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As Utah’s population booms, here’s how some of the state’s largest arts organizations are working to reach diverse audiences

The Natural History Museum of Utah is translating more of its work into Spanish. The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Salt Lake City is exploring satellite spaces, recognizing museums “cannot continue to have the attitude that marginalized communities must come to us.”

UtahPresents, a nonprofit that brings artists from multiple disciplines to stages at the University of Utah, has set increasing the diversity of its board — its members’ ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientations — as a priority for 2018-19.

“If your board only consists of people who look like you or have the same background like you do, it’s going to be really hard to have a diverse programming,” said Brooke Horejsi, the program’s executive director.