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Local civil rights activists honored
KSL – January 22, 2012
The civil rights movement is often associated with figures like Martin Luther King Jr. or Rosa Parks and the work done in the South, but Friday night, Utah civil rights heroes were honored for the work they did in the 1950s and '60s.
Walk through the Civil Rights Movement at The Leonardo
The Salt Lake Tribune – January 17, 2012
Post the recent MLK holiday, Leonardo’s moving exhibit of photographs taken by civil rights activists will continue through May. “This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement” produced by the Center for Documentary Expression and Art uses 156 photos to chronicle the Civil Rights struggle led by King between 1963 and 1968.
Leonardo museum’s leader hands over reins
The Salt Lake Tribune – December 10, 2011
The Leonardo museum has undergone its second management change in three years, but this time, administrators say, the power handoff was planned and not related to the museum’s performance. Former executive director Peter Giles will return to retirement in California and associate director Alexandra Hesse will take over the top role, according to a Friday news release.
Leonardo opens store inside science, technology museum
The Salt Lake Tribune – December 1, 2011
The Leo Store, a retail shop inside The Leonardo museum, will open Friday, in time for the holiday shopping season.
Dynamic Performance of Nature by EB Office
Bustler – November 21, 2011
Yong Ju Lee and Brian Brush, partners of New York/Portland-based design collaboration EB Office, have sent us photos and plans of their latest interactive media installation Dynamic Performance of Nature in Salt Lake City's Leonardo Museum of Art, Science and Technology.
