The Center's Studio Podcast Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:09:52 -0400 http://www.centerforlatterdaysaintarts.org en-us © 2026 The Center's Studio Podcast yes 18347624-e787-5644-804e-698dd883dd3d Center for Latter-day Saint Arts episodic false The official podcast of the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts with interviews of artists and scholars on topics of art with host Glen Nelson.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) center for latter day saint arts, artists, glen nelson, Center for Latter-day Saint Arts https://storage.buzzsprout.com/blfakrynj2uhp4134zb7qlhwryap?.jpg The Center's Studio Podcast http://www.centerforlatterdaysaintarts.org Glen Nelson C. C. A. Christensen and the Shaping of LDS Visual Culture C. C. A. Christensen and the Shaping of LDS Visual Culture More than an early figure in Mormon frontier painting, C.C.A. Christensen helped to invent the visual language of Latter-day Saint history and theology. In this interview on the occasion of her new book on Christensen, art historian Jennifer Champoux reveals how the Danish artist’s Mormon history panoramas, Book of Mormon paintings, missionary images, and Scandinavian paintings and writings shaped Mormon memory, gospel teachings, and identity in surprising and under-appreciated ways.

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]]> More than an early figure in Mormon frontier painting, C.C.A. Christensen helped to invent the visual language of Latter-day Saint history and theology. In this interview on the occasion of her new book on Christensen, art historian Jennifer Champoux reveals how the Danish artist’s Mormon history panoramas, Book of Mormon paintings, missionary images, and Scandinavian paintings and writings shaped Mormon memory, gospel teachings, and identity in surprising and under-appreciated ways.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-19610884 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0400 3339 9 11 full false Latter-day Eloquence and the Power of Mormon Oratory Latter-day Eloquence and the Power of Mormon Oratory This episode features an interview with the editors Richard Benjamin Crosby and Isaac James Richards about their new book, Latter-day Eloquence: Two Centuries of Mormon Oratory. They discuss why public speaking is central to Latter-day Saint life, how touchstone speeches from the 19th century to the present tell the story of the LDS people, and why they remain essential reading and relevant today.

For a 30% discount for the book, use the code: S26UIP at the publisher’s website: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p089329 

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]]> This episode features an interview with the editors Richard Benjamin Crosby and Isaac James Richards about their new book, Latter-day Eloquence: Two Centuries of Mormon Oratory. They discuss why public speaking is central to Latter-day Saint life, how touchstone speeches from the 19th century to the present tell the story of the LDS people, and why they remain essential reading and relevant today.

For a 30% discount for the book, use the code: S26UIP at the publisher’s website: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p089329 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-19470104 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0400 3340 9 10 full false The Center’s Studio Podcast’s 100th Episode: An Audio Exhibition, Pt. 1 The Center’s Studio Podcast’s 100th Episode: An Audio Exhibition, Pt. 1 Part 1. Why We Make Art - We celebrate our 100th monthly episode with a survey of special moments from our history. This first of four episodes, Why We Make Art, is a sampler of a few stories of artists and why they create or in some way a description of trying to see the big picture. These stories come from painters Brian Kershisnik and Fidalis Buehler, scholars Mason Kamana Allred and Amanda Beardsley, dancer/choreographer Lisa Hess Jones, and artist/animator Annie Poon. I wanted to share some performances of artists, too. Included, too, are short clips of Lance Larsen reading a newly published poem and Stephen Anderson talking about and playing music inspired by the Dominican Republic. 

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]]> Part 1. Why We Make Art - We celebrate our 100th monthly episode with a survey of special moments from our history. This first of four episodes, Why We Make Art, is a sampler of a few stories of artists and why they create or in some way a description of trying to see the big picture. These stories come from painters Brian Kershisnik and Fidalis Buehler, scholars Mason Kamana Allred and Amanda Beardsley, dancer/choreographer Lisa Hess Jones, and artist/animator Annie Poon. I wanted to share some performances of artists, too. Included, too, are short clips of Lance Larsen reading a newly published poem and Stephen Anderson talking about and playing music inspired by the Dominican Republic. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-19277667 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400 2041 9 6 full false The Center’s Studio Podcast’s 100th Episode: An Audio Exhibition, Pt. 2 The Center’s Studio Podcast’s 100th Episode: An Audio Exhibition, Pt. 2 Part 2. Moments of Faith - This second celebratory episode of our 100th podcast includes six conversations with artists and includes intimate stories with a spiritual touch: Historian Richard Bushman in New York, then choreographer Vanessa Cook in Switzerland. James Faulconer tells a miraculous story from Brazil, we hear about a treasured but divided heirloom from Salt Lake City, Utah and the miracle of its reunion. We listen to religious music from Texas, and hear from a political prisoner and painter in Angola. 

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]]> Part 2. Moments of Faith - This second celebratory episode of our 100th podcast includes six conversations with artists and includes intimate stories with a spiritual touch: Historian Richard Bushman in New York, then choreographer Vanessa Cook in Switzerland. James Faulconer tells a miraculous story from Brazil, we hear about a treasured but divided heirloom from Salt Lake City, Utah and the miracle of its reunion. We listen to religious music from Texas, and hear from a political prisoner and painter in Angola. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-19277641 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400 3795 9 7 full false The Center’s Studio Podcast’s 100th Episode: An Audio Exhibition, Pt. 3 The Center’s Studio Podcast’s 100th Episode: An Audio Exhibition, Pt. 3 Part 3: Unexpected Insights - In this third of our Audio Exhibition to celebrate The Center’s Studio Podcast’s 100th episode, 7 clips were collected from podcasts where artists inform us about the world. These artists become the most engaging and delightful teachers you can imagine on a variety of topics: Barrett Burgin talks about horror films, Jeremy Grimshaw speaks about music and traditions in Bali, Jihea Hong-Park muses about classical music and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage, Kate Monson gives some surprising statistics about Utah and dance, Gonzalo and Susana Silva bring their Argentinian art and ideas to New York, Steven L. Peck talks about the ways that scientific truths can be even truer in a novel, and Trevor Reed provides illuminating thoughts on Native American objects and music and their repatriation to the tribes from which they sprang. 

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]]> Part 3: Unexpected Insights - In this third of our Audio Exhibition to celebrate The Center’s Studio Podcast’s 100th episode, 7 clips were collected from podcasts where artists inform us about the world. These artists become the most engaging and delightful teachers you can imagine on a variety of topics: Barrett Burgin talks about horror films, Jeremy Grimshaw speaks about music and traditions in Bali, Jihea Hong-Park muses about classical music and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage, Kate Monson gives some surprising statistics about Utah and dance, Gonzalo and Susana Silva bring their Argentinian art and ideas to New York, Steven L. Peck talks about the ways that scientific truths can be even truer in a novel, and Trevor Reed provides illuminating thoughts on Native American objects and music and their repatriation to the tribes from which they sprang. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-19277617 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:00:00 -0400 3391 9 8 full false The Center’s Studio Podcast’s 100th Episode: An Audio Exhibition, Pt. 4 The Center’s Studio Podcast’s 100th Episode: An Audio Exhibition, Pt. 4 Part 4: Emotional Moments -- In the finale of our celebration, we revisit clips from guests: Jamie Erekson, Samuel Evensen, Laura Allred Hurtado, Mauli Bonner, and Valerie Atkisson. These moving discussions become teary and include family tragedy, real-time stories happening during Covid, the highs and lows of careers, and complex social challenges. Finally, Glen Nelson summarizes some of the lessons he's learned from 100 episodes spread out over nine years.

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]]> Part 4: Emotional Moments -- In the finale of our celebration, we revisit clips from guests: Jamie Erekson, Samuel Evensen, Laura Allred Hurtado, Mauli Bonner, and Valerie Atkisson. These moving discussions become teary and include family tragedy, real-time stories happening during Covid, the highs and lows of careers, and complex social challenges. Finally, Glen Nelson summarizes some of the lessons he's learned from 100 episodes spread out over nine years.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-19275303 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400 3577 9 9 full false Music Listening Party: A Preview of Art Lab Music Listening Party: A Preview of Art Lab Take a listen to the innovative, forthcoming Art Lab by the Center for Latter Day Saint Arts. It focuses on how art enhances family and group and experiences through interaction. Join four volunteers--Lauren and Nick Bazzarone and Emily and Jamie Erekson--as we preview a lesson from Art Lab about music, and jump into the experience with us.

Music performed by Scott Holden, The Unknown Galaxy: A Century of Classical Mormon Music, part of the Center's Art Festival.


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]]> Take a listen to the innovative, forthcoming Art Lab by the Center for Latter Day Saint Arts. It focuses on how art enhances family and group and experiences through interaction. Join four volunteers--Lauren and Nick Bazzarone and Emily and Jamie Erekson--as we preview a lesson from Art Lab about music, and jump into the experience with us.

Music performed by Scott Holden, The Unknown Galaxy: A Century of Classical Mormon Music, part of the Center's Art Festival.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-19218918 Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 -0400 2958 9 5 full false How Do You Choreograph a Life? Vanessa Cook and Her Ballet Premiere How Do You Choreograph a Life? Vanessa Cook and Her Ballet Premiere Choreographer Vanessa Cook discusses her newest work, A Brief Collection of Moments, premiering at the Utah Metropolitan Ballet. Cook explores how dance combines with music, text, and visual art into this ambitious new piece, winner of the 2025 Ariel Bybee Endowment Prize. The conversation ranges from philosophy and choreography to the power of a single voice, echoing Bybee's own, growing into something much larger.

