BYU Museum of Art public programs and events [Announcement: Feed no longer available after November 18th, 2015. See https://goo.gl/EMDRqe]

MOA CLOSED UNTIL 3p.m.

2011-06-10T16:09:51.000Z

When: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10am to 3pm MDT

Where: BYU Museum of Art
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: The MOA will be closed until 3 p.m. today for a College of Fine Arts and Communications event.

MOA CLOSED: 4th of JULY

2011-06-10T16:08:22.000Z

When: Mon Jul 4, 2011

Where: BYU Museum of Art
Event Status: confirmed

Exhibition Preview: "The Yankee Spirit"

2011-06-10T16:07:22.000Z

When: Thu Jun 30, 2011 7pm to 9pm MDT

Where: BYU Museum of Art
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Join us at the MOA for an exhibition preview on Thursday, June 30, 2011, from 7 to 9 p.m. for "The Yankee Spirit: Highlights from the New Britain Museum of American Art." This exhibition will feature 59 masterpieces by a Who's Who of American painters, including Homer, Whistler, O’Keeffe, Rockwell, and many others. Participants will enjoy entertainment and light refreshments in conjunction with the opening. The public is invited to attend. The paintings in this exhibition are drawn from the collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut, the first museum in the country solely devoted to collecting and exhibiting American art. More information about "The Yankee Spirit": http://cfacbeta.byu.edu/departments/moa/yankee-spirit-exhibition-features-whos-who-american-painters

Artist Talk @ MOA -- Jules De Balincourt

2011-02-16T22:14:46.000Z

When: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4pm to Thu Feb 24, 2011 6pm MST

Where: Brigham Young University Museum of Art
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: New York-based artist Jules De Balincourt will speak about his work on Thursday, Feb. 24 from 4-6 p.m. in the MOA Auditorium. De Balincourt received his MFA from Hunter College and has exhibited his work extensively in the states and abroad with recent exhibitions at the Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Zach Feuer Gallery in NYC, Deitch Projects in NYC, PS1 Contemporary in NYC, and the Royal Academy in London. Admission is free. Read more about the artist: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/jules_de_balincourt.htm

Child of Giants Film Screening

2011-01-31T22:59:32.000Z

When: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7pm to 8pm MST

Where: Museum of Art Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Join us for a screening of "Child of Giants: My Life with Maynard Dixon and Dorothea Lange," a documentary by Tom Ropelewski. This film screening is offered in conjunction with the museum's current exhibition Dorothea Lange's Three Mormon Towns. Film Synopsis: As a child, Daniel Dixon, the son of iconic photographer Dorothea Lange and visionary Southwestern painter Maynard Dixon, came to recognize his parents' extraordinary gifts, but his view of them changed dramatically during the Depression when he and his younger brother John were "farmed out" to a series of foster homes, never knowing when they might see their parents again.

Andrew Sexton - Artist Lecture

2011-01-28T23:13:46.000Z

When: Thu Feb 3, 2011 4pm to Thu Feb 3, 2011 6pm MST

Where: BYU MOA Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Los Angeles based artist Andrew Sexton will speak about his work from 4-6pm on Thursday, Feb. 3 in the MOA Auditorium. Sexton received his MFA from Yale University and has exhibited his work at the Oliver Kamm Gallery in NYC, Artspace in New Haven, Connecticut, and the BYU MOA.

"At War!" Opening Celebration

2011-01-28T23:13:07.000Z

When: Thu Feb 3, 2011 7pm to 9pm MST

Where: BYU MOA
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: The Museum of Art will host an exhibition preview of “At War! The Changing Face of American War Illustration" on Thursday, Feb. 3, from 7 to 9 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by The Jazz Docs and light refreshments will be served.

Illustrating War: The Aesthetics and Ethics of Representation

2011-01-31T22:55:27.000Z

When: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9am to Sat Feb 26, 2011 5pm MST

Where: BYU Museum of Art Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: In conjunction with "At War! The Changing Face of American War Illustration," the MOA will host an interdisciplinary symposium Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26, titled "Illustrating War: The Aesthetics and Ethics of Representation." The keynote speaker at the symposium is Jim Aulich the Research Degree Coordinator and Visual Culture Research Centre Leader in the Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design (MIRIAD) at Manchester Metropolitan University in England. Aulich has published widely on the relationships between history, memory and representation, especially in the fields of propaganda and publicity in the graphic arts. From 2003 through 2006 he oversaw the digitization of the poster collection at the Imperial War Museum in London, and in 2008 was the curator of the exhibition and eponymous book War Posters Weapons of Mass Communication. Organizers hope the symposium will elicit a multi-faceted discussion about the exhibition and the questions it asks viewers.

