Guide to the Arts in Salt Lake City: Museums, Performing Arts & More
Meta Description: Salt Lake City is a great place for the arts. Between the museums and performing arts venues and organizations there is so much to see and do.
Meta Keywords: Salt Lake City Arts, Museums Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Performing Arts, Arts Salt Lake City
An Arts Guide to Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City may be known to most outsiders for a singular thing. But, there is far more to “The Crossroads of the West” than the cultural attractions directly related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church. The attractions associated with the church are quite spectacular and will get their due in this article as well. We aim to
…show more content…
The planetarium hosts films, star viewing programs, laser light shows, and other special events.
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the Natural History Museum of Utah, and Red Butte Garden and Arboretum http://www.utah.edu/arts/museums.php Only a few blocks from Temple Square on the University of Utah campus in downtown Salt Lake City, you will find two fine museums: the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the Natural History Museum of Utah. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, or UMFA has a core collection that features fine art and art objects that span five thousand years of human history on the planet. The museum also hosts touring exhibitions and special collections from other regional, national, and international partnering institutions.
The Natural History Museum of Utah opened the doors of it’s new, highly acclaimed collections in 2011. It is roundly considered to be one of the best museums of its kind in the whole country. Just outside its doors you will find the more than one hundred acres of gardens and trails that make up the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum natural area. This unspoiled stretch of Wasatch foothills is an excellent place to quietly commune with nature, unless you happen to visit during the outdoor concert series, which attracts top national and
…show more content…
The state historical society collects and celebrates the whole of Utah’s history, while the Pioneer Memorial Museum collects artifacts from the arrival of white settlers in the region up until the joining of the national railroads at nearby Promontory Point in 1869.
Fort Douglas Military Museum http://www.fortdouglas.org/ An official museum of the U.S. Army Museum System since its establishment in August of 1974, the Fort Douglas Military Museum contains collections and memorials dedicated to the contribution of Utah’s citizens in the wars of the United States, and the regional conflicts that witnessed Utah’s joining the union in the first
Saint louis is a beautiful city.The Saint Louis Arch is magnificent.The Play House Museum in Saint Louis is made mostly of reproduced architectural and industrial objects that children get to play on/in.When I went to Saint Louis we went to the Arch and to the Museum.The Arch took a long time to get the the top.
Museum of Fine Arts, a government-funded museum that houses a collection of 19th and 20th
The museum representatives were very nice and helpful. Entering the Charles H. Wright museum, my fiance and I were stopped by a cameraman who worked at the museum. The cameraman was very welcoming, encouraging, and persistent. Entering the D.I.A, the representatives at the desk were very respectful and understanding. Admission was free to the D.I.A for all Wayne County residents; however; I forgot my state I.D at home and the lady was kind enough to accept an old check stub as proof that I resided in Wayne County. Both museums were very clean and quiet, with the exception of the kids who were enjoying the moment. Comparing the two, my most favorite exhibit would have had to be the slave ship I mentioned at the Charles H. Wright museum. The slave ship is more than an exhibit, it’s like two minutes in a slave’s shoes. Walking through the dark ship, I could slightly imagine and empathize the life of slaves on that ship. My least favorite thing was a picture that I’ve attached to the essay. The picture is of a black slave beating another slave while the Master’s watched. Though the image may represent the truth, I’m not a big fan of ugly truths - especially when they don’t compare to the bigger
Johnson Army War occurred 1858-1861 followed by Black Hawk war 1865-1872. It is humble to walk through the museum and see multiple acts of violence between the various groups, an issue that is not completely resolved to this day. In 1972 the College University of Utah, announced its mascot as the “Ute” viewing it as a tribute to the local natives. Many of the Ute Indians do not appreciate the mascot and find it demeaning and embarrassing. The constant conflict between natives and settlers has and will be an ongoing contest. A new sensitivity of consideration has appeared for those native to Utah and leaves a deeper sense of compassion for them.
Want to see an ever-expanding city of art, culture, and academics? Walk through streets upon streets of local art? Explore cultural, historical, and art museums?