What begins with a single voice becomes a duet, then a group, then something larger than any one artist. In this episode, choreographer Vanessa Cook takes us inside the making of a new work blending dance, with LDS collaborators in music, text, and visual art. Along the way, she reflects on curiosity, creative processes, and why movement can sometimes say what words cannot.

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]]> Choreographer Vanessa Cook discusses her newest work, A Brief Collection of Moments, premiering at the Utah Metropolitan Ballet. Cook explores how dance combines with music, text, and visual art into this ambitious new piece, winner of the 2025 Ariel Bybee Endowment Prize. The conversation ranges from philosophy and choreography to the power of a single voice, echoing Bybee's own, growing into something much larger.

What begins with a single voice becomes a duet, then a group, then something larger than any one artist. In this episode, choreographer Vanessa Cook takes us inside the making of a new work blending dance, with LDS collaborators in music, text, and visual art. Along the way, she reflects on curiosity, creative processes, and why movement can sometimes say what words cannot.

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]]> Buzzsprout-19016655 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400 3311 9 4 full false Painting Big: Tessa Jorgensen's Scenic Art Career on Broadway, Opera, Ballet, and in the Movies Painting Big: Tessa Jorgensen's Scenic Art Career on Broadway, Opera, Ballet, and in the Movies Explore the fascinating profession of scenic art with Tessa Jorgensen, a professional artist working on Broadway, opera, ballet, tv, film, advertising, and immersive experiences. Learn about her unique skills painting 50-foot murals, backdrops, cycloramas, and theatrical set pieces for some of the country's biggest theatrical productions.

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]]> Explore the fascinating profession of scenic art with Tessa Jorgensen, a professional artist working on Broadway, opera, ballet, tv, film, advertising, and immersive experiences. Learn about her unique skills painting 50-foot murals, backdrops, cycloramas, and theatrical set pieces for some of the country's biggest theatrical productions.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-18839041 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -0400 2576 9 3 full false Mauli Bonner: Everything’s Going to Be Okay Mauli Bonner: Everything’s Going to Be Okay In this episode of The Center's Studio Podcast, Glen Nelson interviews Mauli Bonner, a multifaceted artist and filmmaker. They discuss Bonner's diverse career, including his work on the Elijah Abel project, which combines dramatization and documentary to explore sensitive aspects of Black history within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bonner reflects on his previous film, His Name Is Green Flake, and shares insights on navigating difficult questions about race and faith. He emphasizes the importance of mental health, finding joy in challenges, and empowering the next generation through his nonprofit, Lift Up Voices Foundation. The conversation highlights the significance of storytelling in bridging communities and addressing real questions with honesty and hope.

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]]> In this episode of The Center's Studio Podcast, Glen Nelson interviews Mauli Bonner, a multifaceted artist and filmmaker. They discuss Bonner's diverse career, including his work on the Elijah Abel project, which combines dramatization and documentary to explore sensitive aspects of Black history within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bonner reflects on his previous film, His Name Is Green Flake, and shares insights on navigating difficult questions about race and faith. He emphasizes the importance of mental health, finding joy in challenges, and empowering the next generation through his nonprofit, Lift Up Voices Foundation. The conversation highlights the significance of storytelling in bridging communities and addressing real questions with honesty and hope.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-18672220 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500 3587 9 2 full false Artists and Affordability Artists and Affordability In this episode, Sylvie Scowcroft, a certified financial planner specializing in assisting artists, discusses their unique financial challenges. Artists face unpredictable income, healthcare access, and the societal pressures that often devalue their work. She also points out that many artists have advantages regarding tax deductions, for example, of which they are unaware. The episode touches on the broader implications of the arts on society, the need for government support, and the potential threats posed by economic changes and technological advancements like AI. Sylvie concludes with empowering advice for artists, encouraging them to take control of their financial futures while remaining resilient in the face of a fast-changing professional landscape.

Sylvie Scowcroft can be contacted at https://www.financialgrove.com/

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]]> In this episode, Sylvie Scowcroft, a certified financial planner specializing in assisting artists, discusses their unique financial challenges. Artists face unpredictable income, healthcare access, and the societal pressures that often devalue their work. She also points out that many artists have advantages regarding tax deductions, for example, of which they are unaware. The episode touches on the broader implications of the arts on society, the need for government support, and the potential threats posed by economic changes and technological advancements like AI. Sylvie concludes with empowering advice for artists, encouraging them to take control of their financial futures while remaining resilient in the face of a fast-changing professional landscape.

Sylvie Scowcroft can be contacted at https://www.financialgrove.com/

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-18530845 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:00:00 -0500 2819 9 1 full false Rose Datoc Dall's Expressions of Jesus Rose Datoc Dall's Expressions of Jesus In this engaging episode about Christian painting, artist Rose Datoc Dall, explores her artistic journey, the curation of the book Expressions of Jesus, and the importance of cultural representation in art about Jesus Christ. The new book of hundreds of images includes over 100 artists throughout history and from around the world. It raises important questions: How should a contemporary artist represent the Savior right now? Should the image reflect the artist's heritage, give a nod to the historical Jesus, or follow an existing cultural tradition? Rose Datoc Dall is a thought-leader in LDS culture regarding this powerful and complex topic.

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]]> In this engaging episode about Christian painting, artist Rose Datoc Dall, explores her artistic journey, the curation of the book Expressions of Jesus, and the importance of cultural representation in art about Jesus Christ. The new book of hundreds of images includes over 100 artists throughout history and from around the world. It raises important questions: How should a contemporary artist represent the Savior right now? Should the image reflect the artist's heritage, give a nod to the historical Jesus, or follow an existing cultural tradition? Rose Datoc Dall is a thought-leader in LDS culture regarding this powerful and complex topic.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-18346330 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0500 3068 8 13 full false The Art Tour: How to Make a New Musical The Art Tour: How to Make a New Musical What does it take to get a new musical staged on Broadway? In this episode, composer and lyricist Kyle Fackrell describes the journey of his new Off-Broadway musical, The Art Tour, that opens on 42nd Street next week. More than a recounting of the challenges and triumphs of producing an original work for the theater, Kyle details how the two-character show represents all of us in our decisions to be bold. It asks questions about love, art, and purpose. The interview is also a behind-the-scenes look about the process of collaborating, creating a business, and simply taking the big, risky leap.

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Excerpt from: The Art Tour, music and lyrics by Kyle Fackrell; used with permission.

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]]> What does it take to get a new musical staged on Broadway? In this episode, composer and lyricist Kyle Fackrell describes the journey of his new Off-Broadway musical, The Art Tour, that opens on 42nd Street next week. More than a recounting of the challenges and triumphs of producing an original work for the theater, Kyle details how the two-character show represents all of us in our decisions to be bold. It asks questions about love, art, and purpose. The interview is also a behind-the-scenes look about the process of collaborating, creating a business, and simply taking the big, risky leap.

Music: "Please Only Tell Me Good News” by Stephen Anderson; used with permission.

Excerpt from: The Art Tour, music and lyrics by Kyle Fackrell; used with permission.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-18140587 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -0500 2226 8 12 full false Ted Bushman's Tabletop Roleplaying Game, The Last Caravan Ted Bushman's Tabletop Roleplaying Game, The Last Caravan The Last Caravan is a tabletop roleplaying game created by Ted Bushman, set in a post-apocalyptic America that's been devastated by an alien invasion. Unlike many roleplaying games where players take on their personas of superheroes and intergalactic warriors, this game is about regular people--teachers, truck drivers, librarians, mechanics, moms, even dogs--who band together to survive wild situations. In this interview with the 2025 ENnie-award nominated game for Best Game and Product of the Year, published by Mythworks, Ted talks about how this game is played and how it came to be created.

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]]> The Last Caravan is a tabletop roleplaying game created by Ted Bushman, set in a post-apocalyptic America that's been devastated by an alien invasion. Unlike many roleplaying games where players take on their personas of superheroes and intergalactic warriors, this game is about regular people--teachers, truck drivers, librarians, mechanics, moms, even dogs--who band together to survive wild situations. In this interview with the 2025 ENnie-award nominated game for Best Game and Product of the Year, published by Mythworks, Ted talks about how this game is played and how it came to be created.

Music: "Please Only Tell Me Good News” by Stephen Anderson; used with permission.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-18010054 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0400 2544 8 11 full false 2025 Artists Residency: 6 Artists and 3 Short Questions 2025 Artists Residency: 6 Artists and 3 Short Questions The Artists Residency at the Center concludes its 2025 cohort and asks the artists--Alexandra Mackenzie Johns (UK/Utah, literature & drama), David Jones (Oregon, music composition), Thayer Jonutz (Michigan, choreography), Zinta Jaunitis (United Kingdom, visual art), Jackie Leishman (California, visual art) and Daniel Martinez (Uruguay, visual art)--three questions. They are: what books they're currently reading, how Covid affected them and their art, and when they began to think of themselves as artists.

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]]> The Artists Residency at the Center concludes its 2025 cohort and asks the artists--Alexandra Mackenzie Johns (UK/Utah, literature & drama), David Jones (Oregon, music composition), Thayer Jonutz (Michigan, choreography), Zinta Jaunitis (United Kingdom, visual art), Jackie Leishman (California, visual art) and Daniel Martinez (Uruguay, visual art)--three questions. They are: what books they're currently reading, how Covid affected them and their art, and when they began to think of themselves as artists.

