{{main|Utah#Law and government}} {{short description|U.S. state government agency}} [[File:Utah Division of Arts & Museums logo.jpg|220px|thumb|The division's logo]] The '''Utah Division of Arts & Museums''' is a state government agency responsible for the promotion of [[The arts|arts]] and museums in [[Utah]]. It is a division of the Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement. It includes the Utah Office of Museum Services and the Utah Arts Council as advisory and policy-making boards.
The Division's primary offices, as well as its arts education and literary arts programs, are located in the Glendinning Home, next to the [[Utah Governor's Mansion|Governor's Mansion]] in [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]]. Its folk arts and museum services programs are housed in the [[Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts]]. Its visual, public, and design arts programs operate from offices in the Rio Grande Depot in Salt Lake City. The Division maintains two public galleries: the Alice Gallery at the Glendinning Home, exhibiting artwork from Utah's State Fine Art Collection and Traveling Exhibition Program; and the Rio Gallery, at the Rio Grande Depot, exhibiting artwork of contemporary Utah artists.
Victoria Bourns has been the division's director since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Poore|first=Ann|date=April 14, 2017|access-date=October 8, 2025|title=Victoria Panella Bourns, A Woman For All Seasons |url=https://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/victoria-panella-bourns-a-woman-for-all-seasons/ |website=15 Bytes}}</ref>
==Utah Arts Council== The Utah Arts Council was established in 1899 as the Utah Art Institute through the passage of the "Art Bill," legislation drafted by Utah Rep. [[Alice Merrill Horne]] (an artist, arts patron, and the first woman elected to the [[Utah State House of Representatives]]) and fellow artist [[George M. Ottinger]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Utah Arts Council |url=https://historytogo.utah.gov/utah-arts-council/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=History to Go |language=en-US}}</ref>
==See also== *[[State of Utah]]
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==External links== *[http://artsandmuseums.utah.gov/ Utah Division of Arts and Museums website]
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