Dear Colleague,
October is National Arts and Humanities Month! It's the perfect time to enjoy your favorite arts and humanities events. Special shout-out to Utah Humanities' annual Utah Book Festival, going on now around the state.
Also, just a reminder that we've been merging our social media pages and some of our newsletters. You can find us on Instagram and Facebook at @utahartsandmuseums. A list of our newsletters that you can subscribe to is on our Newsletters webpage.
All the best,
Alyssa Hickman Grove
Communications and Literary Arts Manager
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Creative West is offering a Capacity Building Webinar Series, a year-long lineup of free professional development workshops for artists and arts organizations. Join them the second Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
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Americans for the Arts is collecting stories for “50 Stories, 50 States," a national campaign to show how the arts and humanities change lives, strengthen communities, and preserve our shared heritage.
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Salt Lake City Arts Council has opened applications for their Project Support Grants. Apply by Nov. 2.
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UServeUtah will hold Generation Volunteer, a service summit for youth, on Nov. 8, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Taylorsville.
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The Teiger Foundation's hosting grant provides up to $75,000 to help U.S.-based institutions present exhibitions or projects that originated elsewhere. Available four times a year.
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Pass Down Your Traditional Skills:
Apply for Folk Arts Apprenticeship Grant
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This grant provides up to $5,000 to help traditional artists from Utah’s ethnic, Native, rural, and occupational communities share their skills with apprentices from the same cultural background. The grant assists mentors in teaching their craft and ensuring these valuable traditions continue. Applications must be submitted jointly by both the mentor and one or two apprentices. All grant funds will be paid directly to the mentor. Submit your application by Nov. 17.
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Learn how to shape colorful paper into beautiful, lasting flowers. Artist Frances Martinez Rogers will share clever tricks to cut, gather, and construct paper blooms. This process will allow you "to go to that place of color and paper and just be," and you'll take home your own bouquet of vibrant paper flowers! Join us Saturday, Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. at the Chase Home.
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It's spooky season at the Chase Home Museum, and we're celebrating with stories, hot cocoa, house elves, and jack-o'-lanterns! Visit the museum, located in the center of Salt Lake City's Liberty Park, for the Utah Pin Quest, storytelling with professional artists, and an open house. Learn more about our events at the link.
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New Public Art Opportunity in Richfield
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We're excited to announce a new opportunity in Richfield! We're seeking qualifications from artists/artist teams to create artwork for the new Richfield Regional Center. This facility will house regional offices for four state agencies: the Department of Health and Human Services, Utah Division of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Public Safety, and the Department of Workforce Services. The committee is interested in exterior sculptural or installation work that pays tribute to the rich and varied significance of the Richfield area. Artists residing in Utah or in the surrounding states are eligible. Apply by Oct. 20.
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Join the Museums Field Services team in southwestern Utah for preventative conservation and preservation programming. Each quarter, the Utah Collections Preservation team has conducted two workshops (Part A, Part B) and three webinars that center around a preservation theme. Workshops are in-person, full-day events and occur in two parts. Webinars are online, free to attend, and take place on the third Thursday of every month from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. For the full event calendar, visit the UCP homepage via the link below.
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Get Involved with America 250 Utah
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Our department's America 250 Utah Commission is organizing events in the state to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. Your organization can get involved by requesting a branding kit on the America 250 Utah website. Fill out the form here.
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The views and opinions expressed in any content from outside partners do not necessarily reflect the views of the Utah Division of Arts & Museums.
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| Donna Law,
Executive Director
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| Victoria Panella Bourns,
Director
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