Music: "Please Only Tell Me Good News” by Stephen Anderson; used with permission.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-17892882 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0400 2373 8 10 full false A Leap into the Darkness: The Relationship of Artists and Galleries, with David Ericson and Justin Wheatley A Leap into the Darkness: The Relationship of Artists and Galleries, with David Ericson and Justin Wheatley Most people are unaware of the symbiotic relationship between artists and the gallerists who represent them. How does a gallery support, encourage, and market an artist's work? And how does an artist rely on the expertise of a gallerist when they are starting out, in mid-career, and when they want to defy expectation with something new? This interview brings visual artist Justin Wheatley and David Ericson, the owner of David Ericson Fine Art in Salt Lake City, Utah, together to uncover surprising ties of trust between creativity and commerce. 

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]]> Most people are unaware of the symbiotic relationship between artists and the gallerists who represent them. How does a gallery support, encourage, and market an artist's work? And how does an artist rely on the expertise of a gallerist when they are starting out, in mid-career, and when they want to defy expectation with something new? This interview brings visual artist Justin Wheatley and David Ericson, the owner of David Ericson Fine Art in Salt Lake City, Utah, together to uncover surprising ties of trust between creativity and commerce. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-17781553 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0400 1642 8 9 full false Music, Technology, and Memory: Award-winning Art from Argentina Music, Technology, and Memory: Award-winning Art from Argentina Winners of the Ariel Bybee Endowment Prize, Gonzalo and Susana Silva speak about their new exhibition, Instrumentos de silencio (Instruments of Silence). The 15-piece show at Sargent's Daughters gallery in New York (and later traveling to the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California) plays with ideas of musical instruments and history, but also the ways that invading Europeans subjugated and tandemized Andean populations with outside culture, including music. 

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]]> Winners of the Ariel Bybee Endowment Prize, Gonzalo and Susana Silva speak about their new exhibition, Instrumentos de silencio (Instruments of Silence). The 15-piece show at Sargent's Daughters gallery in New York (and later traveling to the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California) plays with ideas of musical instruments and history, but also the ways that invading Europeans subjugated and tandemized Andean populations with outside culture, including music. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-17627163 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0400 1808 8 8 full false Walter Rane: A Life of Painting Walter Rane: A Life of Painting His paintings are in nearly every Latter-day Saint meetinghouse and in many temples in the world. The beloved artist Walter Rane discusses in this podcast his life as a painter, insights he has discovered about himself through the freedom of creating, and why he loves painting now more than ever.

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]]> His paintings are in nearly every Latter-day Saint meetinghouse and in many temples in the world. The beloved artist Walter Rane discusses in this podcast his life as a painter, insights he has discovered about himself through the freedom of creating, and why he loves painting now more than ever.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-17506223 Fri, 18 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0400 3599 8 7 full false The Bizarre, Unbelievable, and Miraculous Story of The Salt Lake City 14th Ward Album Quilt, 1857 The Bizarre, Unbelievable, and Miraculous Story of The Salt Lake City 14th Ward Album Quilt, 1857 It’s like a true crime podcast, but it’s about art. An heirloom masterpiece is created, mutilated, inherited, then lost--one of the most important objects in a rich culture’s history. Over a century later, a frantic search ensues, not unlike a manhunt, with a deadline fast approaching and a forthcoming, major exhibition hanging in the balance. Can it be recovered in time?

Scholars Heather Belnap, Ashlee Whitaker Evans, and Brontë Hebdon detail the extraordinary tale of a pre-Civil War album quilt cut in half, lost, and then found. The work itself is one of the most significant objects in all of LDS culture.

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]]> It’s like a true crime podcast, but it’s about art. An heirloom masterpiece is created, mutilated, inherited, then lost--one of the most important objects in a rich culture’s history. Over a century later, a frantic search ensues, not unlike a manhunt, with a deadline fast approaching and a forthcoming, major exhibition hanging in the balance. Can it be recovered in time?

Scholars Heather Belnap, Ashlee Whitaker Evans, and Brontë Hebdon detail the extraordinary tale of a pre-Civil War album quilt cut in half, lost, and then found. The work itself is one of the most significant objects in all of LDS culture.

Music: "Please Only Tell Me Good News” by Stephen Anderson; used with permission.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-17366927 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 20:00:00 -0400 3315 10 essential, 8 6 full false Car Chases and Curses in Taiwan from Filmmaker Daniel Yen Tu Car Chases and Curses in Taiwan from Filmmaker Daniel Yen Tu Taiwanese Australian filmmaker Daniel Yen Tu tells about a new book project and screenplay, '93 Castrol which is the fast-paced story of siblings, a stolen race car, and a search for redemption from self-described low-lifery. The discussion of this limited edition artists book contains something even bigger--an emerging artist discovering identity, voice, and a newfound sense of authenticity. 

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]]> Taiwanese Australian filmmaker Daniel Yen Tu tells about a new book project and screenplay, '93 Castrol which is the fast-paced story of siblings, a stolen race car, and a search for redemption from self-described low-lifery. The discussion of this limited edition artists book contains something even bigger--an emerging artist discovering identity, voice, and a newfound sense of authenticity. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-17179356 Fri, 23 May 2025 06:00:00 -0400 4718 8 5 full false The New York City Ballet, Balanchine and Robbins: Dance Memories of Lisa Hess Jones The New York City Ballet, Balanchine and Robbins: Dance Memories of Lisa Hess Jones Lisa Hess moved to New York at the age of 16 and a year later was asked to join the company of the New York City Ballet. That began an adventure with some of the great choreographers and dancers of the century, in a golden age of dance in America. Hess worked with the legendary George Balanchine in his final decade of life, frequently with Jerome Robbins, and others. In this extended oral history episode, Lisa Hess Jones captures a vivid era--a girl from Amarillo, Texas who finds herself with superstars Nureyev, Baryshnikov, Farrell, and a host of luminaries as she charts her course as a female, LDS artist, before embarking on a second career as a teacher, choreographer, and mother of two boys.

Music: "Please Only Tell Me Good News” by Stephen Anderson; used with permission.

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]]> Lisa Hess moved to New York at the age of 16 and a year later was asked to join the company of the New York City Ballet. That began an adventure with some of the great choreographers and dancers of the century, in a golden age of dance in America. Hess worked with the legendary George Balanchine in his final decade of life, frequently with Jerome Robbins, and others. In this extended oral history episode, Lisa Hess Jones captures a vivid era--a girl from Amarillo, Texas who finds herself with superstars Nureyev, Baryshnikov, Farrell, and a host of luminaries as she charts her course as a female, LDS artist, before embarking on a second career as a teacher, choreographer, and mother of two boys.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-16967888 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:00:00 -0400 4840 10 essential, 8 4 full false Valerie Atkisson de Moura and Art from Ancestry Valerie Atkisson de Moura and Art from Ancestry After an emerging-artist blitz of 26 New York exhibitions in just 7 years, the award-winning visual artist Valerie Atkisson de Moura hit a wall. Adrift and depressed in a new home, she received a medical diagnosis of an incurable disease and discovered that her mother had the same disease but had kept it secret from the family. Then, in a horrible year, her mother died, Valerie was hit by a car and suffered head trauma that changed the way she lives and works. Throughout everything, the artist's focus of creating art based on family history sustains her and propels her forward.

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]]> After an emerging-artist blitz of 26 New York exhibitions in just 7 years, the award-winning visual artist Valerie Atkisson de Moura hit a wall. Adrift and depressed in a new home, she received a medical diagnosis of an incurable disease and discovered that her mother had the same disease but had kept it secret from the family. Then, in a horrible year, her mother died, Valerie was hit by a car and suffered head trauma that changed the way she lives and works. Throughout everything, the artist's focus of creating art based on family history sustains her and propels her forward.

Music: "Please Only Tell Me Good News” by Stephen Anderson; used with permission.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-16792060 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0400 3177 8 3 full false Ben Behunin and the Hunt for Creativity Ben Behunin and the Hunt for Creativity Potter Ben Behunin has created a body of work that includes message-driven ceramics exhibited in museums and galleries. He is also an author, and the subject of this interview is his field guide, “How to Seduce a Sasquatch,” which includes tips to jumpstart creativity and related theories. 

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]]> Potter Ben Behunin has created a body of work that includes message-driven ceramics exhibited in museums and galleries. He is also an author, and the subject of this interview is his field guide, “How to Seduce a Sasquatch,” which includes tips to jumpstart creativity and related theories. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-16662768 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0500 4174 8 2 full false Kate Monson on Dancing, Aging, and Connecting Kate Monson on Dancing, Aging, and Connecting Dancer, choreographer, and teacher Kate Monson describes her work at Brigham Young University, where approximately 5,000 students each semester take dance classes. She describes the dance-friendly LDS culture, how all of us are dancers, and how, as a dancer's career progresses, it is impacted by ageism. Finally, Monson draws connections between her spirituality and physical movement.

