Frequently Asked Questions
General Information | Grants Available | Artist Services |
Arts Education | Folk and Ethnic Arts | Governor's Awards in the Arts | Literary Arts | Nonprofit Organization Services |
Performing Arts & Presenting/Touring | Public Art | Publications | Traveling Exhibits | Visual Arts
General Information
Where are you located?
Address: 617 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102. Main phone: (801) 236-7555. Main offices are housed in the historic Glendinning Home, east of the Governor's Mansion in downtown Salt Lake City.
The Folk Arts Program is housed in the historic Chase Home in the center of Salt Lake City's Liberty Park.
The Public Art Program and Visual Arts Program offices are located in the Rio Grande Depot at 300 South Rio Grande Street (455 West).
What are your hours?
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for state and national holidays.
Our two galleries, the Alice Gallery at the Glendinning Home and the Rio Gallery, are open to the public during regular business hours. New exhibits are on display every two to three months.
The Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Art in Liberty Park is open annually from mid-April through mid-October. Spring and fall hours are 12 noon to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday. Summer hours (Memorial Day through Labor Day) are 12 noon to 5pm Monday through Thursday, and 2pm to 7pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
What does the Utah Arts Council do?
The Utah Arts Council is the primary agency in Utah through which state and national funds combine to stimulate and encourage the arts in the state. The Council distributes funds appropriated directly for the arts by both the state and the National Endowment for the Arts. Through its various programs, the Council provides professional help to individual artists, arts organizations, schools and units of local government where needed. It also provides direct matching grants to more than 200 nonprofit organizations across the state as well as other types of financial assistance to individual artists, artist groups and organizations. The Council provides an annual, statewide Mountain West Conference on the Arts each year, seminars, workshops and training for artists and nonprofit organizations, state poet laureate appearances, the Change Leader Institute, the Utah Performing Artists Tour (UPAT), and traveling exhibits of the state art collection.
Where do you get your funding?
The Utah Arts Council receives its funding from the Utah State Legislature and from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Grants Available
What grants does the Utah Arts Council offer?
A full listing of UAC funding opportunities is available on the Funding Opportunities Page.
How can I find funding for our arts organization?
Depending on the focus of your project, UAC has several funding options available. They are listed on the Funding Opportunities for Organizations Page.
What types of grants are available through the Grants Program?
See the Funding Opportunities for Organizations Page for a list of grant categories offered.
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Artist Services
What assistance do you provide for individual artists?
The Utah Arts Council's various programs assist individual artists in various capacities, and have a variety of services for artists. Services for artists include:
When are the Artist Grants deadlines? Can I receive help writing the grant?
The next Project Grant deadline is January 4, 2008. See the Artist Grant Page for more information.
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Arts Education
What kinds of services are available to schools and other educational settings?
The Arts Education Program provides Arts Projects Grants, Teacher Initiated Project Grants and Artist in Residence Grants for schools or nonprofit organizations. Grant guidelines and applications are available online.
What are residencies and how much do they cost?
Residencies are arts activities led by an artist in a specific arts discipline, who comes to your site. Residencies range from 40 to 360 hours. They may take place in concentrated format over 2 to 18 weeks, or spread out over a semester or even a year.
Costs vary based on the length of the residency and the number of years your organization has received residency funds. A new applying organization pays $600 of an artist's salary for a 40-hour residency. UAC pays 30-50% of an artist's salary and ALL travel, including out-of-state airfare, lodging expenses and the artist's preparation costs. The applying organization pays for supplies, costumes, etc.
What kinds of artists are on the AE Artist Roster?
The AE Artist Roster includes, but is not limited to, poets, prose writers, screen writers, dancers, choreographers, actors, directors, film/video makers, performance artists, folk artists, storytellers, painters, sculptors, photographers, puppet makers, printmakers, ceramists, mural makers (painted, clay, etc.), paper makers, book makers, textile artists, calligraphers, composers, vocalists, instrumentalists and computer graphic artists.
How can I apply to be on the AE Artist Roster?
All artists go through a three-tiered panel review. Artists are judged on artistic quality and ability to engage the audience in their art form. Talk with AE staff for more detailed information. See the Arts Education Program for contact information.
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Folk Arts
What types of services are available for folk and ethnic artists?
The Folk Arts Program administers two grant programs (Apprenticeship and Ethnic Arts), presents annual programs (Living Traditions Festival and Mondays in the Park concerts), operates the Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Art (featuring the folk art from the State Art Collection), produces educational materials (see the UAC Products Page, which offers publications and recordings featuring Utah folk art and artists), and provides technical assistance in locating and presenting folk and ethnic artists.
When and where is the Living Traditions Festival: A Celebration of Salt Lake's Folk & Ethnic Arts?
Every May, the Living Traditions Festival takes place on the grounds of the City and County Building in downtown Salt Lake City on the weekend before Memorial Day. The free festival features performances of folk & ethnic music and dance, demonstrations and sales of traditional crafts and ethnic food.
Any artist or group of artists working is his/her/their own ethnic or national art form can apply for this grant at anytime during the year. Contact cmiller@utah.gov for guidelines and application.
This grant supports customized teaching situations and is available to artists working in all folk art disciplines. Annual deadline: December 31. Contact cmiller@utah.gov for guidelines and application.
How can I locate folk and ethnic artists for my event?
Contact the Folk Arts staff, (801) 533-5760, for customized artist rosters, event consultations and assistance with folk arts education projects.
See Folk Arts Program for more information.
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Governor's Awards in the Arts
What's going on with the Governor's Awards in the Arts?
