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'Entropy' Book Launch
Signing & Discussion with Diane Tuft 25 Apr 2024 Join us for a panel discussion surrounding the UMOCA Projects Gallery exhibition Entropy, which explores the ecological changes the photographer, Diane Tuft, has witnessed in the Great Salt Lake. Continuing... Read more -
Cyanotype Workshop
with Alexandra Fuller 4 May 2024 Join artist Alexandra Fuller for a wet cyanotype workshop on Saturday, May 4, from 12-2 pm. In this alternative process, participants will use lake water, salt, and mineral-laden sand to... Read more
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Honoring Paul Reynolds' Legacy
Tribute Opportunities 6 Apr 2024 Modern West celebrates the life, work and legacy of artist Paul Reynolds, who unexpectedly passed away on Friday, March 15. Paul Reynolds was not only a talented abstract artist,... Read more -
Great Salt Lake Artist Panel Discussion
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art 4 Apr 2024 Great Salt Lake Artist Panel Discussion Thursday, April 4, 2024 6:30 – 8:00 pm UMOCA 20 S West Temple, SLC, UT Join us for a panel discussion featuring artists from... Read more -
Creative Call to Action to Save our Great Salt Lake
Panel Discussion 20 Jan 2024 In conjunction with the opening artist reception of Lake Effect, we are pleased to host a Creative Call to Action to Save our Great Salt Lake panel discussion on Saturday,... Read more -
January Gallery Stroll
Lake Effect 19 Jan 2024 As a contribution to the crucial Great Salt Lake conversation, we will showcase Lake Effect, a six-person exhibition with artworks depicting the Great Salt Lake's rapid decline and the aftermath... Read more
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December Gallery Stroll
Wintertide 1 Dec 2023 Please join us for our Opening Artist Reception of Wintertide Friday, December 1 from 6-8 PM. Our annual holiday exhibition highlights the works of both MW represented and select guest... Read more -
NOVEMBER GALLERY STROLL
Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project 17 Nov 2023 Modern West invites you to celebrate Eugene Tapahe's solo exhibition Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project in our main gallery, and Rooted in the Culture. Grown from the Streets. in... Read more -
OCTOBER GALLERY STROLL
Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project 20 Oct 2023 Modern West will host the Opening Artist Reception for Tapahe's solo exhibition Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project , Friday, October 20 from 6-8 PM. Please join us for an... Read more -
July Gallery Stroll
The Modern West 21 Jul 2023 Please join us for our Opening Artist Reception of The Modern West, this Friday, July 21, 2023, from 6-8 PM. The Modern West highlights artists whose practice embodies our mission... Read more
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Painting and Photography Master Class Retreat
with Nathan Florence and Elizabeth Ashdown 25 Jun - 1 Jul 2023 Painting and Photography Master Class Retreat with Nathan Florence and Elizabeth Ashdown Represented Artist Nathan Florence is offering an extraordinary opportunity to travel with him to Scotland this June for... Read more -
MAY GALLERY STROLL
Out There: A Landscape Survey 19 May 2023 Modern West is thrilled to announce Out There: A Landscape Survey , a group show featuring the dynamic landscape artworks of Michael H. Coles, Shalee Cooper, Al Denyer, Phil Epp,... Read more -
MAY GALLERY STROLL
Ways of Seeing 19 May 2023 Modern West is thrilled to announce Ways Of Seeing , an exhibition by the Utah native, multi-disciplinary artist Nathan Florence. This exhibition will be on display May 19, 2023, through... Read more -
UMOCA 2023 Gala Art Auction
Featuring works by: Shalee Cooper, Nathan Florence, Lenka Konopasek, Dimitri Kozyrev, Jiyoun Lee-Lodge and Jerrin Wagstaff 12 May - 10 Jun 2023 By generously donating artwork, the local artists featured in the 2023 Annual Gala Art Auction Exhibition contribute to UMOCA’s mission in real and tangible ways. Auction proceeds will directly benefit... Read more
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APRIL GALLERY STROLL | FORMAL ELEMENTS
21 Apr 2023 Modern West is excited to feature Formal Elements, a three person exhibition with works by Lenka Konopasek, Arlo Namingha, and Eric Overton. These artists showcase their unique definitions of what... Read more -
APRIL GALLERY STROLL | PERCEPTION
21 Apr 2023 “Sometimes we perceive, sometimes we receive and sometimes we respond but it is all the same.” - Agnes Martin Modern West celebrates the works by our represented and guest female... Read more -
Between Life and Land: Identity at Kimball Arts Center
Featuring Al Denyer and Jerrin Wagstaff 21 Apr 2023 Join the Kimball Arts Center April 21 for the opening of Between Life and Land: Identity , the second chapter of a three-part exhibition series that explores our relationship with... Read more -
Boombox Benefit at UMOCA
Featuring Fidalis Buehler and Jiyoun Lee-Lodge 10 Mar - 22 Apr 2023 On display at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art is their Boombox Benefit , a collaborative exhibition of local artists who create and alter ceramic boomboxes to be auctioned off.... Read more
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Large Scale Monotypes
with Clara Lieu 25 Feb 2023 Large Scale Monotypes with Clara Lieu This workshop is an opportunity to explore large scale monotypes using a reductive painting process. In this technique, a plexiglass plate is inked with... Read more -
February Gallery Stroll / A World of Light closing reception
17 Feb 2023 Featured in our main gallery is A World of Light , by Navajo artist Shonto Begay. Showcasing 20 new works all produced in 2022, this rhythmic body of work speaks... Read more -
January Gallery Stroll / Shonto Begay - A World of Light
20 Jan 2023 Modern West is honored to announce a solo exhibition debuting 20 new works by Shonto Begay in A World of Light, January 20th through March 4, 2023. This work is... Read more -
Communitas Lecture Series w/ Rebecca Campbell
27 Oct 2022 Rebecca Campbell : Painting Feminine Power , currently on view at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, is a survey of works from Campbell ’s prodigious output over the... Read more