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]]> Dancer, choreographer, and teacher Kate Monson describes her work at Brigham Young University, where approximately 5,000 students each semester take dance classes. She describes the dance-friendly LDS culture, how all of us are dancers, and how, as a dancer's career progresses, it is impacted by ageism. Finally, Monson draws connections between her spirituality and physical movement.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-16496204 Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0500 3355 8 1 full false The Art of Collaboration with Jackie Leishman and Steven L. Peck The Art of Collaboration with Jackie Leishman and Steven L. Peck This interview with visual artist Jackie Leishman and poet Steven L. Peck unwinds the process of creative minds meeting, finding common passions, and then making inter-disciplinary art together. The podcast celebrates the artists' latest published work, a chine-collé print, Sound of a broken wing.

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]]> This interview with visual artist Jackie Leishman and poet Steven L. Peck unwinds the process of creative minds meeting, finding common passions, and then making inter-disciplinary art together. The podcast celebrates the artists' latest published work, a chine-collé print, Sound of a broken wing.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-16361784 Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0500 3477 7 13 full false Mia Meredith and The New York Times for Kids Mia Meredith and The New York Times for Kids In this episode, Mia Meredith describes her work as a graphic designer for the very popular, monthly pull-out section of The New York Times created exclusively for kids. The graduate of Brigham Young University's design program talks about her career path in New York that landed her in her dream job, its challenges, rewards, and purpose, which is to help kids understand the world.

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]]> In this episode, Mia Meredith describes her work as a graphic designer for the very popular, monthly pull-out section of The New York Times created exclusively for kids. The graduate of Brigham Young University's design program talks about her career path in New York that landed her in her dream job, its challenges, rewards, and purpose, which is to help kids understand the world.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-16148887 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:00:00 -0500 2009 7 12 full false The Delicate Ties That Bind with Megan Knobloch Geilman The Delicate Ties That Bind with Megan Knobloch Geilman The exhibition The Delicate Ties That Bind explores the precariousness of post-pandemic existence and assesses the complex and often fragile relationships that shape our lives now. Curated by Megan Knobloch Geilman, these threads make up the nature of our reality and serve as metaphors for both a tattered society and the essential connections between us. In this interview, the curator describes the process of putting together this exhibition on the campus of Claremont Graduate University with participating artists: Andrew Ballsteaedt, Richard Gate, Megan Knobloch Geilman, Kyla Hansen, Jackie Leishman, Alice Marie Perreault, and Samantha Zauscher. 

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]]> The exhibition The Delicate Ties That Bind explores the precariousness of post-pandemic existence and assesses the complex and often fragile relationships that shape our lives now. Curated by Megan Knobloch Geilman, these threads make up the nature of our reality and serve as metaphors for both a tattered society and the essential connections between us. In this interview, the curator describes the process of putting together this exhibition on the campus of Claremont Graduate University with participating artists: Andrew Ballsteaedt, Richard Gate, Megan Knobloch Geilman, Kyla Hansen, Jackie Leishman, Alice Marie Perreault, and Samantha Zauscher. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-15990118 Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0400 2053 7 11 full false Work and Wonder: The Curators' Interview Work and Wonder: The Curators' Interview A landmark exhibition spanning the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints marks a milestone in the culture's artistic output and appreciation. The 121-work exhibition, Work and Wonder: 200 Years of Latter-day Saint Art, is curated by Heather Belnap, Ashlee Whitaker Evans, and Brontë Hebdon. They join in this wide-ranging conversation about the show's five years of development and the four themes that emerged from their extensive, global research: Memory and Archive, Individual and Church, Sacred Spaces, and Identity. The curators provide fascinating stories about the works in the show, which is at the Church History Museum from the end of September 2024 through the beginning March 2025, organized by the museum and the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts.

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]]> A landmark exhibition spanning the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints marks a milestone in the culture's artistic output and appreciation. The 121-work exhibition, Work and Wonder: 200 Years of Latter-day Saint Art, is curated by Heather Belnap, Ashlee Whitaker Evans, and Brontë Hebdon. They join in this wide-ranging conversation about the show's five years of development and the four themes that emerged from their extensive, global research: Memory and Archive, Individual and Church, Sacred Spaces, and Identity. The curators provide fascinating stories about the works in the show, which is at the Church History Museum from the end of September 2024 through the beginning March 2025, organized by the museum and the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-15821786 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:00:00 -0400 3915 7 10 full false Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader with editors Mason Kamana Allred and Amanda Beardsley - Part 1 Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader with editors Mason Kamana Allred and Amanda Beardsley - Part 1 The publication of Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader is a landmark event, the first comprehensive critical examination of Mormon Art. In this interview, co-editors Mason Kamana Allred and Amanda Beardsley introduce the chapters with insights into the reasons why each is indispensable. Then, the authors of this 664-page book from Oxford University Press submitted questions for the podcast about the making of the book and what lies ahead in art and objects by LDS people. Part 1 of 2 historic interviews.

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]]> The publication of Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader is a landmark event, the first comprehensive critical examination of Mormon Art. In this interview, co-editors Mason Kamana Allred and Amanda Beardsley introduce the chapters with insights into the reasons why each is indispensable. Then, the authors of this 664-page book from Oxford University Press submitted questions for the podcast about the making of the book and what lies ahead in art and objects by LDS people. Part 1 of 2 historic interviews.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-15742968 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:00:00 -0400 4076 7 9 full false Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader with editors Mason Kamana Allred and Amanda Beardsley - Part 2 Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader with editors Mason Kamana Allred and Amanda Beardsley - Part 2 The publication of Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader is a landmark event, the first comprehensive critical examination of Mormon Art. In this interview, co-editors Mason Kamana Allred and Amanda Beardsley introduce the chapters with insights into the reasons why each is indispensable. Then, the authors of this 664-page book from Oxford University Press submitted questions for the podcast about the making of the book and what lies ahead in art and objects by LDS people. Part 2 of 2 historic interviews.

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]]> The publication of Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader is a landmark event, the first comprehensive critical examination of Mormon Art. In this interview, co-editors Mason Kamana Allred and Amanda Beardsley introduce the chapters with insights into the reasons why each is indispensable. Then, the authors of this 664-page book from Oxford University Press submitted questions for the podcast about the making of the book and what lies ahead in art and objects by LDS people. Part 2 of 2 historic interviews.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-15742607 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:00:00 -0400 4051 7 10 full false Inspired Arts League with Brittany Scott and Ellen Wheeler Inspired Arts League with Brittany Scott and Ellen Wheeler The young nonprofit organization, Inspired Arts League, is the focus of this interview with its founder Brittany Scott and executive producer Ellen Wheeler. It’s a fascinating model: invite global artists who are already accomplished to be members and give them as a group, through workshops and collaboration, tools to more effectively tell stories and inspire hope in the world through art. Scott and Wheeler announce their inaugural exhibition October 14-25, 2024 at the venerable Salmagundi Club in New York City.

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]]> The young nonprofit organization, Inspired Arts League, is the focus of this interview with its founder Brittany Scott and executive producer Ellen Wheeler. It’s a fascinating model: invite global artists who are already accomplished to be members and give them as a group, through workshops and collaboration, tools to more effectively tell stories and inspire hope in the world through art. Scott and Wheeler announce their inaugural exhibition October 14-25, 2024 at the venerable Salmagundi Club in New York City.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-15594489 Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:00:00 -0400 3162 7 8 full false Wikipedian-in-Residence: Rachel Helps Wikipedian-in-Residence: Rachel Helps In this interview with Rachel Helps, Wikipedian-in-Residence at the BYU Library, researcher and author Helps explains her work refining, creating, correcting, and researching Wikipedia pages that relate to the unrivaled collection of Mormon Studies volumes at the Harold B Lee Library at Brigham Young University. The conversation includes interesting finds and experiences covering eight years of work and hundreds of articles. Helps also mentions her interactive fiction projects.

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]]> In this interview with Rachel Helps, Wikipedian-in-Residence at the BYU Library, researcher and author Helps explains her work refining, creating, correcting, and researching Wikipedia pages that relate to the unrivaled collection of Mormon Studies volumes at the Harold B Lee Library at Brigham Young University. The conversation includes interesting finds and experiences covering eight years of work and hundreds of articles. Helps also mentions her interactive fiction projects.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-15423701 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0400 3165 7 7 full false Museums Coming to Life: Brett Peterson and Exhibition Interactivity Museums Coming to Life: Brett Peterson and Exhibition Interactivity Brett Peterson is Director, Exhibition Media and Interactives at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, which is at the forefront of engaging audiences and making exhibitions memorable by the creation of accompanying original, responsive digital media. In this episode Peterson describes the shifting expectation of visitors regarding technology. He tries  to find new ways to evoke emotions and heighten works on display, including magical digital and physical pairings. He asks, "How can I add meaningfully to what people already love about museums?" and "How can you make the visitor feel like it is for them?" The interview ends with Peterson's predictions how fine art museums and other related public institutions will embrace interactivity for richer and more personalized experiences. 

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]]> Brett Peterson is Director, Exhibition Media and Interactives at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, which is at the forefront of engaging audiences and making exhibitions memorable by the creation of accompanying original, responsive digital media. In this episode Peterson describes the shifting expectation of visitors regarding technology. He tries  to find new ways to evoke emotions and heighten works on display, including magical digital and physical pairings. He asks, "How can I add meaningfully to what people already love about museums?" and "How can you make the visitor feel like it is for them?" The interview ends with Peterson's predictions how fine art museums and other related public institutions will embrace interactivity for richer and more personalized experiences. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-15310982 Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:00:00 -0400 2896 7 6 full false The Burning Hope of Artist Collin Bradford The Burning Hope of Artist Collin Bradford Artist Collin Bradford makes video, sound, photography, sculpture, and other media. In this interview, the incoming art department chair at Brigham Young University discusses his work, how art speaks directly to the brain through the senses, and his work as a reflection of concerns about the future. His video installation, A Burning Hope (2021) is part of the museum exhibition, Materializing Mormonism: Trajectories in Contemporary Latter-day Saint Art, organized by the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, which is at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, and the artist describes the making of the video and potential interpretations of it.  Finally, Bradford discusses the future and how students embody a new sensibility of sincerity and intensity in their art making.

