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May

David Maisel: Proving Ground

Exhibition

In a remote region of Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert, a classified military site called Dugway Proving Ground remains largely hidden from public view, closed to civilians and rarely seen in the media. Since its founding during World War II, Dugway Proving Ground has been a test site for chemical and biological weapons.

In 2014, after a decade of inquiry to the Pentagon, artist David Maisel was granted access to Dugway Proving Ground. Through large-scaled photographs and video projection, Proving Ground immerses the viewer in this surreal and alien realm – in Maisel’s words, a “hidden, walled-off, and secret site that offers the opportunity to reflect on who and what we are collectively, as a society.”

The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art is pleased to present this new body of work by Maisel, who was awarded a prestigious 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship in the Arts for the Proving Ground project.

MUSEUM HOURS:
Monday: closed
Tuesday: 10am-5pm
Wednesday: 10am-5pm
Thursday: 10am-7pm
Friday: 10am-5pm
Saturday: 9am-2pm
Sunday: closed

10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art |
19
May

Haikus, Modernism and Stanton MacDonald-Wright

Exhibition

Stanton MacDonald-Wright’s “Haiga Portfolio” (1965-1966) blends Eastern and Western influences, pairing vibrant modernist paintings with haikus written by some of Japan’s most influential poets.
The term “haiga” refers to a style of Japanese painting by haiku poets, whose poems are known for their brevity and simplicity. Each of the ten prints that compose the “Haiga Portfolio” have a corresponding haiku.
The “Haiga Portfolio” exemplifies the 20th century modernist movement Synchromism, cofounded in 1913 by MacDonald-Wright and Morgan Russell. The movement sought to arrange color in the same way that sound is composed in music and is considered the first American avant-guard movement to be accepted internationally. Seventy-five years old at the time of the portfolio’s creation, MacDonald-Wright employed the use of energetic, swirling shapes coupled with dense, vivid colors orchestrated in the modernist style and the rhythm of Synchromism.

10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art |
19
May

CIDI Workshop - Managing Large Classes in Canvas

Workshop/Training

This workshop will advise instructors how to manage large classes online in the Canvas LMS.

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Online/Virtual |
19
May

Backyard Composting Virtual Workshop

Workshop/Training | Gardening

Want to get compost started at your home but aren't sure how? Already have a composting system but have questions? Join USU Extension-Summit County and the Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter for a virtual composting workshop with Assistant Professor and Urban & Small Farms Extension Specialist, Melanie Stock! Participate from the comfort of your home. Once you register for this event, we will send you the information on how to access the webinar on your home computer or smartphone. We will also be recording this lecture and will share it with registrants afterward.

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
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