Join us for the Ephraim City Light Parade. Come inside to warm up, get a treat, and see the exhibitions. We hope to see you there!
The parade will start at 300 S and go down Main Street until 300 N. The parade will then head East towards the Ephraim Family Park. We hope to see you there!
Join Granary Arts and Ephraim City for some Halloween festivities!
Friday October 29, 2021 / 6-8pm
Ephraim City Recreation is hosting a porch decorating competition! Decorated porches will be judged by a panel of artists chosen by Granary Arts. Prizes will be awarded. For more information or to participate contact Michael Patton at michael.patton@ephraimcity.org
Events & Opportunities Open House / Ephraim City Hall
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 / 6-7:30pm
Join us at Ephraim City Hall for an opportunity to talk to us about our programming and events along with other community organizations in Ephraim.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for the opening reception of “Over Look / Under Foot” an exhibition by artists Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn.
Friday, October 8, 2021 / 6-8pm
In the spring of 2020, Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn visited every national park in Utah and created a body of work that explores how these sites have been mediated by infrastructure. Roads, parking lots, scenic overlooks, and bathrooms make the parks accessible to hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, but they also direct and manage the relationships those park goers have with the landscape. As nature writer Edward Abbey put it in Desert Solitaire, “You can’t see anything from a car.” There is a value judgement implicit in this statement. Abbey and others equate a certain connection to nature with spirituality, purity, and a unique kind of enlightenment, but that sort of experience in the outdoors deliberately excludes most park visitors. Using a state with a wide variety of public lands as a springboard, Hargrave and Lynn explore all five Utah National Parks and consider the complexities of a relationship to landscape that is heavily mediated by vehicles, cameras, and our own nostalgia.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for the opening reception of “The New Beehive” a group exhibition of 30 Utah-based artists.
Friday, October 8, 2021 / 6-8pm
The New Beehive is a contemporary approach to The Grand Beehive, a 1980 exhibition that explored representations of the beehive symbol in various aspects of Utah culture. The New Beehive exhibition, presented by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, is a collaboration between the Folk Arts and Visual Arts programs—it brings together the work of 30 Utah-based artists who exemplify the diversity of artistic expression in visual media and craft found statewide. The artists were invited to create a unique artwork employing the beehive and associated imagery as a concept, motif, or metaphor. The resulting pieces are a collection of deeply personal interpretations of what it means to be a resident of the Beehive State in the 21st century.
INCLUDED ARTISTS
Linda Bergstrom, Virginia Catherall, Michelle Franzoni Thorley, Daniel George, Lily & Michael Havey, Jann Haworth, Kate Ithurralde, Tzvi Izaksonas, Abraham Kimball, Lenka Konopasek, Jamie Kyle, Adam Larsen, Sarah May, Sarah Morton, Alison Neville, Mercedes Ng, Lola Reyes, Humberto Sanchez Conejo, Heidi Somsen, Julie Strong, Danielle Susi, John Tavoian, Douglas Tolman, Kalani Tonga, Jeremiah Tuchyner, Justin Wheatley, Laura Sharp Wilson, Rebecca Woolston, Ashton Young, and MönSr Yusef.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for “The New Beehive” a group exhibition of 30 Utah-based artists.
October 6, 2021 – January 21, 2022
The New Beehive is a contemporary approach to The Grand Beehive, a 1980 exhibition that explored representations of the beehive symbol in various aspects of Utah culture. The New Beehive exhibition, presented by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, is a collaboration between the Folk Arts and Visual Arts programs—it brings together the work of 30 Utah-based artists who exemplify the diversity of artistic expression in visual media and craft found statewide. The artists were invited to create a unique artwork employing the beehive and associated imagery as a concept, motif, or metaphor. The resulting pieces are a collection of deeply personal interpretations of what it means to be a resident of the Beehive State in the 21st century.
INCLUDED ARTISTS
Linda Bergstrom, Virginia Catherall, Michelle Franzoni Thorley, Daniel George, Lily & Michael Havey, Jann Haworth, Kate Ithurralde, Tzvi Izaksonas, Abraham Kimball, Lenka Konopasek, Jamie Kyle, Adam Larsen, Sarah May, Sarah Morton, Alison Neville, Mercedes Ng, Lola Reyes, Humberto Sanchez Conejo, Heidi Somsen, Julie Strong, Danielle Susi, John Tavoian, Douglas Tolman, Kalani Tonga, Jeremiah Tuchyner, Justin Wheatley, Laura Sharp Wilson, Rebecca Woolston, Ashton Young, and MönSr Yusef.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for “Over Look / Under Foot” an exhibition by artists Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn.
