The Utah Division of Arts & Museums is a state government agency responsible for the promotion of
arts
The arts or creative arts are a vast range of human practices involving creativity, creative expression, storytelling, and cultural participation. The arts encompass diverse and plural modes of thought, deeds, and existence in an extensive ...
and museums in
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
. It is a division of the Utah Department of Heritage and Arts. It includes the Utah Office of Museum Services and the Utah Arts Council as advisory and policy-making boards.
The Division's primary offices, as well as its arts education and literary arts programs, are located in the Glendinning Home, next to the
Governor's Mansion in
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...
. Its folk arts and museum services programs are housed in the
Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts. Its visual, public, and design arts programs operate from offices in the Rio Grande Depot in Salt Lake City. The Division maintains two public galleries: the Alice Gallery at the Glendinning Home, exhibiting artwork from Utah's State Fine Art Collection and Traveling Exhibition Program; and the Rio Gallery, at the Rio Grande Depot, exhibiting artwork of contemporary Utah artists.
The Division's director is Victoria Bourns (2017).
Utah Arts Council
The Utah Arts Council was established in 1899 as the Utah Art Institute through the passage of the "Art Bill," legislation drafted by Utah Rep.
Alice Merrill Horne (an artist, arts patron, and the first woman elected to the
Utah State House of Representatives
The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district co ...
) and fellow artist
George M. Ottinger.
See also
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State of Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to th ...
References
External links
Utah Division of Arts and Museums website
Arts Council
An arts council is a government or private non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts; mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing arts events. They often operate at arms-length from the government to prevent pol ...
Arts councils of the United States
Utah culture
Art in Utah
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