Current Exhibitions

 
 
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Off the Wall: Sculpture from the Museum Collection

September 15, 2021 - December 11, 2021

In this exhibition everything is “off the wall.” All of the artworks hang from the ceiling, sit on a pedestal, or are displayed on the floor. The 20 sculptures on exhibit from the Museum’s Collection invite you to engage with three-dimensional work and experience the Museum and art-viewing in new ways. 

 
light-colored wood sculpture of a dog's face and neck

Up Close and Far Away

September 8, 2021 - December 11, 2021

Formerly an online exhibition, this show now comes to life on the Museum walls. Join us as we view how Utah’s youth coped with crisis and change through the challenging COVID-19 crisis.

 
Up Close and Far Away

Grand Ambitions
August 19, 2020 - Summer 2023

Utah artists have always been ambitious. They studied abroad, created monumental works, and pushed the boundaries of Utah art and creation. This exhibition celebrates the grand ambitions, interests, and aims of our Utah artists from the nineteenth-century to the present day.

 
portrait of woman in turn-of-the-century attire, a purple dress with yellow roses on her left shoulder

Up Close and Far Away - Online Only

April 22, 2020 - April 1, 2021

This special online exhibition consists of submitted works from K-12 students across the state and their responses to COVID-19. Participate by viewing how Utah’s youth have coped with crisis and change.

 
Up Close and Far Away

Soviet Stories: Layers of Reality
January 2020 - ongoing

The works in this exhibition reveal layers of meaning, context, and reality about life in the Soviet Union. 

 

 
painting of Lenin in winter attire sitting on a bench, talking to two children

Art Renewal Center: Featured Artist

Ongoing

The artworks in this exhibition represent a partnership between the Springville Museum of Art and the Art Renewal Center, a premier exhibition venue for artists working in the classical tradition. Each year, one Utah artist is selected from their juried competition to be featured in the Museum in an effort to support and celebrate traditional Utah artists. 

 
the upper half of a woman laying on a blanket in a red shirt, with a cantaloupe and slices of it laying on her right

Favorite Ladies: Patterns, People, and Play

November 15, 2017 - Ongoing

This exhibition takes a deeper look at a work from our permanent collection, Entertaining: Favorite Ladies II, by Jeanne Leighton Lundberg Clarke. This colorful painting serves as a lens on how artists use patterns, portraits, and still-life in their paintings. This family friendly exhibition uses various interactives to help explore playful patterns in other works from our permanent collection

 
floral, highly-patterned painting of women from famous art history paintings all sitting around a table

New Acquisitions & Collection Highlights

October 24, 2018 - ongoing

Come discover the Museum's permanent collection in this new gallery space! This exhibition will change frequently as we highlight the newest pieces in the Museum's collection, as well as works significant to Utah's art history. 

 
formal portrait of a woman in white dress with brown hair sitting in a chair, with one child in white on her right knee, and another in white standing on her left

SMA Milestones and Memories

November 15, 2017 - Ongoing

This exhibition on the lower level explores the history of the oldest art Museum in Utah. 


 
black and white photograph of a group of people standing in front of the north entry of Springville Museum of Art