Join us for an inspiring evening to get a sneak peek of this special exhibition which traces nearly three decades of the artist’s work - ranging from prints and textiles to sculptures.
Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt Preview Party
Friday, February 20, 2026 | 7:00PM – 10:00PM
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Marcia and John Price Museum Building
Cocktail Attire | 21 years and over invited
Small plates, desserts, cocktails, and music
Tickets $100 per person
RSVP by February 4, 2026
Come celebrate the opening of Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt from the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation—an exhibition of prints, textiles, and sculptures that trace the artist’s thirty-year journey of storytelling through art.
A member of the Seneca Nation and of German-Scot ancestry, Watt draws on Indigenous oral traditions, feminist histories, and shared mythologies to explore kinship, community, and “survivance”—the active presence and self-determination of Native peoples today.
Thank you for supporting the UMFA, your ticket purchase is 100% tax-deductible and will be receipted. Email Fiona with questions, comments, or concerns at fiona.marcelino@umfa.utah.edu.
Please support the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, and this project, by attending the event. If you cannot attend, please consider donating here.
PREVIEW PARTY HOSTS:
Virginia Barlage
Lynn and Tom Fey
Jordan Schnitzer / Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation
EXHIBITION SPONSORS:
Organized by the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation in partnership with University Galleries, University of San Diego, and curated by John Murphy, Ph.D., Hoehn Curatorial Fellow for Prints.
PRESENTING SPONSOR:
Bank of America
CURATORIAL SPONSOR:
The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
INSTALLATION SPONSORS:
Stephanie and Tim Harpst
The Tozer Endowment Fund
Header Image Credit: Marie K. Watt (Native American, Seneca (b. 1967)) Blanket Stories: Great Grandmother, Pandemic, Daybreak, 2021, reclaimed blankets, paper and string tags, and cedar 108 x 38 1/4 x 40 in. 2021.241