October 6, 2021 – January 21, 2022
In the spring of 2020, Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn visited every national park in Utah and created a body of work that explores how these sites have been mediated by infrastructure. Roads, parking lots, scenic overlooks, and bathrooms make the parks accessible to hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, but they also direct and manage the relationships those park goers have with the landscape. As nature writer Edward Abbey put it in Desert Solitaire, “You can’t see anything from a car.” There is a value judgement implicit in this statement. Abbey and others equate a certain connection to nature with spirituality, purity, and a unique kind of enlightenment, but that sort of experience in the outdoors deliberately excludes most park visitors. Using a state with a wide variety of public lands as a springboard, Hargrave and Lynn explore all five Utah National Parks and consider the complexities of a relationship to landscape that is heavily mediated by vehicles, cameras, and our own nostalgia.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Oil Paintings an exhibition by artist Dale Peel at Snow College Karen H. Huntsman Library.
Saturday, September 25, 2021 - Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Library open hours:
Monday – Thursday / 7:30am – 12am
Friday / 7:30am – 7pm
Saturday / 12pm – 6pm
Sunday / 5pm – 11pm
Dale Randolph Peel was born and raised in the arid mountain valley of Sanpete County, Utah, and owns Peel Furniture Works, in Mt. Pleasant Utah. He is an artist, craftsman, and farmer who celebrates and preserves local history by crafting heirloom-quality replicas of early pioneer furniture. Peel studied art at Snow College, Utah State University and Claremont Graduate University and with such renowned artists as Osral Allred, Moishe Smith, Connie Zehr and Andrian Van Suchtelen, among others. His oil paintings are a representation of his experience with agriculture and time spent with his sheep in the landscape of rural Utah.
On view at Snow College Karen H. Hunstman Library / 141 East Center Street, Ephraim UT, 84627
Join curator David Lindsay as he guides you through several of the site specific works in Our Valley Speaks: A Sanpete Experience. Sign up online to ensure your spot, availability is on a first come, first serve basis. Wear comfortable shoes, dress for the weather, and bring your mobile device. Click here for more information and to book a tour. We hope to see you there!
Virtual Artist Talk / Wendy Wischer + Brenda Bowen
September 8, 2021 / 5pm
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Granary Arts invites you to join us for a virtual gallery talk with artists Wendy Wischer + Brenda Bowen. Find the video on Instagram @GranaryArts
Their two person exhibition Evaporated: Explorations in Art, Science, and Salt is on view at Granary Arts through September 17, 2021.
Granary Arts is excited to announce a community exhibition, "Creating Community: Ephraim Children Responding to Landscape and Community".
Granary Arts and the children of Ephraim have collaborated to reflect on our community and the ways in which we connect to the surrounding landscape, a place we call home.
On view at Golden Skyline Assisted Living Center / Ephraim, Utah
Visitors are subject to the approval of the facility.
Granary Arts is excited to announce a new community exhibition, "Celebrating Women: Ephraim Children Responding to the Work In Progress Mural”
Granary Arts, in collaboration with Ephraim Elementary 5th graders, created artworks relating to the Work In Progress mural, by Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake. As Tristan Manco wrote, “Work in Progress is a one-of-a-kind collaborative mural project that celebrates women, who throughout history, have been catalysts for change in the arts, sciences and social justice. From Anne Frank to Marie Curie to Rosa Parks, the mural honors the countless amazing women, past and present, well known or under-recognized, who through their important achievements have shaped the world we live in.” Twelve of the sixteen Work in Progress mural panels are on view at Granary Arts through September 17, 2021.
On view at Ephraim City Hall / 5 South Main, Ephraim
Granary Arts is excited to announce a community exhibition, "Scandinavian Summer: Ephraim Children Responding to Local History”
Granary Arts, in collaboration with the children of Ephraim, created artworks relating to Ephraim City’s Scandinavian Summer celebration. Granary Arts created virtual workshop tutorials for kids and families where they were able to access the videos and create the art at home.
