Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

Create your own one-of-a-kind miniature ceramic charm inspired by a cherished memory in this hands-on workshop. Explore the basics of hand building with clay, underglaze techniques, and glazing, guided by local artist Shiya Zeng. Completed and fired charms will be available for pickup at UMOCA from January 30 to February 4. No RSVP required—drop in […]

Looking for a unique night out? Join us on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 6–8 pm for a romantic and creative evening at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. Here’s what’s planned: A catered dinner to kick off the night. An exclusive, guided tour of the exhibition In Memory led by UMOCA Executive Director Laura […]

Join us for the opening reception of three new exhibitions at UMOCA, featuring the work of: Maika Garnica—Antwerp-based artist transforming finely molded sculptures into musical instruments that generate haunting melodies, blending sound, sculpture, and environment in immersive installations. Brooklynn Johnson—A Utah-based artist and educator whose practice spans multimedia painting, sculpture, and performance. Johnson earned her […]

Join local tarot reader and artist Inez Garcia for our February Workshop Walk-In during Friday's closing reception event for In Memory, Atis Rezistans | Ghetto Biennale, Milad Mozari, and Antra Sinha. What to Expect: 🃏 Learn how to perform a basic three-card reading 🔮 Explore the symbolism of the Rider-Waite tarot deck 🎨 Create your […]

Drop in this Saturday, March 8, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to create your own Great Salt Lake species banner with UMOCA Artist-in-Residence Kellie Bornhoft! Using unhemmed fabric to reflect the lake’s fragility, this hands-on workshop invites you to learn about and celebrate the many species that make our inland sea so vibrant.

Get creative at this hands-on collage workshop at UMOCA on March 21, 2025, starting at 6 p.m. Using vintage paper ephemera, stickers, and glue, you’ll design a unique miniature artwork to display inside a retro cassette tape case. Whether you’re layering nostalgic imagery or crafting something entirely abstract, this walk-in workshop is a chance to […]

Join us for the opening reception for four new exhibitions at UMOCA, including NCECA Annual: True and Real, NCECA Multicultural Fellowship Exhibition, NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, and new work by Amanda Smith in the Projects Gallery. Featuring works by invited artists Syd Carpenter, Simone Leigh, Roberto Lugo, Tip Toland, and Steven Young Lee, alongside 35 […]

Join us at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art this Thursday from 6–8 PM for a screening of Calls From Home (2023, dir. Sylvia Ryerson), organized by the Utah Prison Education Project and Study and Struggle. Calls From Home is an intimate documentary on rural prison expansion and WMMT-FM’s radio show, which connects incarcerated people […]

Join us for an artist talk with UMOCA artist-in-residence Holly Rios, whose exhibition "I’d like to Return this Body" examines the intersections of media, beauty standards and technology. Trained as a printmaker, Rios employs methods of erasure and image appropriation to investigate the Playboy empire as a cultural data set that began shaping and reinforcing […]

Join us at UMOCA on Saturday, April 12, from 11 AM to 2 PM for Family Art Saturday: Clay Fairy Tales. We’ll create our own fairy tale scenes using model magic and markers inspired by Amanda Smith’s work in Trust Issues, currently on view in the Projects gallery. Drop-in, no RSVP required.