Organization

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
The mission of Utah Museum of Contemporary Artis to encourage contemporary visual artists and art that challenge and educate public perceptions of civil, social and aesthetic issues affecting society. Utah Museum of Contemporary Art began as the Art Barn Association, which was founded in 1931 with the leadership of Alta Rawlins Jensen. For the first thirty years, the Art Barn's activities were managed entirely by volunteers, with professional artists hired to teach classes; but following a name change to Salt Lake Art Center in 1958, and the hiring of James Haseltine, its first paid full-time director in 1961, the all-volunteer organization had a professional leadership. In 1979 the institution moved to its current location at 20 South West Temple, in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City. In 2011 Salt Lake Art Center changed names again to Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. After 75 years, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art continues to present contemporary art exhibitions and programs, which have aesthetic and social consciousness, which elicit civil dialogue about crucial issues, which evoke emotional responses, and which are thought provoking to the community.
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Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
20 South West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84101Phone: (801) 328-4201 | Official Website
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Current Events
05/26/12 Utah Lawyers for the Arts Art and the Law: Documentaries
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/04/12-
08/18/12The Invincibility Fable
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Upcoming Events
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07/28/12Casting Jesus
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/02/12 2012 Annual Gala
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/09/12 Dot to Dot
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art07/14/12 Fly Your Flag
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/11/12 Cantastoria
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/13/12 Family Art Saturday: Kite Making and Screening of Curious George
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
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Current Events
05/26/12 Utah Lawyers for the Arts Art and the Law: Documentaries
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/04/12-
08/18/12The Invincibility Fable
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
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Upcoming Events
06/02/12-
07/28/12Casting Jesus
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/02/12 2012 Annual Gala
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/09/12 Dot to Dot
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art07/14/12 Fly Your Flag
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/11/12 Cantastoria
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/13/12 Family Art Saturday: Kite Making and Screening of Curious George
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
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Past Events
05/18/12 Afterimage: The Art of 337
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/12/12 Rock, Roll and Replicate
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/11/12 Found by Constant Dullaart
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/09/12 Ganito: How to Nail a Dictator
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art04/14/12 Utal Lawyers for the Arts Art and the Law: Publishing
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art04/14/12 Postal Productions
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art04/06/12 ART 21 Preview Screening
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art04/06/12-
05/19/12Let Them Eat Cupcakes: The Cupcake Project
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/24/12 Talk: Music and the Law
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/02/12-
04/21/12FAX
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/02/12 First Fridays with DJ Sam Eye Am
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/02/12-
05/05/12Onomatopoeia
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/25/12 Tortilla Oracle with Jorge Rojas
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/25/12-
05/19/12Questions for My Father
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/24/12 Aaron Moulton
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/11/12 Family Art Saturday: Valentine Declarations
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/10/12 I Am Secretly an Important Man
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/31/12-
02/25/12Questions for My Father: Karl Haendel and Petter Ringbom
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/25/12 Performance: 2012 Sundance Film Festival New Frontier: Gingger Shankar Performs Himalaya Song
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/25/12 Ruby Lerner of Creative Capital
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/24/12-
03/24/12Sonic Squeeze
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/21/12 Art Talk: 2012 Sundance New Frontier: A Discussion with the Artists of Question Bridge: Black Males
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/20/12-
05/19/122012 Sundance Film Festival New Frontier
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/14/12 Family Art Saturday: Living Out Loud
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/06/12 First Friday
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/06/12-
04/21/12Locals Only Gallery Round 2: Joshua Luther
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art12/10/11 Hung Up On Words
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art12/02/11-
01/21/12Mirko Martin's Noir
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art12/02/11 First Fridays with Jesse Walker
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/12/11 Sounds Like Painting: Family Art Saturday
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/04/11-
02/18/12Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting: Kim Schoenstadt
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/04/11 First Friday Opening: Kim Schoenstadt
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/08/11 Family Art Saturday: Double Take
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/07/11-
01/07/12Doublespeak
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/07/11-
11/19/11Creative Ideas for Every Season
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/07/11 First Fridays Inaugural Celebration
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/23/11-
09/24/11The Fourth Annual Urban Gallery
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/16/11 Jorge Rojas: Tortilla Oracle
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/10/11 Family Art: Orange you glad.