Art Belief Meaning Symposium

2011-01-11T16:53:53.000Z

When: Fri Jan 28, 2011

Where: BYU Museum of Art Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: As all things bear record of Christ, and the creation testifies of His handiwork, how does individual testimony find expression in the work of the artist? This year’s Art Belief Meaning symposium will address this challenge from the perspective of the Restored Gospel. The symposium will be held on January 28 & 29, 2011.

Dorothea Lange’s Three Mormon Towns Opening and Lecture

2011-01-11T16:49:19.000Z

When: Thu Jan 20, 2011 7pm to 8pm MST

Where: BYU Museum of Art Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: The Museum of Art will host a lecture and preview of Dorothea Lange’s Three Mormon Towns on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 from 7 to 9 p.m. Diana Turnbow, curator of photography at the BYU Museum of Art, will present a lecture titled “Exploring the Origins of ‘Three Mormon Towns’” at 7 p.m. in the auditorium on the museum’s lower level. Admission to the lecture and exhibition is free of charge.

Suburbia Lecture Series: James Swensen

2010-11-02T15:46:25.000Z

When: Thu Nov 4, 2010 7pm to 8pm MDT

Where: Museum of Art Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: On Thursday, November 4, 2010, at 7 p.m., James Swensen, an assistant professor of art history at BYU, will present a lecture in the Museum of Art Auditorium titled "'Bill Owens and the Anthropology of Suburbia."

Brian Knep Artist Lecture

2010-10-11T23:10:24.000Z

When: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7pm to 8pm MDT

Where: Brigham Young University Museum of Art Lied Gallery
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: On Thursday, October 21, 2010, at 7 p.m., artist Brian Knep will present a lecture in the museum's Lied Gallery. His work Healing 1 is currently on view in the e.g. (electronic gallery). Knep is a new-media artist who uses science and technology to explore change, healing, struggle and acceptance. Knep has had solo shows at the New Britain Museum of American Art, the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and Arizona State University and has been part of group shows at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Laval Virtual in France, MobileArt in Sweden, and the Insa Art Center in Korea, among others. His works have won awards from Ars Electronica, Americans for the Arts, AICA/New England and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2005 Knep became the first artist-in-residence at Harvard Medical School in a program co-sponsored by Harvard's Office for the Arts. Knep lives and works in Boston and is represented by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NY and Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston. Admission is free.

Art talk / Conversation with Milena Kalinovska

2010-09-28T16:10:28.000Z

When: Thu Sep 30, 2010 7pm to 8pm MDT

Where: Brigham Young University Museum of Art Lied Gallery
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: On Thursday, September 30, 2010, at 7 p.m., Milena Kalinovska, director of public programs at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., will present an art talk in the museum's Lied Gallery. In a conversation with Jeff Lambson, the MOA's curator of contemporary art, Kalinovska will discuss her experiences in the art world as a pioneering curator of significant artists from around the world, tracing her journ...ey from communist Czechoslovakia to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. Kalinovska has curated more than 40 exhibitions in the last 20 years for institutions such as the Smithsonian, ICA Boston, and the New Museum. She has worked with many notable contemporary artists, including James Coleman, Tony Cragg, Philip-Lorca di Corcia, Richard Deacon, Nan Goldin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Antony Gormley, Gary Hill, Rebecca Horn, Isaac Julien, On Kawara, Annette Messager, Mariko Mori, Cildo Meireles, Bruce Nauman, Nancy Spero, Kara Walker and Lawrence Weiner. Additionally, Kalinovska is a member of the Art 21 Advisory Council, the Emmy nominated PBS series focusing exclusively on contemporary visual artists working in the United States today. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Wide-Open Spaces Colloquium

2010-10-11T23:12:09.000Z

When: Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:30pm to 4:30pm MDT

Where: Brigham Young University Museum of Art Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Celebrated local Western artist Gary Ernest Smith will be the keynote speaker at a colloquium on Wide-Open Spaces: Capturing the Grandeur of the Southwest Friday, October 29 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Museum of Art Auditorium. Smith will give the keynote address about his particular interest in the Southwest landscape, qualities he finds significant about the region, and why it is valuable to make these connections. Several papers by students and faculty will also be presented at the colloquium. The general public is invited. Admission is free.

