Art Exhibitions at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center
More than just your typical art gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center exhibits reflect community partnerships that help fulfill the WV Arts mission, celebrate diversity and the local arts scene, and provide a forum for community dialog. We encourage the expression of ideas, values, public education, and civic engagement. Our team interacts with and supports the local community to present art, artifacts and information in ways that build appreciation for diversity and enrich the community. These art galleries are located at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center and the West Valley Performing Arts Center.
Current Exhibitions
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Sense of Place
On View: November 10 - December 29, 2022 Location: Rotunda Gallery, West Valley Performing Arts Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Extended hours during Winter Concerts This exhibition is the culmination of a 16-week project, which questioned our interpretation of “A Sense of Place”, and how it relates to living in the mountain west.
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Trees of Diversity
On View: November 21 - December 29, 2022 Location: Throughout the Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Extended hours during Winter Concerts Trees on display represent different countries and ethnic backgrounds as well as family traditions. Spread throughout the Utah Cultural Celebration Center and complimented by the Winter Scenes & Holiday Dreams exhibition, community wreaths, nativities, and other festive décor, the Trees of Diversity exhibit showcases the richness of culture in our community, both here and abroad. |
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Winter Scenes & Holiday Dreams
On View: November 21 - December 29, 2022 Location: Throughout the Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Extended hours during Winter Concerts This year’s Winter Scenes & Holiday Dreams exhibit features holiday, seasonal, Christmas, and wintry paintings and photographs by several local Utah artists. Come visit and enjoy seasonal fine art while discovering Christmas trees decorated by cultural and community groups while you’re here. Wreaths, nativities, and other festive décor complement your 2021 holiday experience at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. |
UCCC GALLERY EXHIBIT HOURSMondays-Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Fridays-Saturdays, By Special Arrangement Sundays, CLOSED For groups larger than 10, special tours, or after hours viewings, please contact Michael Christensen at michael.christensen@wvc-ut.gov, or by calling (801) 965-5108.
ADDRESSUtah Cultural Celebration Center
1355 West 3100 South West Valley City, UT 84119 |
WVPAC GALLERY EXHIBIT HOURSWednesdays-Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Mondays-Tuesdays, By Special Arrangement Sundays, CLOSED For groups larger than 10, special tours, or after hours viewings, please contact Michael Christensen at michael.christensen@wvc-ut.gov, or by calling (801) 965-5108.
ADDRESSWest Valley Performing Arts Center
3333 Decker Lake Drive West Valley City, UT 84119 |
Call For Entries
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On View: Nov. 21 – Dec. 31, 2022
Location: Crescent and Plaza Level Galleries, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Entries Deadline: Friday, November 4, 2022 West Valley Arts is curating a two-dimensional only exhibit for the Crescent and Plaza Level Galleries, located at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. We’re looking for pieces with “seasonal” subject matter, such as Christmas or other joyful holiday scenes, winterscapes, or other related matter.
To apply, please email up to three digital image(s) of the piece(s) to be considered to Michael Christensen by November 4. Please include approximate dimensions, medium, title, and sale price with each submission. michael.christensen@wvc-ut.gov If accepted, artists must drop off pieces the week of Nov 14. The exhibition will run November 21 through Dec 31, 2022. View CFE for Winter Scenes and Holiday Dreams (PDF) |
PAST EXHIBITIONS
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In Search of Mexico: Tradition, Globalization, and the Día de los Muertos in Oaxaca photo exhibit
On View: Oct. 17 - Nov. 3, 2022 Location: Crescent Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Ticket Entry Required on Oct. 29 This photo exhibit by Utah State University’s Dr. J. P. Spicer-Escalante visually explores the preservation of long-established Dia de Muertos cultural rituals alongside the globalizing impact of the U.S. holiday, Halloween.
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Alebrijes by Noemi Hernandez, Frida Moses and Zoe Moses
On View: Oct. 17 - Nov. 3, 2022 Location: Bridge Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Ticket Entry Required on Oct. 29 This traditional Mexican folk art explores the fantastical and whimsical animal creatures of our dreams and memories.
