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Africa: Arts of a Continent

Sarcophagus, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Africa: Arts of a Continent, Salt Lake City, utah,

This ambitious exhibition of African art objects drawn from the UMFA’s permanent collection centers on themes of the spirit world and the afterlife.

Africa: Arts of a Continent explores the spiritual and political power of Central African masks, the magic and mystery of ancestral African sculptures, and the enduring beauty of African objects used in everyday life. The installation debuts one of the UMFA’s newest acquisitions: a late XXVIth Dynasty Egyptian sarcophagus.

Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Marcia & John Price Museum Building · University of Utah
410 Campus Center Drive Salt Lake

Utah Museum of Fine Arts Free Saturday

Lady with an Ermine, Leonardo da Vinci

Thanks to the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks Fund, the UMFA opens its doors for free on the third Saturday of each month. The Third Saturday art studio program for families is also FREE and open to the public every month from 2-4 pm.

Each month families are invited to learn about art and investigate how it is made through a special activity.

Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Marcia & John Price Museum Building
University of Utah, Salt Lake

Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Utah Museum of Fine Arts - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake County

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is Utah’s primary cultural resource for global visual arts. It is unique in its dual role as a university and state art museum. It is Utah’s only visual arts institution that collects, exhibits, interprets, and preserves a comprehensive collection of original art objects.

Thanks to the generous patrons, local and national foundations, the University community, and the citizens of the State of Utah, the UMFA’s collection now encompasses 5,000 years of artistic creativity. Since the mid-1900s, when the collection was around 800 objects, it has grown to over 17,000 art objects.

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University of Utah, Salt Lake

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Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity

Utah Museum of Fine Art Exhibit: Collecting Knowledge: Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UtahCollecting Knowledge: Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity January 27 through May 15, 2011 at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts explores items that were typically found in cabinets of curiosity in sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe, including prints, books, scientific instruments, and objects obtained through travel. This exhibition examines the people who created cabinets of curiosity, their strategies for classifying and grouping items, and how they used this knowledge to make sense of their world.

During Fall Semester 2010, four graduate students in the University of Utah Department of Art and Art History gained first-hand knowledge of the work involved in creating an exhibition. The result of their hard work is the exhibition Collecting Knowledge: Renaissance Cabinets of Curiosity. The students were advised by Professor Sheila Muller and they worked closely with UMFA staff to complete all necessary steps for curating an exhibition— from developing exhibition themes to selecting the objects; from writing the object label text to planning the exhibition design; and from securing related public programs to creating an effective marketing plan.

Hours

Tuesday – Friday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am – 8 pm
Saturday and Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Closed Mondays and Holidays

UMFA Members FREE
Adults $7
Seniors $5
Youth (ages 6-18) $5
Children under 6 FREE
University of Utah students, staff and faculty FREE
Higher education students in Utah FREE

  • Utah Museum of Fine Arts
    Marcia & John Price Museum Building · University of Utah
    410 Campus Center Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0360 (801) 581-7332