All of the finalists throughout the 2021 year of Connect are invited to a special event on December 10th, for a final voting selection. $6,000 in grants will be awarded to top selected artists.
Date: December 10th, 2021
Time: 7-9PM
Location: Urban Arts Gallery, 116 S Rio Grande St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
The Connect Finals is our annual December event that celebrates the top selected artists from our monthly Connect program (our free monthly pop-up art exhibit). Event established in 2010.
Our celebration has changed, over the years! We upped our artist grant from $2,000 to $4,000 in 2015; in 2018, we re-branded our celebration from December Connect Gala to Connect Finals; in 2018, we also determined that a grant awardee could not win the artist grant more than once.
It’s our pleasure to have made a place to celebrate some excellent creative people. We look forward to bestowing more honors for years to come. Please enjoy a list of our top selected artists from these past years. *You’ll note that we don’t have a record of our winners from before 2012. Don’t worry! We’ll find them.
December 11, 2020
Garnett Wyatt
Moniz Williams
Bailey Hatcher
December 13, 2019
Emma Goldgar
Austyn Victoria
Elizabeth Carter
December 14, 2018
Arash Rahimi
Heather Olsen
Joe Drury
December 8, 2017
Bailey Hatcher
Josh Pugeau
Erick Pontvianne
December 9, 2016
Scott Tuckfield
Jeovanni Xoumphonphackdy
CP Brest Van Kempen
December 11, 2015
Troy Forbush
Zach Franzoni
Jeovanni Xoumphonphackdy
December 12, 2014
Troy Forbush
Hailey Evans
Chris Madsen
December 13, 2013
Logan Madsen
Coulton Evans
Dawn Taylor
December 14, 2012
December 9, 2011
December 10, 2010
