SPIRAL JETTY, UT

I flew to Utah Spiral Jetty airstrip to check on the condition of the airstrip. I found holes and ruts. It appears large equipment has been there making a mess.

Flying around the Ogden Utah mountains before the sun sets.

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Jim flying Kitfox N990TT on the maiden flight at Sandy River 03S departing on 26

Spiral Jetty is the crowning achievement in the art career of Robert Smithson and one of the most important works of art in Utah.

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One of Utah's most striking and unusual sites is getting renewed attention in the new Spiral Jetty Encyclopedia. It's about the world famous sculpture at the north end of the Great Salt Lake. Science and Nature Specialist John Hollenhorst has visited the giant artwork many times and gives a special bird's-eye view.

Aired: 01/26/2018 at 6:00 p.m.

We flew out to some of the most beautiful airstrips in Southern Utah, Dirty Devil and Happy Canyon.

Join historian Hikmet Loe and scientist Jaimi Butler for an asynchronous excursion to and an enlightening conversation about Utah's most famous land art, the Spiral Jetty.

Step 1: Check out this trailer with our two scholars discussing the history and science behind the spiral jetty: https://youtu.be/I443Uk-nYj8
Step 2: Plan and go on your trip to the spiral jetty!
Here is an online resource for you to prepare: https://tipsforfamilytrips.com/spiral-jetty/
Step 3: Join Hikmet Loe and Jaimi Butler on Wednesday, February 3 to discussion the history and science behind the Spiral Jetty.

Hikmet Sidney Loe is an educator, writer, and curator whose work examines the changeable nature of the earth and addresses our perceptual and cultural constructs of the land. Her first book, The Spiral Jetty Encyclo: Exploring Robert Smithson's Earthwork through Time and Place (2017, The University of Utah Press and Tanner Trust Fund, J. Willard Marriott Library) delves into Robert Smithson’s regional concerns in creating his earthwork. It won the 15 Bytes Book Award for Art Book in 2018 and was a finalist for the Utah State Historical Society Best Book Award.

Jaimi Butler is the coordinator of the Great Salt Lake Institute, housed at Westminster College. Despite the Great Salt Lakes' reputation for being inhospitable, Jaimi fell in love with the lake and made it her place. Over the past 20 years, Jaimi has helped increase knowledge and shape perceptions of the Lake through work in the private sector, government, and academia. Jaimi can barely remember a time when she was not using airplanes, boats, four-wheelers, airboats, and stand-up paddle boards to get around one of Utah's most amazing ecosystems. She is the co-author of a children’s book about the lake and co-edited the first book devoted entirely to the biology of Great Salt Lake with Dr. Bonnier Baxter.

Bibliographical Resources:
- Great Salt Lake Biology: A Terminal Lake in a Time of Change: https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030403515
- The GREAT Great Salt Lake Monster Mystery: https://www.gslsaltysirens.com/.../the-great-great-salt...
- The Spiral Jetty Encyclo: https://uofupress.lib.utah.edu/the-spiral-jetty-encyclo/
- Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings:
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520203853/robert-smithson
- Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty: https://www.diaart.org/.../exhibition-and-collection...
- Great Salt Lake: An Overview of Change: https://www.utahmapstore.com/.../great-salt-lake-an...

This event is part of Think Water Utah, a statewide collaboration and conversation on the critical topic of water presented by Utah Humanities and its partners. For more information on events throughout the state, see www.utahhumanities.org

This event is made possible with support from Utah Department of Heritage and Arts, Utah Humanities, The Great Salt Lake Institute at Westminster College

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