2025 Spring Summit / Epicenter

2025

Hosted by Epicenter in Green River, Utah, the 2025 Spring Summit brings together designers, architects, artists, curators, cultural producers, and community organizers to gather around the concept of “Migration.” This three-day event is structured around the cultivation and strengthening of creative investment in rural areas by convening a network of leaders who are passionate about the culture and communitythus creating opportunities for new collaborative work to develop in rural Utah and beyond. 

Header Image: Opening Ceremony, 2025 Spring Summit. Photographer: Kamilla Earlywine

Rather than the typical conference format, the 2025 Spring Summit places an emphasis on conversation, peer-run workshops, and interactive group experiences to facilitate a more horizontal exchange of ideas. A wide variety of activities are offered including hands-on workshops, a public service project, walking project tours, a pop-up swap meet, a public art installation, performances, and plenty of group meals. All attendees are invite-only, ranging from early-career practitioners to experts in their field. All enter the Summit as both participants and contributors, to share and learn from each other.

WORKSHOP

Curatorial Workshop: Migration as Transition / Amy Jorgensen

This workshop was part of the 2025 Spring Summit at Epicenter in Green River, Utah. Intended for contemporary curators working in the Intermountain West – providing time and space to map visions for the future. Led by Amy Jorgensen, curator at Granary Arts, we considered migration through the lens of transition. With a range of professional practice contributing to the conversation, we collectively workshopped vision statements for the future of contemporary practice in the region while identifying gaps, areas of resistance, big dreams and opportunities, points of collaboration, and action items.

Closed Session, sponsored by Sorenson Legacy Foundation, George S. and Delores Doré Eccles Foundation, and Utah Arts and Museums.