Work with UMFA educators and pre-service art teachers from the University of Utah Department of Art and Art History to explore how the elements of nature and the fundamentals of visual art can combine to energize any classroom experience. Anyone interested in K–12 art education is welcome. Pre-registration is recommended but not required:https://goo.gl/forms/xCHqPuWAASDNJlgE2. Please contact [email protected] if you have questions.
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Art + Wellness | Yoga in the Great Hall
Thursday, November 16 | 1:30–2:30 pm
FREE | G. W. Anderson Family Great Hall
Join us in the UMFA Great Hall to explore connections between the practice of yoga and themes found in the art on view in the galleries. All levels are welcome and a limited number of mats are available.
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Third Saturday for Families |Printmaking
Saturday, November 18 | 1–4 pm | FREE
Emma Eccles Jones Education Center Classroom
Printmaking is a centuries-old art form still practiced today. Inspiration from etchings, engravings, and woodblock prints in our European galleries will spark your imagination as you design your own set of prints.
Utagawa Hiroshige I, Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan], Rough Sea at Naruto in Awa Province (Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools), Japanese, Edo period, ink and paper, woodcut.
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Creativity in Focus Film Series
David Lynch: The Art Life
Thursday, November 22 | 7 pm | FREE
Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke Jr. Auditorium
Directed by Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm
93 min. | 2016 | Not rated
Through candid scenes and a series of stories, an artist’s life is intimately revealed inDavid Lynch: The Art of Life. As Lynch himself recalls memories stretching from his childhood to his early successes as a filmmaker, the audience gains a subtle understanding of the impressionable characters and experiences that shaped his work. His simple definition of the “art of life”? “You drink coffee, you smoke cigarettes, and you paint, and that’s it.”
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Shop the UMFA’s Museum Store for one-of-a-kind and locally made items on Museum Store Sunday, a new national promotion encouraging shoppers to experience the unique offerings of non-profit retailers during the holiday season. UMFA members receive a 15% discount. The first fifty customers to spend $50 will receive a free Museum Store Sunday tote bag.
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Explore the intersection of music and visual art as University of Utah Department of Music graduate students perform. You are invited to explore the galleries while you listen to the program and discover parallel expressions in the music and the art.
Thomas O’Donohue, Cradle Song, etching, mezzotint and paper.
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UMFA's observance of this annual international event includes an all-day screening of ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS, a series of short videos by seven artists about the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis. The Museum will also cover Angela Ellsworth's Seer Bonnets, on view in the modern and contemporary gallery, to illustrate the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS on the art world and society.
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Shop locally made and one-of-a-kind gifts at The Museum Store’s annual Holiday Market, featuring new items from eighteen local artists, live music, free gift wrapping—and free admission to the Museum’s permanent galleries. Items include jewelry, pottery, ceramics, fiber and textile arts, books, handmade soaps, notecards, paintings and prints, fused glass, beadwork, artisanal edibles, and holiday décor.
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Member Preview Day
Go West! Art of the American Frontier
from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West
Saturday, December 2 | 10 am–5 pm | FREE
Members only
Want to be part of this preview? Buy a membership today. Go West! opens to the publicSunday, December 3.
N. C. Wyeth (American, 1882-1945), Bucking, 1904-1905, oil on canvas, 46.125 x 34 inches (frame), Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, USA, gift of John M. Schiff, 2.77
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410 Campus Center Drive | Salt Lake City, Ut 84112
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