The BYU Museum of Art (MOA) is pleased to announce that Dawn Pheysey has been promoted to the position of Head Curator. As Head Curator, Pheysey will represent the curatorial department on the museum executive committee and will help schedule exhibitions. Museum Director Mark Magleby expressed his anticipation of the great things to come under [...]

A special exhibition, Rembrandt’s Amsterdam, is now on display at the MOA to commemorate  10 years of excellence in European studies at BYU. The exhibition is part of the BYU Center for the Study of Europe’s 10th anniversary festivities. In connection with the exhibition, the museum is hosting an evening of Dutch culture entitled Amsterdam Old [...]

On March 13, artist Marie Watt arrived for the installation of her blanket tower, commissioned for the new exhibition Shaping America. The next two days in the Lied Gallery, Watt hosted two sewing circles: one with visual arts students and another with members of the community. Participants were taught a basic slipstitch by Marie and then [...]

The final First Friday of the semester will be held April 5 from 7 to 10 p.m. The event will include two new contemporary art exhibition openings — Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime and e.g.: Brian Patterson — as well as a dance performance by BYU’s Contemporary Dance Company Kinnect and refreshments. The day after the event, the exhibition We Could Be Heroes: The [...]