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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The OTHER Art Barn

While looking for more sources about our Art Barn, I found out it's not the only one in Utah! The other "art barn" is the home of the Salt Lake City Arts Center, in Reservoir Park. It was built during the Great Depression as an art center. Our art barn is still unique, however, because the other art barn doesn't ever seem to have been a barn. There is a connection between the two art barns. From 1943-1963 there was a Logan Artists Group, many of whom were professors in the USU art department, and the group displayed their work at the Salt Lake City art barn. Since this group was around when the horse barn became the art barn, I wonder if the name of the SLC "art barn" provided any inspiration for the creation of our REAL art barn. Has anyone interviewed any members of the Logan Artists Group? Apparently the group disbanded because many of the members moved away or died, but the papers of the group are in special collections, and we might be able to find some surviving members.