Museum Of Art

The 3rd floor of the MOA will be closing on Monday July 27 for a two-week period until Saturday, August 8. This includes the Shaping America exhibition and the religious wing. The front desk, MOA Café and 2nd floor galleries will remain open during the regular hours of the MOA. The MOA store will have irregular hours during this time also.

The MOA’s new exhibit, “Moving Pictures: C.C.A. Christensen’s Mormon Panorama,” showcases a unique set of American folk paintings that occasionally show up in various LDS literature. Collectively, the works carry far more significance.

Carl Bloch's painting 'Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda' will soon be joined by another Bloch piece at the BYU Museum of Art. The museum has acquired 'The Mocking of Christ,' a painting Bloch completed in 1880 that was only recently rediscovered.

In conjunction with the 10th International Art Competition hosted by the LDS Church History Museum, the BYU Museum of Art will host a panel of the jurists who selected the artworks that were submitted by artists from across the world.

Jonathan Furmanski, Audio/Video Conservator at the Getty Research Institute, will address us as part of the MOA’s fall Contemporary Art Lecture Series, featuring talks by artists and professionals from all over the world, film screenings, and speaker panels.

Join us for this fast-paced interdisciplinary exchange of ideas as four of your favorite BYU professors discuss different topics related to our current exhibition CUT! Costume and the Cinema. Each speaker will offer a five-minute talk about their perspectives on costumes, cinema, and the cult of celebrity.

Thursday, October 9, 20144:00pm-5:50pm260 MOAFather Terrence Dempsey is the Founding Director of the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA) at Saint Louis University in Missouri. He studied art history and religion at the Graduate Theological Union and University of California at Berkeley, he received his Phd in 1991. He has curated nearly sixty exhibitions on religious contemporary art and lectures frequently. For more info on the MOCRA click here.

Recently hired as the new Head of Education for the Brigham Young University Museum of Art (MOA), BYU alumna Janalee Emmer is excited to share her passion for art with the university and the community. Read more about her story here.

The BYU Museum of Art will host the Family Arts Festival on Friday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is in celebration of the current exhibition, CUT! Costume and the Cinema, and is free to the public. Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy interactive gallery tours, costume design, instruction on combat performance and other activities.

The BYU Museum of Art (MOA) will host a Hollywood Red Carpet Night to celebrate the opening of its newest exhibition, CUT! Costume and the Cinema on Friday, July 11, from 7 to 9 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to dress in their red-carpet best as photography will be provided and posted on social media.

LDS missionaries at the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Provo, Utah have recently had an experience unlike any other group during their stay. For weeks missionaries sit in desks eight to ten hours each day to study scriptures and language, and to learn teaching and interpersonal skills. Other than going to the Student Health Center when ill or visiting the Provo Temple each week, missionaries don’t leave the MTC campus. But an opportunity was important enough that the president of the MTC allowed hundreds of missionaries to leave the campus for an hour to go and experience it.

The BYU Museum of Art (MOA) recently released the video presentations of the March symposium, Sacred Gifts: The Religious Art of Carl Bloch, Heinrich Hofmann and Frans Schwartz. The daylong conference presented prominent speakers such as Rasmus Nojgaard, Associate Professor of the Seminary of Pastoral Theology and Inge-Lise Sigsgard, deputy chairman of the Church Council in Europe. “This exhibition represents many sacred gifts shared for our enlightenment, our enjoyment, our edification,” said Dawn Physey, head curator at the BYU Museum of Art. Marcus Smith, anchor for Thinking Aloud on Classical 89 also interviewed a few speakers of the symposium including Karin Kristensen, pastor of the Norresundby Kirke Church; SÁ¸ren Mentz from the Frederiksborg National History Museum in Denmark and Angela Swanson Jones of the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. To listen to the interviews, click here.

