At the heart of it all

Hear James Jackson, III's audio recording on how I got over (2011) by Henry Taylor.

Hi, my name is James Jackson, III, founder of the Utah Black Chamber in Salt Lake City, Utah.  

Hurdle after hurdle. Obstacle after obstacle. Barrier after barrier. Yet, we as a people, we got over. That’s what this picture says to me.  

Hear Ruth Gooden's audio recording on Portrait of a Young Musician (1970) by Beauford Delaney.

Hi, my name is Ruth Gooden and I’m a docent at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts from Park City, Utah.  

Hear Alexandra Barbier's audio recording on Repugnant Rapunzel (Let Down Your Hair) by Chakaia Booker.

Hello, my name is Alexandra Barbier and I’m a dance artist and educator living in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hear Leslie D. Pippen's audio recording on Moussakoo by Tom Lloyd.

I’m Leslie D. Pippen, an experimental concepts artist originally from East Texas who has lived in Utah for 20 years.

If you type in any search engine for early light artist, chances are you won’t find Tom Lloyd. Amazingly, Tom Lloyd’s solo exhibition in 1968 of light works launched the Studio Museum of Harlem into an international art institution.

Monique Ho Ching—advocate, future curator, community activist, lover of shoes, and proud Art Ambassador at the UMFA

by Alana Wolf, collections research curator

Julia Huddleston, graduate student, Department of History, College of Humanities

The Fellowship in Collections Engagement in part of “Landscape, Land Art and the American West,” a joint initiative between the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the J. Willard Marriott Library sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This award fosters innovative, collections-based scholarship and creativity while highlighting the strengths of the UMFA’s and Marriott’s collections.

 Emily Larsen, graduate student, Department of History, College of Humanities

The Fellowship in Collections Engagement in part of “Landscape, Land Art and the American West,” a joint initiative between the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the J. Willard Marriott Library sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This award fosters innovative, collections-based scholarship and creativity while highlighting the strengths of the UMFA’s and Marriott’s collections.

Cody Fitzgerald, China Mauck, Rebecca Hardenbrook, graduate students in the Department of Math, College of Science, and Kiki Karahalios, graduate student in the Department of Art & Art History in the College of Fine Arts

The Fellowship in Collections Engagement in part of “Landscape, Land Art and the American West,” a joint initiative between the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the J. Willard Marriott Library sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Samyak Shertok, PhD student in Creative Writing, Department of English, College of Humanities

The Fellowship in Collections Engagement in part of “Landscape, Land Art and the American West,” a joint initiative between the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the J. Willard Marriott Library sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This award fosters innovative, collections-based scholarship and creativity while highlighting the strengths of the UMFA’s and Marriott’s collections.