of Utah and has performed in, directed and written many shows presented on Utah Stages. He currently creates and directs themed... More
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UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist
TEACHING: For twenty years I've conducted workshops and demonstrations for students of all ages and abilities in public and private schools in the Ogden area. Also I've trained teachers in schools and in my own studio. My fees are fully funded through the Utah Arts Council and Art Access (for... More
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Dancer - UAC Teaching Artist
Kim Strunk has a passion for dance that began at age five and continues to this day. She began her diverse professional career in 1975 with the Memphis Ballet and later traveled to New York City to dance on scholarship with the Alvin Ailey School. She moved to Salt Lake... More
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Choreographer - Dancer - UAC Teaching Artist
Rachel Swenson is a wife, mother, teacher, artist, and performer. Rachel has a BFA in Modern Dance and a MEd in Elementary Education, both from the University of Utah. She has performed professionally in various venues in Utah. Rachel is passionate about promoting dance in public and private schools. She... More
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Poet - UAC Teaching Artist
Nancy Takacs lives in Wellington, Utah and is the author of books Pale Blue Wings, Limberlost Press, 2001; Preserves City Art Press, 2004; and Wild Animals, Outlaw Artists Press, 2008. She has been the recipient of several poetry awards, including First Place both in the Utah Arts Council Poetry Book... More
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Musician - Poet - Singer - Storyteller - UAC Teaching Artist - Writer
Billy and Grace's performances are alive with chemistry, charisma, and a wide range of musical styles~ from gypsy jazz and bluesy folk to back porch pickin' and lyrical freestyle flows. They play guitar, fiddle, and a homemade percussion kit, and will also throw in some story-telling, tap-dancing, poi-spinning, and other... More
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UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist
Diane Terry began designing and implementing visual arts projects for elementary school children in Cache Valley in 1992. Since then over 10,000 children have made books or puppets with her. When children are given the opportunity to make puppets, the magic grows along with artistic and writing skills. Armature building,... More
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Musician - Poet - Singer - Storyteller - UAC Teaching Artist
A storyteller, poet, vocalist and emerging percussionist TAHIRA performs original works, as well as works from the African and African American folklore tradition. TAHIRA is a full time performing artist. She credits her mother for giving her the courage and support to pursue her dreams and her father for instilling... More
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UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist
Over the years Glen has crafted a wide range of saddles including ones specifically desighed for paraplegic riders and a number of saddles for national rodeo champions,Shawn Davis and Lewis Fields. He also has made several Queen saddles for Miss Rodeo Utah and Miss Rodeo America pageants. In the early... More
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UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist - Community Artist
The success of community arts occur when you explore new artistic strategies through community dialogue, social activism, and partnerships with outside agencies such as, city/county cultural facilities, non profit/for profit agencies, civic institutions, and public/private schools. The community artist is "civically engaged" through partnerships in the understanding and celebration of... More
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UAC Teaching Artist
Mary Wells is a book artist and calligrapher who demonstrates, teaches and exhibits her letterforms and books. She is a retired school teacher having taught in elementary and secondary schools for 39 years. A residency with Mary focuses on bookmaking. She provides the instruction for decorating and assembling books that... More
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Actor - Composer - Director - Filmmaker - Musician - Poet - Singer - UAC Teaching Artist
I would love to be able to participate, volunteer, and/or teach the Arts. I have been teaching at a local Jr. High charter school for the past 2 years, where I taught Art Humanities (visual arts, dance, music, beginning theatre), English and Performance Theatre. I have two BA degrees, one... More
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Composer - Musician - Producer - UAC Teaching Artist - Writer
Composer and arranger, Michelle Willis, is a registered Utah Arts Council artist, as well as a member of the Utah Composers Guild. She has received compositional training from Barlow Bradford, Nathan Hofheins, Darwin Wolford, Daniel Gawthrop and Roger W. Ames and has won several compositional awards from the LDS Church... More
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Choreographer - Dancer - UAC Teaching Artist
Joni D. Urry Wilson 1995 East 6060 South Salt Lake City, UT 84121 (801) 581-7374 joni.wilson@m.cc.utah.edu (Dance) Joni Urry Wilson began dancing at an early age with the Virginia Tanner Creative Dance Program and the Children's Dance Theatre at the University of Utah. Joni was awarded the ER Hayes scholarship... More
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Filmmaker - UAC Teaching Artist
Rick Wray doesn’t consider himself an artist, but rather a media arts educator and community organizer. In 1996, Rick brought an educational vision to fruition when he co-founded Higher Ground Learning (HGL), a creative tutoring/mentoring center focused on creating customized learning models based on students individual learning needs. Realizing the... More
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Storyteller - UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist
SD Youngwolf is an artist and storyteller and a Cherokee tribal member. He has studied at the Ringling School of Art, the Art Students League, and Sonoma State University, where he received a B.A. in art studio, as well as doing post-graduate work in psychology. His artwork has been exhibited... More
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