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/10/11 Nocturnal Fruit Forage
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/09/11 Creativity in Focus Film Series: The Gates
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/08/11 Planting the Seed: Gardens, Growing, and Agriculture in Art
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/31/11-
10/22/11Final Light: V. Douglas Snow in Retrospect
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/31/11 Locals Only Gallery Opening with artist Jared Clark
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/31/11-
10/03/11Looped: Enduring
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/31/11-
12/17/11Locals Only Gallery - Jared Clark: Bild
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/27/11 Art Nosh
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/13/11 Family Art Saturday: Flying High
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/18/11 Family Art Saturday
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/13/11 Fallen Fruit of Utah Family Night Public Opening
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/11/11-
09/17/11Fallen Truth of Utah
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/14/11 Publishing Law and Book Contracts
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/14/11 Family Art Saturday
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/14/11 Lenka Konopasek
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/13/11-
06/17/11Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art04/15/11 Art Talk by Adam Lerner
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art04/09/11 Essential Law for Visual Artists
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art04/09/11-
06/01/11Expanded Field: The International Sculpture Center
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art04/01/11-
06/01/11The Place This Is
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/24/11 Panel: Transmedia Narrative
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/19/11 Elephant by Deke Weaver
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/18/11-
04/13/11Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Hearts Out Lawn Art Competition
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/16/11-
03/17/11Jason Hardink
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/12/11 Music and the Law
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/05/11 Foster Art Program
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/18/11 The Influence of Digital Media in Contemporary Dance
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/28/11 Mohamed Sharif: October Follies, Diagrams (Dis)Covered In Dessert Sands
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/27/11 Discussion: James Franco on Three's Company: The Drama
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/26/11 Myth and Infrastructure by Miwa Matreyek
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/24/11 Discussion and Comic Book Signing: Lynn Hershman Leeson On Raw/War
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/21/11-
03/25/11New Frontier
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art12/29/10-
12/31/10Celebrate Eve at the Art Center
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art12/11/10 Family Art Saturday
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/13/10 Family Art Saturday
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/05/10-
01/08/11Honeymoon
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/08/10-
01/09/11Go West
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/24/10-
09/26/10Dark Horses/Fallen Shadows
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/24/10 Melissa Ann Pinney Lecture
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/08/10 Ellina Kevorkian Film Premiere
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/07/10-
10/30/10Melissa Ann Pinney: Girl Ascending
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/18/10-
09/16/10Contemporary Masters
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/12/10 Family Art Saturday: Symbolic Self-Portraits
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/05/10-
06/24/10Not Just Another Pretty Face
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/19/10 The World Cafe: Sculpture Today?
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/19/10 The World Cafe: Scultpture Today?
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/15/10 Slide Jam: Seven Deadly Sins
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/15/10 Slide Jam: Seven Deadly Sins
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/14/10 Summer Film Series: Seven
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/14/10 Summer Film Series: Seven
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/08/10 Fmaily Art Saturday: Flock of Seagulls
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/08/10 Family Art Saturday: Flock of Seagulls
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/08/10 Spring Scram
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/04/10 Working Artist Lecture Series: Bingham Mine/Garfield Stack - A Discussion with Michael Light
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art04/25/10 The Margaret Fuller Problem: Women in a Man's World
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art04/23/10 Rethinking the Beehive in the Age of Globalism
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art04/17/10 Working Artists Lecture Series: Redefining the Artist-Art Center Relationship
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/17/10 Panel: Second Looks at Sculptures
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/17/10 Panel: Second Looks at Sculptures
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/12/10-
05/22/10Launch-11
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/12/10 All in One Night. All in One Place.
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/17/10 Slide Jam: Modern Marvels
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/13/10 Family Art Saturday: Year of the Tiger
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/12/10 Art and Copy
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/04/10 Teachers Night Out
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/27/10-
05/22/10Jamie Wyeth: Seven Deadly Sins
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/20/10 Table Conversations: The Costs of Progress
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/20/10 Table Conversations - The Costs of Progress
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/15/10 Gallery Stroll
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/08/10 Objectified
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art12/12/09 Family Art Saturday
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art12/12/09 Family Art Saturday: Chinese Ink Scroll Painting
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art12/04/09 Holiday Open House
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art12/04/09 Not Just Another Pretty Face Salon and Holiday Open House
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/21/09-
02/27/10Displacement - The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/21/09-
02/27/10Displacement Exhibition
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/20/09 Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/20/09-
02/27/10Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/14/09 Family Art Saturday: Splash
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/17/09-
02/10/10Reawakened Beauty: Tillman Crane's Jordan River Photographs
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/16/09 Art Talk with Tillman Crane
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/10/09 Family Art Saturday - Avatar Masks and Hunger Awareness Prints
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/09/09 Beautiful Losers
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/07/09 Fraud, Forgery and Ethical Lapses - The Worlds of Business and Art
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/23/09 Slide Jam - Proud to be an American
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/12/09 Family Art Saturday - Falling Leaves Sunprints
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/11/09-
12/11/09Creativity in Focus - Contemporary Art Film Series
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/05/09-
10/10/09Sounds of Silk - Instruments and Textiles from Silk Road Cultures
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/03/09 Teachers' Night Out
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/21/09 Art Talk with Brad Slaugh
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/08/09 Family Art Saturday - Charmed
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art07/18/09-
10/10/09Harmed
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art07/01/09-
10/31/09All American - Defining Ourselves in a Time of Change
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/20/09-
08/29/09Art & Creative Expression
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/20/09-
08/01/09Utah X/I
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/07/09-
07/04/09Not Just Another Pretty Face Annual Gala and Exhibition
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/15/09 Revolution or Revelation?
