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SmartStart: Career Advice from Seasoned Professionals

Gittins Gallery, FMAB, University of Utah Gittins Gallery, FMAB, 1530 E, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Join the Department of Art & Art History on January 27th, from 4:00 to 5:00 PM in the Gittins Gallery, for a panel with seasoned art professionals as they share their perspectives and career development advice. Refreshments will follow. Featured panelists include: Laura Hurtado, Executive Director, UMOCA Kamber Jensen, graphic designer Traci O’Very Covey, visual […]

HAPPY TO SEE YOU: Art, Love & Resistance

Gittins Gallery, FMAB, University of Utah Gittins Gallery, FMAB, 1530 E, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

HAPPY TO SEE YOU: Art, Love & Resistance This community-driven exhibition and workshop experience will run from January 30th through February 14th. Opening Event: January 30th from 4:00 to  7:00 PM with tabling by local organizations. Discussions & Workshops: Edit February 5th, 5:30 - 7:00 PMFebruary 7th, 3:00 - 4:00 PM Weaving workshop: Learn how […]

Presentation & Workshop with Kate Ithurralde

ART Building, Room 158 375 South 1530 East, Salt Lake City, UT

"From Concept to Community: Creating Public Art Proposals" Please join us on Wednesday, February 5th, from 3:30 - 5:00 PM in ART 15 to hear from Kate Ithurralde, Salt Lake County’s Art in Public Places Manager. She served as the guest juror for the University of Utah's juried student exhibition and will lead a session […]

Visiting Artist Talk: Brooke Smart

ART Building, Room 158 375 South 1530 East, Salt Lake City, UT

Please join us in hearing from artist Brooke Smart on Wednesday, February 12th, at 4:30 PM in the ART Building, Room 158. Brooke Smart is an illustrator and mural artist living in the Salt Lake area. She received her BFA in Illustration from BYU in 2007. Brooke is known for her work telling stories of […]

MFA Exhibition: Jordan Layton

Gittins Gallery, FMAB, University of Utah Gittins Gallery, FMAB, 1530 E, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

anew eden Please join the Department of Art & Art History and Jordan Layton in celebrating his MFA thesis exhibition and artist talk. His artist talk will be on Wednesday, February 19th, at 4:30 PM in ART 158, with the Opening Reception to follow. The exhibition runs February 19th through March 4th in the Gittins […]

2025 Healing Art Showcase: Loneliness and Connection

Union Lobby 200 Centra Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Welcome to the third annual Healing Art Showcase! Sponsored by the University of Utah’s Counseling Center and the Department of Art & Art History. This Showcase, February 24th through the 28th, in the Union Lobby, addresses how mental health impacts our student’s well-being, including their academic and personal functioning. Through the sharing of student-created art, […]

Human Perception & The Hidden Color Knowledge of Artists – Talk by Prof. Edward Bateman

ART Building, Room 158 375 South 1530 East, Salt Lake City, UT

Are you fascinated by color? Is there something beyond “intuition” that explains how artist have made their color choices? Drawing on over three years of research, Prof. Edward Bateman will share his discoveries about color and art in a special presentation. The lecture is Tuesday, March 4th, at 4:00 PM in ART 158. I have developed a […]

Visiting Artist Talk: Marco Breuer

ART Building, Room 158 375 South 1530 East, Salt Lake City, UT

Please join us in hearing from artist Marco Breuer on Wednesday, March 5th, at 4:30 PM in the ART Building, Room 158. Marco Breuer’s one-person museum exhibitions include Line of Sight at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, New Pictures 2: Marco Breuer at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Circa 1999 at the […]

Visiting Art Critic Talk: Aruna D’Souza

Utah Museum of Fine Arts Dumke Auditorium 410 Campus Center Dr, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Please join the Department of Art & Art History at the UMFA Dumke Auditorium on March 26th at 7:00 PM for visiting Writer and Art Critic Aruna D'Souza's talk, "Pictures for a New World." D'Souza, who writes for 4Columns and The New York Times, received the 2021 Rabkin Prize for art journalism and a 2019 […]

Graphic Design Lecture: Allison Ross

ART Building, Room 158 375 South 1530 East, Salt Lake City, UT

SO WHAT DO I KNOW? Holding Space Between Hype and Hesitation in the Age of Al ———————— Lecture by Allison Ross (Graphic Design adjunct faculty) ———————— Tuesday, April 15 5:00 pm ART 158 ———————— Allison Ross is an independent creative director specializing in ideation and conceptual development. Please visit the Gittins Gallery page for parking information.

Echoes of Nature: 2025 Arts Technology Capstone Exhibition

ProtoSpace, J. Willard Marriott Library 295 South 1500 East, RM 2751, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Echoes of Nature Please join the Department of Art & Art History and the Arts Technology Interdisciplinary Capstone class (ARTX 4950) as they celebrate their creative research. The event is April 16th from 4:30 to 7:00 PM in the Marriott Library ProtoSpace (on the north side of the second floor). Please visit the Marriott Library's […]

Department Spring Bash

Art Building Courtyard 375 S 1530 E, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Celebrate the end of the semester! Relieve some stress before finals! April 22nd from 2:00 to 6:00-ish PM in the Art Building Courtyard. Create art/activities (decorate the quad) Bronze Poor demonstration by the Sculpture Area Club-sponsored tables and art sales Clean out your lockers and donate extra supplies! FOOD - MUSIC - FUN