Granary Arts invites you to join us for the artist reception of The Center Can Not Hold an exhibition curated by Hikmet Sidney Loe with artists Anne Mooney, John Sparano, and Hannah Vaughn.
Friday, November 18, 2022 / 6-8pm
Granary Arts invites you to join us for the artist reception of Thomas Grocery and Pump an exhibition by artist Reza Safavi.
Friday, November 18, 2022 / 6-8 pm
Granary Arts invites you to join us for the artist reception of Ghost Pearls an exhibition by artist Kristin Posehn.
Friday, November 18, 2022 / 6-8 pm
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Film Feast, a screening of Stop And Go followed by an in-person Q&A with curator Carly Jakins, and filmmakers Whitney Call, Mallory Everton, and Stephen Meek.
Stop And Go
Age recommendation: 12+
Running Time: 80mins
Directed by Mallory Everton and Stephen Meek, Starring Whitney Call and Mallory Everton
The screening will take place at the Towne Theater, 21 N. Main St. Ephraim, UT, 84627
Join Granary Arts and Ephraim City for some Halloween festivities,
Friday October 28, 2021 / 6-8pm
Walk through our artist graveyard on the lawn as you trick-or-treat down main street. We hope to see you there!
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Ghost Pearls an exhibition by artist Kristin Posehn.
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 – Friday, January 20, 2023
Reception
Friday, November 18, 2022 / 6-8 pm
Ghost Pearls is an architectural sculpture that explores spaces of connection and mediation. The work is based on research into local and historical forms of lace-making, early digital art, and contemporary virtual space.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Thomas Grocery and Pump an exhibition by artist Reza Safavi.
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 – Friday, June 30, 2023
Reception
Friday, November 18, 2022 / 6-8 pm
While Reza Safavi was driving through Sanpete Valley in March of 2021 he passed an abandoned building in Sterling, UT - Thomas Grocery. This white frame building with a single gas pump out front is located on the west side of US Hwy 89, about a half-mile into town. The store seemed to be frozen in time with items still stocked in the dusty windows. Intrigued by this building, with its unknown past, and uncertain future, Safavi stopped to digitally scan it.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for The Center Can Not Hold an exhibition curated by Hikmet Loe with artists Anne Mooney, John Sparano, and Hannah Vaughn.
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 – Friday, January 20, 2023
Reception
Friday, November 18, 2022 / 6-8 pm
The Center Can Not Hold considers ideas of place conceptualized through the processes of architecture, revealing the temporal nature of the center. Positioning the geographical center of Utah and the town of Ephraim as the practical center for creative work, regional architects Anne Mooney and John Sparano (principals at Sparano + Mooney Architecture) and Hannah Vaughn (principal at VY Architecture) respond to this idea through forms, words, and questions.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for the Closing Reception of Material Witness an exhibition by artist Jorge Rojas, Friday, September 9, 2022 / 6-8pm.
We are excited to announce that there will be a bus coming from Salt Lake City to Granary Arts that evening. The bus will leave Salt Lake at 4:30pm, make a stop in Utah County at 5:30pm, and arrive in Ephraim at 7pm. Bus riders will spend an hour at the Closing Reception before the bus leaves Ephraim at 8pm.
Tickets are $25 a person and include the ride to and from Granary Arts, a selection of beverages (wine, beer, and other non-alcoholic options), and other art loving folks to mingle with on the drive. Space is limited and tickets must be purchased in advance. Click the link below for more information. We hope you will join us!
Admission to the reception is free and open to the public.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for the Closing Reception of Chiasma an exhibition by artist Laura Sharp Wilson, curated by Scotti Hill, Friday, September 9, 2022 / 6-8pm.
We are excited to announce that there will be a bus coming from Salt Lake City to Granary Arts that evening. The bus will leave Salt Lake at 4:30pm, make a stop in Utah County at 5:30pm, and arrive in Ephraim at 7pm. Bus riders will spend an hour at the Closing Reception before the bus leaves Ephraim at 8pm.
Tickets are $25 a person and include the ride to and from Granary Arts, a selection of beverages (wine, beer, and other non-alcoholic options), and other art loving folks to mingle with on the drive. Space is limited and tickets must be purchased in advance. Click the link below for more information. We hope you will join us!
Admission to the reception is free and open to the public.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for the Closing Reception of Gifts of the Sanpete Land an exhibition by artist Jane Roberts DeGroff, Friday, September 9, 2022 / 6-8pm.
We are excited to announce that there will be a bus coming from Salt Lake City to Granary Arts that evening. The bus will leave Salt Lake at 4:30pm, make a stop in Utah County at 5:30pm, and arrive in Ephraim at 7pm. Bus riders will spend an hour at the Closing Reception before the bus leaves Ephraim at 8pm.
Tickets are $25 a person and include the ride to and from Granary Arts, a selection of beverages (wine, beer, and other non-alcoholic options), and other art loving folks to mingle with on the drive. Space is limited and tickets must be purchased in advance. Click the link below for more information. We hope you will join us!
Admission to the reception is free and open to the public.
Granary Arts along with poets Bryn Burningham and David Rosier invite you to join us for An Evening of Poetry Thursday, August 11, 2022 / 7pm. Come listen to original poems by local wordsmiths and enjoy light refreshments.
Granary Arts invites you to join us Saturday, July 30, 2022 / 10am for the unveiling of Kindness Mural , a community project co-sponsored by non-profit organizations Sanpete Kindness and Granary Arts. Spearheaded by artist Julie Hutchins Ash with the help of local children, students, and community members – it serves as a visual reminder of the message in the children’s song, Kindness Begins With Me by Clara W. McMaster (1969).