On view at Ephraim Public Library / 30 South Main Street, Ephraim
Virtual Artist Talk / Jann Haworth + Liberty Blake
June 10, 2021 / 12pm
Instagram @GranaryArts
Granary Arts invites you to join us for a virtual gallery talk with artists Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake.
Find the video on Instagram @GranaryArts
Their two person exhibition Work in Progress is on view at Granary Arts through September 17, 2021.
The Work in Progress Mural is an on-going national and international project that has traveled to over twenty-four venues in four years. The mural celebrates the contributions of women from our past and present who are catalysts for change. Ninety percent of the mural portraits have been made by non-artists from communities in Utah, other states, and abroad. The portraits were collaged onto panels by the artist Liberty Blake.
Join us for a concert and album release of Bird’s Eye Chisel, a collection of original songs written by Ashley Hanson and Brian Laidlaw of the folk band, The Family Trade during a year-long Granary Arts Fellowship in Sanpete Valley. It is a “folk” album in its musical aesthetic – acoustic instruments, simple harmonies, lyrical storytelling – but it’s also a “folk” album in the process of its construction.
The Family Trade: Ashley Hanson and Brian Laidlaw / Bird’s Eye Chisel Concert + Album Release
Saturday, May 29, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Granary Arts invites you to join us for the launch of Our Valley Speaks: A Sanpete Experience an interactive virtual tour curated by Granary Arts Fellow David Lindsay. Lindsay and collaborators will be onsite at Granary Arts to share the story of the project. Or, take the tour using your mobile device!
Download the app at www.granaryarts.org/our-valley-speaks
Granary Arts invites you to join us for a free kids art workshop on the lawn as part of Ephraim City’s Scandinavian Heritage Festival.
Saturday, May 29, 2021 / 11am-1pm
We will be supplying kits with everything your child needs to complete the project. Come learn traditional Swedish painting techniques as you design your own Dala Horse. Complete the project with us, or take the kit home and watch the video tutorial online.
David Lindsay will be presenting on Our Valley Speaks: A Sanpete Experience. The project includes oral histories from Sanpete Valley residents, and perspectives from historians and other experts along with works of art. Ashley Hanson and Brian Laidlaw of The Family Trade will play a selection from their album, Bird’s Eye Chisel, following David’s presentation.
The Heritage Conference will take place on Snow College campus, in the auditorium of the Karen H. Huntsman Library, 150 E. College Ave.
The Scandinavian Festival Heritage Conference gives participants an opportunity to learn about Scandinavian, pioneer, and historical influences in Ephraim and the Sanpete Valley.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Evaporated: Explorations in Art, Science, and Salt a two-person exhibition by artists Wendy Wischer and Brenda Bowen
Wednesday, May 19 – Friday, September 17, 2021
Bonneville Salt Flats is a vast and dynamic perennial salt pan in northwest Utah. It is a rapidly changing system responding to variations in rain, wind, evaporation, and groundwater flux; and also to a century of land-speed racing, potash mining, and recreation.
Within the lure of place, there exists a diverse set of stakeholders who will benefit from deeper understandings of the social and natural systems and from expanded perceptions and communication which hopefully will lead to better management decisions as none of the stakeholders benefit if the Bonneville Salt Flats diminish or even disappear.
Granary Arts along with artist Daniel George invites you to participate in Landscape as Autobiography: A Photography Workshop with Daniel George.
Saturday April 10, 2021 / 9am-2pm
What types of stories can we read in the landscape, and how do our surroundings provide insights into our experiences as human beings? In what ways do the marks we make on the land reflect our values, practices, and cultures? Questions like these have been considered by photographic artists for the past several decades, and will be the central line of inquiry in this interactive workshop. Together we will look at photographs and discuss ways in which image-makers approach depicting landscape through their artwork. We will then use this dialogue as our creative prompt as we exit the gallery to make photographs of our own, followed by a conversation about these images.
Participants are asked to bring a camera and wear clothing/shoes that are comfortable for walking, as we will be out in the landscape making photographs as part of this workshop.
Please note, this workshop will overlap lunchtime. Lunch will not be provided, participants may pack a lunch or purchase something nearby.
This workshop is free and open to the public, but space if limited. Email info@granaryarts.org to claim your spot!
