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The U Shines at the 2023-24 UAEA Awards

The Department of Art & Art History was prominently featured at the Utah Art Education...

New Exhibition, Featuring Prof. Al Denyer, Explores the Great Salt Lake

Nestled in the south side of the Bouge Foundry is the contemporary art space Modern...

New Exhibition by Prof. Xi Zhang

Painting and Drawing Professor Xi Zhang opens a new solo exhibition, Double Reflection, at MARC STRAUS...

Saying Goodbye to Emeritus Prof. Sam Wilson

Sadly, the Department of Art and Art History said goodbye to one of our own...

Prof. V. Kim Martinez Receives 2024-25 Presidential Societal Impact Scholars Award

The Department of Art & Art History congratulates our chairperson Prof. V. Kim Martinez on...

Art History Prof. Elena Shtromberg Publishes Book

Congratulations to Prof. Elena Shtromberg and the publication of her new book, Encounters in Video...

Art Teaching Professor Josh Graham's Latest Publication

Assistant Professor Josh Graham's most recent manuscript, titled "Artists at the Museum," was published in...

Congratulations, Photo & Digital Imaging Professor Jaclyn Wright!

Assistant Professor Jaclyn Wright has an image from her series High Visibility (Blaze Orange) included...

Students and Faculty Shine at the Salt Lake Design AIGA 100 Show

Congratulations to the University of Utah Faculty, Students, and Alumni for such a strong showing...

New BFA emphasis in Book Arts

Starting this spring 2024 semester, you can now earn your BFA with an emphasis in...

Professor Beth Krensky in Cyprus and Ephraim

Professor Beth Krensky is a rather busy artist at the moment. As well as her...

Professor Ed Bateman on Photography Podcast

If you have been lucky to take a class from Professor Ed Bateman, you know...

Emeritus Professor Angelo Caravaglia on Fox13

Local news station Fox13 did a story about Emeritus Professor Angelo Caravaglia (1925-2008). The article...

Sculpture Intermedia Faculty Moses Williams exhibits work in Germany

Moses Williams, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Sculpture Intermedia, traveled to Munich, Germany this summer for...

Art Teaching Faculty Josh Graham wins Emerging Scholar Award

Art Teaching Assistant Professor Josh Graham won an Emerging Scholar Award at the 18th International...

BFA Student Pablo Cruz-Ayala Awarded Art Residency and Exhibition this Summer

Painting & Drawing BFA student Pablo Cruz-Ayala was awarded an artist residency at the Leonardo...

Beth Krensky & Wendy Wischer at Kimball Art Center

Art Teaching Professor Beth Krensky and Sculpture Intermedia Associate Professor Wendy Wischer show recent work...

Painting & Drawing Faculty Kim Martinez & Xi Zhang in Modern West Group Show

Department Chair and Painting & Drawing Professor V. Kim Martinez and Painting & Drawing Assistant...

MFA Alumna Kristina Hines Artwork on view in Provost's Office

From graduating with a degree in biology from Princeton University to receiving a Master of...

New Online Version of Art History Minor Launches this Fall

We're pleased to announce the launch of the new online version of the Art History...

Construction in the Art & Art History Building

*Pardon the Dust* We’re busy making two new classrooms and improving student areas! Please be...

Painting & Drawing Professor John Erickson at Phillips Gallery

Painting & Drawing Professor John Erickson opens a new exhibition at Phillips Gallery on June...

Mary Lois Wheatley Presidential Endowed Chair Announced

The Mary Lois Wheatley Presidential Endowed Chair in Art and Art History was announced at...

Art History Professor Elena Shtromberg to discuss Latin American Video Art at VIVO Media Arts Centre

Art History Professor Elena Shtromberg will discuss Latin American Video Art at an event at...

Ceramics Professor Brian Snapp Retires

Professor Brian Snapp has left an indelible mark on the Department of Art & Art...

BFA Student Adah Bennion awarded Rolapp Scholarship

Congratulations to Adah Lee Bennion, the 2023 Rolapp award recipient.  The Rolapp Committee, in collaboration with the Rolapp family, is unanimous...