Free and open to the public. Come get a free Sanpete Kindness yard sign and enjoy light refreshments.
The unveiling will take place at the mural site, Ephraim Sports Park, 210 East 300 North, Ephraim, Utah 84627.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for two free community art workshops on the lawn as part of Ephraim City’s Scandinavian Heritage Festival.
Saturday, May 28, 2022/ 11am-2pm
Relief Printed Barns: Create a relief print using pictures of historic barns.
Scandinavian Painting: Learn about Scandinavian painting styles and paint your own wood shape with colorful designs.
Granary Arts invites you to join Curator David Lindsay as he guides you through several of the site specific works in Our Valley Speaks: A Sanpete Experience as part of Ephraim City’s Scandinavian Heritage Festival with a special appearance by Geologist Renée Faatz talking about the geology of Sanpete County and oolitic limestone.
Saturday, May 28, 2022/ Tours start every hour. 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
Free and open to the public. To participate, meet on the lawn next to Granary Arts CCA Christensen Cabin, 86 North Main St, Ephraim. Wear comfortable shoes, dress for the weather, and bring your mobile device.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for the annual Scandinavian Heritage Conference as part of Ephraim City’s Scandinavian Heritage Festival.
Friday, May 27, 2022 / 10am-1pm
Several contributors from the virtual exhibition Our Valley Speaks: A Sanpete Experience will be presenting including Jane Beckwith telling the story of Camp Topaz, the Japanese Internment Camp located in Utah from 1942 - 1945. Richard Oman will also be presenting on the life and art of pioneering Sanpete painter, C.C.A. Christiansen.
The conference will be held at the Snow College Karen H. Huntsman Library Auditorium, 141 East Center St, Ephraim.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Material Witness an exhibition by artist Jorge Rojas.
Material Witness is a mid-career retrospective of Jorge Rojas’s abstract work drawing on over fifteen years of experimentation with materials and media. This exhibition presents an overview of 2D and 3D works from 2003 to the present, highlighting two periods of time when he lived in New York City—from 1993-1997 and again from 2002-2009. Importantly, these periods reflect the artist’s engagement with Minimalism, post-Minimalism, Color Field painting, Process Art, and Concrete Art—while infusing these influences with his Mexican roots and understanding of Mesoamerican art, materials, and cosmovision.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Chiasma an exhibition by artist Laura Sharp Wilson, curated by Scotti Hill.
Chiasma explores the duality at the core of Laura Sharp Wilson’s work—organic elements in both human and botanical form as well as the visual tensions of converging patterns, chains, and bound knots. In biology, “chiasma” is the process through which paired chromosomes remain united throughout the first phase of meiosis before genetic material is exchanged.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Gifts of the Sanpete Land an exhibition by artist Jane Roberts DeGroff.
Gifts of the Sanpete Land is a wall hanging representing elements of life and land in Sanpete Valley. Gleaned from the beauty and natural resources of the region, sheep were created using the shibori techniques stitching and capping, trees were created using guntai and karamatsu stitching, the patterns on the side panels were created with stitching and binding, and the shibori panels at the top represent the beautiful mountains of the Sanpete Valley.
Granary Arts invites you to experience Conscious Biocoenosis a virtual exhibition curated by Granary Arts intern, Reina Kropf featuring works from nine artists.
This completely virtual exhibition is on view Friday, April 29, 2022 - Saturday, April 29, 2023.
Included Artists: Lania Suncion, Alisa Bishop, Shauntel Clements, Maddison Colvin, Jenna Kallonen, Max Kar, Beth Krensky, Nathan Perry, Danielle Waters
This workshop is for contemporary art curators working in Utah. With a range of practice and expertise contributing to the conversation, we will collectively workshop vision statements for the future of contemporary art in the region while identifying gaps, big dreams, points of collaboration, and action items.
Closed Session, sponsored by Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation and Utah Arts & Museums
Location: John Wesley Powel Museum, Green River, Utah.
Time: Thursday, March 31, 2022 / 1-2:30pm
Co-hosted by Epicenter and Granary Arts, the 2022 Spring Summit in Green River brings together designers, architects, artists, curators, cultural producers, and community organizers to gather around the concept of “Home.” This three-day event is structured around the cultivation and strengthening of creative investment in rural Utah by convening a network of leaders who are passionate about the culture and community of rural areas, thus creating opportunities for new collaborative work to develop in rural Utah and beyond.
Granary Arts invites adults age 55+ to participate in a hands-on watercolor workshop taught by local artist Kim Gordon.
WORKSHOP DATES
Fridays, 10am - 12pm
February 11, 18, 25,
(No meeting March 4th for Spring Break)
March 11, 18, 25
*additional culminating event (TBD with registrants).
Space is limited, participants must register in advance! The cost of this workshop is $20. Scholarships available on a needs basis. Email info@granaryarts.org with pricing inquiries.
CLICK HERE to register online or contact us at info@granaryarts.org / 435.283.3456
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Hatsubon an exhibition by artist Tomiko Jones.
Hatsubon is a memorial exhibition for the artists’ father and explores the dynamic tension between tradition and performance – the diaphanous space between life and death. The materiality of the work suggests the dualities of the ephemeral and the corporeal, and the pendulous state between longing and release.
Granary Arts invites you to join us for Survival and Resilience an exhibition by artist Lydia Gravis.
Driven by her desire to respond to the intangible human experience, Lydia Gravis creates empathic work. She uses mark-making as a way to connect to the external world as well as the world within. This effort serves as a radical act of sanity, imperative as she navigates the often-overwhelming nature of the contemporary world.
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
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
