Mar 08, 2018 Library Awarded Prestigious Andrew W. Mellon Grant with UMFA

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Left) & the J. Willard Marriott Library (Right)

We are delighted to announce a collaborative grant awarded to the library and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The project entitled “Landscape, Land Art, and the American West: A Joint Research and Engagement Initiative of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the J. Willard Marriott Library,” will transform how the library and museum work together. As leaders in the region for scholarly research, exhibition design and collections care, the library and museum curate extensive – but  separate – holdings related to environmental and cultural histories of the Intermountain West. Through this new initiative, these collections will be linked in ways that enable students, faculty and researchers to systematically mine content for innovative learning and teaching.

“The project will increase the visibility and value of these overlapping collections, focus our contributions toward the academic goals of the university, energize faculty and support students to excel as informed and engaged citizens,” said Alberta Comer, dean of the J. Willard Marriott Library and university librarian.

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