Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts

The Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts is operated by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, and has been the permanent home of the Utah State Folk Arts Collection since 1987 and is the only museum in the United States that is dedicated to displaying a state-owned collection of contemporary folk art produced by its residents. It is a venue for Utah's diverse artists and communities to share their folk art including: crafts, music, and dance. In addition to rotating exhibits, annual concerts, and hands-on workshops, the Chase Home Museum houses an archive of fieldwork recordings and photographs that document Utah's folk art and traditional culture. The Chase. History Portrait of Isaac Chase In 1847, Isaac Chase emigrated to Utah with Mormon pioneers and quickly continued his vocation by building a sawmill and gristmill on the outskirts of the newly formed settlement of Salt Lake City, Utah . In the early 1850s, Mormon leader Brigham Young partnered with Isaac Chase in his milling business as it prospered. At the same time, Isaac Chase built a two-story adobe house near the mills in the center of a 110-acre (0.45 km 2 ) farm. The Chase Home is a traditional two-story central-passage floor plan made. Folk Art Collection The Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts is the only museum in the United States that is dedicated to displaying a state-owned collection of contemporary folk art produced by Utah residents. A large portion of the collection comes from Utah's Native American population who used wood, willow , buckskin , beads, porcupine quills , shells and sequins to make things like baskets, cradleboards , clothing, jewelry, kachina dolls, drums and flutes. Utah's American Indian population includes those affiliated with land-based resident tribes—the linguistically related Goshute , Northern Ute , Paiute. Location Liberty Park , located in Salt Lake City between 900 South and 1300 South and 500 East and 700 East, is the second largest park in Salt Lake City , Utah . The Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts is located just west of the park's center.