At the heart of it all

In 2020, many artists created murals across Salt Lake City in response to the global pandemic and racial injustice. These public works reflect our city’s pain and frustration but also our hopes and demands for a better future. In an attempt to extend these conversations, the UMFA partnered with several muralists for the 2020: From here on out exhibition in the Museum’s G. W. Anderson Family Great Hall. 

In 2020, many artists created murals across Salt Lake City in response to the global pandemic and racial injustice. These public works reflect our city’s pain and frustration but also our hopes and demands for a better future. In an attempt to extend these conversations, the UMFA partnered with several muralists for the 2020: From here on out exhibition. 

In 2020, many artists created murals across Salt Lake City in response to the global pandemic and racial injustice. These public works reflect our city’s pain and frustration but also our hopes and demands for a better future. In an attempt to extend these conversations, the UMFA partnered with several muralists for the 2020: From here on out exhibition.

By Emma Ryder

What is that happy pattern of concentric squares beckoning visitors across the University of Utah campus to visit the Utah Museum of Fine Arts? The bright patterns are from a screen print series in the UMFA permanent collection titled Series III, Spectrum Squared, Variations (1973) by beloved Utah artist Anna Campbell Bliss (1925–2015). This series of seven prints is rotating through the UMFA’s modern and contemporary gallery this year and is featured on many promotional materials.