Art Access

12/03/2025

09/04/2025

Help Art Access raise $45,000 to support programs now and into the future!

https://givebutter.com/eXab7B

We already have $6,500 of match money pledged!

If you donate $100, you could receive one of 14 Art Access totes with three high value plates inside from our 300 Plates fundraiser! Make it $300 and we’ll just give you one! Opportunity drawing live now through September 5th!

And don’t miss the current Parners exhibit until September 13!

08/27/2025

Help Art Access raise $45,000 to support programs now and into the future!
https://givebutter.com/eXab7B
We already have $6,500 of match money pledged…

If you donate $100, you could receive one of 14 Art Access totes with three high value plates inside from our 300 Plates fundraiser! Make it $300 and we’ll just give you one! Opportunity drawing live now through September 5th!

And don’t miss the current Parners exhibit!

08/23/2025

Help Art Access raise $45,000 to support programs now and into the future!
https://givebutter.com/eXab7B
We already have $6,500 of match money pledged…

If you donate $100, you could receive one of 14 Art Access totes with three high value plates inside from our 300 Plates fundraiser! Make it $300 and we’ll just give you one!

And don’t miss the current Parners exhibit!

08/14/2025

Join us tomorrow night from 6-9pm for August Gallery Stroll at Art Access, presented with support from the Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts and Parks, and the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office ACE Fund. Financial investment from foundation & individual donors, city, county & state agencies, and support from local artists, patrons, community partners like , and volunteers like Jojo and Zaida are vital to Art Access program operations each year—these relationships are vital in light of the uncertainty facing arts and cultural organizations nationwide.

Our small staff and board extends many thanks to the vibrant community that continues to coalesce around our mission of increasing access to the arts through opportunities for disabled artists and education for the community and cultural institutions!

PARTNERS 2025 EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, August 15, 2025, 6-9pm

GALLERY HOURS AUGUST 21 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2025:
Thursdays, 1 - 5pm
Fridays, 2 - 7pm
Saturdays, 11am - 3pm

08/05/2025

Join us at Art Access’ gallery-workshop Friday, August 15, 2025 from 6-9pm for the Partners 2025 opening reception! Take home original pieces from emerging artist Alex Means, partners Katie Felgar and cat palmer, and partners Kage Guenther and Jordan Brun — emerging artists receive 100% of proceeds from their sales!

Gallery Opening: Friday, August 15, 2025, 6-9pm

Exhibition Office Hours — August 21 to September 13
Thursdays 1 to 5pm
Fridays 2 to 7pm
Saturdays 11am to 3pm

07/01/2025

July is Disability Pride month, and Art Access is excited to announce our 2025 Partners artist-collaborators!

Founded in 1994, Partners is a professional development program that pairs an emerging artist with disabilities with an established artist for 25 hours of one-on-one mentoring in a shared creative medium. Both artists are paid $35 an hour for co-creation and given a stipend for production materials. Art Access staff also organize additional professional development opportunities throughout the program. Each Partners cohort ends in an accessibly-desgined group exhibit that is free to the public.

Returning to the cohort, Katie Felgar is s a multidisciplinary artist working primarily with watercolor. Katie is looking for an established mentor to support her in building an “artist’s journal” and help her incorporate gouache and mixed-media collage into her unique, nature-inspired water color creations.

Alex is a digital artist who uses Adobe Illustrator to create shape-based artwork and pixel sprites. Alex is looking for an established mentor to help develop his knowledge of color theory in digital mediums and promote himself on digital platforms toward a career in game design. 

Kage Guenther is a colorblind artist working in digital and graphite mediums. Their monochromatic,  surrealist monsters and emotional, energetic tree portraiture explores the boundaries between “randomness” and “logic”. Kage is looking for an established mentor to help them expand their subject base and learn artistic promotion strategies.

Are you an established local artist interested in forwarding accessibility and fostering professional development for emerging artists? Lend your expertise in support of our 2025 Partners cohort! Submit a mentor interest form today, and help make our August 2025 Partners exhibit a success—link in bio!

06/27/2025

Last chance to purchase plates from this year’s 300 Plates exhibition! Browse the online catalogue for 25% off original artwork, all in support of Art Access programs supporting emerging disabled artists and education for the community and cultural organizations. Link in bio!

06/26/2025

Art Access is looking to immediately build stronger board leadership, especially a treasurer. If interested in supporting arts accessibility in Utah, email board chair Kerry Ellen Carlson at [email protected].