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Masterpieces from the nation’s art collection to travel to Salt Lake City in 2025 as part of commemorations for the 250th anniversary of America

Studio visit and interview with UMOCA Artist-in-Residence Brooklynn Johnson

Interview featured in the Fall 2024 UMOCA Newsletter. Subscribe here. UMOCA: Can you talk a bit about your background and what brought you to the UMOCA Residency?  Ian Burnley: I’m a recent transplant to Utah. I’m originally from New York City and despite attending both undergrad and graduate school on the East Coast, I’ve done a […]

As many of you have likely heard, big changes are coming to downtown Salt Lake City with the development of a new entertainment district, which directly impacts both UMOCA and Abravanel Hall.

"I’m interested in how the American landscape has been used to frame and promote ideas about American culture."

Artist-in-Residence Andrea Jensen in conversation about her studio practice and exhibition Solastalgia. "The term “Solastalgia” is derived from both the Latin word for comfort and the Greek word for pain and suffering. It was coined by the philosopher Glenn Albrecht in which he describes it as the feeling of homesickness you have when you are still at home.”

(Salt Lake City, UT—September 20, 2023) – The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) is excited to announce that the Art Truck will be hitting the road again this school year with a compelling new exhibition by artist and researcher Nina Elder. The exhibition, What Sustains, features intricate large-scale drawings that narrate authentic stories about […]

The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art is proud to announce that twenty-nine Utah-based artists selected by six Utah-based curators will be featured in the museum’s survey of contemporary art in the state—A Greater Utah

On June 10, 2023, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art held its annual gala with proceeds going towards UMOCA’s exhibitions, education programs, and community outreach - all vital aspects of the UMOCA mission.

UMOCA and the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation are pleased to announce that the New York-based artist Chie Fueki has been awarded the 2023 Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting.