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July 16 through August 13, 2010
Artists' Reception: Friday July16, from 6 to 9 PM
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Art Access Gallery
Our Father's Kitchen
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 This exhibit is organized by former Salt Lake City artist, Olivia Mae Pendergast. Malawi artists, Lancelot Chirwa, Mosses Julius Chipeta Nkhotakota and Shafi Banda Nkhotakota, will display their photograhs, drawings and paintings along with those of Pendergast.
The title of the exhibit refers to an organization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where children who are living with HIV/AIDS, are involved in a feeding program that provides them with one meal per day, seven days a week. This enables them to take their Anti-Retroviral Drugs and not get sick from the meds they need to survive. Most of their parents have HIV/AIDS and some of the children are orphans. Our Father's Kitchen (OFK) encourages children to go to school and to live healthy and normal lives.
According to Pendergast, " The children at OFK are so beautiful; many of them are in shock, due to losing their parents. It was an honor to get to know them a little bit and photograph them, as I spent a number of days there. I will give a percentage of my art sales back to the Our Father's Kitchen Feeding Program in Addis Ababa".
Malawian artists will recieve 100% of their art sales from this exhibition.
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Art Access II Gallery
We Are Amused
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 This exhibit features six artists known for their sense of humor. The title of the Art Access curated exhibit is a take-off on the stereotypical phrase, "we are not amused," often spoken by haughty royals in British comedies. Utah has a wealth of fine artists who approach their work with a sense of humor. Art Access has assembled a small group of these artists who use a variety of approaches to personal humor.
Artists included are Sam Wilson, Bob Kleinschmidt, Zane Lancaster, Dottie Miles, Pat Bagley, and Sara Shephard Edgar.
Sam Wilson, University of Utah Professor of Art, bases his humor on puns and references to classical Italian art while Bob Kleinschmidt, retired chair of the printmaking department of the U of U, incorporates his droll humor into his printmaking.
Zane Lancaster, former student of Wilson and now well-known in his own right, lampoons "big wigs" and captains of large corporations in his work. Dottie Miles is best known for her gentle lampooning of women with all their foibles, while Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune's political cartoonist, takes no prisoners with his barbed humor. Sara Shephard Edgar transforms everyday events into humorous happenings with her gentle wit.
Perez's oil pastel and acrylic work expresses depictions of people who feel competed, obligated, filled with compassion, or who act out of necessity for a greater cause. He hopes to use his art to inspire extraordinary action.
Both artists have seen the best and worst of life and hope that gallery-goers will thoughtfully consider their duel messages.
Access II Gallery is located at 230 South 500 West, #125 in Salt Lake City. Regular gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10AM to 6PM.
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