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12 Minutes Max

2025-02-16 14:00:00 2025-02-16 15:00:00 America/Denver 12 Minutes Max Local artists perform or present short works in a variety of media, including music, dance, film, and spoken word. Held the third Sunday of each month. Main Library - Auditorium

Sunday, February 16
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-02-16 14:00:00 2025-02-16 15:00:00 America/Denver 12 Minutes Max Local artists perform or present short works in a variety of media, including music, dance, film, and spoken word. Held the third Sunday of each month. Main Library - Auditorium

Main Library

Auditorium

Local artists perform or present short works in a variety of media, including music, dance, film, and spoken word. Held the third Sunday of each month.

This is a special 12 Minutes Max guest-curated by Yardwork Presents! Three original pieces, each lasting 12 minutes or less, will be followed by a brief Q&A session with the artists. This program is modeled after 12 Minutes Max, a performance laboratory originated by On the Boards in Seattle.



Briana Gillet is a French-American artist and musician with a doctorate in Trumpet Performance from the University of Utah based in Salt Lake City, Utah. A fervent advocate for interdisciplinary collaboration, Briana seeks to create transformative performances that redefine how audiences and performers experience music and the arts in cross-medium. Briana is a founding member of the Bridger Brass Quintet and performs with NYC-based Chrysalis Rock Orchestra. In 2023, Briana competed in the National Trumpet Competition's Graduate Solo division. As a member of the Bridger Brass Quintet, she also performed as a guest artist at the 2019 International Women's Brass Conference and achieved national recognition as a finalist in the 2018 MTNA Chamber Music Competition.

The project integrates music, circus arts, and cinematography into a live performance setting, serving as an artistic platform for environmental activism. It highlights the impact of the drying of the Great Salt Lake and features selections from Meg Bowles' Places Where Rivers Meet written for trumpet and pre-recorded synth. Collaborators include: Briana Gillet (trumpet/director), Carina Gillet (circus artist), Sean Bartholomew (videographer/editor), Erik Klein (videographer), Alan Chapin (juggler/flow artist).



Ryan Ross will be presenting his film, Armilla. This film is a screendance abstraction of a section of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, filmed beneath the water pipes rising from the ground in City Creek Canyon, featuring recordings of these municipal infrastructures, the creek, and its falls.

Ryan is a gently experimental interdisciplinary artist based in Salt Lake City, UT. He holds a BA in Media Arts Production from Emerson College and an MFA from the University of Utah in Film and Media Arts. Ryan has been a go to documentarian for much of the movement arts scene in Salt Lake City. His documentary Night Audit premiered at True/False Film Festival in Columbia, MO in 2024.



Signpost (2022) explores the profound effect one can have on another’s life, and the lasting effects of being forever changed. A heartfelt reminder that human interactions are simultaneously indications of where we are and also where we are going. Conceived and re-staged by freelance artist LeGrande Lolo, and performed by Shain Salmon and Cassidy Blackham.



Yardwork Presents hosts monthly(ish) DIY music and arts programming throughout the Salt Lake Valley. They present exciting, exploratory, and expansive music, movement, installation, etc. performances, pairing international and national touring artists with local artists, often in collaboration. Open Minds, Open Doors, Open Hearts.


12 Minutes Max is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and colleague Paul Reynolds: artist, librarian, and patron of the arts. The 12 Minutes Max program is a curated monthly performance series featuring experimental short works by local artists in many different disciplines, including dance, music, film, and more. Each piece is followed by a Q&A with the artist.  12MM is modeled after the program originated by On the Boards in Seattle.

This event takes place on the third Sunday of each month.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | All Ages | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Performances & Presentations | Music | Arts & Creativity |

Main Library

Phone: 801-524-8200

Hours
Mon, Feb 03 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Feb 04 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Feb 05 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Feb 06 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Feb 07 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Feb 08 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Feb 09 11:00AM to 5:00PM

About the branch

NOTE: The Main Library's Rooftop Terrace is closed for renovations.

Salt Lake City's Main Library, designed by internationally-acclaimed architect Moshe Safdie in conjunction with VCBO Architecture, opened in February 2003 and remains one of the most architecturally unique structures in Utah. This striking 240,000 square-foot structure houses more than 500,000 books and other materials, yet serves as more than just a repository of books and computers. It reflects and engages the city's imagination and aspirations. The structure embraces a public plaza, with shops and services at ground level, reading galleries above, and a 300-seat auditorium.

A multi-level reading area along the Glass Lens at the southern facade of the building looks out onto the plaza with stunning views of the city and Wasatch Mountains beyond. Spiraling fireplaces on four floors resemble a column of flame from the vantage of 200 East and 400 South. The Urban Room between the Library and the Crescent Wall is a space for all seasons, generously endowed with daylight and open to magnificent views.

Upcoming events

Fri, Feb 07, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Craft Room

Sat, Feb 08, 10:15am - 10:45am
Story Room

Sun, Feb 09, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Story Room

Mon, Feb 10, 10:00am - 11:30am

Mon, Feb 10, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Story Room

Tue, Feb 11, 10:15am - 11:00am
Story Room

Tue, Feb 11, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Level 3 Conference Room

Thu, Feb 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Craft Room

Thu, Feb 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Creative Lab

Thu, Feb 13, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Fri, Feb 14, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Craft Room

Fri, Feb 14, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Creative Lab
This event is full

Sat, Feb 15, 10:15am - 10:45am
Story Room

Sun, Feb 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Story Room

Sun, Feb 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Auditorium

Sun, Feb 16, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Conference Room C

Tue, Feb 18, 10:15am - 11:00am
Story Room

Tue, Feb 18, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Level 3 Conference Room

Thu, Feb 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Craft Room

Thu, Feb 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Thu, Feb 20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Thu, Feb 20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Level 4 Conference Room

Fri, Feb 21, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Creative Lab

Fri, Feb 21, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Craft Room

Sat, Feb 22, 10:15am - 10:45am
Story Room

Sat, Feb 22, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Conference Room B

Sun, Feb 23, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Story Room

Mon, Feb 24, 10:00am - 11:30am

Mon, Feb 24, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Story Room

Tue, Feb 25, 10:15am - 11:00am
Story Room

Tue, Feb 25, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Level 3 Conference Room

Wed, Feb 26, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Story Room

Wed, Feb 26, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Teen Lounge

Thu, Feb 27, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Craft Room

Thu, Feb 27, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Fri, Feb 28, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Craft Room

Fri, Feb 28, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Creative Lab
Registration opens Friday, February 14 2025 at 9:00am

Sat, Mar 01, 10:15am - 10:45am
Story Room

Sat, Mar 01, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Craft Room

Sun, Mar 02, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Story Room

Sun, Mar 02, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Conference Room C

Tue, Mar 04, 10:15am - 11:00am
Story Room

Tue, Mar 04, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Level 3 Conference Room

Thu, Mar 06, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Thu, Mar 06, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Craft Room

Thu, Mar 06, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Level 4 Conference Room

Thu, Mar 06, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Fri, Mar 07, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Craft Room

Fri, Mar 07, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Creative Lab
Registration opens Friday, February 21 2025 at 9:00am

Sat, Mar 08, 10:15am - 10:45am
Story Room

Sun, Mar 09, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Story Room

Sun, Mar 09, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Craft Room