BFA Student Pablo Cruz-Ayala's UROP Research wins Awards and Upcoming Exhibition

Congratulations to BFA student Pablo Cruz-Ayala, who was awarded an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)...

UofU Art faculty and alumni among 2023 Utah Artist Fellowship Recipients

Congratulations to Assistant Professors Henry Becker and Jaclyn Wright, MFA alumnus Kylie Millward, and former...

Sara Serratos' GODALUPE selected for F&MAD Spring Showcase

GODALUPE, a short film by MFA student Sara Serratos, has been selected for the Silent...

Meet Diana Tran, 2023 College of Fine Arts Convocation Speaker

Diana Tran Pronouns: She/Her Majored in: Graphic Design Hometown: West Valley City, Utah Three words...

Art History major Avery Greig named CFA Outstanding Senior

The College of Fine Arts is delighted to present the 2023 Outstanding Seniors from each...

Art History Visiting Scholar in Marriott Library Special Collections

Art Historian Alexa Sand recently visited the University of Utah campus to present her lecture...

Sara Serratos at Finch Lane Gallery

Sara Serratos opens Mystic tongues and ears struggle with our structured brain at Finch Lane Gallery, Salt...

Adah Bennion Solo BFA Exhibition

Sculpture Intermedia student Adah Bennion invites you to the artist reception for her solo BFA...

Al Denyer & Jaclyn Wright at Kimball Art Center

Painting & Drawing Associate Professor Al Denyer and Photography & Digital Imaging Assistant Professor Jaclyn...

Why Should U Care About the Gondola Event

Why Should U Care About the Gondola is an event put on by the University of...

Art Teaching Club recognized at Annual RSO Award Ceremony

Congratulations to the Art Teaching Club! Last week the club was recognized as an Exemplary...

Return Inaugural Exhibition featured on PBS Utah & 15 Bytes

Watch the feature about the Return Inaugural Exhibition in the new Gittins Gallery on PBS...

Professor Xi Zhang's 'Exit: Childtown' at GOCA, Colorado Springs

Painting & Drawing Assistant Professor Xi Zhang opens a new exhibition, EXIT: Childtown, at the...

Professor Beth Krensky performs at the Arte Laguna Prize Exhibition, Venice

Art Teaching Professor Beth Krensky performed her piece, “Dispatch from Solitude #1: Walking the Unknown...

Art History Professor Elena Shtromberg discusses new book at Society of Contemporary Art Historians event

Art History Professor Elena Shtromberg was recently invited to speak at a Society of Contemporary...

Lowe Connects: Reflecting Hope with Wendy Wischer & Lance Fung

Join visual artist, Wendy Wischer in conversation with Curator Lance Fung in our monthly Lowe...

Art History MA student to present research at Graduate Symposium

Congratulations to Art History MA student Alberta Madrid, who will present her paper Reframing Borders...

Art Students named Healing Art Exhibit Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Healing Art Exhibit hosted by the University Counseling...

Provost's Office showcases artwork by MFA student Marissa Strickland

If blooming where you are planted was a literal possibility, Marissa Strickland’s art is the...

"Return", Inaugural Exhibition in the new Gittins Gallery

On March 13, 2023, the University of Utah Department of Art & Art History will...

Sculpture Professor Moses Williams named Artist-in-Residence at UMOCA

Congratulations to Moses Williams, Assistant Professor in Sculpture Intermedia, named Artist-in-Residence at Utah Museum of...

2023 Student Art Exhibition Call for Entries

 ELIGIBILITY All currently enrolled U of U UNDERGRADUATE ART & GRAPHIC DESIGN - MAJORS &...

Wendy Wischer sculpture installation at The Lowe Art Museum

Sculpture Intermedia Associate Professor Wendy Wischer opens her sculpture installation, Reflecting Hope, at The Lowe...

Professor Beth Krensky selected as a finalist for the 16th Arte Laguna Prize

University of Utah Art & Art History Professor Beth Krensky has been selected as a Finalist for the...

Art History Professor Elena Shtromberg publishes book on Video in Latin America

Art History Professor Elena Shtromberg with co-editor Glenn Phillips published the volume Encounters in Video...

