Artist Directory

Ernest Patrick Paiz

Musician

Singer songwriter / Composer / Performer Founder of the band, Buddha Pie

Kiliona Palauni

Musician - Singer

Kiliona was born into a musical family immersed in traditional Polynesian song and dance. His parents gave him a great respect and appreciation for the arts that stands strong today. At age six Kiliona purchased a grand piano and paid for his own lessons with settlement money gained after a... More

Melissa Papaj

Photographer

I am an award-winning utah based portrait photographer specializing in babies, weddings, and boudoir photography.

Gregory Parascenzo

Photographer - UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist

As I look outside my window, indescribable beauty unfolds before my eyes. There is a beaconing to be in the beauty of the moment. Whether cut through by telephone lines or an open blue Utah sky, there is beauty. The intersection of tree branch and roof, downspout and above invite... More

Ginger Parkinson

Storyteller

Ginger Parkinson's spunky outgoing personality creates lively stories to listen to. She has spun her magic at Pumpkin Chucking Festival in Moab, Red Butte Gardens Garden After Dark, Spanish Fork's Harvest Moon Hurrah, Hogle Zoo's ZooLights, Orem Library, Clearfield Storytelling Festival, schools, churches, and community events. She was a finalist... More

Ginger Parkinson

Storyteller

Ginger Parkinson’s spunky outgoing personality creates lively stories to listen to. She has spun her magic at Thanksgiving Point, Orem Library, Clearfield Storytelling Festival, schools, churches, and community events. This Halloween her collaborative works, Eerie Enchantments will delight audiences. She was a finalist in the 2007 Best of the West... More

Polly Parkinson

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

Polly Parkinson

Poet - Visual Artist - Writer

Utah Arts Council roster for visual and literary arts 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, great artist shoe painting projects, children’s poetry classes, and... More

Michelle Patrick

Actor - Choreographer - Dancer - Director - Writer

Michelle Patrick began her career as a dancer with the Feld Ballet in New York City and later received her B.A. in Performing Arts at Bradford College. She later went on to pursue a career in acting in which she wrote, produced and directed a one-woman show, entitled, "Cotton Picker"... More

Adreanna Pedersen

Actor - Singer - Storyteller

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Joan Peinture

Graphic Designer - Poet - Storyteller - Visual Artist

I'm intriqued by graffiti and body art. I rely heavily on connecting my inner diva with the cosmos. I feel I've hit it when I manage to portray the inherent quirkiness of the most ordinary subjects. I'm compelled by a desire to iconize the haunting beauty underlying everyday social interactions.... More

Christina Pellegrino

Visual Artist

A native New Yorker, Chris enjoyed growing up in a rustic 300 year old home on historic Long Island. From an early age she developed an appreciation for antiques and worn objects which she believes possess a unique dignity that can only be forged by the passage of time. The... More

Donna Pence

Visual Artist

I am a local Salt Lake City glass artist and mosaicist. I graduated with a BFA from the School of Fine Art from the University of Utah in 1985. I currently have work on display at the City Library in the Glass Art Guild Member's Show now through May 31.... More

George Pence

Photographer - Storyteller - Visual Artist - Writer

I am a writer, storyteller and photographer. I grew up in Utah and have recently returned after a thirty year hiatus. I've written articles and essays that have appeared in magazines like "The Company," and "Desert Wanderings," and various newspapers. My storytelling has found fora at KUER radio and community... More

Dolores Perez

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

Jan Perkins

Visual Artist

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Alice M. Perreault

Visual Artist

For me, working provides a means to give body to what could not otherwise be shared. I was educated at Rochester Institute of Technology, California College of Arts and the University of Utah, but my strongest education comes from my young son and older sister. Both live with involved disabilities... More

Jennifer Perry

Actor - Choreographer - Dancer - Director - Singer

Jennifer Perry 2322 Jefferson Ave, #1 Ogden UT 84401 Cell: 801/645-5769 Work: 801/394-1515 ext 27 EMC Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue Height: 5’9” Weight: 148 lbs. Most Recent Theatrical Experience Cabaret Kit Kat Club Dancer Egyptian Theatre Company Sweeney Todd The Beggar Woman Egyptian Theatre Company Sweet Charity Ursula/Ensemble Weber State... More

Todd Petersen

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

Joan Speakman Peterson

Actor - Director - Filmmaker - Producer - Singer

Joan Peterson has been a player in the Utah entertainment world for more than 15 years. She was a talent agent for one of Utah's most distinguished talent and modeling agency. With her sights set on bigger horizons, she moved on to found Starlight Creative Media, a full-service casting agency.... More

Christine A. Pezel

Visual Artist

For over 15 years I have been creating contemporary one of a kind wall reliefs and assemblages. Working with discarded corrugated cardboard to create unique images. Through the manipulation of various mediums and the recent addition of computer generated transfers, each piece is an exploration of color and texture. Revealing... More

Linda Diaz Pia

Visual Artist

Glass is lasting and fragile, liquid and hard, dangerous and protective, transparent and opaque, all of which makes it fascinating to many people as it has been to me since I was a child when my father would pick up glass bottles that were pretty and put them on the... More

Neena Plant

Photographer - Visual Artist

I've always thought of myself as an artist first. My goals as an artist, painter, and photographer are the expression of my concept of beauty. Whether in nature, in a dream, or from my imagination, I often find that an image stays with me until created. Whether representational, abstract, or... More

Gene Pokorny

Musician

I am the tuba player in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. I have performed in many different orchestras and have been a soloist, recitalist and music educator all over the world. My five years as the tuba player in the Utah Symphony gave me an appreciation for Utah and the people... More

Melissa Pond

Actor

Melissa Pond is originally from West Jordan, and has acted all over the US: Seattle, Florida, Michigan, Chicago and most recently, Los Angeles. She got her BA at Weber State University. Melissa began her career on the stage and has ventured out into print, commercials, industrials and many film roles.... More

Michael Porter

I started doing Horror makeup at the "Haunted Old Mill" in 1991, since then I've been doing realistic first aid drills for the Great Salt Lake Council's Silver Moccasin leadership program for the Boy Scouts of America. I've also been known to paint my kids from time to time for... More

Marv Poulson

Visual Artist - Sculptor

Artist Statement:

Making photographs and sculpture brings imagination, light, nature, time and space together with a transcendence to reality for me. My photography allows me to make ethereally beautiful natural images depicting the nether realm between reality and obscure reality. Similarly, my direct stone sculptures allows me to explore the... More

Sarah Powell

Actor

Experience Performing In 2002, played the role of Zaneeta in The Music Man at Turtleback Elementary From 1999 – 2003 particped in the Sand Diego Children’s Chorus as a Chorus Member In 2004 particped in the Bernardo Heights Sixth Grade Choir as an Alto at Bernardo Heights Middle School From... More

Kurt Proctor

Actor - Director

Originally from a small purebred cattle farm in western Oregon, Kurt Proctor came to Utah in 1990 as an employee of the federal government. He continues to work as an Air Traffic Controller in addition to being the Producing Director of Utah Contemporary Theatre. As an actor, Kurt has been... More

Chris Proctor

Musician

Chris Proctor is a U.S. National Champion 6 and 12-string guitarist, performer, composer, recording artist, and teacher. He has released nine recordings of his own compositions and arrangements for Sugarhouse, Rounder, Flying Fish and Windham Hill records, as well as several popular books and teaching videos. In 2001, Taylor Guitars... More