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Day of the Dead: Made in Utah photo exhibit by Dr. Solórzano, University of Utah
On View: Oct. 17 - Nov. 3, 2022 Location: Plaza Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Ticket Entry Required on Oct. 29 during Utah Book Festival presentation Dr. Armando Solórzano’s ethno-photographic exhibit documents many of the public Dia de Muertos exhibits throughout Utah, educating the public about the celebration’s background and history, how it has been embraced by different community groups and organizations, and its evolution into the cultural and religious phenomenon it is today.
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Trajes Típicos Méxicanos: Crisol de Culturas / Mexican Traditional Dresses: Melting Pot of Cultures
On View: Oct. 24 - Nov. 3, 2022 Location: Plaza Level Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Ticket Entry Required on Oct. 29 The Consulate of Mexico Salt Lake City and Ballet Folklorico ECK highlight the unique beauty of traditional Mexican dresses from of the states of Colima, Jalisco, Chiapas, Puebla and Oaxaca.
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Ofrendas / Altars at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center
On View: Oct. 24 - Nov. 3, 2022 Location: Plaza Level Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Ticket Entry Required on Oct. 29 Day of the Dead Altars/Ofrendas by community groups, schools, families, and others on display.
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Audrey II & Friends
On View: Sept. 8 – Oct. 1, 2022 Location: Rotunda Gallery, West Valley Performing Arts Center Free Admission, Wednesday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Audrey II & Friends will accompany the theatrical production of Little Shop of Horrors, both scheduled Sept 8 – Oct 1, 2022. View artwork celebrating the beauty (and horror!) of everything flora, green, plant, herbage and otherwise verdure.
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American Association of University Women The Utah Women Artists Exhibition 2022
Celebrating Utah Women Artists On View: Sept. 6 – Oct. 18, 2022 Location: Celebration Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) provides a venue for Utah women to display their art and be rewarded and honored for their artistic skills and hard work is a part of that effort. Opening Reception and Awards Sept. 6, 2022, 6 – 8 p.m. |
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What's on Your Plate?
On View: July 26 – Sept 29, 2022 Location: Plaza Level Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This annual festive showcase of 2-dimensional artwork in multiple genres features food and food-related themes for all palates.
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OverDrive!
On View: July 7 – Sept 29, 2022 Location: Crescent Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. OverDrive! explores the creative partnership between illustrator David Habben and assemblage artist Vincent Mattina. |
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Face of Utah Sculpture XVIII
On View: July 14 – Aug 24, 2022 Location: Celebration Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Every year the Face of Utah Sculpture provides Utah artists a forum to present Utah culture through sculptural form. |
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Enchanting India
On View: May 11 – July 20, 2022 Location: Plaza Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Art exhibition by Durga Ekambaram |
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Utah Travels
On View: May – June 29, 2022 Location: Celebration Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. West Valley Arts is once again excited to work with the Wasatch Camera Club in co-sponsoring the highly popular biennial Utah Travels photography exhibition. The photo exhibit features remarkable photographic images captured by Utahn’s during their diverse travel experiences. |
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Tree Stories: A Breath of Fresh Air
On View: March 10 – April 27, 2022 Location: Celebration Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission This exhibition features the works of over local 40 artists, sharing their own stories and perspectives, celebrating trees and their lifegiving impacts, practical, and emotional, and mysterious. Come and be inspired to reflect on the importance of trees and the support they quietly provide to all of the earth’s inhabitants. Gallery Opening Reception: Thursday, March 10, 2022, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, FREE, over 40 artists sharing their own stories and perspectives regarding and celebrating trees via multiple mediums. |
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From Foliage to Fired Clay
On View: March 10 – April 27, 2022 Location: Bridge Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission Ceramics/pottery exhibit featuring trees by Red Kiln |
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Trees: Aspiration & Inspiration for Our Future
On View: March 10 – April 27, 2022 Location: Plaza Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission Trees: Aspiration & Inspiration for Our Future invites students to express to express their own perspectives, celebrating trees and their lifegiving impacts, practical, emotional, and mysterious. Our goal is to inspire students to reflect on the importance of trees and the support they quietly provide to all the earth’s inhabitants. |
Cogs and Screws: Exploring Soviet Idealism
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On View: November, 18, 2021 - February 23, 2022
Location: Celebration Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission Described as Socialist Realism, Russian art during the Soviet era was strong, overtly ideological, idealistic, and vulnerable at the same time. Referring to art as the "Cogs and Screws" of revolution, Vladimir Lenin set the stage for art to reflect Soviet society while also being aspirational. It was “optimistic in spirit, realist in style, and supportive of the Soviet cause.” War and conflict were an integral part of the Soviet experience; the Great Patriotic war (World War II) and the Cold War were times of great sacrifice for the ideals of the Soviet Union. Art led the way, shaping the narrative stories and memories of Soviet individuals and communities--venerating the working class, the soldiers and sailors, and farmers as the true Soviet heroes.