Sylvia Ramachandran Skeen solo exhibition at the Weight Room Gallery

MFA Alum and Adjunct Professor Sylvia Ramachandran Skeen will show new work in her solo...

Professor Beth Krensky at the Bernard Heller Museum in NYC

“TZEDEK BOXES: JUSTICE SHALL YOU PURSUE”: Artists imagine a new Jewish ritual object at the...

Jaclyn Wright wins Unseen-GOST Books Publishing Award

Jaclyn Wright, Associate Professor of Photography & Digital Imaging, is the winner of the inaugural...

Wendy Wischer's 'In Search of Blue Sky' on UTA buses and TRAX

Keep an eye out for Associate Professor Wendy Wischer's new public artwork on UTA buses...

ArtsForce Interview with Art Director, Muralist & Graphic Design Alumnus Douglas Wilson

By Andrea Whipple This semester has been one of growth for me, and a time...

Lenka Konopasek unveils 'Warm Embrace' at Eccles Theater

Painting & Drawing faculty Lenka Konopasek unveiled “Warm Embrace” at Eccles Theater last month in the...

U of U Art students, alumni & faculty in the Statewide Annual Utah '22 Exhibition

Big applause for BFA student Nakita Shelley, alum Laura Mason, and former Morales fellow Horacio...

Visit the Department of Art & Art History Holiday Sale!

Stop by the Department of Art & Art History Holiday Sale in Gittins Gallery for...

See U Art Students, Alumni, and Faculty in November Gallery Stroll

Heading out for gallery stroll this Friday? Stop by these exhibitions to see work from...

"Intuitive Survey”: Reilly Jensen’s Community-based art education exploration

I came to the MFA in Community-based Art Education (CBAE) program as an archaeologist-turned-spy. My mission was...

A Sense of Place Exhibition on view at Utah Cultural Celebration Center

A Sense of Place, an exhibition of work is the culmination of a 16-week project from...

Painting and Drawing Professor Al Denyer at SECAC

Professor of Painting and Drawing Al Denyer recently attended the annual SECAC conference in Baltimore,...

Associate Professor Wendy Wischer's "Written on the Wind" travels with NHMU exhibition

In March 2020, the Natural History Museum of Utah was in the middle of an...

Check out these spring classes in the Department of Art & Art History!

ART/PHOTO 3730: Photographic Studio meets Tues/Thurs 12:25-3:20pm with Professor Jaclyn Wright. This class is dedicated...

Book Arts' Emily Tipps at Finch Lane Gallery

Emily Tipps, Program Manager in the Marriott Library’s Book Arts Program and owner of High5 Press,...

Professor Wendy Wischer named Newell Fellow

Congratulations to Wendy Wischer, Associate Professor of Sculpture Intermedia, awarded the L. Jackson Newell Fellowship...

Alumnus Ted Nagata awarded 2022 CFA Legacy Award

At the College of Fine Arts Gala this week, alumnus Ted Nagata was awarded the...

MFA Candidate Douglas Tolman in Symposium on the Great Salt Lake Panel

MFA Candidate Douglas Tolman will speaking in the panel "Can Art Save Us?" at the...

Lenka Konopasek unveils mural at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

Adjunct Assistant Professor and BFA alum Lenka Konopasek (Painting & Drawing 1994) unveiled a new...

Art History MA student Alberta Madrid awarded FLAS Scholarships

Congratulations to Art History M.A. student Alberta Madrid, who was awarded a FLAS scholarship for...

Summer Faculty News

We asked the Art & Art History Faculty what they did this summer and everyone...

Professor Beth Krensky at Yale University Institute of Sacred Music

Art Teaching Professor Beth Krensky opens her exhibition Between Spirit and Matter at Yale University's...

Professor V. Kim Martinez in 'Art Elevated'

Painting & Drawing Professor and Department Chair V. Kim Martinez was featured in PBS Utah's...

Professors Maureen O'Hara Ure & John Erickson & Alumni in Phillips Gallery Group Show

Painting & Drawing Professors Maureen O'Hara Ure & John Erickson and alumni Paul Vincent Bernard,...

