This spring, the National Endowment for the Arts released a report called “The Great Connector: How Arts Participation Renews Civic and Community Engagement.” The report expands our understanding of the links between arts participation and broader …
We want to thank the 140+ executive directors of cultural organizations who gathered with us at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium on March 27. This was the second year that the Utah Division of Arts & Museums hosted this curated gathering. Highlights of …
Our fearless leader, Vicki Bourns, is driving off into the retirement sunset at the end of June 2026. Since she became the director of the Utah Division of Arts & Museums in 2017, Vicki has accomplished remarkable things. She led the division as we …
We’re pleased to share that Sharon Johnson, chair of our advisory board, has been named to the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies’ board of directors. NASAA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to strengthening the nation’s 56 state and …
Have you ever thought about the ways that writing and drawing are connected? Many artists, educators, and historians argue that drawing is the ancestor of writing — and that writing is a highly stylized, abstracted form of drawing that represents language …
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums recently secured new funding from a national grant program to advance creative aging programs for older adults in Utah. The Creative Aging, Creative Futures program, a joint initiative of the National Assembly of …
Our agency is delighted to have partnered with the Utah State Capitol Preservation Board to install five paintings by Edna Merrill Van Frank at the new North Capitol Building, where the state art collection will be housed. These artworks were created in …
From Victoria Panella Bourns, Division Director: I am so pleased that Mary Anne Carter has been confirmed as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. I had the pleasure of meeting Mary Anne when I initially joined Utah Arts & Museums in 2017, …
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums was recently mentioned in a blog post from Lifetime Arts, a national leader in the movement to establish creative aging as an essential driver of health and well-being. From the blog post: “In Utah, creativity is …
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