A Q&A with the Artists of Roots Art Kollective
In 2020, many artists created murals across Salt Lake City in response to the global pandemic and racial injustice. These […]
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Dive deeper into the history of the art on view, explore the behind-the-scenes workings of the Museum, and get down to the heart of it all with this monthly blog from the Utah Museum of Fine Arts! Explore topics like:
Some Books I Think of When I Look at Art
Veronica Montes, UMFA Art Ambassador One of my favorite pastimes is wandering in art museums. I delight in seeing various thoughts, ideas, […]
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Anna Campbell Bliss
By Emma Ryder, UMFA Director of Marketing and Communications What is that happy pattern of concentric squares beckoning visitors across […]
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Moving from the Periphery
By Sabita Bastakoti, University of Utah student and curatorial internand Whitney Tassie, senior curator This spring UMFA staff installed a special contemporary […]
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From Harlem to Utah: Stories of Blackness | Leslie D. Pippen
I’m Leslie D. Pippen, an experimental concepts artist originally from East Texas who has lived in Utah for 20 years. […]
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From Harlem to Utah: Stories of Blackness | Matthew Sketch
Hi, my name is Matthew Sketch and I’m an artist from Houston, Texas. As I gaze at Kehinde Wiley’s Conspicuous […]
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From Harlem to Utah: Stories of Blackness | James Jackson, III
Hi, my name is James Jackson, III, founder of the Utah Black Chamber in Salt Lake City, Utah. Hurdle after […]
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From Harlem to Utah: Stories of Blackness | Ruth Gooden
Hi, my name is Ruth Gooden and I’m a docent at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts from Park City, […]
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From Harlem to Utah: Stories of Blackness | Alexandra Barbier
Hello, my name is Alexandra Barbier and I’m a dance artist and educator living in Salt Lake City, Utah. I don’t love […]
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From Harlem to Utah: Stories of Blackness | Meligha Garfield
Hi, I’m Meligha Garfield and I’m the director of the Black Cultural Center at the University of Utah. This artwork […]
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