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]]> Artist Collin Bradford makes video, sound, photography, sculpture, and other media. In this interview, the incoming art department chair at Brigham Young University discusses his work, how art speaks directly to the brain through the senses, and his work as a reflection of concerns about the future. His video installation, A Burning Hope (2021) is part of the museum exhibition, Materializing Mormonism: Trajectories in Contemporary Latter-day Saint Art, organized by the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, which is at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, and the artist describes the making of the video and potential interpretations of it.  Finally, Bradford discusses the future and how students embody a new sensibility of sincerity and intensity in their art making.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-15134649 Sat, 25 May 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2566 7 5 full false The World Premiere of S. Andrew Lloyd's Amaranthine The World Premiere of S. Andrew Lloyd's Amaranthine This episode with composer S. Andrew Lloyd celebrates the world premiere of his song cycle, Amaranthine, which was written for and performed by international opera star Rachel Willis-Sørensen at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, April 9, 2024. The composer discusses how he came to write the prize-winning work and his emotional response to hearing it for the first time. Amaranthine is the first composition to appear from The Ariel Bybee Endowment at the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, a prize Lloyd won in 2022.

Musical excerpt performed by S. Andrew Lloyd

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]]> This episode with composer S. Andrew Lloyd celebrates the world premiere of his song cycle, Amaranthine, which was written for and performed by international opera star Rachel Willis-Sørensen at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, April 9, 2024. The composer discusses how he came to write the prize-winning work and his emotional response to hearing it for the first time. Amaranthine is the first composition to appear from The Ariel Bybee Endowment at the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, a prize Lloyd won in 2022.

Musical excerpt performed by S. Andrew Lloyd

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-14874818 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:00:00 -0400 3284 7 4 full false American Folk Music with Mia Black American Folk Music with Mia Black The winner of the 2024 Prize of The Ariel Bybee Endowment at the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts is Mia Black. In this interview, Black introduces herself and her winning project, which will be a collection of American Folk Music aimed at elementary school-age classrooms. The breakthrough idea here is Black's plan to organize the collection using waves of immigrants and their songs to tell the story of what people brought with them, including their music, to their new homes in the United States.

Music for this episode is "Old Joe Clark," from the Library of Congress, American Jukebox, recorded at the Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, August 27, 1966.

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]]> The winner of the 2024 Prize of The Ariel Bybee Endowment at the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts is Mia Black. In this interview, Black introduces herself and her winning project, which will be a collection of American Folk Music aimed at elementary school-age classrooms. The breakthrough idea here is Black's plan to organize the collection using waves of immigrants and their songs to tell the story of what people brought with them, including their music, to their new homes in the United States.

Music for this episode is "Old Joe Clark," from the Library of Congress, American Jukebox, recorded at the Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, August 27, 1966.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-14712666 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:00:00 -0400 3082 7 3 full false The Chosen's Global Languages, with Brad Pelo The Chosen's Global Languages, with Brad Pelo Brad Pelo, President and Executive Producer of The Chosen discusses the series' global ambition to provide all episodes in 600 languages. The vast challenges of dubbing and subtitling the series about Jesus while maintaining the writer's unique contemporary dialogue and tone are discussed in this interview alongside the powerful experiences Pelo has witnessed riding the wave of this one-of-a-kind tv series.

Music for this episode: Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) sung by Jamie Peterson

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]]> Brad Pelo, President and Executive Producer of The Chosen discusses the series' global ambition to provide all episodes in 600 languages. The vast challenges of dubbing and subtitling the series about Jesus while maintaining the writer's unique contemporary dialogue and tone are discussed in this interview alongside the powerful experiences Pelo has witnessed riding the wave of this one-of-a-kind tv series.

Music for this episode: Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) sung by Jamie Peterson

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-14547454 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 19:00:00 -0500 2257 7 2 full false Succession: The Center Announces a New Chairman Succession: The Center Announces a New Chairman Many arts audiences go to performances and exhibitions without thinking much about the institutional leadership that makes these events possible. In this episode, Richard Bushman, chairman of the board of the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts and Mykal Urbina, the Center's executive director, announce a chairman-elect, Stanley Hainsworth. The trio talk about their favorite art forms and programs of the Center they love, and they invite people to become friends by participating in its activities.

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]]> Many arts audiences go to performances and exhibitions without thinking much about the institutional leadership that makes these events possible. In this episode, Richard Bushman, chairman of the board of the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts and Mykal Urbina, the Center's executive director, announce a chairman-elect, Stanley Hainsworth. The trio talk about their favorite art forms and programs of the Center they love, and they invite people to become friends by participating in its activities.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-14339192 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0500 2146 7 1 full false The 2024 Prize: On Music Education with Jamie Peterson and Patrick Perkins The 2024 Prize: On Music Education with Jamie Peterson and Patrick Perkins In preparation for the 2024 Prize of The Ariel Bybee Endowment at the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts that will sponsor a new music program, singer and music education Jamie Peterson and intellectual property attorney Patrick Perkins discuss with passion the urgency for more music education in public schools. With the deadline for submissions fast approaching for submissions of new music ideas for the classroom (January 15, 2024), the pair talk about their own experiences with music in school and highlight extraordinary programs of music education in the U.S. today.

Music for this episode, "Rejoice Greatly," sung by Jamie Peterson

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]]> In preparation for the 2024 Prize of The Ariel Bybee Endowment at the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts that will sponsor a new music program, singer and music education Jamie Peterson and intellectual property attorney Patrick Perkins discuss with passion the urgency for more music education in public schools. With the deadline for submissions fast approaching for submissions of new music ideas for the classroom (January 15, 2024), the pair talk about their own experiences with music in school and highlight extraordinary programs of music education in the U.S. today.

Music for this episode, "Rejoice Greatly," sung by Jamie Peterson

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-14154735 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 14:00:00 -0500 3349 6 13 full false Inside the Center's Christmas Gift Guide Inside the Center's Christmas Gift Guide This show-and-tell episode features Erin Eastmond and Glen Nelson discussing holiday gift ideas by LDS creatives that are featured in the Center's Christmas Gift Guide. They include children's books, music, art, religious books, scholarly works, food, poetry, family activities, and a few items offered as benefit art works for the Center. Erin and Glen read excepts from the books and talk about how these items might be the perfect packages under your Christmas tree.

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]]> This show-and-tell episode features Erin Eastmond and Glen Nelson discussing holiday gift ideas by LDS creatives that are featured in the Center's Christmas Gift Guide. They include children's books, music, art, religious books, scholarly works, food, poetry, family activities, and a few items offered as benefit art works for the Center. Erin and Glen read excepts from the books and talk about how these items might be the perfect packages under your Christmas tree.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-14014896 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 18:00:00 -0500 3541 6 12 full false Steven Ricks Writes an Opera Steven Ricks Writes an Opera In this episode, the Center celebrates with composer Steven L. Ricks the upcoming premiere of his multimedia chamber opera, Baucis and Philemon (BAH-sis and Phi-LEE-mon), which was commissioned by the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts in 2019. The story comes from Ovid's Metamorphosis. It is a fable about a couple who ask the gods to be turned into trees at the bank of a lake after their death. Ricks discusses how the opera came to be written and the team behind it all.

Musical rehearsal excerpts are by Steven L. Ricks (music) and Stephen Tuttle (libretto).

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]]> In this episode, the Center celebrates with composer Steven L. Ricks the upcoming premiere of his multimedia chamber opera, Baucis and Philemon (BAH-sis and Phi-LEE-mon), which was commissioned by the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts in 2019. The story comes from Ovid's Metamorphosis. It is a fable about a couple who ask the gods to be turned into trees at the bank of a lake after their death. Ricks discusses how the opera came to be written and the team behind it all.

Musical rehearsal excerpts are by Steven L. Ricks (music) and Stephen Tuttle (libretto).

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-13767225 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:00:00 -0400 2929 6 11 full false The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction - Editors' Panel The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction - Editors' Panel Robert Raleigh and Andrew Hall, the two editors of the book, The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction, gather to talk about the process of creating a new collection of fiction in this panel discussion that also includes Jennifer Quist, one of the book's authors and the fiction editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. The chat includes observations about the evolution of the Mormon literary landscape, the role of editors as gatekeepers, and readings of three excerpts. The collection of 23 stories is to be published by Signature Books October 16, 2023.

Music for the episode is by Robert Cundick, Recessional.

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]]> Robert Raleigh and Andrew Hall, the two editors of the book, The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction, gather to talk about the process of creating a new collection of fiction in this panel discussion that also includes Jennifer Quist, one of the book's authors and the fiction editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. The chat includes observations about the evolution of the Mormon literary landscape, the role of editors as gatekeepers, and readings of three excerpts. The collection of 23 stories is to be published by Signature Books October 16, 2023.

