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Provo’s Covey Center for the Arts celebrates 15 years

Scott Henderson, director of the Provo Parks and Recreation Department, gave a report about his department Tuesday that included the Covey Center for the Arts. He was enthusiastic as he sang the praises of the growth the arts have had in the city. The timing of Henderson’s report is ...

BYU art museum displays light-sensitive Rembrandt prints

The Brigham Young University Museum of Art opened their Print Study Room to students and the public for the second time this year on Wednesday. On display were 12 light-sensitive prints by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, the Dutch artist known primarily as Rembrandt. Born in 1606, Rembrandt ...

BYU Museum of Art exhibit features light-sensitive pieces from 1500s

The Brigham Young University Museum of Art put their first of four light-sensitive exhibits on display on Wednesday, using selections from woodcut prints by Albrecht Durer, a 16th century German draftsman, painter and writer. Durer, born in 1471, was known for printmaking, the process of ...

Sundance celebrates the ‘magic’ of being back in-person

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival met the moment by going virtual for the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. But on Thursday, there was a palpable sense of relief from the festival's leadership team at being in-person again. Sundance Institute CEO Joana ...

Large Nativity display will be part of Provo Art Stroll on Friday

December’s Downtown Provo Art Stroll on Friday will include a large crèche, or Nativity, display at the Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ, 175 N. University Ave. The downtown church will be celebrating the holiday spirit with choral performances, the crèche display, a ...

Sundance Film Festival names Eugene Hernandez director

NEW YORK (AP) — After three years as the festival director of the New York Film Festival, Eugene Hernandez has been tapped to lead the Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Institute announced Wednesday that Hernandez will become the festival's fourth director in its nearly four-decade ...

UVU’s Noorda Center for the Performing Arts announces its upcoming season

Utah Valley University’s Noorda Center for the Performing Arts has announced its upcoming season featuring Patti LuPone, MOMIX and a variety of performers known locally and nationally. “We are so excited to be opening The Noorda once again with a season chock-full of exciting, engaging, ...

BYU Museum of Art acquires new Italian masterwork

The Brigham Young University Museum of Art has acquired a new painting by Italian artist Luca Giordano via donation. Giordano’s "El Prendimiento de Cristo, The Arrest of Christ," illustrates a scene from the New Testament where Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss while the two are surrounded by ...

BYU Museum of Art debuts Old Testament exhibition

Students and community members can take a walk through biblical times Friday when the Brigham Young University Museum of Art’s Prophets, Priests, and Queens: James Tissot’s Men and Women of the Old Testament exhibition officially opens. The exhibition will feature 129 watercolor ...