Insights Tour:

Explore the special exhibition For the Future: Collecting at the UMFA 2001–2026 through the eyes of Museum staff members. This 45-minute lunch-hour tour offers insights into the works on view, their histories, and how the Museum stewards them.

Emily Lawhead, PhD, is curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. She holds a BA in Comparative Cultural Studies from Northern Arizona University, an MA in Museum Studies from the University of San Francisco, and a PhD in the History of Art & Architecture from the University of Oregon. Her research explores intersections of art and technology, with recent publications on interactive digital art, immersive exhibitions, and the history of AI art. At the UMFA, she leads the salt exhibition series, site-specific commissions in the Great Hall, and the Museum’s photography, new media, and modern and contemporary art collections.