Visit Weight Room, MOA and 1313 Galleries This Month Before They Close
BYU campus is surrounded by art, from the MOA at North Campus to the Weight Room and 1313 galleries at West Campus. BYU Galleries feature the range of creative abilities exhibited by students and faculty — photography, painting, typography and everything in between. Read more to learn about current and upcoming galleries across campus.
Art: Weight Room Gallery
Prague, Berlin, Basel | Open until October 25
The Weight Room features two exhibitions from the Department of Art’s 2023 study abroad to Prague, Berlin and Basel. Each student and faculty member is represented in this exhibition by a single work created on the study abroad. The artists range from non-majors to graduating seniors in the Department of Art.
sometimes i’m lying in my bed and i feel like my body gets really small so i have to move to make sure i'm normal sized | Open until October 24
Brenna Cooper and Lizzie Windsor use photography, video and sculpture to invite viewers to explore ordinary moments, celebrate the art of observation and present their own conclusions about their environments. The exhibition encourages all to ask questions about life and seek out answers.
Trash | Open through October 24
Jenna Wilson and Clara Beth Hamill created drawings and prints while studying abroad with the Department of Art this past summer. Wilson rendered pen drawings of trash combined with her written observations of the day. Hamill gathered flattened garbage from the streets of European cities, rolled them with ink, and printed them on paper, creating compelling black and white images.
Uncertainty | Opens October 26
Courtney Seamons Yeatman’s exhibition in the Weight Room uses oil paint on panel to describe feeling helpless while choosing a path in life. The paintings tell a story of loss through images of natural phenomena, such as fire and water. The exhibition serves as a reminder that even though things can get hard, good things will come.
MOA Galleries
Primal Forces: Earth | Open until December 28
Featuring pieces from Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., each quilt in this exhibition stitches together a story of the nurturing and destructive powers of the earth, showing that “all life on this planet depends on earth but the very soil that nurtures growth can just as easily destroy.”
LIFE: Six Women Photographers | Open until February 3
Follow the careers of six female LIFE photographers as they capture stories through the 1930s to the 1970s, unveiling political and social dynamics from a time that has shaped the American experience. This exhibition features the works of Margaret Bourke-White, Hansel Mieth, Marie Hansen, Nina Leen, Martha Holmes and Lisa Larsen.
Of Souls and Sacraments: Symbol and Context in Christian Art | Open through July 13, 2024
Explore religious ideas through works from the 14th century to the present in the perspectives, styles and media on display in this exhibition. Old and contemporary artists such as Jusepe de Ribera, Anthony van Dyck, Benjamin West, Jorge Cocco Santangelo, Kirk Richards and Lisa DeLong witness the power of visual imagery in religious life through their work.
From the Vault: American Highlights and Recent Acquisitions | Open through September 7, 2024
This exhibition houses eighteen audience favorites from the Museum’s American collection including works by Minerva Teichert, Norman Rockwell, John Singer Sargent, Dorothy Weir Young, Mahonri Young and Daniel Ridgeway Knight.
Design: 1313 Gallery
Character Design Show | October 9-25
The 1313 gallery features characters of all shapes and sizes designed by illustration students. Along with the students’ character projects, the show includes a wall of white paper and a bowl of markers encouraging all who come and go to design their own.
Mark Your Calendars:
1313: Design Student Show | November 1-November 20
Weight Room: Gabriella Warnick Exhibition | October 26-November 15