Exhibition Highlight: Imagining UMOCA

We are pleased to announce the opening of an exciting new exhibition titled Imagining UMOCA, which will be on display at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art from January 24 - April 15, 2017.

Led by our own Anne Mooney in the Senior Design Studio course at the University of Utah's School of Architecture, students imagined possibilities for expanding the museum to serve its diverse and growing audience. They began by researching contemporary artists, and then developed their analyses into 3-dimensional designs for one of three downtown sites, attempting to capture the essence of the artist they selected in their proposals. These final concepts by six students will be exhibited in the museum's Ed Space Gallery. The concepts meet UMOCA's programmatic and functional requirements, while also creating a spatial experience that unfolds gradually for the visitor and engages both body and mind. 

Imagining UMOCA is on display in the Ed Space Gallery at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art from January 24 - April 15, 2017. The opening reception will be held on February 3, 2017 from 7-9pm. The exhibition is generously supported by Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts + Parks (ZAP). We hope to see you there! And, if you have a museum or cultural project in mind that you would like us to help you imagine and realize, please get in touch!

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