Volunteer Management Part I – Structuring the Program

Session I of Managing Museum Volunteers will include strategies for volunteer recruitment, preparing your museum for volunteers, and trends in museum volunteering, including modifications for COVID-19. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how to write a thorough volunteer job description, which will provide good foundational information for Session II. Workshop Slides Job Description Samples Job Description Template for …

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Museum Skills Lab: Conducting an Inventory

Join us to discuss conducting an inventory in your museum. We will cover practical steps in the process, resources to consult if you’re stuck, and tips and tricks for how to make your inventory accurate, thorough, and complete. Slides Handouts Notes from the Session

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Museum Skills Lab: Fun With Forms!

Come learn about or refresh your hand at using Deeds of Gift, Condition Reports, and Accession Forms – we’ll be quick, and you’ll leave with templates and brief instructions. Agenda Slides Accession Form Template Accession Form Checklist & Instructions Condition Report Template Condition Report Checklist & Instructions Deed of Gift Template

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Scribbling Outside the Margins

A solo digital exhibit by Kylie Millward Digital exhibit goes live on MAY 15, 2020 View Exhibition Kylie Millward is presently in her final semester as an MFA Candidate in Painting and Drawing at the University of Utah’s Department of Art and Art History. After having graduated from the University of Kansas with a BFA in Illustration in 2013, Kylie …

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Women to the Front

Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and Activism View the digital catalog. The year 2020 marks two milestone celebrations of women’s suffrage: the 150th anniversary of Utah women becoming the first to vote in the modern nation, and the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment that gave women in the U.S. the right to vote. To commemorate these events, the …

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Comforting Discomfort

Work by: Dalila Sanabria and Fiona Matisse Barney JANUARY 17 – MARCH 6 Gallery Stroll Reception: January 17 from 6 – 9 pm Rio Gallery: Mon – Fri 8am – 5pm Comforting Discomfort presents sculptural, photographic, and multimedia work pertaining to assuaging distress and discomfiture. In a world of abrupt shifts in borders, ideologies, and human identities, these forms attempt …

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Statewide Annual ’19

Mixed Media & Works on Paper NOVEMBER 15 – JANUARY 10 Gallery Stroll & Opening Reception: November 15, from 6 – 9pm Rio Gallery: Mon – Fri, 8am – 5pm Click here to view catalog Utah Arts & Museums will host its annual statewide exhibition Utah ‘19: Mixed Media & Works on Paper at the Rio Gallery November 15, 2019 …

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A Living Legacy

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month – Featuring work from the Alice Merrill Horne Art Collection NOVEMBER 12 – JANUARY 10 Gallery Stroll Reception: December 6, from 6 – 9PM Alice Gallery: Tues – Fri, 10AM – 4PM  Click here to view all the works included in the exhibition Utah Division of Arts & Museums is pleased to present A Living …

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AMIDST

Work by Kathy Puzey, Amanda Lee, and Holland Larsen SEPTEMBER 13 – NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Amidst is an exhibition of current works from artists and full-time USU faculty Kathy Puzey, Amanda Lee, and Holland Larsen who use printmaking to explore their relationship with their surrounding natural environment. Each piece begins with quiet observation, an artist teasing out the experience of …

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Design Arts ’19

SEPTEMBER 6 – OCTOBER 18 Click here to view the catalog DesignArts Utah ’19 honors and celebrates some of Utah’s best designers and provides an opportunity for gallery visitors see the talent of Utah’s design community. The juror for DesignArts Utah ’18 is Gail Anderson, is the creative director of Visual Arts Press at the School of Visual Arts New York, …

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3SMITHS

Work by: Tony Smith, Evan Smith, and Willie Smith JULY 12 – SEPTEMBER 6 From the curator: “Like clockwork at 10 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Willie Smith, who has mild Down syndrome, accompanies his father Tony from their home in the Avenues to their West-side studio across the street from the Mormon-operated Welfare Square in Salt Lake City. …