FREE! Join SVMoA staff and docents for fifteen minutes of conversation about a single artwork in the fall exhibition Sightings every Thursday. Drop by, get your art fix, and check out our recently renovated galleries!
Enjoy a tour of the exhibition with The Museum’s curators. Living through the Covid-19 pandemic, Americans developed a new relationship to the night sky, looking to the stars for connection at a time of isolation. Located in rural Idaho, the number one state per capita for UFO sightings, SVMoA sits at the edge of the 1,416 square-mile Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve. Motivated by this geography and by local lore surrounding the possibility of extraterrestrial life, SVMoA’s fall exhibition considers our human experience of UFOs and the extraterrestrial. Rather than ask what those who report UFO sightings have actually seen, the exhibition asks why we look to the night skies for signs of life, and how we experience phenomena we can’t explain. Featuring commissioned projects by artists Deb Sokolow and Cable Griffith alongside work by Karla Knight, Robyn O’Neil, Ionel Talpazan, Esther Pearl Watson, and Timothy Wyllie. Refreshments will be served in the Museum classroom prior to the start of the tour.
Play, create, discover, and have fun! Families and friends are invited to visit SVMoA's Hailey Classroom, explore various art materials, and create art inspired by SVMoA's summer exhibition Hidden Gems: Sun Valley Collects. Projects will change monthly. Age & Ability: all ages, families encouraged to attend together. FREE! Drop in anytime between 1:30–4:30pm; no registration required!
For the 6th year, the Sun Valley Museum of Art presents the MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival. From September 28 through October 8, this unique festival brings together over 100,000 filmgoers in over 500 cities and towns across 6 continents. The Festival curates a wide variety of films from around the world, and the jury includes ALL film attendees from around the globe, including our Ketchum audience! The Ten MANHATTAN SHORT Finalists hail from eight countries, with films from Australia, Afghanistan, Finland, Iran, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada, alongside three films from the USA. The 2023 line-up is linked by a common theme: how we face adversity, whether it is imposed by others or arises from personal circumstances. The ten films in the program feature narratives that are dramatic, sometimes humorous, occasionally magical, and always inspirational! THE MANHATTAN SHORT FINAL TEN ARE: Sunless (USA) Voice Activated (Australia) Yellow (Afghanistan) Tuulikki (Finland) The Family Circus (USA) Career Day (USA) Snail (Iran) The Record (Switzerland) The Stupid Boy (UK) Soliel Du Nuit (Canada) Voting cards will be given to each attendee, and every year, the Wood River Valley audience’s top scorer has turned out to be the winner. These films always present a wide ...
FREE! Join SVMoA staff and docents for fifteen minutes of conversation about a single artwork in the fall exhibition Sightings every Thursday. Drop by, get your art fix, and check out our recently renovated galleries!
Play, create, discover, and have fun! Families and friends are invited to visit SVMoA's Hailey Classroom, explore various art materials, and create art inspired by SVMoA's current exhibition Sightings. Projects will change monthly. Age & Ability: all ages, families encouraged to attend together
Teens are invited to Teen Night, a free art-making program on select Fridays by and for teens. Work with SVMoA Team to create and learn new techniques with art projects inspired by SVMoA’s past and present exhibitions. All free and geared toward young people ages 14-20. Are you an artist, musician, poet, dancer? We’re always looking for talented young people interested in sharing their talents at Teen Nights. Interested? Email information@svmoa.org. FREE! Pre-registration encouraged. Drop-ins welcomed.
Go Figure! Elevate your Tuesday evening and join SVMoA for a creative studio session that will explore the human figure in variations of lighting, pose, and setting. SVMoA provides a clothed or unclothed model, refreshments, and an open, self-guided studio setting for participants of all abilities. Open to anyone interested in working from the model, regardless of experience level. Familiarity with basic drawing fundamentals recommended. $25 adults / $15 for students Bring your own supplies; drawing boards will be provided. Age & ability: 16+, all skill levels welcome!
National Geographic's UFOs: Investigating the Unknown is a five-part series exploring the government’s decades long investigation into UFOs. Directed by Ricki Stern and featuring investigative journalist Leslie Kean (speaking in Ketchum on October 26 as part of SVMoA’s Sightings exhibition) the series features extensive footage and interviews with journalists, academics, astronomers, military officers, senators and more. Episode 1: Secret Pentagon UFO Program; Episode 2: Giant UFO in Texas.
FREE! Join SVMoA staff and docents for fifteen minutes of conversation about a single artwork in the fall exhibition Sightings every Thursday. Drop by, get your art fix, and check out our recently renovated galleries!
Play, create, discover, and have fun! Families and friends are invited to visit the Museum, explore the current exhibition, Sightings, and energize their creative spirits with artmaking in the classroom. Projects will change monthly. Age & Ability: all ages, families encouraged to attend together
National Geographic's UFOs: Investigating the Unknown is a five-part series exploring the government’s decades long investigation into UFOs. Directed by Ricki Stern and featuring investigative journalist Leslie Kean (speaking in Ketchum on October 26 as part of SVMoA’s Sightings exhibition) the series features extensive footage and interviews with journalists, academics, astronomers, military officers, senators and more. Episode 3: Close Encounters at Nuclear Bases; Episode 4: Citizens Take Charge; Episode 5: Government Breaks Silence.
