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What is Arts Pass?
It’s how you affordably access the arts on campus by using your UCard (physical or on your device).
The University of Utah’s award-winning and one-of-a-kind Arts Pass program is fueled by students’ Fine Arts Fees and provides all fee-paying U of U students with free or deeply discounted access to hundreds of arts experiences on campus each year. All you need is your UCard.
UCards are issued to each student of the University of Utah at the UCard Office in the Union Building. Just bring your Ucard (physical or digitally on your device) to the box office at or at the door of each venue night of the performance. Mention you’re a student, swipe your UCard and you’re in!
*Students may only pick up their own student tickets and not for others.
What can I get with Arts Pass?
- Department of Art & Art History exhibitions in the Gittins Gallery and any art guest lecture (no tickets required, swipe card upon entry to Gittins Gallery).
- School of Dance performances in the Marriott Center for Dance (one (1) free ticket per day can be picked up at the Kingsbury Box Office or at the door in Marriott Center for Dance).
- Department of Film & Media Arts screenings and events (no tickets required).
- School of Music performances in David Gardner Hall (one (1) free ticket per day available at the Kingsbury box office ahead of time or at the School of Music Box Office which opens one hour prior to the concert for ticketed events on the first level in the atrium in Gardner Hall).
- Department of Theatre productions (tickets available at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre box office).
- One (1) free ticket per day of the productions in the Meldrum Theatre. A second ticket to the same day can be purchased for $10.50. This means, you can attend the show more than once for free!
- One (1) free ticket per run of the productions in Babcock and Studio 115. A second ticket to the same production can be purchased for $10.50!
- UtahPresents Series admission is only $5 (tickets available at Kingsbury Hall box office).
- Up to two $5 tickets (per valid UCard) to any Pioneer Theatre Company (PTC) performance. To take advantage of this offer, made possible through the College of Fine Arts Arts Pass program, students may visit the PTC Box Office (located in the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre) and show their UCard to purchase. Please note: this offer is even valid for multiple viewings of the same production.
- Free admission to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) including special exhibitions, permanent collections galleries, etc. (no tickets required, swipe card at front desk).
What all do student Fine Arts Fees Fund?
The Fine Arts Fee supports various arts and culture resources on campus, including the Arts Pass program. This program provides free or greatly reduced tickets to all matriculated University of Utah students for various campus performances, productions, exhibitions, and other cultural events. A small portion of the funds also support FAF grants, the Fine Arts portion of ASUU student group fees, which offers grants to student groups.
Why The Arts?
The University of Utah invests in maintaining a
vibrant arts culture in many ways and for many reasons.
Here’s why
Arts unify communities
Arts strengthen mental health
Arts strengthen the economy
Arts improve academic performance
Arts improve healthcare
Arts increase empathy
Arts slow biological aging
Arts can lead to increased civic behaviors (voting, volunteering, etc.)
References:
- Americans for the Arts Action Fund
- Americans for the Arts Opinion Poll
- National Institutes of Health National Library of Health, “How the arts heal: a review of the neural mechanisms behind the therapeutic effects of creative arts on mental and physical health”
- Oxford Academics Innovation in Aging, “Does leisure activity matter for epigenetic aging? Analyses of arts engagement and physical activity in the UK Household Longitudinal Study”
- University of Dayton eCommons, “Relationships Between Different Types and Modes of Arts-Related Experiences, Motivation, and Civic Engagement”









