Marcia Price received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her many years of support for the arts in Utah.

The UMFA is delighted to announce that Alisa McCusker has joined the UMFA staff as senior curator. 

The UMFA is one of nine American art museums chosen to launch a new series of arts programs aimed at museum audiences who are 55 years of age and older. 

Heartfelt thanks and bittersweet farewell to Whitney Tassie as she wraps up a high-impact ten-year curatorial career at the UMFA this summer 2022. Whitney’s thoughtful leadership and collaborative practice have helped evolve our ways of working and led directly to increased community engagement and a greater diversity of artists in collections and exhibitions.  

The award recognizes individuals and entities that work, often behind the scenes and with little fanfare, to help our community prosper.

Katie Seastrand, manager of school and teacher programs, has been named Utah Museum Educator of the Year. Seastrand received the award Saturday, March 26, at the Utah Art Education Association (UAEA)’s Spring Conference held online. 

The Elizabeth Farran Tozer and W. James Tozer, Jr. Endowment for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts will provide funding in perpetuity to support special exhibitions consistent with the mission, vision and core values of the UMFA.

Thirty-five works by Chiura Obata, one of the most significant Japanese American artists of the twentieth century, are now in the permanent collection of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) at the University of Utah—thanks to a generous gift from the Obata estate. 

Explore the tensions, histories, and myths that shape our experiences of the world in Space

Hear original musical compositions created by U School of Music students and see the works of art that inspired them.

$80,000 Award Will Support Art Exhibition on Air and Air Quality.