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Frank Tenney Johnson (1874-1939),

Minerva Teichert (1888-1976), Washday on the Plains, 1938, oil on canvas, 40 x 94 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of the Teichert Family Collection, 1997.

It’s Father's Day, and here at the MOA, we want to help you celebrate all the father figures in your life! As part of the MOA collection, there are original comic book prints featuring superheroes that, upon further inspection, might remind you of important men in your life. These comic book prints are featured in the current exhibition Becoming America.

Dorothy Weir Young (1890-1947),

Lee Greene Richards (1878-1950),

Knud Sinding (1875-1946),

N.C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth (1882-1945),

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), The Prodigal Son Amid the Swine, c. 1496, engraving, 9 7/16 x 7 7/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of the Mahonri M. Young Estate, 1959.

Welcome to Open Studio! Today we will be creating art to honor the women in our lives, inspired by the women artists featured in our exhibition

Rose Hartwell (1861-1917),

Alonzo Earl Foringer (1878-1948),

Spring is the perfect season to GO GREEN! Today, let's discover how various artists “think green” in their artworks.

Explore the Artwork:

Welcome to Open Studio! Today we are going to learn more about a work of art that artist Gabriel Dawe created in the MOA in November 2014.

In 2016, the National Park Service celebrated its 100th birthday! Capturing the Canyons reminds us how visual artists influenced the creation of the national parks that we enjoy today, many of which are in our own state of Utah.

Today we will learn about all of the different kinds of journeys people take, whether migrating to a new land or taking a small trip to the art museum. Look for all of the exciting adventures as you trek through Minerva Teichert’s Book of Mormon paintings with us.

Welcome to Open Studio! Today we will be viewing a work of art by artist Dan Steinhilber, who takes ordinary, everyday objects and makes them into extraordinary abstract sculptures!

Artists use lots of fun techniques to convey mood and feeling in their works. For example, emotions are often conveyed by how climate and weather are portrayed. In this Open Studio, a variety of weather conditions are represented in very creative ways. See if you can discover where weather plays an important role in the artworks below. When you find them, consider which paintings you wish you could jump into and enjoy, and which ones you would rather stay out of!