Music for the episode is by Robert Cundick, Recessional.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-13729757 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0400 4188 6 10 full false The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction - Authors' Panel The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction - Authors' Panel Three authors from the new collection, The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction, gather to talk about their stories, lives, and works in this lively panel discussion. The authors are Todd Robert Peterson, Ryan McIlvain, and Heidi Naylor. All three authors are also university teachers, and a question about responses to each other's stories turns into an impromptu literary critics' circle--full of admiration, insight, and reactions to reading each other's works. The collection of 23 stories is to be published by Signature Books October 16, 2023. Finally, the trio talk about the value of many voices representing a community.

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]]> Three authors from the new collection, The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction, gather to talk about their stories, lives, and works in this lively panel discussion. The authors are Todd Robert Peterson, Ryan McIlvain, and Heidi Naylor. All three authors are also university teachers, and a question about responses to each other's stories turns into an impromptu literary critics' circle--full of admiration, insight, and reactions to reading each other's works. The collection of 23 stories is to be published by Signature Books October 16, 2023. Finally, the trio talk about the value of many voices representing a community.

Music for the episode is by Robert Cundick, Recessional.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-13657877 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:00:00 -0400 3578 6 9 full false Madeline Rupard, the Mundane, and the Sublime Madeline Rupard, the Mundane, and the Sublime Emerging painter Madeline Rupard discusses her paintings of the American landscape that include truck stops, gas stations, fast food, and stores that connect the suburban and the sublime. In atmospheric works that recall the stylistic approach of the Ashcan painters Henri, Sloan, Glackens, and Shinn of the turn of the 20th century, Rupard finds kinship with them and additional resonance of paintings inside Latter-day Saint church buildings, particularly the mix of religious paintings amid mundane decor. 

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]]> Emerging painter Madeline Rupard discusses her paintings of the American landscape that include truck stops, gas stations, fast food, and stores that connect the suburban and the sublime. In atmospheric works that recall the stylistic approach of the Ashcan painters Henri, Sloan, Glackens, and Shinn of the turn of the 20th century, Rupard finds kinship with them and additional resonance of paintings inside Latter-day Saint church buildings, particularly the mix of religious paintings amid mundane decor. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-13501294 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 19:00:00 -0400 2266 6 8 full false Claudia Lauper Bushman: A Record Shall Be Kept Claudia Lauper Bushman: A Record Shall Be Kept Historian and author Claudia Lauper Bushman discusses in this episode the writing of her autobiography in progress, I, Claudia, and the value of keeping records. In her frequent letters to family, Wellesley College newsletters, and her own daily journaling, she celebrates written communications, the foundation of civilization. She is joined in the discussion about undertaking projects grand and modest by guest co-host Frances LaBianca, a student of Communications and Public Relations at the University of Arizona, who is also Claudia's granddaughter.

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]]> Historian and author Claudia Lauper Bushman discusses in this episode the writing of her autobiography in progress, I, Claudia, and the value of keeping records. In her frequent letters to family, Wellesley College newsletters, and her own daily journaling, she celebrates written communications, the foundation of civilization. She is joined in the discussion about undertaking projects grand and modest by guest co-host Frances LaBianca, a student of Communications and Public Relations at the University of Arizona, who is also Claudia's granddaughter.

Music for the episode is sung by Claudia Lauper Bushman.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-13299798 Thu, 27 Jul 2023 08:00:00 -0400 2203 6 7 full false Stephen Anderson and The Dominican Jazz Project Stephen Anderson and The Dominican Jazz Project The Dominican Jazz Project is a group of elite Caribbean musical artists whose band leader is Stephen Anderson, Professor of Composition and Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. In this interview, Anderson reminisces about his tender relationship with the musicians of the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, their much decorated recordings and performances, and the joy in creating an interplay of traditional rhythms and modern jazz.

Musical excerpts for the interview are from The Dominican Jazz Project's latest CD, Desde Lejos (2021), used with permission.

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]]> The Dominican Jazz Project is a group of elite Caribbean musical artists whose band leader is Stephen Anderson, Professor of Composition and Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. In this interview, Anderson reminisces about his tender relationship with the musicians of the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, their much decorated recordings and performances, and the joy in creating an interplay of traditional rhythms and modern jazz.

Musical excerpts for the interview are from The Dominican Jazz Project's latest CD, Desde Lejos (2021), used with permission.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-13129794 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0400 3106 10 essential, 6 6 full false Fear and Trembling: A Discussion about Mormon Horror with Filmmaker Barrett Burgin Fear and Trembling: A Discussion about Mormon Horror with Filmmaker Barrett Burgin It was a dark and stormy night.... Barrett Burgin discusses his first feature film, Cryo, and then makes compelling connections between LDS lore, history, and belief within the context of the genre of horror films and fiction. Mormon Horror is a trending thing--LDS artists are increasingly drawn to explore elements of horror in their work. 

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]]> It was a dark and stormy night.... Barrett Burgin discusses his first feature film, Cryo, and then makes compelling connections between LDS lore, history, and belief within the context of the genre of horror films and fiction. Mormon Horror is a trending thing--LDS artists are increasingly drawn to explore elements of horror in their work. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-12955826 Wed, 31 May 2023 16:00:00 -0400 2969 6 5 full false Can Music Change the World? with Pianist Jihea Hong-Park Can Music Change the World? with Pianist Jihea Hong-Park Pianist, BYU associate professor, scholar, and social advocate Jihea Hong-Park speaks about her experience as a Korean American female pianist of faith and how anti-racism efforts extend into the world of classical music.

Music for the episode is by Steven Ricks, including an excerpt from the premiere performance of Overlapping Voices with Jihea Hong Park at the piano.

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]]> Pianist, BYU associate professor, scholar, and social advocate Jihea Hong-Park speaks about her experience as a Korean American female pianist of faith and how anti-racism efforts extend into the world of classical music.

Music for the episode is by Steven Ricks, including an excerpt from the premiere performance of Overlapping Voices with Jihea Hong Park at the piano.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-12742234 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 10:00:00 -0400 2714 10 essential, 6 4 full false The Artists Residency at the Center hosted by Stanley Hainsworth The Artists Residency at the Center hosted by Stanley Hainsworth In this episode, The Center for Latter-day Saint Arts announces an inaugural program, The Artists Residency at the Center. It will bring 6-8 LDS artists to New York City to reside together and work for a week in October 2023. The Residency is hosted by Stanley Hainsworth, who joins us on this podcast and discusses his own journey from a fledgling actor in New York through global creative designer roles at Lego and Starbucks before founding his own firm, Tether. With each of his corporate positions, he has led "Design Camp," an off-site retreat, which tees up, conceptually, The Artists Residency at the Center.

Music for the episode: guitar and vocals by Stanley Hainsworth.

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]]> In this episode, The Center for Latter-day Saint Arts announces an inaugural program, The Artists Residency at the Center. It will bring 6-8 LDS artists to New York City to reside together and work for a week in October 2023. The Residency is hosted by Stanley Hainsworth, who joins us on this podcast and discusses his own journey from a fledgling actor in New York through global creative designer roles at Lego and Starbucks before founding his own firm, Tether. With each of his corporate positions, he has led "Design Camp," an off-site retreat, which tees up, conceptually, The Artists Residency at the Center.

Music for the episode: guitar and vocals by Stanley Hainsworth.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-12552402 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:00:00 -0400 2911 6 3 full false The Brilliant Darkness of Aaron Toronto and Nha Uyen Ly Nguyen The Brilliant Darkness of Aaron Toronto and Nha Uyen Ly Nguyen Director/screenwriter Aaron Toronto and screenwriter/actress Nha Uyen Ly Nguyen discuss their film, The Brilliant Darkness!, which won the highest award, The Golden Kite (the Vietnamese equivalent of an  Oscar) this year, for best film, best screenplay, and best actress. The dramatic film is about a family imploding, precipitated by the death of a wealthy grandfather and his son's gambling debts that imperil his life and his family's future. The main theme of the film and the topic of the podcast interview are the abusive relationships of families over multiple generations that are tacitly condoned in Vietnamese culture and their toll on its populations' physical and mental health. Recent studies show that 2/3 of Vietnamese children suffer physical abuse by family members. This is something that is autobiographical for Nha Uyen. The rapturous reception of the film--its appearance tragically coincided with the deaths of three different family's young children as victims of abuse at the hands of their parents--has started an important, national conversation and prompted the enactment of new protective laws, as well as a more open discussion on mental health (interview in English and Vietnamese).

Music for the episode includes excerpts from the film's soundtrack.

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]]> Director/screenwriter Aaron Toronto and screenwriter/actress Nha Uyen Ly Nguyen discuss their film, The Brilliant Darkness!, which won the highest award, The Golden Kite (the Vietnamese equivalent of an  Oscar) this year, for best film, best screenplay, and best actress. The dramatic film is about a family imploding, precipitated by the death of a wealthy grandfather and his son's gambling debts that imperil his life and his family's future. The main theme of the film and the topic of the podcast interview are the abusive relationships of families over multiple generations that are tacitly condoned in Vietnamese culture and their toll on its populations' physical and mental health. Recent studies show that 2/3 of Vietnamese children suffer physical abuse by family members. This is something that is autobiographical for Nha Uyen. The rapturous reception of the film--its appearance tragically coincided with the deaths of three different family's young children as victims of abuse at the hands of their parents--has started an important, national conversation and prompted the enactment of new protective laws, as well as a more open discussion on mental health (interview in English and Vietnamese).

