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UMFA’s new Chiura Obata exhibit asks: ‘Who gets to be called American?’

Deseret News 01 Jun 2018

"Untitled (Bears)" by Chiura Obata is featured in the UMFA's exhibition "Chiura Obata ... "A Sad Plight" by Chiura Obata is featured in the UMFA's exhibition "Chiura Obata ... "Untitled (Ikebana in a Glass Vase)" by Chiura Obata is featured in the UMFA's exhibition "Chiura Obata ... umfa.utah.edu ....

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UMFA remembers Chiura Obata, a Japanese-American artist and internment camp detainee

Q Saltlake Magazine 21 May 2018

Chiura Obata, a Japanese-American artist whose life story is as captivating as his art, is the subject of a major retrospective at the UMFA, Chiura Obata ... The UMFA exhibit opens Friday, May 25, at the Marcia and John Price Museum Building, 410 Campus Center Dr., UofU ... 8 am at UMFA ... Join the UMFA and the Topaz Museum in Delta to learn more about Obata....

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UMFA ARTLandish: Spencer Finch Artist Talk

Q Saltlake Magazine 13 Mar 2018

World-renowned artist Spencer Finch uses a diverse range of mediums to investigate how history, memory, and sensory perception conflate and mutually influence. Working in painting, photography, and installation, Finch is best known for producing large-scale sculptural installations that filter or transform natural light or create synthetic light effects ... For the UMFA’s G. W ... View the artwork beginning at 6 p.m. Refreshments at 6.30 p.m....

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From Utah Symphony's ‘High Noon’ to UMFA's ‘Go West!,’ America’s frontier has a lot of ...

Deseret News 09 Feb 2018

SALT LAKE CITY — The Wild West is an American creation. Right?. As it turns out, that's a really hard question to answer. Artistic depictions of the American West, whether in film or literature or paintings, emanate rugged, untamed beauty, majestic grandeur, poetic solitude. It is about the unknown and the seemingly limitless opportunities therein. Imagining America's persona without it feels nearly impossible ... 17 at Abravanel Hall....

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UMFA and UM reach tentative settlement agreement

CTV 31 Aug 2017

The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) and the University of Manitoba have reached a tentative four-year settlement, which will be put to a ratification vote in the coming days ... ....

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University-UMFA officially enter bargaining period

Public Technologies 25 Jul 2017

The University of Manitoba and the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) will officially commence bargaining on Friday, July 21 ... However, at the time, UMFA requested more time in order to consult with its members ... UMFA's collective agreement expired on March 31, 2017 ... UMFA's bargaining team consists of ... Original documenthttp.//news.umanitoba.ca/university-umfa-officially-enter-bargaining-period/....

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President Barnard’s response to UMFA letter on budget

Public Technologies 29 Jun 2017

The following is a letter from President David Barnard to then-UMFA president Mark Hudson, in response to a letter Dr. Hudson had sent the president and shared in a newsletter with UMFA members in May ... Notably, you've indicated that UMFA has experienced a net loss of 117 people, however our records show a reduction of 56 Faculty positions, (1,259 down to 1,203) which is equivalent to a reduction of 32.6 UMFA FTE....

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UMFA's Museum Store reopening on Black Friday

The Salt Lake Tribune 22 Nov 2016

Another sign of progress in the renovation of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. The gift shop is reopening. The Museum Store, in the lobby of UMFA’s John and Marcia Price Building on the University of Utah campus, will reopen on Friday — just in time for holiday gift shopping. Hours on Black Friday will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m ... Also on Black Friday only, the store will offer a 20 percent discount for regularly priced merchandise to UMFA memb... ....

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U of M strike: 'Collegial model' could address workload issues, says UMFA

CBC 09 Nov 2016

The union representing faculty at the University of Manitoba says it believes a "collegial model" is the solution to preventing unexpected workload increases at the school ... ....

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Artist Trevor Paglen, who explores secret spaces, to speak at UMFA

The Salt Lake Tribune 24 Oct 2016

It’s risky to classify art, but in the case of Trevor Paglen, the government already considers his topics “classified.” Paglen — an artist, photographer, geographer and sculptor who aims to reveal the places governments hide from the public — will deliver a lecture, “Making the Invisible Visible,” Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Dumke Auditorium at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City ... Us... ....

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UMFA receives a $500,000 endowment for art education

Deseret News 22 Oct 2016

The news release said that the Salt Lake City couple established the endowment fund to support education and outreach programs at the UMFA at the University of Utah ... According to the news release, Ann Stewart was an employee and volunteer with the UMFA for more than 20 years ... umfa.utah.edu....

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Family's $500,000 gift starts endowment for UMFA educational work

The Salt Lake Tribune 13 Oct 2016

Ann and Bob Stewart loved the Utah Museum of Fine Arts — and the museum is feeling that love with the creation of a major endowment fund kickstarted with a $500,000 gift. The Ann K. and J. Robert Stewart Endowed Fund in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, announced Thursday, will support staffing, programs and operations for UMFA’s education and engagement department ... In a statement, U... ....

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University-UMFA Bargaining Update (University of Manitoba)

Public Technologies 25 May 2016

(Source. University of Manitoba) May 24, 2016 -. Full-scale bargaining between the University of Manitoba and UMFA will commence on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 25 ... Original documenthttp.//news.umanitoba.ca/university-umfa-bargaining-update/....

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