Kimball Art Center

Kimball Art Center is Park City, Utah's dedicated contemporary arts institution, offering one of the most ambitious exhibition programs of any arts center in the Mountain West in a community better known for skiing than for visual art. Founded in 1976 in a historic building in the heart of Old Town Park City, the Kimball Art Center has been a consistent presence in the community through the transformation of Park City from a fading mining town into one of the most visited resort destinations in North America, maintaining its commitment to serious contemporary art programming through a boom that has made the city one of the wealthiest zip codes in the country.

The center's exhibition program presents work by emerging, mid-career, and established artists from Utah, the Rocky Mountain region, and nationally, with a focus on work that engages with the environment, landscape, and cultural history of the West. The annual Kimball Arts Festival, held each August on the streets of Old Town, is one of the most significant outdoor fine art and fine craft festivals in the Mountain West, drawing artists and collectors from across the country to a setting of extraordinary beauty. The festival has operated for nearly five decades and has established Park City as a serious venue for fine craft alongside the galleries that line Main Street.

The center's education programs serve Park City's schools and community through classes, workshops, and public programming that make contemporary art accessible to a community whose resources allow for exceptional programming. The gallery spaces present work that would be at home in major urban arts centers, reflecting the Park City community's sophistication and collecting depth. For art travelers visiting Utah, Kimball Art Center provides an essential contemporary context for a state whose art reputation is dominated by its extraordinary natural landscape and the historically significant landscape painting tradition that the Wasatch and canyon country have inspired.