Music for the episode includes excerpts from the film's soundtrack.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-12323275 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 16:00:00 -0500 3083 6 2 full false A New Voice in Film: Luis Fernando Puente A New Voice in Film: Luis Fernando Puente Young LDS filmmaker Luis Fernando Puente discusses the premiere of his short film, I Have No Tears, and I Must Cry, at the  Sundance Film Festival 2023. It is a personal film based on his own experience as an immigrant to the U.S. from Mexico.

Music for the episode is taken from the short film score, composed by Jorge Murcia.

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]]> Young LDS filmmaker Luis Fernando Puente discusses the premiere of his short film, I Have No Tears, and I Must Cry, at the  Sundance Film Festival 2023. It is a personal film based on his own experience as an immigrant to the U.S. from Mexico.

Music for the episode is taken from the short film score, composed by Jorge Murcia.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-12084898 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0500 2764 6 1 full false The Strangeness of Fiction with William Morris The Strangeness of Fiction with William Morris Author and Mormon literature influencer William Morris talks about his new book, The Darkest Abyss: Strange Mormon Stories, and describes his approach to writing fiction with examples from his collection of short stories published by By Common Consent Press. Morris is also the incoming president of The Association for Mormon Letters. In the podcast he outlines some of his plans and priorities regarding the organization, which is the primary institution for LDS authors today.

Music of the episode: "Christmas Soundscapes 7" by Steven Ricks.

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]]> Author and Mormon literature influencer William Morris talks about his new book, The Darkest Abyss: Strange Mormon Stories, and describes his approach to writing fiction with examples from his collection of short stories published by By Common Consent Press. Morris is also the incoming president of The Association for Mormon Letters. In the podcast he outlines some of his plans and priorities regarding the organization, which is the primary institution for LDS authors today.

Music of the episode: "Christmas Soundscapes 7" by Steven Ricks.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-11904146 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0500 2940 5 7 full false The Making of the Animated Series, Saving Me The Making of the Animated Series, Saving Me Aaron Johnston and Kelly Loosli, creators of the new animated series, Saving Me, describe the sci-fi show--an old man who manages to return to his 11-year-old self and redeem him. This is the first animated series for  BYUtv, and the bestselling author and award-winning animator discuss the process of translating words on a page to animation on a screen.

With the theme song for Saving Me written and performed by The National Parks.

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]]> Aaron Johnston and Kelly Loosli, creators of the new animated series, Saving Me, describe the sci-fi show--an old man who manages to return to his 11-year-old self and redeem him. This is the first animated series for  BYUtv, and the bestselling author and award-winning animator discuss the process of translating words on a page to animation on a screen.

With the theme song for Saving Me written and performed by The National Parks.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-11736244 Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0500 3053 5 6 full false Joël René Scoville on Writing Musicals Today Joël René Scoville on Writing Musicals Today Joël René Scoville is a current participant in the legendary training ground for musical theater writing, the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop in New York. In this episode, Scoville discusses the craft of writing for the theater, her journey from actor to writer, her experience as a Black artist, and she describes why new voices and new stories are so important today.

Music for the episode is: 

"Til I Get Back on My Feet” from the musical, Flophouse.
Music by Joanna Burns, book and lyrics by Justin Anthony Long & Joël René Scoville
Sung by Joanna Burns

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]]> Joël René Scoville is a current participant in the legendary training ground for musical theater writing, the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop in New York. In this episode, Scoville discusses the craft of writing for the theater, her journey from actor to writer, her experience as a Black artist, and she describes why new voices and new stories are so important today.

Music for the episode is: 

"Til I Get Back on My Feet” from the musical, Flophouse.
Music by Joanna Burns, book and lyrics by Justin Anthony Long & Joël René Scoville
Sung by Joanna Burns

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-11444382 Wed, 05 Oct 2022 12:00:00 -0400 2964 5 5 full false Rachel Rueckert's Wandering Spirit Rachel Rueckert's Wandering Spirit On the eve of the publication of her first book, Rachel Rueckert, the current editor-in-chief of Exponent II magazine, describes the events that led to her memoir, East Winds that will appear in mid-November, published by By Common Consent Press. It is a chronicle of her one-year honeymoon traveling around the globe and questioning what the institution of marriage is all about. Rueckert talks about the journey, the book writing process, and finding peace with big picture decisions.

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]]> On the eve of the publication of her first book, Rachel Rueckert, the current editor-in-chief of Exponent II magazine, describes the events that led to her memoir, East Winds that will appear in mid-November, published by By Common Consent Press. It is a chronicle of her one-year honeymoon traveling around the globe and questioning what the institution of marriage is all about. Rueckert talks about the journey, the book writing process, and finding peace with big picture decisions.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-11320720 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:00:00 -0400 1451 5 4 full false John Held, Jr.'s Fiction John Held, Jr.'s Fiction Author Glen Nelson discusses his discovery of an important body of 1930s fiction by one of the era's most famous cartoonists, John Held, Jr.  Today he's known for his magazine and newspaper illustrations of flappers and other 1920s characters, but in a flurry of activity from 1930 to 1937, John Held, Jr. published four novels and four collections of short stories that are mostly unknown today. This podcast episode describes the fiction, talks about how the author came to discover it, and makes the connections between Held's upbringing in Salt Lake City and how his Mormonism appear in his art and fiction.

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]]> Author Glen Nelson discusses his discovery of an important body of 1930s fiction by one of the era's most famous cartoonists, John Held, Jr.  Today he's known for his magazine and newspaper illustrations of flappers and other 1920s characters, but in a flurry of activity from 1930 to 1937, John Held, Jr. published four novels and four collections of short stories that are mostly unknown today. This podcast episode describes the fiction, talks about how the author came to discover it, and makes the connections between Held's upbringing in Salt Lake City and how his Mormonism appear in his art and fiction.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-10342527 Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:00:00 -0400 1660 5 3 full false The Sacred Feminine: A Panel Discussion The Sacred Feminine: A Panel Discussion Curator Margaret Olsen Hemming, artist Kwani Povi Winder, and scholar Vinna Chintaram gather to talk about different approaches to and perspectives on Heavenly Mother as they react to the exhibition at the Center Gallery, The Sacred Feminine in LDS Art & Theology. Olsen Hemming is the curator of the exhibition. Povi Winder is one of the artists whose work is in the show, and Chintaram is a PhD student at University North Carolina  Chapel Hill studying religion and culture.

Music for the episode is “Women of Faith,” lyrics by Matthew B. Biggs and music by Michael Kosorok.

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]]> Curator Margaret Olsen Hemming, artist Kwani Povi Winder, and scholar Vinna Chintaram gather to talk about different approaches to and perspectives on Heavenly Mother as they react to the exhibition at the Center Gallery, The Sacred Feminine in LDS Art & Theology. Olsen Hemming is the curator of the exhibition. Povi Winder is one of the artists whose work is in the show, and Chintaram is a PhD student at University North Carolina  Chapel Hill studying religion and culture.

Music for the episode is “Women of Faith,” lyrics by Matthew B. Biggs and music by Michael Kosorok.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-10131259 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:00:00 -0500 3328 5 2 full false Margaret Olsen Hemming and Picturing the Sacred Feminine Margaret Olsen Hemming and Picturing the Sacred Feminine To mark the exhibition opening, The Sacred Feminine in LDS Art & Theology, at the Center Gallery in New York, its curator Margaret Olsen Hemming speaks about global artworks that imagine what Heavenly Mother is like. The LDS doctrine that we are from heavenly parents is not new, but recent LDS artists from around the world are building on the artistic foundation laid more than 100 years ago by poet Eliza R. Snow and painter John Hafen to further a discussion about the nature and role of the sacred feminine.

Music for the episode is “Women of Faith,” lyrics by Matthew B. Biggs and music by Michael Kosorok.


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]]> To mark the exhibition opening, The Sacred Feminine in LDS Art & Theology, at the Center Gallery in New York, its curator Margaret Olsen Hemming speaks about global artworks that imagine what Heavenly Mother is like. The LDS doctrine that we are from heavenly parents is not new, but recent LDS artists from around the world are building on the artistic foundation laid more than 100 years ago by poet Eliza R. Snow and painter John Hafen to further a discussion about the nature and role of the sacred feminine.

Music for the episode is “Women of Faith,” lyrics by Matthew B. Biggs and music by Michael Kosorok.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-9907798 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:00:00 -0500 2903 5 1 full false Painting Toilet Paper and the Art of Kirsten Holt Beitler Painting Toilet Paper and the Art of Kirsten Holt Beitler The self portrait, Wrapped Up in a False Sense of Security, by Kirsten Holt Beitler, is the subject of this artist's interview. The work which is part of the exhibition, Siloed: Art for Uncertain Times, at the Center Gallery shows the artist wrapped in toilet paper, painted during the first months of the pandemic when hoarding and bouts of consumer panic spread across the country. Beitler is a single mom of four children, an artist, and a muralist at a grocery store in St. George, Utah. In this episode, she describes how  isolation during the pandemic and personal heartbreak have become crucibles for new, wry, self-exploring works.

Music for this episode is the nineteenth-century Mormon folk song, "St. George and the Drag-on," by Charlie Lowell Walker. 

