Utah Valley University's Woodbury Art Museum

Opening reception February 5, 6 - 8 p.m.

2010-02-02T15:25:00.000-08:00

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TAWNI SHULER

We are pleased to present the works of new visiting faculty member, Tawni Shuler, in this exhibition that exposes her works of the past few years along with works completed while at UVU. A graduate with a Master of Fine Arts degree from Arizona State University, and a native of Wyoming, Shuler brings a concern for connection with earth-place in her works. Having been raised with the rigors and unique experiences of farm life in Wyoming, Shuler combines her sense of aesthetic responsiveness with the life and death, dirt and skin experiences of her upbringing. She chooses to call this exhibit Ecotone and offers this definition: Ecotone: the place where forest meets meadow, desert touches river. It’s the frontier where communities of humankind and wild animals touch each other. It’s that shaky space between who we are and who we appear to be, the gap between reality and mystery, the certain and the imagined. - Joanne Smith from What Wildness is This. Shuler’s work ranges in size from small to enormous and will occupy two of the galleries in the museum. Her work carries a curious luminosity. While virtually non-objective, she nonetheless acknowledges Caravagio and Turner as sources of inspiration.

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KELLY LARSEN

In the summer of 2009, Larsen received a part fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center. He spent thirty days in a large studio participating with other Studio Center fellows in figure explorations, and, as he says, “an explosion of conversation with other residents that included artists and writers of all genre.” The award of such a prestigious fellowship is a landmark in an artist’s career.

The “paintings” of Larsen are long in development as layer after layer of paint juxtaposes thick pouring of paint along with the most ephemeral glazes, transparencies, and translucent passages. Some of the images may be considered non-objective. In others, he integrates contour drawings or partially modeled figures, as he deems necessary to achieve the desired state of being of the work. The paintings in this exhibition demonstrate the range of possibilities that Larsen seeks to integrate. Some of the works evolve around Sheile-like figures, and others remain pure material interactions. A UVU graduate, we are pleased to present the of one of our alumni well on his way to recognition in the professional arena.

Make Your Own Hand Bound Journal

2010-01-14T12:00:00.000-08:00

Art Journal/ Bookbinding Workshop taught by Pamela Barrios

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6, 9am-1pm

Make your own art journal or book as a gift for a friend in time for Valentine’s Day.

This simple non-adhesive book structure shown above is based on the historical “limp vellum”

binding. Class members will be using a heavy-weight, but flexible paper instead of vellum. We will sew paper sections onto leather supports. The supports will be used to connect the cover.

The cover can be easily decorated before it is attached. A traditional way of cutting paper will be taught for decorating. Other decorating techniques can be used and will be described.

Sewing experience is helpful but not necessary. Materials will be provided. Participants will be asked to bring small tools, such as pencil, ruler, X-acto knife and scissors.

The class fee covers the rest of the materials and will be $35.00.

Space is limited to 15 students. Enrollment is open to the community members ages 16 and up.

Workshop is dependent on enrollment, so sign up today!

Contact Melissa Hempel at 801-863-6740.

Night at the Museum

2009-12-10T12:59:00.000-08:00

Get inspired by artist Andy Goldsworthy in the filmRiver and Tides tommorrow, Dec. 11 at 6:30 pm.

This event is free and open to the public. Andy Goldsworthy’s Rivers and Tides is a truly beautiful, Scottish-German 2001 documentary about artist Goldsworthy, a Scotsman whose medium is nature itself and whose preferred studio is the outdoors, particularly where water forever flows, rises, and/or retreats. The soft-spoken, secluded Goldsworthy is seen hard at work making ephemeral sculptures out of bits of ice in the trees, or building tall, mysterious cones from loose rock, which stand like spiritual sentinels in forests and on shorelines, overgrown by plants or swallowed daily by high tides. Filmmaker-cinematographer Thomas Reidelsheimer goes to great and sometimes inexplicable lengths to make visual corollaries to Goldsworthy’s ideas about underappreciated relationships between light, color, movement, balance, and fluidity of form in the real world, making Rivers and Tides a lively and always surprising cinematic gallery. Some of Goldsworthy’s most miraculous natural installations--stone walls that snake through hundreds of feet of forest and stream, for instance--show up in the last half-hour. --Tom Keogh

The Woodbury Art Museum is located at the University Mall between Nordstrom and the Gap.

Send a postcard to a friend or loved one

2009-12-04T11:53:00.000-08:00

Do you have an aunt, grandparent or missionary who hasn't heard from you in a while? Bring your family and friends to see the exhibits and make a postcard to send to a loved one for the holidays.

Utah resident, Melanie made this postcard here at the museum as a part of our The National Invitational Postcard Exhibit .

With your permission we might even feature yours here on our blog.

Do you have any activities you'd like to see at the museum? Please use our blog to make comments about ideas you have. We like good ideas.

Send your own postcard to friends, family, or yourself!

2009-11-17T12:59:00.000-08:00

Make your message travel just like the artists represented in The National Invitational Postcard Exhibit from each of the fifty states.

Artists were invited to make a postcard size image dealing in some respect with the place in which they live. The exhibit is now traveling to venues throughout the United States. Many of the works on paper are two sided - and are installed in such a manner as to permit the patron to examine both surfaces.

See the front desk for mailing basket.

Winter Exhibits Opening Reception

2009-11-10T15:09:00.000-08:00

On Friday, November 6, 2009 the Woodbury Art Museum welcomed guests to our Winter Exhibits Opening Reception. While sipping apple cider and enjoying a variety of delicious homemade artisan cookies, visitors explored several exhibits, including the National Invitational Postcard Exhibit, The Jeanne Clark Collection and Lewis Sorensen Dolls from the McCurdy Doll Museum. Currently, our galleries represent many different genres and mediums; guests can view paintings, photographs, sculptures and prints, in addition to Selections from the Permanent Collection.

Come flip a postcard or take a trip down memory lane with the McCurdy Museum’s holiday dolls! We invite you to visit our newest exhibitions up through January 15, 2010. Check our website: www.uvu.edu/museum for upcoming shows and events, and a detailed exhibition schedule.

Welcome to Our New Blog, Meet Our Staff

2009-11-10T13:12:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the UVU Woodbury Art Museum Blog.

This is the place for news about our exhibits, special events and art related communication in the community.

Meet our Staff:

Marcus Vincent, Director and Curator

Melissa Hempel, Assistant Curator

Amy Stephan, Assistant Registrar

Chris Juber, Preparator

Jesse Royston, Graphic Designer and Public Relations Officer

Our Mission Statement: The Woodbury Art Museum serves as a catalyst in engaging our community in aesthetic investigation and cultural awareness. The museum collects, preserves, and exhibits art and related materials, focusing on, but not limited to, modern and contemporary artistic styles. These exhibitions, programs, and collections stimulate research and serve as a valuable resource in our academic setting as well as in the community.