Welcome to a new episode!

This time we have guest Alexandra Fuller here to discuss SUMA’s new exhibition, Salt Lines: Exploring Climate, Environment, and the Saline Influx. Alex is a Utah-based artist working primarily in photography, installation, and poetry, and is one of the artists in the Salt Lines exhibition.

We chat about the exhibition, making it as an artist, the importance of salt, and the future of The Great Salt Lake. Whether you’re an aspiring artist or interested in the changing environment in Utah, there’s something in this episode for you.

If you’d like to learn more about Salt Lines: Exploring Climate, Environment, and the Saline Influx, visit our website here, and if you’d like learn more about Alex, check out her website here.

Wash your brain with the ambient noise of Harry Bertoia’s sound sculptures in this special episode.

Bertoia was a renowned modern artist and designer, perhaps most well known for his 1950s suite of wire furniture. He spent his 40-year career experimenting with various materials and techniques, including decades working with metal in particular. During this time, Bertoia came to realize its great potential for unique sonic qualities. He sculpted beautiful tonals, gongs, and singing bars that would create an ambient sound environment when activated.

SUMA recently hosted an exhibition of Bertoia’s work and wanted to bring the sonambient experience to all our listeners.

Please enjoy 20 minutes of Bertoia’s soundscapes.

If you’d like to hear more, check out our YouTube channel where we have 20-minute, 10–minute, and 5-minute concerts.

Join us for a conversation with our Director of Curatorial Affairs, Becky Bloom, and Kelvin Yazzie, a ceramic artist and SUU alumnus. They dive into Kelvin’s origin story, beginning with his childhood on the Navajo Reservation in Church Rock, New Mexico, where he herded sheep, caught things on fire, and played with mud. As his story takes shape, Kelvin discusses how he finds fulfillment in the arts, as well as the impact special people had on his journey–mentors, students, his mother–each leaving their mark on his path as an artist.

If you’d like to read more about Kelvin and his work, check out the article linked here.

Enjoy the episode!