Current Exhibitions

All Aboard!
March 6, 2019 - September 21, 2019 

 Come celebrate trains with the Springville Museum of Art! In conjunction with the State of Utah's Spike 150 project this family-friendly exhibition will showcase trains, railroads, workers and passengers in Utah and American art. 

 
Youth Art Competition

47th Annual Utah All-State High School Art Show
February 9, 2019 - March 22, 2019 

The Annual Utah All-State High School Art Show is a juried competition featuring the work of Utah's high school juniors and seniors. Come see this impressive show that highlights some of the state's youngest and most promising artists. 

 
47th High School Show

Magic and Machine: Fantasy and Sci-Fi in Utah Art
January 9, 2019 - August 3, 2019 

This exhibition will highlight imagined worlds, characters, and ideas as depicted by over 20 contemporary Utah artists working in fantasy and science fiction. 

 

New Acquisitions & Collection Highlights
Ongoing

This new gallery space will change frequently as we highlight the most recent additions to the Museum's collection, as well as works significant to Utah's art history. 


 
New Acquisitions

Art Renewal Center: Featured Artist
July 30, 2018 - 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.

Art Renewal Center

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. 


Annual Spiritual & Religious Youth Art Competition

SMA: Milestones and Memories
November 15, 2017 - ongoing

In celebration of the Museum's 80th birthday, we are excited to open a new exhibition reflecting on the narrative of this historic building. Photographs, blueprints, and memoirs gathered from the Springville community invite visitors to explore the history of the oldest art museum in Utah. 


SMA: Milestones and Memories

Round Up: Icons of the West 
July 19, 2017 - TBD

Using works from the Springville Museum of Art's permanent collection, "Round Up" celebrates and examines the icons and ideals that shape the ongoing visions of the American West. 

Russian Stories, Soviet Ideals
January 21, 2015 - TBD

Russian Stories, Soviet Ideals is a fascinating exploration of the duality of the ideals of the centralized Soviet government and the realities of everyday life for the Russian (and non-Russian) people – politically, at work, at home, and on the land.