Sep 19 Friday
Aviary is a SAQA global exhibition at the Brigham City Museum June 28-Sept 22. 60 master artists inspired by birds in all materials to create art quilts. Museum hours are Tuesday-Friday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Saturday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM.
Join us at NEHMA to celebrate the opening of Exploding Native Inevitable. Explore the exhibition, enjoy refreshments, and experience the unique opportunity to hear from co-curators of the exhibition, Dan Mills and Brad Kahlhamer.
Dan Mills: Dan Mills recently retired as Director and Chief Curator of the Bates College Museum of Art where he has overseen dozens of exhibitions, encompassing multiple mediums and groupings of artists, including contemporary works by artistis from Suadi Arabia as well as Native American and Black artisits.
Brad Kahlhamer: Born to Native parents and adopted by a German-American family, Brad spent his early adulthood as a musician living on the road before settling in New York City in the early 1980s. Now, he divides his time between New York and Mesa, Arizona, and travels where he is working, exhibiting, performing, or "yondering", as he describes it.
Sep 20 Saturday
The Brigham City Museum of Art and History is excited to announce its call for entries for the highly anticipated 2025 Photography Competition, centered around the captivating theme, “Wild Life”. Whether it’s the amazing creatures of the animal kingdom, the beauty of nature, or the untamed, unexpected moments in our everyday lives, we want to see how you interpret the wild world around us. From the smallest details to breathtaking landscapes, this is your opportunity to capture the essence of life in all its wild forms.
Submissions are due on September 27th, 2025, and must be created between April 20th, 2025 and September 27th, 2025. The exhibit will open on October 4th.
And here’s something to get truly excited about: a total of 6 cash prizes will be awarded, and the top photograph will be awarded $500!
We can’t wait to see your interpretation of “Wild Life.” Start snapping, and get ready to share your point of view!
Visit museum.bcutah.org for more information.
Beginning August 6th and running through November 1st, there will be many new transparent watercolor paintings on display at Gallery 35 located at 35 N. Main St., St. George, UT. All art is created locally by members of the Dixie Watercolor Society and is framed and available for sale. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 10AM to 5PM. Hope to see you there!
Ice has sculpted our planet for millennia, shaping the landscapes we see today and connecting distant continents, paving the way for migration. Opening on June 7 at NHMU, Mysteries of the Ice Ages invites visitors to explore 80,000 years of Earth’s dramatic history, uncovering the mysteries of ice and the remarkable adaptations that allowed life to survive in an unforgiving world. Featuring more than 120 specimens, incredible artifacts, and informative interactives, the exhibition brings to life a time when massive glaciers ruled the land and ancient creatures roamed wild.
Exhibit Highlights: Encounter iconic Ice Age creatures like muskoxen, caribou, wolves, woolly mammoths, and cave bears.
Step into the world of the Neanderthals and discover how they adapted to life in the freezing cold.
Explore the ancient Beringia land bridge that once connected Asia to North America.
Learn how the dramatic landforms we recognize today were carved by ice sheets during the last glaciation.
View real tools and artifacts—thousands of years old—crafted by the Tuniit (Dorset) and Thule-Inuit peoples.
Sep 21 Sunday
Sep 22 Monday