Stories

New Name. Better Alignment. The Utah Department of Heritage & Arts officially became the Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement (CCE) on May 5, 2021. This name change better...

This month, America250 Utah and its national partner, America250, the nonpartisan entity planning the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, announced the winners of its inaugural...

By Renée Leta // Photographs by Kevin Edwards Main Street America has been helping revitalize historic commercial districts for more than 35 years. Today, it’s a network of more than...

By Reneé Leta Scores of Utahns turned out on June 5 to say farewell to Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon at the Utah State Capitol. The sculpture of the trailblazing female...

By Reneé Leta The One Utah Service Fellowship is the first of its kind in the nation to combine state and federal funding into an AmeriCorps program. The program’s mission...

Cara Rothman has been appointed director of the Utah State Library Division, a program of the Department of Cultural & Community Engagement. She will begin her new position in June. ...

By Reneé Leta This month, the Utah Division of Arts & Museums celebrates its 125th anniversary with a reception launching a new exhibition in Cedar City. The traveling exhibition, 125...

Magnify Utah is a website showcasing stories that aims to serve as a resource to invite Utahns to find unity and connection....

By Reneé Leta For Women’s History Month, the Utah Women’s History Initiative, a program of the Utah Historical Society, has put together a slate of activities on a Bingo style-card...

By Reneé Leta Utah’s new black-and-white specialty license plate has been in production for less than a year. With a six-to-eight week waitlist, the demand for the “blackout” plate has been...

Branding is more than colors and fonts. It’s about the underlying strategy of reaching the right audience at the right time. Building upon those ideas, designing the More Than A...

By Ellen Fagg Weist Direct one-on-one service is meaningful, no matter what size or scope of project you participate in.  But youth on UServeUtah’s high school and college councils also...

Appointed by Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox, Donna Law leads the Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement as the interim executive director. “Donna brings a wealth of experience in...