Artist. Researcher. Teacher.
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Events

Show Opening! Four lemons Gallery
Oct
4
to Dec 31

Show Opening! Four lemons Gallery

After 30 years of supporting local artists through the seasonal Utah Art Market shows, we are thrilled to announce the opening of a full-time retail store featuring a diverse selection of handmade goods and fine art. Thank you to all the artists and collectors who have been with us throughout this amazing journey, we can’t wait to see where this goes!

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 38th Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah
Oct
16
to Jan 8

38th Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah

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The Springville Museum of Art invites all Utah artists to enter this exhibition which celebrates the diversity of religious experience and belief in our community. Using different media to express these ideas, artist create works that will engage and inspire viewers to contemplate and reflect on the vibrant spiritual traditions we share.

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BYU Alumni Magazine: Conversations with Himself
Nov
5
1:00 PM13:00

BYU Alumni Magazine: Conversations with Himself

Son of a writer and a dancer, with brothers in music and photography, artist, arts advocate, and art mentor James M. Rees (BFA ’89) found his own art and got a degree in drawing at BYU. He followed that up with an MFA in printmaking from the University of Arizona. His mentorship by BYU art faculty inspired him to provide the same for others, teaching high school art for 30 years and becoming a commissioner of the National Art Education Association. Rees sees art as a way of communicating and connecting as well as a path of inquiry—“a conversation with myself that I share with others,” he says. “Good teaching and good art-making, I think, are just being true to yourself and then trying to be honest with others.”

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Art show & jazz
Oct
11
5:30 PM17:30

Art show & jazz

Start time: 7:30pm

So you want Utah Jazz? Wish granted! We're thrilled to present Triology, a jazz trio featuring Derek Coombs (keys/organ), Sam Handley (guitar), and Jacob Ward (drums). Warning: This concert isn't suitable for people who are allergic to groove. 

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NEA Art Works Podcast
Sep
10
to Oct 30

NEA Art Works Podcast

We’re celebrating National Arts in Education week with James Rees, an accomplished visual artist and arts educator who has spent decades advocating for the importance of arts education. Rees talks about his early inspirations, his time at Brigham Young University, and his unexpected path to teaching. He emphasizes the need for student-centered learning in the arts and the importance of allowing students to find their own creative voices through critical thinking and exploration. Rees also shares how his own studio practice informs his teaching and how failure is an essential part of the creative process. And we touch upon his upcoming show at Wisconsin’s Trout Museum of Art.

Rees also discusses the significance of mentorship, providing young artists with opportunities to engage with professionals and showcase their work in public spaces. Rees reflects on his leadership roles, including his advocacy work for the arts at the local, state, and national levels; his times as panelist for the NEA; and how these efforts have impacted both arts education and the wider arts community. This conversation offers an exploration of the impact of art education on students’ lives and the transformative power of making and sharing art. 

Let us know what you think about Art Works—email us at artworkspod@arts.gov. And follow us on Apple Podcasts.

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The Lesser Chaos
Aug
8
to Aug 13

The Lesser Chaos

The Lesser Chaos” is a celebration of Abstract Art and all the exciting and unexpected forms it takes. This group exhibition showcases the work of 33 local artists, providing an opportunity for us to develop our relationship with modern abstract art by experiencing in-person the many wildly different mediums being explored by this diverse group of talented artists. By pushing the boundaries and definitions of what we perceive abstract art to be, these artists encourage the viewer to embrace the intangible. They dare you to feel the energy and motion of an expressionist gesture, to engage with the radical act of creation through risk and lawlessness and the unconscious mind, to look beyond the decorative act of reproduction and allow the glorious spirit of abstraction to inspire some reflection. What is reality? What is abstraction? In the unbridled chaos that is the year 2024, is it so crazy to choose the latter?

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100th Annual Spring Salon
Apr
27
to Jul 6

100th Annual Spring Salon

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We received a record-breaking 1,450 entries resulting in one of our most competitive juries to date. Please read our director's full thoughts on the jury process in her letter linked below. We are so grateful for each of you and for your participation. We love working with you.

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Presentation @ UAEA
Mar
7
to Mar 9

Presentation @ UAEA

  • UAEA Spring Conference 2024 March 8-9thGrand County High School (map)
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We need your expertise! We are looking for individuals to present on our theme Balancing the A.R.T.S.

A.R.T.S. stands for:

  • Artist

  • Researcher

  • Teacher

  • Student

You may submit multiple proposals, but only two will be chosen per presenter (you can choose to only do one).  You will be notified by email on or around January 15th with the proposed schedule for the conference.

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WORKSHOP @State Arts Agency Arts Education Managers
Nov
7
6:00 PM18:00

WORKSHOP @State Arts Agency Arts Education Managers

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Through a cooperative agreement with the National Endowment for the Arts, NASAA is able to offer a $500 travel stipend to each state to assist its state arts agency arts education manager’s travel costs for the PDI. States are strongly encouraged to make every effort to support full participation by their arts education managers.

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37th ANNUAL SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS ART OF UTAH
Oct
12
to Jan 11

37th ANNUAL SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS ART OF UTAH

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It is truly an honor to host the 37th Annual Spiritual and Religious Exhibition. Once again, we had a record-breaking number of entries at 657.  Our jurors expressed their pleasure with the wide range of diversity and spiritual representation. We acknowledge the vulnerability it takes to enter such an exhibition with your personal feelings and experiences on display. We thank all the artists who entered for trusting us with your art and allowing us to share in its beauty. 

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Household Gods & Sacred places
Oct
6
to Oct 28

Household Gods & Sacred places

Artists James Rees, Adam Thomas an Rebekah Klundt examine everyday objects which they have deeply personal and spiritual connections to. The everyday objects have served as metaphors for the sacred places and these objects have punctuated important moments in these artists creative lives. 

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