‘Echoes of Silver’ exhibit explores Park City’s mining history through contemporary art

PARK CITY, Utah — Park City’s silver mining history will take on a contemporary art form this month as two artists present new work inspired by their research into the people, geology, and stories that unfolded underneath the ski slopes.

“Echoes of Silver” will open Friday, Oct. 16, at the historic Miners Hospital in City Park, bringing together work by artists Mackenzy Gilmore and Janika Linville.

The free exhibition is hosted by Friends of Ski Mining Mountain History and was developed through the artists’ research into Park City’s silver mining history, in collaboration with the Park City Museum.

Gilmore and Linville worked alongside artist Kellie Bornhoft to research the area’s geology and the stories of individual miners as they prepared to create a larger public sculpture.

The resulting exhibition uses alternative photography, sculpture, and video installation to revisit familiar pieces of Park City’s mining history while offering new interpretations of the stories behind them.

Visitors will encounter work that connects the physical landscape of Park City with the people who worked beneath it, using contemporary mediums to explore how those stories resonate today.

The artists will lead an exhibition walkthrough at 5:15 p.m. during the opening event, offering visitors an opportunity to hear more about their research and the work on display.

“Echoes of Silver” will be open to the public from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, at the historic Miners Hospital in City Park.

The exhibition is free and open to the public.