A new list of Utah’s 15 most influential artists is dominated by women and ranges from a documentary producer to a muralist, from a painter who celebrates nature to an artist who creates computer images, from a dancer to a photographer.
The list began with nominees from the readers of online magazine 15 Bytes, which then asked more than 150 arts professionals to vote for up to 10.
Steven Labrum, a producer at 3 Irons and Utah Museum of Contemporary Art board member who helped select the final 15, noted their diversity — from the many women to “Oscar winners, Hispanic, young and old.