The UAC no longer holds Governor's Awards in the Arts. In Spring, 2007, the UAC launched a new program, Governor's Leadership in the Arts Awards Luncheon, in association with its new Statewide Annual Conference. The Mountain West Conference on the Arts, formerly known as the Statewide Annual Conference, will be held on May 8-9, 2008. See the Annual Conference Page for updates.
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Literary Arts
Any Utah resident is eligible to enter the competition. Annual deadline: late June.
Is there an entry fee and will my manuscript be returned to me?
There is no entry fee. Manuscripts are not returnable.
What types of awards are given to winners?
Awards between $200 and $1,000 are given to winners in each category. A limited publication prize is awarded each year to the previous year's winner in the novel category. Categories include: poetry, short story, novel, young adult novel/children's book, biography-autobiography/non-fiction book, and personal essay.
Who is the Utah Poet Laureate and who is eligible to book their time?
The Utah Poet Laureate is Katharine Coles. Any nonprofit group can contact the Literary Arts Manager to request a reading. Note: all readings must be free to the public.
How much does it cost to have the Poet Laureate come to my group or organization?
The sponsoring group pays anywhere from $150 to $250. The Utah Arts Council provides a matching amount.
See the Poet Laureate Page for more information and contact/e-mail/phone.
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Nonprofit Organization Services
What kind of training is available for my nonprofit group or organization?
The Community Partnerships Program offers Art of the Nonprofit training series, which addresses basic and advanced board training/design, organization and community mission/purpose/vision, nonprofit management, organizational structure, and fundraising issues.
CP also offers the Change Leader Program, helping administrators learn to handle an environment of change.
Is there an Annual Conference?
How can I sign up?
UAC held it's first annual Mountain West Conference on the Arts, formerly known as our Annual Conference, in May 2007 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. Mark your calendars for next year's conference on May 8-9, 2008. See the Annual Conference Page for updates.
How can I obtain a Nonprofit Handbook?
Nonprofit Handbooks are available online in PDF format. To receive a hardcopy, call (801) 236-7546. It is available at no cost to arts and cultural organizations. All other organizations may purchase the handbook for $10.00.
What other handbooks are available?
CP also offers the Board Development handbook, and a Volunteer Development handbook.
(See the Community Partnerships for more information and contact/e-mail/phone.)
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Performing Arts & Presenting/Touring (Utah Performing Arts Tour)
Who can audition to be on the UPAT roster and when do the auditions take place?
Artists from all performing arts disciplines are encouraged to audition for a spot on the UPAT roster. Annual deadline: late spring. Auditions scheduled through June.
What is the cost of a UPAT performance?
The cost is shared by the Utah Arts Council and the presenter. Fees are set by the performing artist or company.
Who can present a UPAT performance? When is the reservation deadline for presenters?
Any community-oriented nonprofit group (local arts councils, colleges, libraries, churches, individual schools, PTAs, community centers, etc.) can apply to present a UPAT performance. Annual deadline for presenter reservations: November 1.
See the Utah Performing Arts Tour pages for details and contact/e-mail/phone.
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Public Art Program
How do artists get on the Public Art Slide Bank?
Our Public Art Slide Bank page has a form for download. Fill out the form and mail it with your slides to the Public Art Program Slide Bank, Utah Arts Council, 617 E South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84102.
Contact the Public Art Program Manager, (801) 533-3585, for more information.
Are out-of-state artists eligible to participate?
Yes! Any artist who resides in a state that allows artists from outside the state to participate in their public art calls for entries and who is interested in producing art for public spaces in Utah is encouraged to contact the Public Art Program Manager for more information about the program.
Who chooses the art for a public art site?
Art is selected by a committee representing the site, the architect, the community, the Utah Arts Council, and the Division of Facilities Construction and Management.
See Public Art Program for more information.
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Publications
What publications does the UAC offer?
The Utah Arts Council offers several brochures, newsletters, and advocacy materials through its programs. Listed below are just a few of the publications which are available to the public. Contact the e-mail address for more information or to receive a copy of your requested publication.
ArtOps -- online and print newsletter of artist opportunities (formerly Ovations), ldurand@utah.gov
Utah Arts Council Annual Report, ldurand@utah.gov
Guide to Services brochure, ldurand@utah.gov
Guide to Grants program, swaddingham@utah.gov
Arts Education Artist Roster (online) -- jirwin@utah.gov
Arts Education advocacy materials, jirwin@utah.gov
Utah Performing Arts Tour Roster (online) -- aboulton@utah.gov
Annual Writing Competition Rules/Application, glebeda@utah.gov
Visual Art Catalogues, labersold@utah.gov
a. Annual Fellowship Competition
b. Statewide Annual Competition
Folk and Ethnic Arts Booklets and Cassettes, cedison@utah.gov
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Traveling Exhibits
Who is eligible to host an exhibit?
When is the deadline for reservation applications?
The exhibits are available to schools, libraries, museums and nonprofit groups. Annual deadline is late spring.
What kinds of exhibits are available?
The exhibits are curated from various local, national and international art collections. Each exhibit is accompanied by educational materials and, upon request, workshops and lectures.
Descriptions are available online.
See Traveling Exhibits Program for more information.
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Visual Arts
This professionally juried competition is open to Utah artists working in all visual media. Cash awards and purchase prizes are offered. Annual deadline: late spring.
Who can apply for a Visual
Arts Fellowship?
How much is the fellowship award?
The fellowship is open to Utah artists working in all visual media. As of 2006, two winners each year receive $10,000 each and exhibition. Annual deadline: fall.
See Visual Arts Program for more information.
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