August @ the UMFA

Media contact:
Shelbey Peterson, 801-585-1306
Shelbey.Peterson@umfa.utah.edu


Utah Museum of Fine Arts
August 2011


SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS:

Final Light: V. Douglas Snow in Retrospect
August 31, 2011 – January 8, 2012
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts and Salt Lake Art Center are pleased to present Final Light: V. Douglas Snow in Retrospect, a collaborative exhibition celebrating the work of eminent Utah artist, V. Douglas Snow (1927-2009). Museum visitors and long-time admirers will have the opportunity to encounter Snow's large body of work at two local art venues. For more information please visit www.umfa.utah.edu or www.slartcenter.org


SPECIAL EVENTS:

Highlights of the Collection Tour
First Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm and all Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 pm • FREE with paid admission
Experience the UMFA galleries through a thirty-minute tour with a trained docent. No pre-registration necessary.

Two-Part Adult Class: LeConte Stewart, American Regionalism
August 3 and 10 • 6-8 pm • $59
In this two-part class, we will examine artist LeConte Stewart’s images of rural Utah landscapes created during the Great Depression, as well as his place among the American Scene and Regionalist painters of the 1930s. Co-sponsored by Academic Outreach and Continuing Education at the University of Utah. Call 801.587.5433 to register.

Third Saturday for Families: Oil Pastel Landscapes
August 20 • 1-4 pm • FREE
See how a Utah artist documented history by viewing LeConte Stewart: Depression Era Art. Then create a real or imagined landscape from the past or the present using richly colored oil pastels.

Opening Night of Final Light
August 31 • 5-8 pm • FREE
Celebrate the opening of Final Light: V. Douglas Snow in Retrospect and experience the exhibition in full by visiting the UMFA and Salt Lake Art Center for free from 5-8 pm.

ONGOING EXHIBITIONS

LeConte Stewart: Depression-Era Art
July 21, 2011-January 15, 2012
In a groundbreaking collaboration, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and Church History Museum have partnered to present joint exhibitions of over 200 paintings and works on paper by famed Utah artist LeConte Stewart (1891-1990). The UMFA’s exhibition, LeConte Stewart: Depression Era Art, explores themes of isolation and loss during the Great Depression. The Church History Museum’s exhibition, LeConte Stewart: The Soul of Rural Utah, will reveal the beauty of Utah’s early rural landscapes. For more information about the exhibitions and related programs, please visit www.umfa.utah.edu. The UMFA’s exhibition is generously sponsored by the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation and the Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation.

Don Olsen: Abstracts from Nature
On view through August 15, 2011
This special exhibition commemorates the 100th birthday of abstract Utah artist Don Olsen (1910-1983). A student of Hans Hoffmann, Olsen created abstract expressionist works using volumes, colors, and shapes derived from nature. Through large-scale paintings spanning more than forty years, Don Olsen: Abstracts from Nature will highlight prominent works from the artist’s oeuvre.

salt 3: Cyprien Gaillard
On view through August 21, 2011
salt 3: Cyprien Gaillard is the third in the UMFA's new series of exhibitions that showcase the work of contemporary artists from around the world. The films and installations of French artist Cyprien Gaillard (b. 1980) examine contemporary landscapes and architectural ruins of the recent past, engaging with artistic traditions of Romanticism and Land Art. His work will be featured in this year’s Venice Biennale.

Africa: Arts of a Continent
On view through September 4, 2011
This ambitious exhibition of African art objects drawn from the UMFA’s permanent collection centers on themes of the spirit world and 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 of one of the UMFA’s newest acquisitions: a late XXVIth Dynasty Egyptian sarcophagus.

**Exhibition dates are subject to change.


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

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Wednesday: 10 am–8 pm
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Adults $7
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Thanks to the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks fund, the UMFA opens its doors for FREE on the first Wednesday and third Saturday of the month.