Rehousing Paintings with Archival Materials to Comply with Best Practices at Southern Utah Museum of Art

FAIN: PG-280940-21

Southern Utah University (Cedar City, UT 84720-2415)
Jessica Kinsey (Project Director: January 2021 to July 2024)

The rehousing of 640 framed and unframed paintings from the early eighteenth century to the present, with a focus on early twentieth-century works by Utah and Colorado plateau artists such as Jimmie F. Jones and James Taylor Harwood. Other artists featured in the collection whose works represent the American West include Maynard Dixon, Milford Zornes, Edith Hamlin, and Gottardo Piazzoni. The collection is exhibited at the museum and used throughout the university for courses in art, graphic design, collections management, and arts administration.

Southern Utah Museum of Art is requesting $7,031 to purchase coroplast, ethafoam, muslin, and window blind hardware to rehouse and better preserve approximately 640 framed and unframed paintings in the museum's permanent collection.