From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Utah Division of Arts and Museums
Utah Division of Arts and Museums
Main article: Utah#Law and government The Division operates two public galleries: the Alice
Gallery at the Glendinning Home, which exhibits artwork
from Utah’s State Fine Art Collection and Traveling Exhi-
bition Program, as well as the Rio Gallery, located at the
Rio Grande Depot. The Rio Gallery is dedicated to exhibit-
ing the artwork of Utah’s contemporary artists.
The Director of the Utah Division of Arts and Muse-
ums is Margaret Hunt.
Utah Arts Council
The division’s logo
The Utah Arts Council was established in 1899 as the Utah
Art Institute through the passage of the "Art Bill," legisla-
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums is an agency of the
tion drafted by Alice Merrill Horne (an artist, art patron,
state government of Utah, responsible for the promotion
and the first woman elected to the Utah State House of
of the arts and Utah museums. It is a division of the Utah
Representatives) and fellow artist George Ottinger.
Department of Community and Culture. The Utah Divi-
sion of Arts & Museums includes the Utah Office of Mu-
seum Services and the Utah Arts Council as advisory and See also
policy-making boards.
• State of Utah
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums primary offices
are located in the Glendinning Home, next to the Gover-
nor’s Mansion in Salt Lake City. The folk arts program External links
is housed in the Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts. • Utah Division of Arts and Museums website
The visual, public, and design arts programs are based
out of offices in the Rio Grande Depot in Salt Lake City.
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