Lehi’s Brian Cragun and Provo's Russell Ricks each took unique paths to become professional artists. Cragun’s artistic capability didn’t manifest itself until he was 40, while Ricks’ painting journey started when he was young. But both men have grown into passionate and experienced ...
Two separate Springville master plans, one designed to reframe downtown and the other to improve the community’s art presence, were each adopted by the city within the last two years. A new public art program looks to amplify both ideas at once. Springville announced a plan Tuesday to ...
The Springville Museum of Art took a step forward last week in a plan to address facility challenges and preserve the 87-year-old building. On Jan. 22, museum officials issued a request for proposal, or RFP, to architectural and design consultants to help develop a design and vision for ...
The Springville Museum of Art’s history is deeply intertwined with high school students, dating back to 1903 when artists Cyrus Dallin and John Hafen donated two works of art to Springville High School. Springville teenagers later put on a Paris-salon style exhibition in 1921, and when the ...
In 1889, Utah Rep. Alice Merrill Horne sponsored a bill to create Utah’s Division of Arts & Museums, the first state-sanctioned art agency in the nation. Beginning this month, the state division is celebrating its 125 years of history with an anniversary art exhibit at the UVU ...
Murals have a way of telling stories through strokes of a paintbrush, adding a sense of personality and imagination to a specific area or space. These are among the reasons Courtney Hart is passionate about her work, and that passion is a major reason why Hart, a local fine art muralist and ...
