New Documentary Films From Spy Hop Students

Take a look at this article from the Utah Cultural Alliance and mark your calendars for 6:30pm, Monday, July 9th at the City Library downtown. Spy Hop will be screening it's latest batch of documentary films created by local teens over the course of the last year. Reception with the talented teen filmmakers to follow!

Utah Architects and Sanborn Maps

When was the last time you visited the Special Collections Gallery on Level 4 of Marriott Library? If you haven't been up there recently, now is the time!

The current exhibit on view at the Special Collections Gallery is titled "Utah Architects and Sanborn Maps." It features the drawings of two important Utah architects, Richard Kletting (1858-1943), designer of Saltair and the Capitol Building, and Lloyd Snedaker (1905-1989), the architect for the renovation of the interior of the Capitol Building and designer of several buildings on campus.

Also on display are several examples of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, large scale maps ranging in date from 1867 to 1969. The maps were designed to help fire insurance agents determine the risk associated with insuring a property. Each map has information on the building materials (brick, wood, etc.), width between buildings, use of the building, location of water mains, and much more.

If you can't make it to campus to view this fantastic exhibit, visit Digital Collections online. Get started by browsing the Sanborn Maps, then try looking for photographs, images, and other primary source documents related to Richard Kletting and Lloyd Snedaker.

Do We Have What You Need?

What are your research needs? Looking for images created by an obscure dance photographer? Stage directions for a play written by a European playwright and rarely produced in the United States? If the Fine Arts & Architecture Library does not have what you need, we want to know!

Our library supports the research interests and needs of the College of Fine Arts and the College of Architecture + Planning. This means that we want to purchase books and other materials that will facilitate your studies. Stop by the service desk in the Fine Arts & Architecture Library, fill out a 'Suggest a Purchase' form online, or e-mail Greg Hatch or Erika Church with your requests. We are happy to help, and will do everything we can to assist you with your studies!

“Data are the new raw material.”

Look what’s new in the Fine Arts showcase!

The Fine Arts Collection, located here, has new items coming in every week. This week, we added Information Graphics by Sandra Rendgen (edited by Julius Wiedemann), published by Taschen. 

The opening essays in this oversize volume explore the history and use of charts, diagrams, and infographics, to communicate visually the massive quantities of data usually found in reports and news articles. Click on the examples below to see full-size images from the book, or stop by the Fine Arts Reference Desk on Level 2 to dive headfirst into "Information Graphics"!

If you like this book, you will probably enjoy the Marriott Library guide on Information Aesthetics  and other items in the Fine Arts showcase, like the Visual Miscellaneum.

Feeling Manipulated by the Media?

Manipulate back! The Fine Arts & Architecture Library has many tools you can use to warp, distort, and transform your multimedia projects, including:

• A media editing station which features Final Cut Pro, and can take your old VHS tapes and turn them into DVDs, or burn Blu-ray discs
• An oversize (11" x 17") scanner so you can upload and remix your images using Photoshop
• A music composition station 
• A weighted key electric piano
• A color printer
• Plus several Macs scattered throughout the Fine Arts & Architecture Library space

Note: We are not a quiet study space. Looking for a place with minimal noise? Locate quiet areas on the Marriott Library maps; also, find more media editing stations, scanners, PCs, and Macs in the Knowledge Commons. Schedule a room if your study group needs a place to discuss projects.

"Originality is nothing but judicious imitation."

Interested in architecture? Looking for inspiration? Find it at the Katherine W. Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture Library!

Browse our periodicals collection for design inspiration (or imitation, as the above quote by Voltaire tells us!). The Fine Arts & Architecture Library has current issues of architecture and design periodicals in our reference area and they are available for a 7-day check out.

Try these!

Artists Hijack the Espresso Book Machine

As this article in the Deseret News attests, you can't stop artists from manipulating the world around them for their creative outlet. The Espresso Book Machine at Marriott Library is yet another example of technology and materials repurposed to create new forms of art. The recently approved Book Arts certificate at the University of Utah, lead by the Library's Book Arts Program, will greatly benefit from this relatively inexpensive publishing tool. To get your own creative juices flowing, check out the Artists Books housed in the Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture's Showcase Collection and in the Rare Books division of Special Collections.