George Wanlass looks a piece of artwork by Karen Carson, titled Butterflies, that is on display at The Wanlass Center for Art Education and Research at USU on Tuesday morning.
Kortney Okelberry puts the finishing touches on an art display at The Wanlass Center for Art Education and Research at USU on Tuesday morning.
The Wanlass Center for Art Education and Research opened Tuesday with a public celebration at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
According to a press release, the $7.6 million facility gives people opportunities to engage with NEHMA’s art collection through visible storage and flexible display areas where museum staff can select and display items for classes, researchers and the public.
The 10,000-square-foot facility doubles the museum’s collection storage capacity, making room for future growth. It also has space for K-12 programs and art-making activities.
Sparano + Mooney Architecture designed the Wanlass Center. The facility’s Study Room and Research Library provide access to collection materials — including digital collections — and museum publications.
“We’ve designed this facility to be adaptive for our audiences to engage with art in new, different and impactful ways, expanding the options of what we can offer for generations to come,” said NEHMA Executive Director Katie Lee-Koven prior to the ribbon cutting.
Lee-Koven thanked the donors for their contributions to make the center possible.
In particular, Lee-Koven highlighted George Wanlass, an avid art collector with deep ties to USU, who has been involved with the museum for more than 40 years.
According to USU Vice President of Foundations and Corporations Jon Paulding, the building was funded entirely through philanthropic donations and grants.
“The new center for art education and research will offer a modern, hands-on learning experience unique to the intermountain west,” Paulding said.
Other speakers highlighted the value the Wanlass Center would bring to students at the university and to younger students.
These speakers included Utah State University President Al Smith and Interim Executive Director of Cache Refugee and Immigrant Connection Dan Johnson.
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