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Girls Against Wall (the 337 Project exterior),  photo by Lewis Francis

Artists include in Present Tense: 
Trent Alvey link
Hairy Baldwin (aka STRUT)
Trent Call link
Andrew Callis
Amy Caron
Craig Cleveland
Kier Defstar
Cara Despain
Dave Doman
Trinity Forbes link
Lenka Konopasek link
CJ Lester link
William Lewis
Tessa Lindsey
Michael McGlothlen
Shawn Porter
Nick & Erin Potter
William Robbins (aka Elmer Presslee) link
Dessi Price
Shawn Rossiter link
Zara Dawn Shallbetter
Sri Whipple
Ben Wiemeyer
Margaret Willis

Present Tense takes off where the 337 Project ended. Before it would be demolished to make way for their new home, building owners Adam and Dessi Price invited over 140 artists, from emerging to established, to paint every inch of their vacant property at 337 South 400 East. Although the Salt Lake Art Center does not organize juried exhibitions, there was no other method to narrow the field of artists for an exhibition. We invited Dr. Campbell Gray, Director of the BYU Museum of Art, to serve as a Guest Curator. He had the daunting task of whittling down to a number manageable in our galleries, selecting 22 works by 25 artists (three are collaborations) from the more than 75 submitted proposals. The main criteria for any proposal was that the artwork must have been inspired by and completed since the 337 Project closed in May 2007. Accompanying the exhibit will be two additional components that document the 337 Project from start to demolition: photographs by Lewis Francis and a film by the DaDa Factory team of Allie Johnston and Davey Davis. 

This exhibition was organized by the Salt Lake Art Center with Guest Curator Dr. Campbell Gray, Director of the Brigham Young University Museum of Art, and is made possible through generous support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, The Cultural Vision Fund, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Architects, John and Marcia Price Family Foundation, Utah Arts Council, Alternative Visions, and anonymous donors.

Click here to view exhibition brochure. 

External Links:
The 337 Project

The Dada Factory

The BYU Museum of Art