Arts in the Parks with UMOCA's Art Truck

Arts in the Parks is a free program that offers opportunities for children to explore visual and performing arts through hands-on activities. The program travels to six different Ogden city parks for one week at a time during the summer months. Attend Arts in the Parks and visit the UMOCA Art Truck, currently exhibiting Jaime Salvador Castillo and Michael Anthony García’s whereABOUTS.

Jaime Salvador Castillo and Michael Anthony García’s whereABOUTS is an immersive and interactive installation that investigates location, identity and community. Students learn about mapping as a way to understand and express relationships between identity and place. Then, they explore their own communities through creative map-making of their neighborhoods. The whereABOUTS installation aims to connect students from different communities around the state by providing opportunities for visitors to learn about experiences other than their own.

About the Art Truck:

The Art Truck is a traveling educational art exhibit that takes exciting and accessible contemporary art, created by leading local and national artists, directly to schools and community venues across the state. Each visit by the Art Truck includes the expertise of a trained museum educator who leads students through a meaningful exploration of the current exhibition.

To request a visit from the Art Truck, email Madeline Savarese at madeline.savarese@utahmoca.org or call 801-328-4201 x 110. For more information, please visit http://www.utahmoca.org/art-truck/.