Mine art at MINERS9 on Miners Day weekend

PARK CITY, Utah — It may be called Labor Day weekend elsewhere but here it’s all about Park City’s mining history. On Aug. 29 ease into being a local by heading to historic Miners Hospital for the MINERS9 art exhibit. Nine local artists including the winner of this year’s local artist award from the Kimball Arts Festival will show off their latest work and be happy to answer any questions.

Start your weekend at Miner’s Hospital

The show starts Friday Aug. 29 at noon. From 5 to 7 p.m. flutist Liz Fallis, from the traditional Celtic Band “Leaping Lulu”, will be performing solo works from the Classical, Jazz and Celtic genres, with percussion accompaniment. Leaping Lulu’s CD “Celtic Night Live” will be available free for attendees of Friday’s Miners9 opening. If you miss the opening, you can still meet the nine artists Aug. 30 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Aug. 31 from 12 to 4 p.m.

Ghost stories

If the resident ghosts allow, the 9 August MINERS9 artists will tell the story of the town’s historic gem that was once a hospital, then library and now community center. You’ll be introduced to each artist’s creative skills with professional art displayed in this intimate setting by the artists themselves. The ghosts may tease, but they haven’t kicked MINERS9 out yet as one of the artists can recount from personal experience.

Artists exhibiting on Miners Weekend

Anna Nizhoni – -Traditional Native mediums and tools honored with the creativity of an artist blessed with the skills of her ancestors.

Brianna Thaxton – – Merging unicorns, religion, and self into a skilled art form of pyrogravure laced with therapy of the soul.

David Breslauer – – Inspired by pure child curiosity and realized in stunning original photographs from every corner of the world.

Juanita Marshall – – Uniquely molding the earth’s clay into forms that always intrigue, teach, and move the viewer to look closer.

Karen Millar-Kendall – – Pushing visual harmonies and dissonance. Each canvas is an artistic essay of life and nature told through paint.

Kirsten Kohlwey – – Intriguing lifescapes framed through the lens. Textures, colors, and patterns form images unique to each viewer.

Mike Coon – – Searching for the dead and rotted to create life, beauty, textures, patterns, color, and eventually joy for the beholder.

Nan Gray – -Through a variety of subject matter each stroke shows the heart of the artist while sprinkling with the magical.

Sophie Karp – – Western myths, legends, lifestyles as seen through the artist’s lens and the drama brought to life on metal panels.