CUAC offers an annual juried exhibition called Utah Ties for artists who are living in Utah, living outside of Utah, but are from Utah, or who have spent time as students or professionally in Utah. There will be awards totaling $1,000 given to juror’s selections in the show.

The purpose of the show is to help Utah artists gain exposure in Utah and also to the outside art community by being exposed to a juror who operates a commercial gallery outside of Utah.

2016 juror is Rob Greene of [Greene Exhibitions](http://greene-exhibitions.com/) in Los Angeles. Rob grew up in the rural parts of West Virginia and Virginia and lived briefly in Utah to attend BYU where he received a degree in economics. Until 2013, he was employed in the finance departments of MGM Studios and 20th Century Fox. Greene Exhibitions has had shows reviewed in Artforum, LA Times, Flash Art, and Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles.

Director Adam Bateman says: “I’m pleased with this year’s selection. Each year it is interesting to watch an outside juror go through the applications, not knowing who is a student, who is a well-established artist, or who has exhibited before, and make selections. I encourage the juror each year to make decisions about the show, and it has been fun to see what a show of 50 artists looks like, what a 23 artist show looks like, and this year, what a 10 artist show will look like. We’ve been doing this show for ten years and each year I’m excited to see how it looks when it’s in the gallery.”

2016 artists include:
Rachel Barney, Kelly Brooks, Kendal Bryan, Emily Ellis, Daniel Everett, Jacob Haupt , Noah Jackson and Jacob Haupt, Etsuko Kato, Roland Thompson, Daniele Vickers.