Utah Arts Festival announces artists, film, and Art Attack 5K winners

Published by Professor Les June 29th, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Film, Current Events, Fine Art, Pop Culture. Tags: No Tags.

Editor’s Note: Day 8 of The Selective Echo’s coverage of the Utah Arts Festival features award winners for the artists’ marketplace, the Utah Short Film of the Year competition, and the Art Attack 5K run. Tomorrow, a closing commentary will cap festival coverage.

Four artists received Best in Show honors, which means they will be automatically invited to the 2009 Utah Arts Festival and will have their booth fees waived. The winners are:

Erin W. Berrett, painting, Salt Lake City. For more details, visit here.

Eric Carroll and Richard Turner, metalwork, Newton, Kansas. For more details, visit here.

Richard Curtner, 2-D mixed media, Cathedral City, California. For more details, visit here.

J. D. Hillberry, drawing/pastels, Westminster, Colorado. For more details, visit here.

Four other artists were given Awards of Merit, which means they are automatically invited to the 2009 Utah Arts Festival without having to submit to the jury selection process. The artists are: Shanna Brady (Murray, Utah), jewelry; Mark Wolter & Clare Pousson (Wimberley, Texas), ceramics; John Scanlan (Glenwood, Iowa), photography, and Daniel Ng (Portland, Oregon), painting.

Utah Short Film of the Year Competition:

The winning entry from Salt Lake City was the 24-minute Kick Like a Girl by Jenny MacKenzie of Salt Lake City. Narrated by Lizzie, a resilient eight-year-old soccer girl undeterred by juvenile diabetes, elbow blocks or grass stains in her desire to compete, the film is rapidly gaining an award-winning portfolio on the festival circuit. The documentary follows what happens when The Mighty Cheetahs, an undefeated third-grade girls’ soccer team competes in the boys’ division.

MacKenzie, a PhD social worker with extensive background in nonprofit organizations who returned to school to learn filmmaking, has been noticed by many critics and competition judges for a gently humored, honest portrayal of the reality of gender issues and the underlying epiphanies on and off the soccer field. More information about her work can be found here.

Winners in the 15th Annual Sports Medicine Center of Utah Art Attack 5K:

Kids Art Attack 1K:

Overall, Eli Oftedal, 11, (3:31.82)
Boys, Eli Oftedal, 11, (3:31.82)
Girls, Isabel Simonich, 8, (4:17.17)

Art Attack 5K

Men: Jake Heaton, 25 (17:51.35)
Women: Alex Bulinger, 28 (19:04.49)

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1 robert bourns Jul 12th, 2008 at 4:36 pm

Where can we find the complete results for the 5k? Bob Bourns

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