This summer, the St. George Art Museum flips expectations with its 2025 Summer Exhibition, opening Friday, June 14, and running through August 23. Under one roof, three distinct shows invite visitors to explore motion, memory and local heritage.
Over and Over and Over and Over by Jared Steffensen transforms skateboarding’s wild, intuitive energy into sculptural art. Reclaimed skateboard decks curve and jut in dynamic compositions that balance chaos and design—inviting viewers to reconsider the museum’s architecture and their own sense of movement.
Collaborating with Excess by Kathryn Knudsen dives into transformation and reclamation. Layers of oil paint, found objects and secondhand materials merge into dreamlike tableaux. Vivid pigments and tangled textures speak to memory’s power, as discarded elements gain new life and narrative.
Rounding out the lineup, Parkside Portraits draws from the museum’s Permanent Collection to celebrate regional character and community. These intimate portraits—rendered in styles spanning realism to abstraction—reflect St. George’s evolving history and the people who shaped it.
Housed in a restored 1930s sugar-beet seed warehouse at 47 E 200 N (directly across from the Main Street Post Office), the St. George Art Museum has been a cultural landmark since 1997. Originally slated for demolition, the building was saved by local artists, city leaders and preservationists, and has since welcomed everything from Soviet art retrospectives to Western sculpture exhibits.
To mark the opening, the museum hosts a free, family-friendly reception Friday, June 14, 6 to 8 PM. Guests can sip from a lemonade bar, craft custom buttons, pose in themed photo booths and linger in the sculpture garden under the warm St. George evening sky. Whether you’re a lifelong art enthusiast or simply seeking a new summer outing, this exhibition promises unexpected delights—and it’s totally free.
For more details, visit sgartmuseum.org or call (435) 627-4525. Follow @stgeorgeartmuseum on Instagram for sneak peeks and event reminders.
