Hello friends, happy holidays, merry Christmas, happy Chanukah, happy Kwanzaa, happy solstice, whatever you celebrate have a good one! We are down to the wire and the holiday shopping is getting to Chris just a bit. The show begins with a good ol’ fashion bitch session about crazy shoppers and their not so good parking, driving, and shopping habits. Chris and his workplace are involved in a cool sub for Santa program this year. Bre tells the amusing story of her very religious co-worker winning the ultimate booze basket at work. Julia and her business was featured in Voyage Magazine (congratulations Julia)
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This week we have the privilege of sitting down with the president of the Tooele County Arts Guld, Katrina Flores
Katrina was born in the majestic town of Magna Utah, but at a young age moved with her family to Stansbury Park, Utah (a subdivision just outside of old town Tooele). Katrina grew up surrounded by art, she loved to draw, doodle, and paint. Seeing her potential Katrinas mother signed her up for art lessons and the magic grew from there. Katrina and her husband Hudson have a deep-rooted love of all things art, and a few years ago they started Black Rabbit Studios
“Black Rabbit Studios is Hudson and Katrina’s home-based art studio where art lovers can go to learn, practice, and improve their skills in the arts.”
Fast forward to 2019 Katrina began attending the Tooele Arts Guild and was very quickly seen for her talents. By the end of the year, she was nominated as president of the guild.
Katrina was thrilled to begin implementing new ideas, new classes, and events, BUT the Covid-19 pandemic slammed the breaks on everything for the newly appointed president. Throughout the covid lockdown Katrina stayed positive and implemented virtual classes, meeting, and art lectures for the guild. During this time the guild discussed what they could do when the world started going back to normal and decided the best way to celebrate would be to hold Tooele County’s first Renaissance Themed arts festival.
The fair was held the first weekend of October and it was an amazing success. The event included shopping, thousands of unique items, and art. Local food trucks, live entertainment, bagpipers, bird shows, and fire performers to name a few things.
Due to the success of the October event the Guild has just announced the dates for next year’s Guild Faire (September 30th & October 1st, 2022) Friday, 3pm – 9pm & Saturday 11 am – 6pm.
This was a great interview, and we really hope you take the time to listen to it and help support Katrina and her efforts with the Tooele County Arts Guild. All are welcome to attend the meetings and events. Tell Katrina you heard about her on the New Utah Podcast, and she might even make you the honorary guild secretary.
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