The Springville Museum of Art is the oldest Utah museum for the visual fine arts. It was dedicated as "A sanctuary of beauty and a temple of meditation...[that] seeks to fulfill its mission by refining minds and building character through the fine arts." There are nine permanent galleries featuring 250 different artists, including artists Doug Snow, Lee U. Bennion, Mahonri Young, Dan Weggeland, and LeConte Stewart. There are also seven galleries that feature temporary exhibits. The day I visited the museum, there was a Quilt Show in the temporary galleries.
After walking around the outside of the building, I decided to start my tour with the Quilt exhibits.
The original bronze Massasoit by artist Cyrus Dallin was completed in 1921 and sits atop Cole's Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts, across from Plymouth Rock.
Dallin was born in Utah 1861 and moved to Boston as a young man to pursue an art career. In later years he became a famous world-renowned artist for his western sculptures and depictions of Native Americans.
Massasoit was made to mark the three hundredth anniversary of the Pilgrims' landing in America. The sculpture represents "the Pokanoket leader Massasoit welcoming the Pilgrims on the occasion of the first Thanksgiving." Dallin made this replica for the museum because he said "My greatest honor of all is, I came from Springville, Utah."
The Diane & Sam Stewart Sculpture Garden is also part of the museum complex.
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