Powder Art Foundation and Dia Art Foundation have formed a partnership comprising a broad set of collaborative initiatives that includes dialogue around Powder Art Foundation’s institutional development and the management of artwork situated in the landscape, collection sharing, and the long-term development of an expanded visitation program for two of Dia’s Land Art sites: Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels (1973–76) and Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970), both located in Utah. The partnership also encompasses shared initiatives to deepen public engagement with these iconic Land Art works and their historical context. The partnership reflects a shared commitment to fostering greater connectivity between Utah’s rich cultural offerings and the stewardship of ambitious artistic practices in the environment.

Powder Art Foundation is proud to collaborate with Powder Mountain on building a new kind of cultural institution—one rooted in place, driven by purpose, and animated by adventure. Powder Mountain provides the essential infrastructure and operational partnership that make the Foundation’s collection possible: its trails and lifts, construction and safety teams, and deep environmental knowledge allow ambitious works to emerge in dialogue with the land. Extending far beyond logistics, the partnership with Powder Mountain cultivates a culture of slowness, wonder, and connection—where physical movement through the landscape opens up space for reflection, and where shared experience fosters a deeper relationship to the environment and to one another. Together, Powder Art Foundation and Powder Mountain are exploring new ways of being in the world: ways that honor the mountain, embrace experimentation, and create the conditions for meaning to emerge from place.