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Show Marcia and John Price Museum Building 1th the1r $7 million gift to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the largest to a cultural mst1tut1on m Utah's history, Maroa and John Pnce brought together many of the1r interests and conv1ct1ons. Indeed, Mr. Pnce has described the gift as a "natural" choice for them. The Maroa and John Pnce Museum Building will provide classrooms and research areas for students, a vanety of galleries for permanent and traveling exhibitions, a cafe, museum store, aud1tonum, and a large orientation conference area. Maroa Poulsen Pnce, a fourth generation Utahn and Umvemty of Utah graduate, discovered her passion for the visual arts dunng her umvers1ty days. After attendmg Lowell Lees' Pasadena, Cahforrua, dramatic academy for two years, she returned to Utah to complete her degree. "Doug Snow changed my hfe with his Art 101 course," she says reflecting on her former U ofU professor. "He focused on the study of the French Impressiomsts, why they were different, and how they changed the world of art. It was the most exc1tmg thing I had ever heard, and a hght bulb went on m my head." From that st1rnng classroom expenence has flowed a hfet1me of discovery and service to arts orgamzat1ons locally and nationally In Utah, Mrs. Pnce has led students on docent tours of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, cha1red the Utah Arts Council, served on the U of U College of Fine Arts Advisory Board, and spearheaded the assembhng of a nationally recogmzed art collection displayed at JP Realty, lnc.'s corporate offices. On the national scene, Mrs. Pnce serves as a member of the National Committee for the Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center m Washington, DC., and as a trustee of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (The Pres1dent1al Scholars) After fleeing Nazi Germany with his family John Pnce eventually arnved m Utah, where he entered the Umvers1ty ofUtah as a geology maJor- and met Maroa Poulsen. His enterpnsmg spmt was evident even in his youth when he formed a grocery dehvery business at a young age . Today Cha1rman and CEO Mr. Pnce has built JP Realty, Inc. into a nat10nally known real estate investment company Pass10nate about the opportumt1es he has e11joyed m Amenca, Mr. Pnce has remarked. "Utah 1s and always will be home. I will do all that's possible, through government and philanthropic ventures, to give back to this commuruty " He has kept his prormse, serving on the Umvers1ty of Utah Board of Trustees and playing an active role in Utah's pohtical scene. Nationally Mr. Price has been appointed a member of the Whitney Museum's prestigious Pnnt Board. Now, through the1r magmficent gift to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the Pnces will ennch generations of students, artists, and commumty members. The1r close involvement m the development of the new Utah Museum of Fine Arts will allow It to continue to shape the visual arts culture of the region. The Pnces previously supported the museum through the sponsorship of two important exhib1t1ons of Amencan pnnts. Depression Printmakers as Workers and American Women at Work. Both featured works that gave Museum patrons a rare opporturuty to view s1gmficant Amencan artists' insights mto the cond1t1on of Amencan workers during the 1930s. As they have in the1r entrepreneunal, philanthropic, and commumty service endeavors, the Pnces have approached art collecting with a passion and an ms1stence on excellence. Maroa and John Pnce's strong behef in the importance of arts in the commumty will endure in this signature building, and will also be earned forward by succeeding generations who direct the activ1t1es of the John and Maroa Pnce Family Foundation. 8 U T AH M USEUM OF F I NE AR TS We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give W I N S TON CHU R C HILL Pompeo Batoni (1708- 1787) Italian Portrait ef Philip Livingston, 1783 Oil on canvas 27 X 22 In. Purchased with funds from the M arriner S. Eccles Foundation for the Marnner S. Eccles Collection of Masterworks, assisted by Emma Eccles Jones Museum# 1991.045.001 |