Suburbia Lecture Series: Susan Rugh

2010-10-11T23:11:18.000Z

When: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7pm to 8pm MDT

Where: Brigham Young University Museum of Art Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: On Thursday, October 28, 2010, at 7 p.m., Susan Rugh, a professor of history at BYU, will present a lecture in the Museum of Art Auditorium titled "'We’re Really Happy': Exposing the American Dream in 'Bill Owens’ Suburbia.'" Rugh specializes in the history of travel and tourism and in the history of rural America. She began teaching at BYU in 1997 and has since published two books, "Our Common Country" in 2001 and "Are We There Yet? The Golden Age of American Family Vacations" in 2008. She is also the author of many articles on rural America and the history of travel and tourism. Her article on Utah's promotion of tourism, published in the Western Historical Quarterly, won the Michael Malone Award from the Western Historical Association and a Best Article Award from the Utah Historical Society in 2007. Admission is free.

Tissot Lecture

2010-10-05T16:25:51.000Z

When: Thu Oct 7, 2010 7pm to 8pm MDT

Where: BYU MOA Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: On Thursday, October 7, 2010, at 7 p.m., Dr. Rita R. Wright, an educator at the BYU Museum of Art, will present a lecture in the museum's auditorium titled "James Tissot: France's Prodigal Son." There will be a short question and answer session following the lecture. Admission is free.

Opening Reception for "James Tissot: The Life of Christ"

2010-06-25T22:52:42.000Z

When: Thu Jun 24, 2010 7pm to 9pm MDT

Who: BYU Museum of Art public programs and events
Where: BYU Museum of Art
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Join us in celebrating the opening of a new religious exhibition at the Brigham Young University Museum of Art. "James Tissot: The Life of Christ" features 124 beautiful watercolors from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum that tell the story of the Savior’s life and ministry from the unique aesthetic and historical perspective of the 19th-century French artist James Tissot. Thursday, June 24, 2010 7 to 9 p.m. Enjoy French-themed music and refreshments Ernst F., Ernst M. & Ida K. Lied Gallery (main level) "James Tissot: The Life of Christ" is on view June 18, 2010 through January 9, 2011 in the Conway A. Ashton & Carl E. Jackman Gallery (lower level). Admission is free. http://Tissot.byu.edu/ This exhibition was made possible, in part, with a generous award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

"James Tissot: The Life of Christ" Lecture Series

2010-07-06T15:49:05.000Z

When: Thu Jul 15, 2010 7pm to 8pm MDT

Where: BYU Museum of Art Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: On Thursday, July 15, 2010, at 7 p.m., Dr. Rita R. Wright, an educator at the Brigham Young University Museum of Art, will present a lecture in the museum's auditorium titled "James Tissot: France's Prodigal Son." Born in France, James Tissot (1836-1902) had a successful artistic career in Paris before going to London in the 1870s, where he established himself as a renowned painter of London society. After experiencing a religious vision in the Church of St. Sulpice in Paris in the 1880s, he embarked on an ambitious project to illustrate the New Testament. The creation of these paintings was a zealous endeavor for Tissot. His ardent efforts included two pilgrimages to the Holy Land; numerous detailed sketches of local architecture, clothing and customs; multiple readings of the New Testament; and pages upon pages of New Testament commentary — evidence that Tissot devoted a significant amount of time to pondering the divine nature of Jesus Christ and his own relationship to his Savior. There will be a short question and answer session following the lecture. Admission is free.

'Suburbia' Lecture by BYU Professor Dean Duncan

2010-05-14T16:58:10.000Z

When: Thu May 20, 2010 7pm to 8pm MDT

Where: Museum of Art Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: On Thursday, May 20, 2010, Dean Duncan, an associate professor in the Theatre and Media Arts Department of the College of Fine Arts and Communications, will present a lecture in the Museum of Art Auditorium titled "Neither Here nor There: The Notion and Fact of the Cinematic Suburb.” The lecture, which will begin at 7 p.m., is offered to complement and enhance the experience of viewers in the museum’s current photography exhibition: Bill Owens: Suburbia.

Lecture by Jesse Hurlbut - "Seeing Double: Illustrating Divine Shadows in Medieval Bibles"

2009-12-17T18:30:54.000Z

When: Thu Mar 18, 2010 7pm to 8pm MDT

Where: BYU Museum of Art, North Campus Drive, Provo, Utah 84602
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description:

On Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 7 p.m., Jesse D. Hurlbut, a professor of French medieval literature and culture at Brigham Young University, will present a lecture in the BYU Museum of Art Auditorium titled "Seeing Double: Illustrating Divine Shadows in Medieval Bibles."

This presentation will investigate numerous examples of illustrated Bibles from several different centuries, including works accomplished by the Limbourg brothers and the monumental Moralized Bibles produced for King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis).

