The George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Art Gallery

The George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Art Gallery The Eccles Gallery and LED Exhibition Wall feature the works of community artists throughout the academic year.

These spaces are free and open to the public and serve as a resource for exploration and inspiration for our students and larger community. Salt Lake Community College has two exhibition spaces at our South City campus. The George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Gallery and LED Exhibition Wall in the Edna Runswick Taylor Foyer are home to several exhibitions throughout the academic year. Featuring the wo

rks of community artists, these exhibition spaces are free and open to the public and serve as a resource for exploration and inspiration for our students.

Please join us for two exciting new exhibits opening this week!Beloved Community Photography Project--and--4 Common Corn...
02/23/2026

Please join us for two exciting new exhibits opening this week!

Beloved Community Photography Project

--and--

4 Common Corners "Hidden Life"

Opening Reception
Friday, February 27, 5 - 7:30 pm

On View
February 26 - April 3, 2026

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. popularized the phrase “beloved community” to represent his vision for societies that embrace cooperation, unity, and connection. The Project’s educational programs connect Salt Lake Community College faculty with local students through in-class discussions and presentations. After participating in activities that explore Dr. King’s legacy and how students can apply his ideas to their own lives, participants highlight their own beloved connections with their communities by creating art that celebrates their individual voices and viewpoints.

Beloved Community Photography Exhibit Reception / Open House
6 - 7:30PM
George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Art Gallery

Beloved Community SLCC Chamber Singers Performance
Celebrating Students Past and Present
7:30PM - 9PM
Multipurpose Room (1-032 & 1-030)

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In the exhibition "Hidden Life," the artist collective 4 Common Corners explores elements from the natural world that are often concealed from view. The subjects are seemingly unlimited, from bacteria to the heavens. Doppler radar, an ultrasound of an expecting mother, the life cycle of plants in the harsh climate of the western desert, threads of fungi interconnected just under the Earth’s surface, an abandoned adobe, creatures hiding beneath the depths of the sea, the secretive nesting habits of mother birds, algae, cyanobacteria … these artists each explore nature’s secrets through their own lens, coalescing in a remarkable collection, bursting with life and color.

Opening Reception
Friday, February 27, 5 - 7 pm








🚨 Attention Utah Artists! 🚨Our Call for Exhibition Proposals for the 2026-27 Academic Year is Now Open through March 23,...
02/06/2026

🚨 Attention Utah Artists! 🚨

Our Call for Exhibition Proposals for the 2026-27 Academic Year is Now Open through March 23, 2026!

Get info and apply at slcc.edu/exhibit
(link in the bio)







Join us on Monday, February 2 at 4 pm for an Artist Workshop. Roland Miller will talk about his current solo exhibit "Ab...
01/29/2026

Join us on Monday, February 2 at 4 pm for an Artist Workshop.

Roland Miller will talk about his current solo exhibit "Abandoned in Place: Preserving America's Space History," and discuss his photographic processes, balancing his documentary and abstract approaches, and tell fascinating behind the scenes stories that he has gained through his decades-long access to NASA sites across the country, including his inside scoop on the upcoming Artemis II mission!

Open and free to the public.

Monday, February 2, 2026
4:00 PM

SLCC South City Campus
Center for Arts & Media
George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Gallery
1595 S. Edison St, Salt Lake City, UT 84115

Extra Credit for eligible SLCC students.








Announcing "Elmer Presslee: Mystical Forest" exhibition!On View:August 28 – September 26, 2025Double Opening Reception w...
09/01/2025

Announcing "Elmer Presslee: Mystical Forest" exhibition!

On View:
August 28 – September 26, 2025

Double Opening Reception with "The Uncanny Traveler: Surrealism in the 21st Century"
August 28, 5 – 7 PM

Artist Elmer Presslee is known for creating marvelously strange installations that surround the viewer with maximalist, multi-colored walls of old toys and hand-made creatures – concocting an immersive, nostalgic, psychedelic environment that fully envelopes you with countless little dudes, friendly fabric monsters, mythical mutants, and more. The Saturday Morning Cartoons-meets-Gwar aesthetic that he has carefully honed is funny, spooky, cute, irreverent, and disarmingly endearing, especially when you get a closer look at the finer details. A gruesome looking giant eyeball becomes adorable when you get close enough to see the small scraps of colorful fabric and found objects that make up the larger forms, creating a fantastical micro / macro experience.

The same can be said when you meet the artist, who’s humble, affable demeanor dispels any interpretation of hostility or darker themes in his work. Elmer, who prefers to keep a low profile and a mysterious biography (Presslee is a pseudonym), is a big sweetie who’s just out here making weird stuff and having a good time. So, let’s all do as Elmer does: have fun, channel your inner-child, and embrace the madness.







“The Uncanny Traveler: Surrealism in the 21st Century” features a host of wonderfully weird artworks by 39 local artists...
09/01/2025

“The Uncanny Traveler: Surrealism in the 21st Century” features a host of wonderfully weird artworks by 39 local artists who are incorporating the century-old art movement into their current work. These exceptionally talented artists are reinterpreting and redefining surrealism, each in their own distinct ways. Some are processing surrealism through the lens of our modern times, while others move in a more nostalgic direction, and others still are envisioning a surreal future.

