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Esther Pearl Watson
Exhibitions

Sightings

September 14 - January 4, 2024

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.


 

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
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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 (second screening)

Episodes 1 & 2

7:00 PM

Magic Lantern Cinemas
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Youth & Families, Community
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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
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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 3, 4 & 5

4:30 PM

Magic Lantern Cinemas
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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
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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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Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Cabel Griffith, Self-Fulfilling ProphecyII

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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Teens
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Teen Nights at the Sun Valley Museum of Art

TEEN NIGHT: Sightings

5:30 PM

Hailey Classroom
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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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SVMoA Contemporaries, Community
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SVMoA Contemporaries Doodle & Drink

SPECIAL EVENT: Afterhours—Doodle & Drink

An SVMoA Contemporaries Event

5:30 PM

The Museum
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Youth & Families, Community
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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
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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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Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Esther Pearl Watson

VIRTUAL STUDIO VISIT with Artist Esther Pearl Watson

Hosted by Courtney Gilbert

6:00 PM

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Lectures & Talks
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LECTURE:  Investigative Journalist Leslie Kean on UFOs

(RESCHEDULED) LECTURE: Investigative Journalist Leslie Kean

on UFOs

6:00 PM

Argyros Performing Arts Center
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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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FILM: Ariel Phenomenon

FILM: Ariel Phenomenon

4:30 PM

Magic Lantern Cinemas
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Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Ionel Talpazan, Untitled

EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR: Sightings

5:30 PM

The Museum
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Film
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FILM: Ariel Phenomenon

FILM: Ariel Phenomenon

7:00 PM

Magic Lantern Cinemas
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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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Youth & Families, Community
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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
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Exhibition Tours & Events, Lectures & Talks
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Robyn ONeil Ultralight Beam

EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR: Sightings

4:00 PM

The Museum
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