CALL TO PARTICIPATE
Granary Arts invites you to participate in, Starting Stop Motion: Animating Sanpete, a collaborative community art project featuring the creative work of Snow College time-based media students, Ephraim Elementary School 5th graders, and Granary Arts participants. Over the next three weeks, we invite animators of all ages and abilities to create original stop motion animations that respond to and explore the theme of the Sanpete Region. This could include, but is not limited to community, ecology, geography, history, and culture. The animations will be screened outside on Granary’s north exterior wall on Friday, March 26, 2021 / 7:30 - 8:30pm.
Submit original stop motion animations as MP4 files using this Dropbox link by March 19, 2021 / 11:00pm.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Work in Progress a two-person exhibition by artists Liberty Blake and Jann Haworth.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 – Friday, September 17, 2021
The Work in Progress Mural is an on-going national and international project that has traveled to over twenty-four venues in four years. The mural celebrates the contributions of women from our past and present who are catalysts for change. Ninety percent of the mural portraits have been made by non-artists from communities in Utah, other states, and abroad. The portraits were collaged onto panels by the artist Liberty Blake.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for God To Go West a solo exhibition by artist Daniel George.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 – Friday, April 30, 2021
God to Go West explores the contemporary landscape of Utah in relationship to the state’s religious history. After their arrival to the area in the mid-1800’s, Mormon settlers and their progeny named, or in many cases renamed, more places and geographic features than any other group or people. The nomenclature directly references their books of scripture, the Bible and The Book of Mormon. Because names have the ability to mediate qualities and meaning attached to a place, and are a vital part of individual and collective memory, it is evident the early settlers intended to create a utopia by association.
Granary Arts is excited to announce a community exhibition, "Scandinavian Summer: Ephraim Children Responding to Local History”
Granary Arts, in collaboration with the children of Ephraim, created artworks relating to Ephraim City’s Scandinavian Summer celebration. Granary Arts created virtual workshop tutorials for kids and families where they were able to access the videos and create the art at home.
On view at Ephraim City Hall / 5 South Main Street, Ephraim
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Facing Home a two-person exhibition by artists Nancy Rivera and Denae Shanidiin.
Facing Home
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 – Friday, January 22, 2021
Artist Talks
Saturday, October 17, 4pm, IG Live
Facing Home brings work by artists Nancy Rivera and Denae Shanidiin into dialogue, and considers notions of home, displacement, and memory as they relate to a multicultural identity. Through soft-sculpture installation and photography-based works, both artists reveal complex and malleable ideas of self that convey a desire to probe and preserve the cultural experiences that mold them.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Pan Para Mí a solo exhibition by artist Steven Stallings Cardenas.
Pan Para Mí
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 – Friday, January 22, 2021
Artist Talk
Friday, October 9, 2pm / IG Live
“I learned sourdough bread making from a respectable book. My first month as a baker was really difficult because my dough would over-proof in my hot Los Angeles apartment. Over the course of a year, my bread began to look and taste pretty good. It wasn’t until recently that I started questioning the idea of European “artisanry,” specifically in the world of baking. In response, I made videos, photographs, and sculptures that showcase fragments of my baking process, while recognizing my Colombian heritage through colors, rhythms, and dancing. The bread I make is Colombian American sourdough bread.” – Steven Stallings Cardenas
Granary Arts is excited to announce a community exhibition, "Creating Community: Ephraim Children Responding to Landscape and Community".
Granary Arts and the children of Ephraim have collaborated to reflect on our community and the ways in which we connect to the surrounding landscape, a place we call home.
On view at Ephraim Public Library.
The library is currently open by appointment only. 435.283.4544
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Anonymous Battle a solo exhibition by artist Fazilat Soukhakian at Snow College Karen H. Huntsman Library.
Anonymous Battle
Monday, August 24, 2020 – Friday, May 14, 2021
Library open hours:
Monday – Thursday / 7:30am – 12am
Friday / 7:30am – 7pm
Saturday / 12pm – 6pm
Sunday / 5pm – 11pm
This body of work explores the role of the Muslim woman in a changing Islamic society, and seeks to understand her life behind the veil. A revolution has emerged in many Islamic countries, a battle over what is accepted and unaccepted, what is right and wrong. A younger generation of mostly educated women, newly aware of their rights and powers gifted to them through a glance into modernity, has catalyzed a growing struggle between traditional and contemporary gender roles and identity.