During our visit to the El Paso Museum of Art, our docent (insert name) took us on a tour of their current exhibitions: Robert Delaunay and Albert Gleizes: The School of Paris from Modern Master Series: Highlights from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Immaculate Conception, Amplified Abstraction, and Modern Stone Totems. In addition to our expedition we observed art of Mexico and New Spain that showcased 17th and 19th century paintings and sculptures. European art with includes paintings and sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. As well as, early American art from the 19th century to the mid 20th century.
Whether you are a true lover of art or simply a curious person, you are given a wide range of options to please everyone. For those who love to beat museums and discover the works exhibited, the three main museums in Vancouver propose unique collections in very different styles.
Cleveland is all about art and creative culture. Cleveland is especially proud to be the location of the brand-new Grammy Museum Mississippi, a facility that not only has a strong educational mission but also celebrates the best in music. Mississippi was chosen as the location of the Grammy Museum as this is the place where majority of the Grammy winners came from.
I decided to visit the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center (Image 1). The URL for this museum is http://www.ci.longmont.co.us/museum/. My experience visiting this museum was very different from the other museums that I have visited more recently. It provided a great deal of interesting insight and topics for discussion for me to consider. My overall experience consists of the museum’s setting, any personal interactions that occurred, my analysis of my favorite work of art that I encountered, and my opinions on viewing art in person rather than through other material.
I am writing to you to request that actions be done to prevent rising air pollution rates and effects. The Salt Lake City area is well-known for its bad quality air. Residents experience inversions far more than anyone would want to endure, and the consequences to the human body (as well as animals, plants, and the community as a whole) are quite unsettling. My family has been taken ill because of the terrible air quality. Something must be done about this issue, for it would lift the spirits and physical health of so many people.
I attended the Art & Geology: Landscape Impressions exhibition in the Martha Gault Art Gallery located on campus. The art work was from students who go here at Slippery Rock University and was a collaboration between the Art & Geology department and the Geography & the Environment department. The students went to the Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Dr. Patrick Burkhart has been taking students the Badlands National Park for years and decided to bring along Dr. Katherine Mickle. 10 years later, both Art and Geography students, Dr. Burkhart, and Dr. Mickle go as one group to coordinately go over the landscape. All the artwork was very fascinating to look at and each was unique and taken from or inspired by the Badlands. A lot of the artwork
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, is known for its wide variety of architectural artworks, and its collection of Asian art. It also has many works of Medieval and Ancient art, while also showing some present art pieces. My experience through the museum went very well. Throughout the whole museum, there wasn’t any place to look that was boring, or didn’t involve art, which was very cool. I liked how the pieces were labeled with a helpful description, and were categorized in similar sections. All the art pieces having the interesting descriptions, helped me understand the visual, value, and history behind all of the pieces, which I found very helpful relating them to class.
have never been to a city that did not offer the usual museum fare, usually in the form of the “Anytown Art Museum”, or the “Anytown Museum of Natural History”. While these types of museums house some incredible artifacts, and I do visit them often, I also like to seek out museums of a more unusual sort.
There is also a reproduction of the life of indigenous people in the Mojave desert. The last time I visited, it was undergoing a renovation. Here is a photo of it from a distance.
However the differences between the Sevier-Fremont and Williams reside in their way of living. For both, their existence or way of living is synonymous with their relationship to nature. The Great Basin was the womb in which the Sevier-Fremont developed. However the umbilical cord was never severed as the shores of the Great Salt Lake became their lifeline, their life support. Williams’ history and current relationships with her family speak of close ties with nature. Her Mormon ancestors believed that the Great Basin was the Promised Land. They carved out a life for themselves amid the land’s hostility, declaring it sacred. The basin remains sacred to Williams in many respects. From bird watching and astrology with her mother and grandmother, to marriage maintenance with her husband Brooke, the majority of the familial activities Williams describes have an outdoor element. Furthermore for Williams, naturalist in residence at the Utah Museum of Natural Science, the Great Salt Lake is not only the