Enthusiastic patron response cited by BYU Museum of Art staff as main motivator In the wake of overwhelming patron response to Sacred Gifts: The Religious Art of Carl Bloch, Heinrich Hofmann, and Frans Schwartz, Brigham Young University Museum of Art officials and art lenders from Europe and New York negotiated an exhibition extension through May 26, two weeks later than the original May 10 closing. Along with the extension, the Museum announced an expansion of operating hours (10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday starting May 1) to accommodate more attendees during the exhibition’s busiest times. After Sacred Gifts closes, the visitation times will return to normal Museum hours. “We tend to see a significant attendance increase in the evenings and during the final weeks of an exhibition,” said Hilarie Ashton, Marketing & Public Relations Director at the Museum. “By flexing with this trend, we hope to accommodate the many patrons still wishing to see Sacred Gifts.” Free tickets for the first week of the extension (May 12-17) will become available May 4, and tickets for the second week of the extension (May 19-24, 26) will become available May 11. Tickets are required for admittance to Sacred Gifts, and can be reserved in advance online at sacredgifts.byu.edu/. Standby tickets are also available as supply and space permit and are distributed to patrons on-site for same-day redemption at designated times. More than 190,000 individuals have visited the exhibition as of mid-April, and tens of thousands of additional tickets have already been distributed to patrons who plan to attend. Ashton and other Museum staff feel that even more compelling than the high ticket counts is the enthusiasm with which patrons have responded to the Sacred Giftsinvitation to share the exhibition and their own gifts with others. Thousands of Museum visitors have already participated in a crowd-funding campaign for the conservation of the paintings as a gift to the exhibition’s nine art lending institutions. Nearly $60,000 has been raised for the effort to-date. The lenders have also graciously been inundated with more than 11,000 heartfelt, digital and physical thank you messages from patrons. Notes continue to roll in each day. “I don't have words to describe my gratitude. All superlatives fall short,” wrote visiting patron Val Nielsen. “I know this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me and was well worth the 800 miles traveled to get myself here to see it.” Heather Hyte of New York called the exhibition “absolutely breathtaking” and fellow Museum visitor Allen Ostergar of California dubbed the artwork “the most moving paintings of the Savior that ever seen.” With more than 1,500 shares and tweets featuring Sacred Gifts images directly from the museum’s Facebook page, enthusiastic patrons have also encouraged the online community to both virtually and physically attend the exhibition. Returning patron Rod Olsen (@bhrod) tweeted, “Breathtaking, still. If you haven’t made a trip to this show, DO IT NOW! My 2nd time!!” Tweeted fellow patron Emmeline Watts (@sweetmline), “Amazing Art by 3 amazing artists at the #BYU museum of art. It’s a must see!” Facebook posts by Richard Young, Charlene Mackay Crozier and Kim Riding Maxwell are more examples of many online patrons lauding the exhibition as “once-in-a-lifetime,” and “must-see.” Much of this sharing was made available via the Sacred Gifts iPad app, an educational, interactive resource developed specifically for the exhibition. About 50,000 individuals have already experienced the app either in the Museum or off-site. In December, the app was made available as a free download in the iTunes store and has since been downloaded in more than 24 different countries. Daily sales in the Museum’s gift shop during Sacred Gifts have been up 500% on average, record highs for the organization. The nearly 15,000 prints, calendars and other items related to the exhibition that have sold since the November 2013 opening are leaving a lasting impression in the homes and lives of patrons long after their visit. ABOUT THE MUSEUM One of the largest and best-attended art Museums in the Mountain West, the BYU Museum of Art offers a dynamic exhibition schedule that includes displays of its permanent collection, world-class traveling shows and thought-provoking exhibitions organized by Museum curators. One of the Museum’s most important roles is its contribution to the academic mission of Brigham Young University. From the research and study of the artworks in the permanent collection, to the teaching and learning that occurs in classrooms and galleries, the Museum plays an important role in the academic pursuits of many students at BYU. Concurrently, the Museum seeks to connect to broad community audiences through its exhibitions and educational programming. Source: BYU News

The immense success of the new exhibition “Sacred Gifts: The Religious Art of Carl Bloch, Heinrich Hofmann, and Frans Schwartz” at Brigham Young University’s Museum of Art has prompted museum directors to extend museum hours and provide a free “Sacred Gifts” iPad app download highlighting the exhibit. Starting Jan. 1, the Museum of Art now serves the public from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday to accommodate high demand on evenings and weekends. Despite the extension, museum director encourage patrons to reserve their free ticket required for admittance as soon as possible. Free downloads of the Museum’s interactive audiovisual iPad app designed exclusively for “Sacred Gifts” are now available at the iTunes Store, thanks to generous funding from donors William H. and Patricia W. Child. The app features uplifting educational resources including expert interviews, historical context, music, personal anecdotes and spiritual insights. Funding for the app’s development was also provided by the Marriner S. Eccles Foundation, the Allen Foundation and the BYU Laycock Center for Creative Collaboration in the Arts. Previously, the app had only been available for patrons on rental devices within the Museum for a $3 fee. For more information contact Hilarie Ashton at (801) 422-2569 or hilarie_ashton@byu.edu. Source: BYU News

