Kimball Art Center’s new exhibit features artist with ties to the Sundance Film Festival

PARK CITY, Utah — Not only did the Kimball Art Center pull together international artists in their new exhibits, they also found Utah artists who will engage directly with the local community through talks, workshops, and live events in the coming months.

Alexandra Fuller — a writer, director, producer and artist — displays her artwork in both of Kimball Art Center’s new exhibits, “Returning To Wonder” and “All Sketches Wish To Be Real.” At the opening reception for the exhibition, a live Golden Eagle thrilled patrons with its majestic, calm look in a nod Fuller’s cyanotypes featuring wildlife. Fuller’s work bridges multiple disciplines, and she will be interacting with Park City residents through a series of public programs hosted by the Kimball Art Center.

With an eye to the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, Fuller also provides a link to the festival. Her short film “Sister Wife” was accepted in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and went on to win an award at SXSW. Fans of her work will be able to see her at “Instrumental Conversations: Musical Performance and Artist Talk” on Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Kimball Art Center. Chaz Prymek’s “Solid Air Ensemble” will perform before a discussion between Prymek and Fuller.

Fuller will also lead two workshops this spring. One on March 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Great Salt Lake focusing on creating a cyanotype group project, and one on May 2 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. starting at Kimball Art Center and then walking around town in “Found Frames: A Photography Workshop.” Please bring your own camera and RSVP or sign up for these talks and workshops in advance.

Another Utah artist featured in the exhibitions is Antra Sinha, whose work explores both the macro and micro aspects of the universe through clay. Her transformational artwork can be seen in the “All Sketches Wish To Be Real” exhibit. Sinha will teach a workshop on Feb. 28 and March 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Register for this unique workshop in advance and develop your own finished, palm-sized sculpture.

“Returning to Wonder” is full of awe-inspiring art installations. Whether you are being drawn into Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist’s Peeping Freedom for Franziska Schutzbach, which displays colorful abstract scenes displayed on a flatscreen within a wooden printed frame with shutters, or admiring the illustrations created by Lia Halloran in The Warped Side of The Universe for a book she collaborated on with Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Kip Thorne, this exhibit lives up to its name.

In addition to the exhibitions, Kimball Art Center will host a book discussion to go along with “Returning To Wonder.” Participants are invited to read “The Light Eaters” by Zoë Schlanger to join in on a guided conversation on March 19 at 6 p.m. led by KUER’s Cristy Meiners. The book explores the hidden intelligence and complexity of plant life.