Join us as we explore the endless boundaries of surrealism from a wide variety of outstanding artists and, even more mind-bending, witness the impossible as curator James Walton distorts space and warps reality while attempting the ill-advised and utterly absurd pursuit of fitting 39 artists into a single 1,000-square-foot gallery space.

Double Opening Reception with :
Thursday August 28, 5 - 7 PM

Participating Artists:

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📣 Attention Utah Artists!! Today is the last day to submit your entries to President's Art Show! (September 1)Visit slcc...
09/01/2025

📣 Attention Utah Artists!! Today is the last day to submit your entries to President's Art Show! (September 1)

Visit slcc.edu/artshow to enter before midnight tonight.

NOTE: there was an error on the website preventing people from entering this morning. That has been fixed!

Special limited exhibition open through August 21: Celebrating 30 Years of President's Art Show!In commemoration of Pres...
08/15/2025

Special limited exhibition open through August 21: Celebrating 30 Years of President's Art Show!

In commemoration of President Greg Peterson’s first year in office, SLCC presents a special retrospective of President’s Art Show. This exhibit celebrates the decades-long legacy of SLCC’s annual juried show and its rich history of “opening doors” to all Utah artists.

Sourced from the college’s permanent collection and curated by collection and gallery manager James Walton, the show highlights some of the many pieces acquired from President’s Art Shows past, dating as far back as the late ‘90s, spanning the tenures of four past presidents, one interim president, and now SLCC’s current president Greg Peterson.

While honoring the past, we set our sights on the future. President’s Art Show ‘25 (the 31st iteration of the exhibit) will open this fall and will be the second to occur under President Peterson’s tenure, helping us to usher in this new era at the college under his thoughtful leadership, as we continue to foster our connection to the arts in Utah and beyond!



The Weird Cartoons, Kitsch & Culture of Low Brow Art features works from forty local artists and a handful of others fro...
01/11/2025

The Weird Cartoons, Kitsch & Culture of Low Brow Art features works from forty local artists and a handful of others from as far as New York and Mexico City, who work in styles related to cartoons and other sequential art like comic books, comic strips, graphic novels, and Manga, as well as graffiti, tattoos, Naïve / Outsider Art and other related styles.

Opening Reception
Thursday, January 16
5 - 7 pm

On View
January 16 - February 21, 2025

Location
The George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Gallery
South City Campus
Center for Arts & Media
1575 S State Street Salt Lake City, UT 84115

Participating Artists
















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Mike Walton
Ron Christensen
Jann Haworth

With Works From...








Robert Williams


Thanks to everyone who came out on a cold winter night to celebrate the opening of Robert Füerer’s awesome solo show “My...
01/11/2025

Thanks to everyone who came out on a cold winter night to celebrate the opening of Robert Füerer’s awesome solo show “My Old Man and His Mountains: The Trail of Tails, Trials, and Triumphs.” Rob’s oil paintings look glorious in the space. We had an amazing turn out and a lot of fun. Rob even sported his ancestral knickerbockers for the occasion!

On View
January 9 – February 7, 2025

NOTE: the college will be closed on January 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Day

Location
Salt Lake Community College
South City Campus
Center for Arts And Media, Edna Runswick Taylor Foyer
1575 S. State St. Salt Lake City, UT 84115

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Swiss-born American painter Robert Füerer’s artistic journey is shaped by a rich blend of cultural experiences. The SLCC alumnus spent 21 years immersed in Asia's art scenes, where he learned fluent Mandarin, incorporated an intercultural perspective into his work, and founded three art schools in Taiwan. His time at the State University of New York, School of Art and Design, provided an ideal environment for Füerer to evolve as a painter where he received a full-ride scholarship for his best-in-show piece, George. Since earning a BFA in Painting and Drawing in 2009, his art journey has unfolded through narrative oil paintings. His series of 36 Dreams of Mt. Fuji is inspired by a struggling marriage, and The Beauty of the Father depicts his father's cancer journey, transitioning to the timeless subject of The Life of Christ. Each series is a chapter in his evolving narrative, expressing emotional turbulence and resilience on canvas. Now back in Utah, Füerer joyously immerses himself in the captivating landscape of the Wasatch Mountains, infusing his creations with the essence of the Alps in his homeland. His artistic journey combined with his understanding of Buddhism, Taoism, and Christianity inspires a harmonious fusion of Eastern and Western aesthetics, treasured by collections, galleries, and museums worldwide.



     

“An Irreplaceable Poetry Reading for the Great Salt Lake” is happening now!, featuring poets Morgan Ray, Nan Seymour, Li...
12/13/2024

“An Irreplaceable Poetry Reading for the Great Salt Lake” is happening now!, featuring poets Morgan Ray, Nan Seymour, Lisa Bickmore and man, many others.

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Do not Miss One of SLCC's Largest Cultural Annual Events - Hop Into College TONIGHT at our West Valley Center!!
08/02/2024

Do not Miss One of SLCC's Largest Cultural Annual Events - Hop Into College TONIGHT at our West Valley Center!!

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