Museums, services and facilities at Brigham Young University will have special hours between the fall and winter semesters Dec. 17 to Jan. 4. Museum of Art - Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The museum is closed Sunday. Admission is free, but tickets are required for the 'Sacred Gifts' exhibit. For more information and a list of available exhibits, visit moa.byu.edu. - Closes early Dec. 24 and 31 at 4 p.m. - Closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Museum of Peoples and Cultures - Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday until 7 p.m. Closed Saturday and Sunday. The museum is located at 700 N. 100 East, Provo. Admission is free. For more information, visit mpc.byu.edu. - Closed Dec. 23-25 and Dec. 30-Jan 1. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum - Closed until spring 2014 for construction. - During the construction, free outreach and webcasting shows are available to public. For more information, visit mlbean.byu.edu. Education in Zion exhibit - Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Monday and Wednesday evenings until 9 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Located in the Joseph F. Smith Building west of the Harold B. Lee Library. For more information, visit lib.byu.edu/sites/educationinzion. - Closed Dec. 23-Jan. 1 and Jan. 3. BYU Bookstore - Closes early Dec. 24 at 4 p.m. - Open Dec. 26-29, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Closed Dec. 25, 31 and Jan. 1. For more information, visitwww.byubookstore.com. Wilkinson Student Center - The Wilkinson Student Center will have regular hours except Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, when it will close at 6 p.m. - Regular hours are Monday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday, 6 a.m. to midnight; Saturday, 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; and Sunday, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. - Closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Wilkinson Student Center Studio 1030 (Salon) - Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Closed Dec. 24-25, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. For more information, visit studio1030.byu.edu. Wilkinson Student Center Cougareat and other campus restaurants - View updated Christmas hours for each campus restaurant at dining.byu.edu/cougareat/hours.html. Wilkinson Student Center Cougar Creations Copy Center - Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. - Closed Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31-Jan. 1. For more information about campus copy services during the holidays, visit printandmail.byu.edu. Wilkinson Student Center Games Center - Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to midnight; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. - Closed Dec. 24-26 - Closes early Dec. 31 at 7 p.m. and opens Jan. 1 from noon to 11 p.m. For more information, visit gamescenter.byu.edu. Harold B. Lee Library - Opens later and closes early Dec. 21-Jan.4, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. All services will be available during these hours, including Special Collections. - Closed Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31-Jan. 1. As always, the library remains closed Sundays, except for the Family History Library which is open on the second and fourth Sundays for family history research. View all library holiday hours at lib.byu.edu/about/hours/exceptions/. Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center - Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with extended hours Wednesday to 8 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed Sunday. - Closed Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31-Jan. 1. For more details, visit alumni.byu.edu. For more information about campus events and hours of operation during the holiday season, see the campus calendar at calendar.byu.edu. Source: BYU News

The Brigham Young University Museum of Art is expecting record attendance for its newest exhibition, Sacred Gifts: The Religious Art of Carl Bloch, Heinrich Hofmann and Frans Schwartz. The museum now houses nearly two dozen paintings of Christ from these master painters, secured from museums and donors in New York City, Denmark, Germany and Sweden. Some of the paintings are displayed outside of their home locations for the very first, and possibly last, time. Museum of Art head curator Dawn Pheysey said overall the new exhibition brings together and displays a host of different gifts. “First of all there’s the gift of the artists, their talents,” Pheysey said. “There’s the gift of the museums and the donors who’ve let us borrow these works, and the gift of many donors who have helped to make this exhibition even possible. There’s our gift, the museum’s gift to the community, to be able to bring this exhibition to them. Then, of course, the ultimate gift, the gift of the Savior.” The museum’s most recent ticketed show, Carl Bloch: The Master’s Hand, was one of the most highly attended museum exhibitions in the country while on view in 2010 and 2011. It operated at full capacity during the exhibition’s final months. A total of 306,000 people attended. Many who visit the new exhibition will recognize the paintings displayed. Prints of some of the original works are seen in many LDS meetinghouses around the world and in church publications. Sacred Gifts allows patrons to see the original works first hand. The Museum of Art partnered with BYU’s Laycock Center and Center for Teaching and Learning to create an iPad app to help users discover more about the exhibition. The app offers an opportunity to learn much more about the pieces, where they come from and the powerful messages they portray. The museum offers iPads on loan for $3 to patrons, and the app includes text about the paintings, video messages and interviews, and even activities for children. Sacred Gifts will run through May 10. “We hope that people will not only reflect upon the gifts of these artists, but also reflect upon their own gifts that they have been given,” Pheysey said, “and how they can use those gifts to bless the lives of those around them.”

by Kirsten Paul

Read KSL's story here.Find out more about the exhibition at moa.byu.edu/sacredgifts.