Current Exhibitions

 
 
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October 15, 2025 – January 7, 2026

The Springville Museum of Art invites all Utah artists to enter this exhibition which celebrates the diversity of religious experience and belief in our community. Using different media to express these ideas, artist create works that will engage and inspire viewers to contemplate and reflect on the vibrant spiritual traditions we share.

 
39th Spiritual and Religious Art of Utah

August 20, 2025- July 25, 2026

John Hafen believed in the power of art to uplift and elevate lives and communities. Despite constant hardships, Hafen dedicated his life to his personal mission of art, faith, and beauty. He believed he was painting not only God’s nature, but nature’s God.

This is the first major retrospective of Hafen, one of Utah’s most important artists and a co-founder of the Springville Art Movement. The Springville Museum of Art would not exist without Hafen’s belief in the power of art.

 
Enduring Beauty: John Hafen and the Power of Art

June 18, 2025- May 2028

Many of the Museum’s longtime visitors treasure our Soviet and Russian Art Collection. This might be unexpected given the complex history between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Despite different cultures, politics, and values, the artworks nevertheless highlight shared human experiences.

This exhibition examines themes of identity, community, labor, and leisure. It explores connections to place, celebrating the comfort of home and the beauty of nature. These artworks reveal universal human longings, reminding us of what we all share.

 
In Search of Ourselves: Soviet Art and the Shared Human Spirit

June 18, 2025 – Ongoing

Come discover the Museum's Permanent Collection new acquistions and collection highlights in this new gallery space!

 
New Acquistions

November 16, 2024 – Ongoing

This exbibition explores the wonders of color! Colors have super powers! And so do we. Many things can change their super powers like light, vibrancy, saturation. How do colors and their settings change the way you feel? Some colors are electric others are sleepy see if you can find a color that is angry and a color that is happy. 

 
Color!

Apr 27, 2024  – May 16, 2026

Salon 100 will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Spring Salon and share its impact and history! The Salon was started by Springville High School students in the 1920s. They hung the first shows in the halls of their high school until they were so well known for their art, the Springville community built them a museum! Our historic commemoration will celebrate these students and imagine the future of the Salon through exhibitions, a documentary film, publications, and special programs and lectures. 

 
Salon 100: A Retrospective of 100 Spring Salons and the Students that Built Art City!

January 2025 - Ongoing 

The artworks in this exhibition represent a partnership between the Springville Museum of Art and the Art Renewal Center, a premier exhibition venue for artists working in the classical tradition. Each year, one Utah artist is selected from their juried competition to be featured in the Museum in an effort to support and celebrate traditional Utah artists. The featured artist for 2025 is Lucia Heffernan.

 
Art Renewal Center: Featured Artist

November 15, 2017 - Ongoing

This exhibition on the lower level explores the history of the oldest art Museum in Utah. 


 
black and white photograph of a group of people standing in front of the north entry of Springville Museum of Art