The artists and families tied to soon-to-be-demolished Salt Lake City murals depicting people slain by police diverge on how best to preserve their legacy. The post Mourn the Dead, Fight for the Living: How Should Salt Lake City’s Fleet Block Murals Be Commemorated? appeared first on Southwest Contemporary ..read more

In Memory presents the work of twenty-one artists who excavate the archives of remembrance to reveal how humans document, distort, and cling to the past. The post How Do We Remember? How Do We Forget? <i>In Memory</i> Explores Remembrance Through Body and Mind appeared first on Southwest Contemporary ..read more

Together, Blue Grass, Green Skies and Photo-Secession present a unique dialogue between painting and photography in new Salt Lake City exhibitions. On view through December 29, 2024. The post Concurrent Exhibitions at the UMFA Highlight Impressionism and Photography’s Mutual Influence appeared first on Southwest Contemporary ..read more

In the Shadow of the Wall at the Kimball Art Center offers poignant and playful perspectives on the border wall, beyond political controversy. The post Asserting the Humanity Behind Border Politics through Play and PDA at the Kimball Center appeared first on Southwest Contemporary ..read more

At Ogden Contemporary Arts, artists share stories of resilience in the face of climate change. On view through October 13, 2024, in Ogden, Utah. The post <i>FEMA Artworks: Climate Resiliency, Photography and Storytelling</i> at Ogden Contemporary Arts appeared first on Southwest Contemporary ..read more

The Utah Division of Arts & Museums proudly presents the 2024 Utah Artist Fellowship Recipients, awarded for their artistic excellence. Holly Rios, Women Who Refuse to Refuse to Look, 2022-23, screen-print installation (dimensions vary, eight hundred forty-five 12 x 18 in. screen prints). Photo: Amelia Walchi. Utah Artist Fellowships: Celebrating Creativity in the Beehive StateUtah Division of Arts & Museums, Utah The Utah Division of Arts & Museums has been supporting Utah artists since the agency’s founding in 1899. A large part of that support is the Utah Artist Fellowship, one ..read more

Growing from the halls of a high school to the walls of its own museum, storied exhibition series the Spring Salon helped transform a small Utah town into “Art City.” Spring Salon unveiling assembly circa 1925. Courtesy Springville Museum of Art. The 2024 Spring Salon at the Springville Museum of Art received 1,450 submissions to its annual show, breaking their own record—and it makes sense, because this is a big year. Despite its home in a tiny corner of Utah County south of Provo, with a population of just over 35,000, the Springville Museum of Art carries an impressively expansive collectio ..read more

While incarcerated in a remote camp in the Utah desert, a circle of World War II-era Japanese American artists founded an art school.  Miné Okubo, Wind and Dust, 1943, opaque watercolor on paperboard, 19 x 24 in. Collection Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase. MOAB, UT — Museums across Utah are reflecting on the dark history of Japanese American incarceration camps in the state by showcasing a collection of art created by prisoners detained at the Topaz War Relocation Center in Delta, Utah. Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the federal government incarcerated o ..read more

María del Mar González-González, a Utah-based curator, bolsters artist voices that are too often relegated to the fringes of discussions about Latinx art. María del Mar González-González. Courtesy the curator. Utah-based independent curator María del Mar González-González approaches her work with a penchant for community connection. In the process, González-González, a Weber State University art history professor with a specialty in Caribbean and United States Latinx art, provides Utah’s art scene with a soundboard for marginalized voices as well as compelling shows that spark conversation abo ..read more

The Center Can Not Hold—curated by Hikmet Sidney Loe and featuring works by Anne Mooney, John Sparano, and Hannah Vaughn—explores the varied meanings of holding space through architecture. The Center Can Not Hold, installation view, 2022, Granary Arts. Courtesy Granary Arts. The Center Can Not HoldOctober 12, 2022–January 20, 2023 Granary Arts, Ephraim, Utah We must consider how our everyday lives are cradled by the containers produced through both architecture and organic material. The apartment building holds my studio; at the center of my studio, I exist. Meanwhile, my skin creates a shelte ..read more