When
September 06, 2019 at 10:00am
6 hrs
Where
Alice Gallery at the Glendinning Home
617 E South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, United States
3SMITHS features artwork by Tony Smith and his sons Evan Smith and Willie Smith
The exhibition opens July 12 and runs through September 6, with an artist reception July 19 from 6-9pm during Salt Lake Gallery Stroll. The exhibition is presented by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums at the Alice Gallery, located at the historic Glendinning Mansion at 617 East South Temple in Salt Lake City, which is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Like clockwork at 10 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Willie Smith, who has mild Down syndrome, accompanies his father Tony from their home in the Avenues to their West-side studio across the street from the Mormon-operated Welfare Square in Salt Lake City. Willie immediately goes to his drafting table placed next to his father’s and gets right to work—no distractions, intense concentration—while Tony cranks up the sound system and begins his own drawing. Using colored markers and pens, this father-and-son teamwork on individual projects and collaborate on others, often playing off each other’s effort. Recently, they’ve taken up the challenge of seeing how far they can push commercial coloring books and paint-by-number kits, with “number 42” being Tony’s favorite color. Results are fantastically satisfying to those few who have seen them, especially the collaboration pieces. And there began the idea for an exhibition by not only Tony and Willie but also Tony’s eldest son Evan who is chair of the art department at West High School. Evan comes by the studio, usually on Wednesday after classes, to join the collaborative fray. “There’s some great stuff going on when the three of us get together,” said Tony. “That is, if we can keep Willie from getting his hands on the fat black redacting marker.” The small viewing circle of their work will be greatly expanded while 3SMITHS is on exhibition at The Alice Gallery. The individual and collaborative work by Tony, Evan, and Willie is inventive, mostly humorous, and illustrates how it is not always a strength to “stay within the lines.”
https://www.nowplayingutah.com/event/3smiths-exhi
The exhibition opens July 12 and runs through September 6, with an artist reception July 19 from 6-9pm during Salt Lake Gallery Stroll. The exhibition is presented by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums at the Alice Gallery, located at the historic Glendinning Mansion at 617 East South Temple in Salt Lake City, which is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Like clockwork at 10 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Willie Smith, who has mild Down syndrome, accompanies his father Tony from their home in the Avenues to their West-side studio across the street from the Mormon-operated Welfare Square in Salt Lake City. Willie immediately goes to his drafting table placed next to his father’s and gets right to work—no distractions, intense concentration—while Tony cranks up the sound system and begins his own drawing. Using colored markers and pens, this father-and-son teamwork on individual projects and collaborate on others, often playing off each other’s effort. Recently, they’ve taken up the challenge of seeing how far they can push commercial coloring books and paint-by-number kits, with “number 42” being Tony’s favorite color. Results are fantastically satisfying to those few who have seen them, especially the collaboration pieces. And there began the idea for an exhibition by not only Tony and Willie but also Tony’s eldest son Evan who is chair of the art department at West High School. Evan comes by the studio, usually on Wednesday after classes, to join the collaborative fray. “There’s some great stuff going on when the three of us get together,” said Tony. “That is, if we can keep Willie from getting his hands on the fat black redacting marker.” The small viewing circle of their work will be greatly expanded while 3SMITHS is on exhibition at The Alice Gallery. The individual and collaborative work by Tony, Evan, and Willie is inventive, mostly humorous, and illustrates how it is not always a strength to “stay within the lines.”
https://www.nowplayingutah.com/event/3smiths-exhi
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