Art Connection Calendar

Below you will find a list of community events with dates and locations or online experiences.

Art Connection Episode - Serving the Community

UVU Museum - Open Studio - Poured Acrylic Art
Select Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. in the ART HAUS These short-form studio classes offer hands-on activities open to all ages. Each activity connects to the artworks on display in our galleries! We've added a later time perfect for after school visits.
UMFA at Salt Lake County O.W.L. Camp
Masks not only hide our faces, but they can also transform us and reflect a new identity back to others. Make your own mask to transform your face, just like drinking Polyjuice potion! O.W.L. Camp is a free community event hosted by the Salt Lake County Library with limited capacity. This STEAM-based wizarding camp is for youth ages 11–18 with a County Library card. It's your chance to geek out with other Harry Potter fans and attend magical wizarding school for a day. Be prepared to experiment, learn, connect, play, and create.
SUMA - Create Playdate
Visit your friends at SUMA for a special storytime and hands-on creative activity in performing and visual arts. Each Create Playdate is about 45-minutes long and is geared toward preschool children (ages 3 to 5) and their parents or guardians.

SLCPLS - Nature Hour with SLC Park Rangers! - Marmalade Branch
Backyard Birds - Kids and families can get to know the natural world with the SLC Park Rangers! This summer, the Rangers will lead a different activity at each City Library branch. Click for the activity schedule.
UMFA - Creative Aging: Plein Air in Miller Park
Free for anyone 55+ Join the Utah Museum of Fine Arts to work “en plein air” in Salt Lake City’s beautiful Miller Park. Painting and drawing outside has its own special magic, allowing for meditative close looking while connecting the eye to the brain to the hand, hearing sounds of nature, and feeling the breeze and sunshine. In this workshop, you will have the choice of working with watercolors or pastels.
UVU Museum - Open Studio - Utah Lake Postcards
Select Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. in the ART HAUS. These short-form studio classes offer hands-on activities open to all ages. Each activity connects to the artworks on display in our galleries! We've added a later time perfect for after school visits.

SLCPLS - Day-Riverside Branch - Family Art Hour
It's time to make stuff! Kids, teens, and families can try out a variety of creative crafts and art forms after school.
UMFA - Third Saturday for Families
Third Saturday for Families is a fun, FREE art-making event at the UMFA in the Emma Eccles Jones Education Center Classroom. Each month a different hands-on project is linked to art in the UMFA collection. Activities are designed for all ages and abilities. Parents must stay with their children. You can also access family art activities online here. Join us every third Saturday from 1-4 pm. General admission is always FREE on third Saturday.
SUMA - Contemporary Voices
This exhibition celebrates the work and voices of a selection of contemporary Native Utah artists. Their work shows the vibrancy of artmaking and creativity in Utah’s Native communities.