News 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... Read More 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... Read More Jaclyn Wright wins Unseen-GOST Books Publishing Award Jaclyn Wright, Associate Professor of Photography & Digital Imaging, is the winner of the inaugural... Read More 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... Read More 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... Read More Lenka Konopasek unveils ‘Warm Embrace’ at Eccles Theater Painting & Drawing faculty Lenka Konopasek unveiled “Warm Embrace” at Eccles Theater last month in the... Read More 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... Read More Visit the Department of Art & Art History Holiday Sale! Stop by the Department of Art & Art History Holiday Sale in Gittins Gallery for... Read More 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... Read More “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... Read More 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... Read More Painting and Drawing Professor Al Denyer at SECAC Professor of Painting and Drawing Al Denyer recently attended the annual SECAC conference in Baltimore,... Read More 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... Read More 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... Read More 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,... Read More Professor Wendy Wischer named Newell Fellow Congratulations to Wendy Wischer, Associate Professor of Sculpture Intermedia, awarded the L. Jackson Newell Fellowship... Read More Alumnus Ted Nagata awarded 2022 CFA Legacy Award At the College of Fine Arts Gala this week, alumnus Ted Nagata was awarded the... Read More 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... Read More Lenka Konopasek unveils mural at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Adjunct Assistant Professor and BFA alum Lenka Konopasek (Painting & Drawing 1994) unveiled a new... Read More 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... Read More Summer Faculty News We asked the Art & Art History Faculty what they did this summer and everyone... Read More 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... Read More Professor V. Kim Martinez in ‘Art Elevated’ Painting & Drawing Professor and Department Chair V. Kim Martinez was featured in PBS Utah's... Read More 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,... Read More Professor Emeritus Joseph Marotta at Alice Gallery Photography Professor Emeritus Joseph Marotta opens a solo exhibition at Alice Gallery July 15 -... Read More Photography Class publishes Field | Work Field | Work is a collaborative project created over the spring 2022 semester by artists... Read More Honors Art, Action, & the Environment, Spring 2022 In spring semester, students in Professor Wendy Wischer's Honors Art, Action, & the Environment class... Read More Class of 2022 After Graduation! Congratulations ot the Class of 2022! We caught up with a few graduating seniors about... Read More Alum Bea Hurd opens solo exhibition at BDAC Since graduating last year, alum Bea Hurd (BFA Sculpture Intermedia 2021 @beayond_art) spent 5 months... Read More 2022 CFA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher: Comstock We're delighted to share that Art & Art History student Comstock has been presented with... Read More 2022 Outstanding Senior: Alexandria Jensen We're delighted to share that Alexandria Jensen has been awarded the College of Fine Arts... Read More Capstone Exhibition: London Matthews Painting & Drawing major London Matthews opens her Senior Capstone Exhibition, Safe Space, at Medium... Read More 2022 BFA Show Work from our current University of Utah graduating BFA students in their group exhibition “Ah,... Read More Capstone Exhibition: E.C. Comstock “A Balmy Elsewhere: Restorative Materialisms” takes its title in part from Bill Brown’s “Thing Theory,”... Read More MFA Candidate Douglas Tolman wins Frankenthaler Climate Art Award Big congratulations to MFA candidate Douglas Tolman, one of three winners of the Frankenthaler Climate... Read More 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... Read More Professor Jaclyn Wright at UMOCA Photography & Digital Imaging Professor Jaclyn Wright opens a solo exhibition in the Projects Gallery... Read More Professor Maureen O’Hara Ure at Phillips Gallery Painting & Drawing Professor Maureen O’Hara Ure opens her exhibition “Elsewhere” at Phillips Gallery this Friday,... Read More 2022 Student Art Exhibition Call for Entries ELIGIBILITY All currently enrolled U of U UNDERGRADUATE ART