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/09/09 Family Art Saturday: Fine Print
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art05/06/09 Table Conversations - Branded: Art Meets Life
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/21/09 Paul McCarthy: Painter
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/20/09 Screening of Who Does She Think She is?
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/14/09 Family Art Saturday: Brand Me
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art03/10/09 Teachers' Night Out
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/28/09 Drawn to the Galleries: Seeing With Your Eyes Closed
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/21/09-
05/23/09Branded and On Display
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/14/09 Family Art Saturday: Love at First Sight
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/14/09 Family Art Saturday - Love At First Sight
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/14/09 Digital Saturdays - Introduction to Photoshop CS4
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/17/09-
03/14/09Someone Behind the Door
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/17/09-
05/23/09Blindsight: A New Perspective on Painting
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art01/10/09 Family Art Saturdays
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art12/13/08 Family Art Saturdays
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/21/08 Art Talk With Photographer John Trobaugh
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/14/08 Freedom Files: School to Prisons and Racial Justice
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/08/08 Family Art Saturday
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/08/08 Family Art Saturdays
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art11/01/08 Drawn to the Gallery
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/24/08 Freedom Files: The Right to Vote
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/18/08-
05/23/09Contemporary Trends in Video Art
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/18/08-
01/03/09Utah Draws
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art10/17/08-
01/31/09Liberties Under Fire: The ACLU of Utah at 50
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art09/19/08 Art Talk with Adam Price
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/20/08-
09/10/08Wednesday Art Talk Series
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/15/08 Art Talk with Marilyn Moore
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art08/02/08 Nice Girl/Bad Girl: The Incredible True Story of One Woman's Psyche
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art07/18/08-
09/19/08Summer Stroll Series at the Salt Lake Art Center
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/21/08-
10/04/08Interweave: Innovations in Contemporary Basketry
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/21/08-
09/27/08Present Tense: A Post 337 Project
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art06/13/08-
09/20/08Afterimage: The Art of 337
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art04/18/08 Salt Lake Art Center - Scenes From A Studio: Gaylen Hansen
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art02/15/08-
05/31/08Gaylen Hansen: Three Decades of Paintings
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
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Event Name: Contemporary Masters
"Way to pay attention!"
Comment posted by: Brainiac from West Haven Utah, Aug 11, 2010
HELLOOOOOoooo... this is an art gallery. Let's hope you really didn't try to play golf there! LOL
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Event Name: Contemporary Masters
"Putt Putt a Real Challenge and Lots of Fun"
Review posted by: Susan Sandack from Salt Lake City, Utah, Jun 30, 2010
Hardest holes: #3, #8, #9. Biggest fake-out hole # 17. Most dangerous hole #15. Interactive exhibits bring people together. Nice job 337.
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Event Name: Jamie Wyeth: Seven Deadly Sins
"Definitely worth seeing"
Review posted by: Kacey Cordes from Denver, CO USA, Mar 04, 2010
We saw this show while in Salt Lake a few weeks ago and it was great. Two quite different subjects, seagulls and the seven deadly sins, come together to create some very thought-provoking art. Plus,... Expand
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Event Name: Jamie Wyeth: Seven Deadly Sins
"Refreshing"
Review posted by: Kathy Douthit from Salt Lake City, UT USA, Jan 28, 2010
Jamie Wyeth, with all the experiences in his life, and people that he has known, comes across as a real person...someone who knows himself and what he is about. It was great to know him a little and... Expand
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Event Name: Blindsight: A New Perspective on Painting
"See it while you can"
Comment posted by: rmoraskie from Denver, CO, Feb 13, 2009
This is a must-see for fans of abstract and expressionist art. The Peterson works are especially stunning. It's a small show, so find 15-20 minutes in your day to check it out. You'll be moved, and... Expand
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