The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) at the University of Utah is thrilled to announce that Katie Seastrand, UMFA’s manager of school and teacher programs, has been awarded the 2023 Pacific Region Museum Education Art Educator Award by the National Art Education Association.

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) at the University of Utah is delighted to announce that Emily Lawhead has joined the UMFA staff as associate curator of modern and contemporary art.

$5 million endowment will support UMFA executive director position The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) at the University of Utah (the U) has received a $5 million gift from […]

A groundbreaking, nationally touring exhibition re-examining the American West through modern and contemporary art is coming to Salt Lake City in early 2023.

Research, Awards, and Conservation Grants awarded to the UMFA.

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) at the University of Utah is delighted to announce that Alisa McCusker has joined the UMFA staff as senior curator.  Alisa McCusker, UMFA […]

E.A. Michelson Philanthropy has launched the Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums with grants to nine prominent art museums and a Request for Proposals for grants of up to $250,000 to support […]

A Fond Farewell to Whitney Tassie: 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 […]

Bank of America award will support conservation of Chiura Obata screen For Release June 30, 2022 Kimi Hill, granddaughter of Japanese-American artist Chiura Obata, with Two Running Horses, a 1932 four-panel […]

UMFA Executive Director Gretchen Dietrich was honored with an Informed Decision Maker Award from the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute on April 22. The award recognizes individuals […]