Throughout the Middle Ages, religious scholars attempted to understand the Bible by applying several layers of interpretation to the text. One of those layers involved looking for types and shadows in every prophecy, psalm, parable and divine action. Exegesis, or the art of discovering these layers of meaning, was often recorded in Bible manuscripts. While this often took the form of textual commentary, there are many extraordinary examples of illustrated Bibles that depict in parallel the events of the original text coupled with a visual representation of these secondary meanings or types and shadows. These manuscripts combine art and interpretation with the Holy Word to reveal a visual culture of dualistic understanding of the scriptures.

Museum will close for a private event at 5 p.m.

2009-12-17T18:33:17.000Z

When: Thu Mar 4, 2010 5pm to 9pm MST

Event Status: confirmed

Lecture by Alonzon Gaskill -- "The Lost Language of Symbolism"

2009-12-17T18:27:33.000Z

When: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7pm to 8pm MST

Where: BYU Museum of Art
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Alonzo L Gaskill, an assistant professor of church history and doctrine at BYU, will present a lecture in conjunction with the museum's current exhibition of religious art: Types and Shadows: Intimations of Divinity. Gaskill's lecture is titled "The Lost Language of Symbolism," which comes from a book he published recently: The Lost Language of Symbolism: An Essential Guide for Recognizing and Interpreting Symbols of the Gospel. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in the Museum of Art Auditorium. Admission is free; however, seating is limited.

Lecture by John W. Welch -- "Hidden in Plain Sight: Overlooked Christian Treasures on the Long Walls of the Sistine Chapel

2009-12-17T18:29:50.000Z

When: Thu Feb 18, 2010 7pm to 8pm MST

Where: BYU Museum of Art Auditorium
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description:

On Thursday, February 18, 2010, at 7:00 pm, John W. Welch, a law professor and religion scholar at Brigham Young University, will present a lecture in the BYU Museum of Art Auditorium titled "Hidden in Plain Sight: Overlooked Christian Treasures on the Long Walls of the Sistine Chapel." The lecture is based on a presentation recently given by Welch at the International meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Rome and is offered to assist museum visitors in their personal exploration of the visual symbols presented in the museum's current exhibition of religious art: “Types and Shadows: Intimations of Divinity.”

The frescoes on the walls of the Sistine Chapel were commissioned in 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV and executed by the most respected painters of the 15th century. Most people know what is on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, but the superb paintings on the walls also reveal fascinating insights that should not be overlooked. These frescoes show numerous typological parallels between the life of Moses and the ministry of Jesus Christ, which demonstrate the continuity between the old covenant and the new covenant. The significance of these masterpieces for understanding the early Christian view of Jesus as the "new Moses," together with a desire to appreciate the Renaissance awareness of these types and shadows has prompted renewed interest in these “hidden treasures.”

Welch received a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in Latin and Greek from BYU in 1970. He studied at Oxford University as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Welch received his J.D. from Duke University, and is currently the Robert K. Thomas Professor of Law in the J. Reuben Clark Law School. In 1979, Welch founded FARMS (Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies), now part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at BYU. In 1996 he directed the Masada and Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the MOA, and since 1991 he has served as the editor-in-chief of BYU Studies.

“Types and Shadows: Intimations of Divinity” encourages viewers to participate in the process of seeking out and finding meaning in the symbols, metaphors and veiled visual references that “point to” the divine mission of Jesus Christ. The 44 works in this exhibition, which include paintings, prints and sculpture, have been selected to guide the viewer through a process of seeing beyond obvious and familiar narratives. “Types and Shadows” will be on view at the museum through March 13, 2010.

For more information about the lecture or the exhibition, contact the Museum of Art by phone at (801) 422-8287.

Mirror Mirror Artist Conversations

2009-12-17T18:28:19.000Z

When: Thu Jan 14, 2010 7pm to 8pm MST

Where: BYU Museum of Art, North Campus Drive, Provo, Utah 84602
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description:

Museum visitors interested in learning more about the works of art in “Mirror Mirror: Contemporary Portraits and the Fugitive Self” are invited to a gallery conversation with the exhibition curator and three of the local artists featured in the show. The gallery conversation will begin in the Museum Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 14, 2010. Admission is free.

Following the initial orientation in the auditorium, participants will divide into four groups. The groups will move into the exhibition space where the artists will talk about their works and answer questions from the group. Groups will rotate every 15 minutes until the four groups have had a chance to listen to and ask questions of the artists. The artists who will participate in the conversations are Valerie Atkisson (Hanging Family History), Amy Jorgenson (Body archive 12.13. 2007), and Jeff Larson (Serenade, from was there once a snowman?).

Museum closed

2009-12-17T18:32:46.000Z

When: Fri Jan 1, 2010

Event Status: confirmed