UTAH ARTS FEST, CHALK ART, AND ART HIGH

utah arts festival

^^^the salt lake city arts events are in full swing...and we're loving it! this weekend we saw performances from musicians, poets, kids, and of course acrobats- it's all happening at the utah arts festival.^^^

^^^the children's art section might have stolen the show this year. everyone got to paint giant paper mache farm animals.^^^

making friends.

^^^jared painting a cow.^^^

^^^^australian acrobats, "strange fruit"^^^

^^^dancing on swaying sticks. um yeah, pretty sure i would fall and break my neck. no, never mind. i'd never make it to the top of the pole.^^^

chalk art festival

^^^a couple weeks ago we went to the annual chalk art festival at the gateway. proceeds went to utah foster care, so all of the art was inspired by children's "wishes"^^^

^^^this was my favorite.^^^

^^^and this was jared's favorite. no surprise here.^^^

art high school

jake and laurie invited us to check out the old granite high school for some interactive art. some local artists had transformed the building, which has been sitting vacant for years, into a series of installation art pieces. we wandered through the old hallways, and walked across the warped floor boards into dozens of unique rooms.

^^^jake and jared enjoying some art.^^^

^^^jared starting up the ol' time machine^^^

^^^getting excited about learning...well, sort of^^^

thanks for the party, jake and laurie!