Professor Emeritus Joseph Marotta at Alice Gallery

Photography Professor Emeritus Joseph Marotta opens a solo exhibition at Alice Gallery July 15 -...

Photography Class publishes Field | Work

Field | Work is a collaborative project created over the spring 2022 semester by artists...

Honors Art, Action, & the Environment, Spring 2022

In spring semester, students in Professor Wendy Wischer's Honors Art, Action, & the Environment class...

Class of 2022 After Graduation!

Congratulations ot the Class of 2022! We caught up with a few graduating seniors about...

Alum Bea Hurd opens solo exhibition at BDAC

Since graduating last year, alum Bea Hurd (BFA Sculpture Intermedia 2021 @beayond_art) spent 5 months...

2022 CFA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher: Comstock

We're delighted to share that Art & Art History student Comstock has been presented with...

2022 Outstanding Senior: Alexandria Jensen

We're delighted to share that Alexandria Jensen has been awarded the College of Fine Arts...

Capstone Exhibition: London Matthews

Painting & Drawing major London Matthews opens her Senior Capstone Exhibition, Safe Space, at Medium...

2022 BFA Show

Work from our current University of Utah graduating BFA students in their group exhibition “Ah,...

Capstone Exhibition: E.C. Comstock

“A Balmy Elsewhere: Restorative Materialisms” takes its title in part from Bill Brown’s “Thing Theory,”...

MFA Candidate Douglas Tolman wins Frankenthaler Climate Art Award

Big congratulations to MFA candidate Douglas Tolman, one of three winners of the Frankenthaler Climate...

Sydney Porter Williams & Dr. Beth Krensky recognized in 2022 Utah Art Educator Association Awards

Each year at the annual Utah Art Educators Association (UAEA) conference, deserving educators and supporters...

Professor Jaclyn Wright at UMOCA

Photography & Digital Imaging Professor Jaclyn Wright opens a solo exhibition in the Projects Gallery...

Professor Maureen O'Hara Ure at Phillips Gallery

Painting & Drawing Professor Maureen O’Hara Ure opens her exhibition “Elsewhere” at Phillips Gallery this Friday,...

2022 Student Art Exhibition Call for Entries

ELIGIBILITY  All currently enrolled U of U UNDERGRADUATE ART and GRAPHIC DESIGN MAJORS & MINORS...

Faculty News, Winter 2022

A few recent faculty accomplishments to be celebrated! Al Denyer (Painting & Drawing) is currently...

Urban Artworks Mural on cover of 'What on Earth' Magazine

The Urban Artworks mural Walking in Beauty was featured on the cover of the fall...

MAGNIFYING: Meekyung MacMurdie, Assistant Professor of Art History

Meekyung MacMurdie is a historian of Islamic art and architecture, with a focus on manuscripts....

Art History MA grad Kiki Karahalios Curatorial Intern at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Recent Art History MA graduate Kiki Karahalios has spent this fall working as a curatorial...

Ceramics Student Dani Okelberry: The 28 Day Cycle

U of U Ceramics senior Danielle Okelberry shows her work The 28 Day Cycle, created...

Art History Professor Elena Shtromberg at El Centro Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago

Art History Professor Elena Shtromberg will take part in “Repensar lo audiovisual desde el archivo:...

Ceramics Student Griffin Hale: A Caregiver's Journey to Healing through Art

U of U Ceramics student Griffin Hale created an art installation focused on his mother,...

Graphic Design students tackle sustainability in Worn Again Clothing Exchange

Graphic Design students in the Sustainable Design Practice led by faculty advisor Carol Sogard, are...

Photography/Digital Imaging Alumnus Nick Pedersen at UMOCA

Photo BFA Alum Nick Pedersen is UMOCA's Artist-in-Residence UMOCA Artist-in-Residence Nick Pedersen's exhibition Slow Apocalypse...

Faculty in Land Body Exhibition at Ogden Contemporary Arts Center

Professors Wendy Wischer, Jaclyn Wright, and Al Denyer show work in a group show opening...