and GRAPHIC DESIGN MAJORS & MINORS... Read More Faculty News, Winter 2022 A few recent faculty accomplishments to be celebrated! Al Denyer (Painting & Drawing) is currently... Read More 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... Read More MAGNIFYING: Meekyung MacMurdie, Assistant Professor of Art History Meekyung MacMurdie is a historian of Islamic art and architecture, with a focus on manuscripts.... Read More 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... Read More Ceramics Student Dani Okelberry: The 28 Day Cycle U of U Ceramics senior Danielle Okelberry shows her work The 28 Day Cycle, created... Read More 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:... Read More 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,... Read More 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... Read More Photography/Digital Imaging Alumnus Nick Pedersen at UMOCA UMOCA Artist-in-Residence Nick Pedersen's exhibition Slow Apocalypse is currently on display in the museum’s Exit... Read More 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... Read More A Sense of Place Responses to Belonging in the American West Collaborative Statement Our research as a group parses... Read More Professor Justin Diggle in imPRESSions Open Printmaking Biennial ’21 Printmaking Professor Justin Diggle has been nominated, as an elected fellow, to represent the Royal... Read More Professor Michael Hirshon in DesignArts Utah ’21 Show Congratulations to Illustration Professor Michael Hirshon, whose card game work The Imposter Kings was included in... Read More Professor Lewis J. Crawford at Nox Contemporary On Friday, September 17th, 2021, Nox Contemporary will host the opening for the exhibition Genetic... Read More Professor Al Denyer attends Summer Artist Residency at Ucross Painting & Drawing Professor Al Denyer attended an artist residency at the Ucross Foundation’s 20,000... Read More Congratulations to Professor Edward Bateman, 2021 Presidential Scholar Recipient It's been a big year of recognition, accolades and awards for Photography/Digital Imaging Professor Edward... Read More Art Teaching Professor Sandy Brunvand Retires We bid a happy farewell to Art Teaching Professor Sandy Brunvand, who retired over the... Read More UMFA’s “Space Maker” features 33 faculty artists, curated by alum Nancy Rivera In anticipation of the opening of Utah Museum of Fine Art's "Space Maker" on August... Read More Professor Ed Bateman short listed for RGS Earth Photo Competition Congratulations to Photography / Digital Imaging Professor Ed Bateman, who was short listed in the... Read More Alumni Feature: Dave Titensor, U Creative Director Graphic Design Alum and University of Utah's Marketing & Communications Creative Director Dave Titensor was... Read More U of U Artists at Three Creeks Confluence Park, SLC Painting & Drawing Professor Al Denyer, and alumni Joshua Graham (MFA Community Based Art Teaching,... Read More Wendy Wischer at Oolite Arts Sculpture Intermedia Professor Wendy Wischer shows her new video installation, Where Water and Rock Collide,... Read More Alec Bang & Douglas Tolman at Finch Lane [in]land | Finch Lane Gallery | 6.25.21 - 8.6.21 BFA Alumni Alec Bang and Douglas... Read More Jaclyn Wright, Spring 2021 Digital Matters Grant Read about Photography / Digital Imaging Professor Jaclyn Wright's Digital Matters Exhibition and Performance grant... Read More Art History Alumni News Congratulations to our Art History MA Alums Jennifer Sales and Emily Citino for their recent... Read More MA Graduate 2021: Laura Johnson Congratulations to Laura Johnson, who successfully defended her MA thesis, “Uncovering the Embedded Histories of Gender,... Read More MA Graduate 2021: Kiki Karahalios Congratulations to Kiki Karahalios, who successfully defended her thesis and earned her MA in Art... Read More John Erickson at Phillips Gallery Painting & Drawing Professor John Erickson shows new work in an exhibition opening Friday, May... Read More Al Denyer at Modern West "Time and growth are a dependent pair. This exhibition exemplifies their mutual reliance as the... Read More Wendy Wischer + Brenda Bowen at Granary Arts “Artist Wendy Wischer and Geoscientist Brenda Bowen explore the intersections between art and science within... Read More MA in Arts Teaching student Danielle Waters talks about the Youth Activist Art Archive Danielle Waters, MA in Arts Teaching graduate and Digital Matters Spring 2021 Exhibition & Performance... Read More 2021 Outstanding Senior Malithi Gunawardena Congratulations to Malithi Gunawardena, this year's College of Fine