Press
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UMOCA in the News
CityWeekly’s Brian Staker Looks at Prvacki’s “Theater of the Social”
UMOCA and Ana Prvacki in Wallpaper Magazine
Associated Press Covers Salt Lake City and UMOCA
“Adam Price leaving as UMOCA’s executive director” 11/04/2012 – Salt Lake Tribune
“The Right Answer Battleground States at UMOCA” 11/07/2012 – 15 Bytes
“Graphic design splits on party lines, too” 11/07/2012 – Salt Lake Tribune
“At Utah exhibits, a meeting at intersection of art and politics” 11/01/2012 – Salt Lake Tribune
“Voting Against Ruffled Feathers” 11/01/2012 – New York Times
“UMOCA announces new ‘Artist-in-Residence’ program” 10/20/2012 - Deseret News
“Battleground States” 10/15/2012 - City Weekly
“Take a look: John Bell’s The Next Dinner at UMOCA” 10/14/2012 - Salt Lake Magazine
“Personal Testimony: Battleground States at UMOCA”10/9/2012 - 15 Bytes
“CityViews ‘Escape from Camp 14′/’Your Land/My Land: Election ‘12′” 10/3/2012 - KCPW
“Fall Arts Guide: The first step into Utah arts — simplified“ 9/29/2012 - Salt Lake Tribune
“‘The Next Supper’ merges food and art” 9/28/2012 – The Daily Utah Chronicle
”Jason Metcalf: Abracadabra” 9/22/2012 - City Weekly
“Want to be museum savvy? Sign up for ‘Art Fitness Training’” 9/19/2012 – Salt Lake Tribune
“Art Fitness at UMOCA: Working Your Art-Viewing Muscles” 9/17/2012 – City Weekly
“ABRACADABRA: Superstition enters new exhibit at UMOCA” 9/6/2012 -Salt Lake Magazine
“The Cricket: Artist explores border between identity and myth” 9/5/2012 – Salt Lake Tribune
“Mr. Winkle exhibit debuts at UMOCA” 8/22/2012 – The Utah Chronicle
“Making Art Out of November’s Election” 8/16/2012 -The New York Times
“Dan Nailen: UMOCA & Plan B” 8/03/2012 -KUER
“The Tip of the Iceberg: Video Work at UMOCA” 8/01/2012 -15 bytes
UMOCA Displaying “AS IT LAYS” 8/01/2012 – AMA
“UMOCA Presenting ‘Mr. Winkle’ Exhibition” 7/19/2012 - Entertainment Journal
“Mr. Winkle on KCPW” 7/09/2012 – KCPW
“Take TRAX to UMOCA” 7/6/2012 – Let’s Ride UTA
“Exhibit Features Fantastically Cute Pooch” 7/5/2012 – GO!
“International piano exhibit comes to Salt Lake City” 6/16/2012 – Deseret News
“Pianos adorn Salt Lake sidewalks as part of art exhibit” 6/14/2012 – Deseret News
“Pianos invading downtown Salt Lake!” 6/14/2012 – ABC 4
“Art installation places pianos downtown for public to play” 6/14/2012 – Fox13now.com
“‘Play Me, I’m Yours’ pianos hit downtown area” 6/14/2012 – KSL.com. KSL Radio: listen here (opens up .mp3 file).
“Salt Lake City street pianos invite public to ‘Play Me’” 6/14/2012 – Salt Lake Tribune
“Play Me, I’m Yours” 6/14/2012 – Visit Salt Lake
“Grand pianos” 6/14/2012 – Herald Extra
“Play Me, I’m Yours by artist Luke Jerram in SLC” 6/13/2012 – Salt Lake Magazine
“‘Cantastoria’ on display at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art” 6/5/2012 – Park Record
“The Art of Exhibitions: A discussion with the UMOCA’s new curator Aaron Moulton” 6/2012 – 15 bytes
“Art installation invites people to play piano in downtown Salt Lake City” 6/4/2012 –Salt Lake Tribune
“‘Casting Jesus’ to premiere at Utah Museum” 5/25/2012 -Park Record
“UMOCA Presents Casting Jesus by Christian Jankowski” 5/17/2012 – Salt Lake Magazine
CW Picks Mark Hedengren: The Invincibility Fable 5/11/2012 -Salt Lake City Weekly
“Family Art Saturdays begin May 12 at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art” 5/6/2012 –Deseret News
“Utah photographer Mark Hendengren explores swimming holes, drugs and danger” 5/3/2012 – Salt Lake Tribune
CW Picks Tobias’ “Cupcake Project” 4/19/2012 – Salt Lake City Weekly
“Spring comes to Salt Lake’s Gallery Stroll” 4/18/2012 – Salt Lake Tribune
“Art notes: Kids jacked up on ‘Dew’ at the old swimming hole…” 4/12/2012 – Salt Lake Tribune
“Warhol Foundation gives UMOCA $120,000 grant” 4/7/2012 – Deseret News
Press Releases:
Adam Price, Executive Director, to Depart Utah Museum of Contemporary Art 12/4/2012
UMOCA Presents Of the Siren and the Sky: Dec. 7, 2012 – Jan. 26, 2013 11/13/2012 (PDF)
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Partners with One Million Bones for Family Art Saturday 11/8/2012
UMOCA Presents Megan Geckler: No chance to move backwards and see
10/16/2012 (PDF)
UMOCA Presents Battleground States 10/2/2012 (PDF)
UMOCA Presents Jonathan Horowitz’s Your Land/My Land: Election ’12 09/25/2012(PDF)
UMOCA Presents John Bell’s The Next Supper- A Dinner Happening 09/11/2012 (PDF)
UMOCA Presents Carlos Rosales-Silva 09/04/2012 (PDF)
UMOCA Presents Jason Metcalf: ABRACADABRA 08/28/2012 (PDF)
UMOCA Presents Alex Israel: AS IT LAYS 07/19/2012 (PDF)
Play Me, I’m Yours by artist Luke Jerram comes to Salt Lake City June 15-30, 2012 06/4/2012 (PDF)
Mr. Winkle: Object of Projection – Photographs by Lara Jo Regan 6/19/2012 (PDF)
Cantastoria: June 5 – Sept. 15, 2012 at UMOCA 5/31/2012 (PDF) | Image: (1) (2) (3)(4) (5)
UMOCA presents the U.S. museum premiere of Casting Jesus, a new film by German artist Christian Jankowski 5/15/2012 (PDF) | Image: (1)
LOCALS ONLY GALLERY ROUND 3: Mark Hedengren’s The Invincibility Fable 4/10/2012 (PDF) | Image: (1) (2)
UMOCA awarded the largest two-year support grant in the nation by the Andy Warhol Foundation 3/29/2102 (PDF)
UMOCA Announces Utah Lawyers for the Arts Spring Art and the Law Series 3/8/2012
UMOCA opens FAX on March 2 2/24/2012 | Image: (1) (2)
UMOCA hosts 2012 New Frontier at Sundance Film Festival 1/11/2012 | Image: (1)(2)
Aaron Moulton named Senior Curator of Exhibitions 1/5/2012
UMOCA Announces Locals Only Gallery Round 2: Joshua Luther 12/27/2011 |Image:(1)
UMOCA Announces Art Fitness Training 12/16/2011 | Image: (1) (2) (3)