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Utah Heart Gallery
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On View: January 5, 2022 - February 23, 2022
Location: Celebration Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission Utah Heart Gallery in partnership with Raise the Future is A traveling exhibit created to find loving families for our community's often forgotten children. Raise the Future is a local non-profit organization whose mission is to connect youth waiting in foster care with adults who become stable forces in their lives and suppose those growing relationships, hoping they will last a lifetime. We are so excited to start displaying our 2022 Heart Gallery. This year our Heart Gallery consists of 22 portraits of waiting children. If you are wanting more information on any of the youth you see here today, please visit www.utahadopt.org [utahadopt.org] or call at 801-265-0444. |
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Trees of Diversity
On View: November 15 - December 30, 2021 Location: Throughout the Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission This year’s Trees of Diversity exhibit continues a community tradition that started over 15 years ago. Trees on display represent different countries and ethnic backgrounds as well as family traditions. Spread throughout the Utah Cultural Celebration Center and complimented by the Winter Scenes & Holiday Dreams exhibition, community wreaths, nativities, and other festive décor, the Trees of Diversity exhibit showcases the richness of culture in our community, both here and abroad. |
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Winter Scenes & Holiday Dreams
On View: November 15 - December 30, 2021 Location: Throughout the Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission This year’s Winter Scenes & Holiday Dreams exhibit features holiday, seasonal, Christmas, and wintry paintings and photographs by several local Utah artists. Come visit and enjoy seasonal fine art while discovering Christmas trees decorated by cultural and community groups while you’re here. Wreaths, nativities, and other festive décor complement your 2021 holiday experience at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. |
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Winter Market
On View: November 15 - December 30, 2021 Location: Bridge Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center Free Admission Come in from the cold and experience the holiday spirit by finding the perfect gift for your loved-one. This winter the Bridge Gallery features works by local artists Jonna Ramey, Steve Dale, and Michael Melik, all selling handmade gifts, including small stone sculpture, pots & bowls, and decorative one-of-a-kind knives. |
ADDITIONAL
We recognize the importance of community culture as described by art, heritage artifacts, and archives. West Valley Arts is committed to collection development, preservation, and access to all objects in its public collection. The permanent collection is continually evolving, and includes nearly 120 works ranging from small collectibles to outdoor public art installations.
OTHER ITEMS IN PERMANENT COLLECTION
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International Doll Collection
Native American sand paintings by artist George Joe Traditional Hmong Story Cloth "Tapa Cloth," Polynesian woodcarving by Tonga Uaisele "Traditional Work Wear of Northern Japanese Farmers." A traditional Japanese clothing display Arnold Friberg by Ed Fraughton Chinese lion dance mask Chinese changing masks |
Navajo Code Talkers photo proof artifact
"The Beauty of Nantou." 24 photographs depicting scenes from Taiwan A collection of Chinese and Japanese callipgraphy by various artists "Little Willie," painting by Dr. Raymond Clark Three bronze sculptures by Chines artist Tsang Bair "Totem Pole Aglow" by photographer Nancy Anderson "On Aquarius at Sunset," by Bona Ros and many more... |
"Children of Diversity" quilt by the Utah Quilt Guild
"West Valley City," carved egg by Best of State winner Brian Baity "Changing Woman," chalk painting by Ruby Chacon "Crowns: Portraits of African-American Women in Church Hats" by Mr. Vic Traditional Samoan Kava Bowl Traditional Tahitian head dress, drums, and fans Japanese Kokeshi Gourd and Tanuki Dolls Russian Imperial Furniture replicas |
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