We’re excited to announce the 2021 Photography Digital Imaging Capstone Shows! Home Sweet Home, by Nate Francis, is on view on his website at natefrancis.com/hsh Opening Friday, April 23, is Ethan Edwards’ solo show, a thing that feels (skinskinskinskinskinskinskin) An in-person opening for Brandi Gilbert’s exhibition, Fear, will run from 3-6pm on Saturday, April 24, […]
Read MoreArtivism for Earth: Expressions of Loss and Hope is an interdisciplinary collaboration out of the University of Utah to find compassionate and creative solutions to climate crisis. Online content of these artistic collaborations begin on Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Transitions is a collaboration between Artist Wendy Wischer and Poet Katharine Coles that creates transitions in […]
Read MoreStudents in Painting and Drawing Professor Al Denyer’s Drawing 2/3 class in fall 2019 saw the completion of their collaborative exhibition project with students in the UK. Delayed due to Covid, the exhibition is now on view on the first floor of the Art & Art History Building. “A4 is a familiar paper size in […]
Read MorePainting & Drawing Professor Tom Hoffman retired at the end of the summer 2020 semester, and the Department was delighted to show a selection of his drawings in Gittins Gallery this fall. Congratulations on your retirement, Tom! You will be missed!
Read MoreOver the circuit breaker, ceramics students met with visiting artist and alum Brad Taylor to tour his exhibition that just opened at the Utah Museum of Contmeporary Art. Taylor talked with students at length about his artwork and career as a ceramics artist and professor at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa. In speaking to his […]
Read MoreThe Remains of a Dream The American dream of “self-evident truths” and “unalienable rights,” is no longer a new concept that inspires pride in those living in a fledgling nation. Instead, it is a bedrock of the United States’ identity, an appealing idea, and facade that never existed in truth. The collapse of this dreamscape […]
Read MoreWe’re pleased to present Dana Hansen’s MFA Exhibition Perception is Reality. View the exhibition here! Hansen’s Artist’s Talk took place Wednesday May 13, 2020 via Zoom. View it below: Dana Hansen is from Northern California and has been in Utah for 4 years. He is a Master of Fine Arts candidate at the University of […]
Read MoreAraceli Haslam – Left Lonely These urban ruins were originally built in response to the post-industrial boom and now pose as capitalistic artifacts as they rot into the ground. The painful colonial ambitions of prosperity are forever locked away in the deteriorating structures. By capturing these buildings in their demise, we see the parody of […]
Read Morea place i’ve never been – Carson Melrose a place i’ve never been explores the distance between the physical space and the digital space. Personal text illustrates how the growth of technology has changed the way people interact. The color green is used as a representation of consumption and how the digital gaze has changed […]
Read MoreWe’re excited to announce the catalog of the 2020 Juried Student Art Exhibition exhibition is available to view and download online or order a printed copy. All the students with work in the exhibition will receive a printed copy. The Department would like to thank alumnus, Will Tuddenham, for designing the catalog. Purchase a Catalog
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