Artist Talks
Gallery walkthroughs, studio tours, video interviews and conversations with our artists, curators, and fellows.
CURATORIAL WORKSHOPS
Peer-led gathering for contemporary art curators invested in shaping the future of curatorial practice. Grounded in dialogue and mutual exchange, the workshop offers time and space to reflect, imagine, and act. Each iteration invites participants to explore a guiding theme—such as transition or migration—as a lens for examining contemporary practice. Together, curators identify gaps, articulate big dreams, surface areas of resistance, and propose collaborative strategies that move the field forward. Led by Granary Arts Executive Director and Chief Curator Amy Jorgensen, the workshop fosters a dynamic space for visioning, experimentation, and shared growth.
BIRD’S EYE CHISEL
Bird’s Eye Chisel is a collection of original songs written by Ashley Hanson and Brian Laidlaw of the folk band, The Family Trade during a year-long Granary Arts Fellowship in Sanpete Valley. It is a “folk” album in its musical aesthetic – acoustic instruments, simple harmonies, lyrical storytelling – but it’s also a “folk” album in the process of its construction.
During their time in Sanpete, Ashley and Brian met with local community members, scholars, musicians, parents, students, and artists to amass a shared library of images and insights about the area’s beautiful, complex history. In story circles, interviews and songwriting workshops, Ashley and Brian listened to the joys and anxieties of modern-day life in the area, heard celebrations and interrogations of Sanpete’s past, and documented all manner of hopes, dreams and fears for the future of the valley.
