At the heart of it all

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UMFA Events
Supporting Artists at Every Age and Stage
A one-stop shop to browse UMFA resources for arts educators, hobbyists, emerging artists, families, and you!
A group of young students sit on the floor, listening to a docent.
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UMFA Collections
Everybody’s Cool: The New UMFA Portrait Hall
Senior curator, Alisa McCusker's guide to the new Portrait Hall at the Utah Museum of Fine Art and the history of portraiture.
A portrait of a white woman in an gold oval frame.
A large room with wooden floors and huge colorful murals on the white walls.
Stories Behind the Art
From Here on Out: Saying Goodbye
Saying thank you and goodbye to the murals in the Great Hall.
A large room with wooden floors and huge colorful murals on the white walls.
A black and white photograph of a group of people hiking over a glacier.
UMFA Collections
Crossing the Sea of Glass: Photography & the Birth of Modern Tourism
An investigative look at a travel album belonging to artist C.H. Turner and a photo inside "Traversee de la Mer de Glace, Chamonix".
A black and white photograph of a group of people hiking over a glacier.
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UMFA Events
Art on the Move
Construction and new galleries at a glance. 2025 marks a year of change for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts as we transform and reimagine our gallery spaces to better serve the works in our collection, and you, our visitors!
The exterior of the UMFA, students walk past the building.
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Behind the Scenes
Haunted UMFA: A Beast in the Museum
A super scary look at Halloween happenings at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts! What objects are haunted, who's seen ghosts, and what creature was spotted at the UMFA this year?
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A portrait of Renée Green
UMFA Events
Artist Spotlight: Renée Green
On the back, Green describes herself in a wry third-person character profile saying, “The character is often visibly detectable as a female with brown skin and dredlocks [sic]. She was born in the U.S. and speaks English as her native tongue, but she studied French and in brief exchanges can seem to be from some French speaking place... She’s been asked at various times and in various places whether she’s from Martinique, Puerto Rico, Guyana, Jamaica, some island near Venezuela, Paris, London, and New York... She is from the Metropolis, in her case New York.”
A portrait of Renée Green
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Community
STEAM and the UMFA
How does the Utah Museum of Fine Arts support STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) learning in Utah?
Two concrete tunnels line up with the setting sun. A person sits silhouetted between the two tunnels surrounded by warm orange light.
A family explores a gallery at UMFA with provided family backpacks to enhance their experience.
Community
Sensory Bags Enhance Visits to Utah Museums
What are "sensory bags" or "family backpacks" at the Natural History Museum of Utah and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts?
A family explores a gallery at UMFA with provided family backpacks to enhance their experience.
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Art History
Pow! Whoosh! Fine Art?

By J. Attridge, UMFA communications coordinator

 

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