Check Out the Latest Sears Art Exhibit Sept. 12 through Nov. 7.

The Sears Art Museum in the Eccles Building on Utah Tech University campus is set to unveil a new exhibit on Sept. 12, 2025 that will run until Nov. 7, 2025.

The exhibit, titled “Bruce Beasley & Albert Dicruttalo: From Mentor to Colleague”, showcases the way relationships develop and how friendships can form from professional settings.

The Sears Art Museum will be opening the exhibition with an opening reception on Sept. 12, 2025 at 6:30 P.M. This event is open to the public and the community is encouraged to attend.

Beasley has been involved in the art world for over six decades. He studied rocket engineering at Dartmouth in 1957. Not long after, he discovered his love for art and sculpting and transferred to UC Berkely in 1959. Even as a student, the Museum of Modern Art recognized his talent and added one of his early pieces to their collection. Since then, his work has been featured in major museums around the world and was even featured in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Alongside his art, Beasley is socially active and works to improve infrastructure, fights for affordable housing, planting trees and ensuring that art stays accessible and connected to community life.

Beasley’s background in rocket engineering has benefited his art, allowing him to pioneer technology that was later used by NASA and the Navy. His technological background seeps through into his work, allowing his work to remain relevant and impressive in a world of increasing technology.

Dicruttalo grew up in upstate New York, and after earning a degree from Cornell while working in computer graphics, he moved to Oakland to apprentice with Beasley. He has been working with Beasley since 1996, and over time, his own artistic voice has emerged. Like Beasley, he uses technology to improve his art but remains incredibly human-oriented in his work.

“What I love about this exhibition is how the work talks to each other. Two artists, two generations, one shared belief that technology and tradition can live side by side in the studio,” Peck said. “This embodies the polytechnic approach of education at Utah Tech.”