Bonnie Merrill has studied watercolor painting extensively with teacher and mentor, Harold Petersen. She owes her passion for watercolor, and now, her career as an art teacher, to Mr. Petersen. In August 2016, Bonnie began teaching watercolor at The Art Cottage at Gardner Village. One of her first students was Jackie Bird. Jackie was an oil painter who had studied with Valoy Eaton in high school. She  was interested in learning to paint watercolors, was immediately hooked on the medium, and progressed rapidly. Jackie was asked to join the teaching staff at The Art Cottage. She eventually moved to Grantsville and began teaching in her home where she now has 50 private students. Jackie also teaches art to 350 children at the local grade school. Both Bonnie and Jackie find great satisfaction in teaching art and helping their students express themselves visually, particularly with the magical medium of watercolor. 

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a celebration gallery exhibition

"Move Over, Sir!” Women Working on the Railroad
Tracing the contributions that women have made to the railroad industry over the past 150 years, this exhibit calls out specific women and their unique contributions to the industry.

“Move Over, Sir!” Women Working on the Railroad is produced by the Union Pacific Railroad Museum and part of the All Aboard! Spike 150 exhibits at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center.  #Spike150

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​Photography by the Wasatch Camera Club
In May we celebrate the 150th year of the completing of the transcontinental railroad.  That event not only transformed passenger travel and commerce, but also gave the nation a source of pride and optimism about its future.  It lifted hundreds of thousands from poverty and imprinted generations with a can-do spirit that is still with us today.
With Promontory Summit within the state’s boundaries it is entirely fitting that the Utah Cultural Celebration Center present an exhibit of railroad photography titled, Beauty, Brawn, Commerce & Travel: Photography of U.S. Railroads. The exhibit will share approximately 30 railroad images taken by Utah photographers that capture a variety of dramatic moments of railroads past and present. 

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Red-Headed Rider  Courtesy Richard Hull

In conjunction with the Spike 150 celebration, the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point, UT on May 10, 1869, Meagan Evans and Jason Lanegan have curated a show comprised of student-led projects along with work from faculty, alumni and other regional artists.  A range of work from traditional to non-traditional approaches and media are included in this eclectic, but thematic, exhibit.

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All Set for the West: Railroads and the National Parks
Using the vivid and rich imagery of Decades of Union Pacific photography and parks-centric marketing materials, this unique exhibit traces the unusual partnership between the National Park Service and Union Pacific.
 
All Set for the West: Railroad and the National Parks is produced by the Union Pacific Railroad Museum and part of the All Aboard! Spike 150 exhibits at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center.

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