Spiral Jetty Community Meet-up

Third Saturday for Families: Corn Kaleidoscopes Venture out to the Great Salt Lake with the UMFA for Land Art Week! Join the Utah Museum of Fine Arts for a fun day of art and science at the Great Salt Lake. Explore Robert Smithson's monumental earthwork, Spiral Jetty. UMFA members, families, teachers, and students of all ages are invited to explore the landscape, listen to music, create art, and learn about the environment of the Great Salt Lake! Spiral Jetty The monumental earthwork Spiral Jetty (1970) was created by artist Robert Smithson and is located off Rozel Point in the north arm of Great Salt Lake. Made of black basalt rocks and earth gathered from the site, Spiral Jetty is a 15-foot-wide coil that stretches more than 1,500 feet into the lake. Undoubtedly, the most famous large-scale earthwork of the period, it has come to epitomize Land art. Its exceptional art, historical importance, and unique beauty have drawn visitors and media attention from throughout Utah and around the world. Follow the Spiral Jetty self-guide at your own pace or join UMFA educators and partners for art making and experiential programs! Programming and activities schedule coming soon! Learn more about Spiral Jetty Robert Smithson (American, 1938-1973), Spiral Jetty, 1970, Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah, black basalt rock, salt crystals, earth, and water, 1,500 ft. long and approximately 15 ft. wide. © Holt/Smithson Foundation and Dia Art Foundation, licensed by VAGA, New York. You May Also like Time Trip Welcome to Time Trip, a meditation on Spiral Jetty's locale and the people who lived nearby at the time of the artwork's construction. Journey to the time that Spiral Jetty took shape while, on the other end of Great Salt Lake, the University of Utah's landscape underwent its own kind of transformation. Learn More Robert Smithson's Nonsite, Site Uncertain (1968) In the late 1960s, Robert Smithson's nonsites radically challenged the limits of sculptural practice and paved the way for the artist's construction of Spiral Jetty. This spring, to honor fifty years of the iconic earthwork, the Museum is thrilled to welcome Smithson's 1968 sculpture Nonsite, Site Uncertain on loan for one year from the Detroit... Learn More Photographic and video material of Spiral Jetty is copyright-protected. For rights and reproduction requests, please contact rights@diaart.org. For general inquiries related to Spiral Jetty, please contact spiraljetty@diaart.org.