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Karla Knight
Exhibitions

Sightings

September 14 - December 2, 2023

Living through the Covid-19 pandemic, Americans developed a new relationship to the night sky, looking to the stars for connection at a time of isolation. Located in rural Idaho, the number one state per capita for UFO sightings, SVMoA sits at the edge of the 1,416 square-mile Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve. Motivated by this geography and by local lore surrounding the possibility of extraterrestrial life, SVMoA’s fall exhibition considers our human experience of UFOs and the extraterrestrial. Rather than ask what those who report UFO sightings have actually seen, the exhibition asks why we look to the night skies for signs of life, and how we experience phenomena we can’t explain. Featuring commissioned projects by artists Deb Sokolow and Cable Griffith alongside work by Karla Knight, Robyn O’Neil, Ionel Talpazan, Esther Pearl Watson, and Timothy Wyllie.


Exhibition Photo Gallery

2023 EXHIBITION: Sightings


 

Associated Exhibition Events

Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Deb Sokolow, Visualizing lab (detail)

ARTIST TALK: Deb Sokolow & Cable Griffith

5:00 PM

The Museum
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Exhibition Tours & Events
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KKnight-BlueNavigator

EXHIBITION OPENING CELEBRATION: Sightings

6:00 PM

The Museum
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Adult Classes
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CREATIVE JUMP-IN: Introduction to Astrophotography with Nate Liles

WORKSHOP: Astrophotography 101

with Nate Liles

4:30 PM

The Hailey Classroom
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Exhibition Tours & Events
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Art Break at the Sun Valley Museum of Art

ART BREAK: Sightings

4:30 PM

The Museum
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Exhibition Tours & Events
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Robyn O'Neil, Ultralight Beam (detail)

EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR: Sightings

5:30 PM

The Museum
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Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Art Break at the Sun Valley Museum of Art

ART BREAK: Sightings

4:30 PM

The Museum
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Film
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UFOs: Investigating the Unknown – episodes 1 and 2

FILM: UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (first screening)

Episodes 1 & 2

4:30 PM

Magic Lantern Cinemas
Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Art Break at the Sun Valley Museum of Art

ART BREAK: Sightings

4:30 PM

The Museum
Free
Film
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UFOs: Investigating the Unknown – episodes 1 and 2

FILM: UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (second screening)

Episodes 1 & 2

7:00 PM

Magic Lantern Cinemas
Youth & Families, Community Program
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Community Afternoon Art—Ketchum at Sun Valley Museum of Art

COMMUNITY PROGRAM: Afternoon Art—Ketchum

(for families with kids of all ages)

1:30 PM

The Museum
Free
Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Art Break at the Sun Valley Museum of Art

ART BREAK: Sightings

4:30 PM

The Museum
Free
Film
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UFOs: Investigating the Unknown – episodes 1 and 2

FILM: UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (first screening)

Episodes 3, 4 & 5

4:30 PM

Magic Lantern Cinemas
Film
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UFOs: Investigating the Unknown – episodes 1 and 2

FILM: UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (second screening)

Episodes 3, 4 & 5

7:00 PM

Magic Lantern Cinemas
Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Art Break at the Sun Valley Museum of Art

ART BREAK: Sightings

4:30 PM

The Museum
Free
Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Cabel Griffith, Self-Fulfilling ProphecyII

EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR: Sightings

5:30 PM

The Museum
Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Art Break at the Sun Valley Museum of Art

ART BREAK: Sightings

4:30 PM

The Museum
Free
Lectures & Talks
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LECTURE:  Investigative Journalist Leslie Kean on UFOs

LECTURE: Investigative Journalist Leslie Kean on UFOs

6:00 PM

Argyros Performing Arts Center
Adult Classes
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Teen Nights at the Sun Valley Museum of Art

TEEN NIGHT: Sightings

5:30 PM

Hailey Classroom
Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Art Break at the Sun Valley Museum of Art

ART BREAK: Sightings

4:30 PM

The Museum
Free
Youth & Families, Community Program
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Community Afternoon Art—Ketchum at Sun Valley Museum of Art

COMMUNITY PROGRAM: Afternoon Art—Ketchum

(for families with kids of all ages)

1:30 PM

The Museum
Free
Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Art Break at the Sun Valley Museum of Art

ART BREAK: Sightings

4:30 PM

The Museum
Free
Film
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FILM: Ariel Phenomenon

FILM: Ariel Phenomenon

4:30 PM

Magic Lantern Cinemas
Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Art Break at the Sun Valley Museum of Art

ART BREAK: Sightings

4:30 PM

The Museum
Free
Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Ionel Talpazan, Untitled

EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR: Sightings

5:30 PM

The Museum
Film
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FILM: Ariel Phenomenon

FILM: Ariel Phenomenon

7:00 PM

Magic Lantern Cinemas
Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Art Break at the Sun Valley Museum of Art

ART BREAK: Sightings

4:30 PM

The Museum
Free
Youth & Families, Community Program
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Community Afternoon Art—Ketchum at Sun Valley Museum of Art

COMMUNITY PROGRAM: Afternoon Art—Ketchum

(for families with kids of all ages)

1:30 PM

The Museum
Free
Exhibition Tours & Events
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Esther Pearl Watson, Water From Comet

GALLERY WALK: Sightings

5:00 PM

The Museum
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