We like to think of Salt Lake as a big small town. It's got great big city perks but a liveability and a tight knit feel more fitting of a place with a far smaller population than the Wasatch front. One of our favorite big city amenities is the Salt Lake Art Center. This local organization has been bringing cutting edge art exhibitions to Salt Lake City for more years than we can count. The Art Center is nestled right downtown on West Temple next to Symphony Hall. Their space is gorgeous and going there can do a pretty convincing job of making you feel like you are gallery strolling in NYC's Chelsea or some other hip locale. The Art Center has been one of our favorite clients for many years. We've been lucky enough to work with them on creating memorable and delicious annual galas since 2005. We always appreciate their willingness to get out of the box and let us play with creative display concepts and menus that will wow the crowd and make their phenomenal gallery space pop. This party was traditionally a sit down, black tie affair and one of our biggest annual organizational and food feats to pull off. We've come to love the challenge and putting our Blended Table stamp on this gig.The Art Center gala draws a distinguished and fun loving crowd and we like to think our food, wine, and creative gusto play a big part in helping people enjoy the event. We thought it would be fun to highlight some of our past concepts from the last few years and watch how we've evolved with the needs and changing themes of one of our best clients. It's pretty apparent that the space completely transforms each year, right? 
This year was a fun departure in that the event was predominantly staged in a large outdoor tent. It felt light, airy, and completely summery; perfect for the first true warm summery night we've had all season. The two sided buffet area was the focal point of the tent, both because the food looked so gorgeous and colorful, and because of the eye-popping coral branch installation suspended above it. The branches made quite a statement and only snagged a few coiffed hair dos! And in case you can't take your eyes off those enormous and gorgeous coral flowers in many of this years shots, they are peonies, the queen mother of all flowers in our opinion, flown in and timed just right to be in all their glory for this one special night. Aren't they phenomenal? Thanks to our shop-mate and favorite floral design company, Decoration, for making that kind of floral perfection happen on a regular basis. No matter how great the art, it's hard to top mother nature and a good dose of delicious food...Until next year, Salt Lake Art Center!
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