Arts Outstanding Senior for the Department... Read More Urban Artworks Mural Installed at CMES Browning Building The winning mural design from Professor Kim Martinez's Urban Artworks Fall 2020 class, Walking in Beauty, has... Read More 2021 Arts Technology Capstone Exhibition Congratulations to the Arts Technology certificate and minor students for their capstone exhibition, As We... Read More 2021 Photography Digital Imaging Capstone Exhibitions We're excited to announce the 2021 Photography Digital Imaging Capstone Shows! Home Sweet Home, by... Read More Wendy Wischer & Reilly Jensen in Artivism for Earth Event Artivism for Earth: Expressions of Loss and Hope is an interdisciplinary collaboration out of the... Read More Covid, Coincidence, and a Book Arts Connection Marriott Library asked Art Teaching senior and Book Arts intern Victoria Dennis and Book Arts K-12... Read More Art & Art History Students Present at Undergraduate Research Symposium Congratulations to Art History student Adrienne Krueger and BFA Photography/Digital Imaging student Nate Francis for... Read More A4/Letter Exhibition Students in Painting and Drawing Professor Al Denyer's Drawing 2/3 class in fall 2019 saw... Read More Art History MA Student Presents Research Art History MA student Cory Wayman is presenting a paper this week at the University... Read More CALL FOR ENTRIES: U OF U 2021 STUDENT ART EXHIBITION U of U 2021 Student Art Exhibition Call for Entries ELIGIBILITY All currently enrolled U... Read More Fall 2020 News & Snaps Students During this semester, students in ART 4720: Contemporary Photography Projects have been working on... Read More Tom Hoffman Drawing Exhibition Painting & Drawing Professor Tom Hoffman retired at the end of the summer 2020 semester,... Read More MFA Alum Nancy Rivera at Granary Arts Alum Nancy Rivera (MFA 2016) opened a new exhibition with Denae Shanidiin last month at... Read More Urban Artworks CMES Mural The University of Utah's Department of Art & Art History and the College of Mines... Read More Meekyung MacMurdie PhD to join Art History Faculty for Fall 2021 The Department of Art & Art History is delighted to announce that Meekyung MacMurdie, Ph.D.,... Read More Visiting Artist Brad Taylor with Ceramics Students at UMoCA Over the circuit breaker, ceramics students met with visiting artist and alum Brad Taylor to... Read More The Remains of the Dream The Remains of a Dream The American dream of “self-evident truths” and “unalienable rights,” is... Read More Alumni Highlight: Catching Up with Alyssa Hood Congratulations to Painting and Drawing alum Alyssa Hood (BFA 2019), who will start the MFA... Read More Online Performance by Professor Beth Krensky O1ARTS – Social Distancing and Art, Episode 3 Dispatch from Solitude #1: Walking the Unknown... Read More Sydney Porter Williams included in Undergraduate Research Journal Recent BFA graduate Sydney Porter Williams had her work on the Murray Murals project published... Read More Illustration Emphasis Starting Fall 2020 Our department now offers an Illustration emphasis! Illustration is an expanding field with numerous career paths... Read More MFA Exhibition: Kylie Millward, Scribbling Outside the Margins We're pleased to present Kylie Millward's MFA Exhibition Scribbling Outside the Margins Visit the Exhibition... Read More MFA Exhibition: Dana Hansen, Perception is Reality We're pleased to present Dana Hansen's MFA Exhibition Perception is Reality. View the exhibition here!... Read More Professor Beth Krensky wins Distinguished Teaching Award Congratulations to Art Teaching Professor Beth Krensky, winner of a University Distinguished Teaching Award this... Read More Photo/Digital Imaging Capstone Exhibition: Araceli Haslam Araceli Haslam - Left Lonely These urban ruins were originally built in response to the... Read More Congratulations to CFA Outstanding Senior Pisti Gamvroulas Congratulations to the College of Fine Arts Outstanding Senior for the Department of Art &... Read More The Art of Quarantine "In light of the pandemic and the transition from in-person classes to online classes, we... Read More Photo/Digital Imaging Capstone Exhibition: Carson Melrose a place i've never been - Carson Melrose a place i’ve never been explores the... Read More 2020 Juried Student Art Exhibition Catalog Released We're excited to announce the catalog of the 2020 Juried Student Art Exhibition exhibition is... Read More A New Decameron: Art students respond to Covid-19 with special group project This is a guest post by Edward Bateman, artist and Associate Professor in the Department of... Read More