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]]> The self portrait, Wrapped Up in a False Sense of Security, by Kirsten Holt Beitler, is the subject of this artist's interview. The work which is part of the exhibition, Siloed: Art for Uncertain Times, at the Center Gallery shows the artist wrapped in toilet paper, painted during the first months of the pandemic when hoarding and bouts of consumer panic spread across the country. Beitler is a single mom of four children, an artist, and a muralist at a grocery store in St. George, Utah. In this episode, she describes how  isolation during the pandemic and personal heartbreak have become crucibles for new, wry, self-exploring works.

Music for this episode is the nineteenth-century Mormon folk song, "St. George and the Drag-on," by Charlie Lowell Walker. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-9780339 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0500 2071 4 12 full false Maggie Golightly Haslam's Wasteless Art Maggie Golightly Haslam's Wasteless Art A new body of art work by Maggie Golightly Haslam is explored in this episode. The artist, whose works are featured in the current exhibition at the Center Gallery in New York City, embodies the 21st century zero-waste ethos and turns it into a process of art making. How can materials be recycled, upcycled, and reenvisioned, she asks. Her inventive and beautiful poured watercolor works are created with materials that have been harvested and salvaged from leftover media of earlier series of works, thereby linking them into a new sort of visual art lineage. Larger ethical questions emerge: What is art for? Why make it? How do the materials direct what the art wants to be?

Music for the episode is "Bearing Us Up" by Robert Strobel, a winner of the Center's Art for Uncertain Times project.

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]]> A new body of art work by Maggie Golightly Haslam is explored in this episode. The artist, whose works are featured in the current exhibition at the Center Gallery in New York City, embodies the 21st century zero-waste ethos and turns it into a process of art making. How can materials be recycled, upcycled, and reenvisioned, she asks. Her inventive and beautiful poured watercolor works are created with materials that have been harvested and salvaged from leftover media of earlier series of works, thereby linking them into a new sort of visual art lineage. Larger ethical questions emerge: What is art for? Why make it? How do the materials direct what the art wants to be?

Music for the episode is "Bearing Us Up" by Robert Strobel, a winner of the Center's Art for Uncertain Times project.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-9566339 Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:00:00 -0500 2335 4 11 full false Jeffrey Lee Butler and The Lost Months of Brooklyn Jeffrey Lee Butler and The Lost Months of Brooklyn Photographer Jeffrey Lee Butler chronicled the streets of Brooklyn in the early months of the pandemic. Part of the Center Gallery exhibition curated by Emily Larsen Doxford, Siloed: Art for Uncertain Times, Butler describes life in early 2020 and what he encountered as he ventured out of his Crown Heights apartment into the borough, resulting in a suite of 25 photographs. Surprisingly beautiful, colorful, and even joyous, the people in the pictures show the resilience, ingenuity, peacefulness, and determination of urban dwellers in a very uncertain moment.

Music for the episode is a Swedish folk tune played by Claudine Bigelow, part of the exhibition and a dance film by Keely Song, Covenant Keepers.

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]]> Photographer Jeffrey Lee Butler chronicled the streets of Brooklyn in the early months of the pandemic. Part of the Center Gallery exhibition curated by Emily Larsen Doxford, Siloed: Art for Uncertain Times, Butler describes life in early 2020 and what he encountered as he ventured out of his Crown Heights apartment into the borough, resulting in a suite of 25 photographs. Surprisingly beautiful, colorful, and even joyous, the people in the pictures show the resilience, ingenuity, peacefulness, and determination of urban dwellers in a very uncertain moment.

Music for the episode is a Swedish folk tune played by Claudine Bigelow, part of the exhibition and a dance film by Keely Song, Covenant Keepers.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-9460983 Sat, 30 Oct 2021 14:00:00 -0400 3210 4 10 full false Marin Leggat Roper's Vision of Dance Marin Leggat Roper's Vision of Dance Dancer, choreographer, and educator Marin Leggat Roper discusses her lifelong pursuit of dance as merging point of physicality and faith in this podcast interview that also previews a historic, upcoming event in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is Vision, an evening of dance, to be presented September 24, 2021 at the Capitol Theatre. She describes how the pandemic has affected dance and how dance artists are finely attuned to issues of social upheaval, identity, and the immediacy of current events.

Music for the episode is an excerpt from Sydney Ann's Apple, by Nathan Bowen, from a 2007 dance commissioned by Marin with sculptural decor by Valerie Atkisson and performed at the Merce Cunningham Studios in New York City. 

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]]> Dancer, choreographer, and educator Marin Leggat Roper discusses her lifelong pursuit of dance as merging point of physicality and faith in this podcast interview that also previews a historic, upcoming event in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is Vision, an evening of dance, to be presented September 24, 2021 at the Capitol Theatre. She describes how the pandemic has affected dance and how dance artists are finely attuned to issues of social upheaval, identity, and the immediacy of current events.

Music for the episode is an excerpt from Sydney Ann's Apple, by Nathan Bowen, from a 2007 dance commissioned by Marin with sculptural decor by Valerie Atkisson and performed at the Merce Cunningham Studios in New York City. 

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-9189853 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:00:00 -0400 2796 4 9 full false James R. Swensen on Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, and the WPA Photographers in Utah James R. Swensen on Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, and the WPA Photographers in Utah Award-winning author and scholar of WPA-era photography, James R. Swensen discusses his new exhibition, Fields of Labor and Recovery: A Photographic Portrait of Utah from the Great Depression to WWII, 1936-1942. The show at the BYU Museum of Art provides an opportunity to discuss Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, and other photographers who were sent across the United States, including to Utah, to document government programs and ultimately created the most comprehensive portrait of America ever attempted. Swensen discusses his detailed research into the lives of the photographers’ subjects, and he notes the importance of seeing patterns of history by looking back to the past, and as he notes, the value of beautiful pictures of ugly things.

Music for this episode is “Mountains,” by Robert Cundick, performed by Grant Johannesen, piano.

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]]> Award-winning author and scholar of WPA-era photography, James R. Swensen discusses his new exhibition, Fields of Labor and Recovery: A Photographic Portrait of Utah from the Great Depression to WWII, 1936-1942. The show at the BYU Museum of Art provides an opportunity to discuss Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, and other photographers who were sent across the United States, including to Utah, to document government programs and ultimately created the most comprehensive portrait of America ever attempted. Swensen discusses his detailed research into the lives of the photographers’ subjects, and he notes the importance of seeing patterns of history by looking back to the past, and as he notes, the value of beautiful pictures of ugly things.

Music for this episode is “Mountains,” by Robert Cundick, performed by Grant Johannesen, piano.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-9078894 Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0400 3813 4 8 full false The Making of a Scholar: Elisabeth Hunt The Making of a Scholar: Elisabeth Hunt How does someone decide to become an art historian, a curator, or an art conservator? What kind of training and exposure do they need? In this episode, university senior Elisabeth Hunt discusses her background at Brigham Young University as an art history and curatorial studies major and her time in New York this summer working as the gallery assistant at the Center Gallery. What is it like to work in an art gallery and interact with the public? As an example, she describes a generational difference of viewing art—the consequences of the saturation of images that younger people experience through social media upon their fine art viewing—and the reactions she has witnessed of visitors from the general public to the gallery in New York City.

Music for this episode was recorded as ambient sounds of jazz street musicians outside the Center Gallery, traffic sounds, and the video artwork, "Let us rejoice," by Maddison Colvin that opens the exhibition, Great Awakening: Vision and Synthesis in Latter-day Saint Contemporary Art.

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]]> How does someone decide to become an art historian, a curator, or an art conservator? What kind of training and exposure do they need? In this episode, university senior Elisabeth Hunt discusses her background at Brigham Young University as an art history and curatorial studies major and her time in New York this summer working as the gallery assistant at the Center Gallery. What is it like to work in an art gallery and interact with the public? As an example, she describes a generational difference of viewing art—the consequences of the saturation of images that younger people experience through social media upon their fine art viewing—and the reactions she has witnessed of visitors from the general public to the gallery in New York City.

Music for this episode was recorded as ambient sounds of jazz street musicians outside the Center Gallery, traffic sounds, and the video artwork, "Let us rejoice," by Maddison Colvin that opens the exhibition, Great Awakening: Vision and Synthesis in Latter-day Saint Contemporary Art.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-8918727 Sun, 25 Jul 2021 12:00:00 -0400 1312 4 7 full false The Center Gallery Opens: A Conversation with Curator Chase Westfall The Center Gallery Opens: A Conversation with Curator Chase Westfall To mark the inaugural exhibition of the Center Gallery, Great Awakening: Vision and Synthesis in Latter-day Saint Contemporary Art, this podcast interview speaks with artist and curator Chase Westfall about what goes into making an exhibition, how to get people to slow down and look more carefully at contemporary art, and what he has learned through the process.

Introductory music for the episode is an audio extraction from Maddison Colvin's video work in the exhibition, Let us rejoice.

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]]> To mark the inaugural exhibition of the Center Gallery, Great Awakening: Vision and Synthesis in Latter-day Saint Contemporary Art, this podcast interview speaks with artist and curator Chase Westfall about what goes into making an exhibition, how to get people to slow down and look more carefully at contemporary art, and what he has learned through the process.

Introductory music for the episode is an audio extraction from Maddison Colvin's video work in the exhibition, Let us rejoice.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-8728802 Sat, 19 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0400 4253 4 6 full false Jennifer Reeder’s Newest Friend: Emma Smith Jennifer Reeder’s Newest Friend: Emma Smith On the occasion of the publication of her latest book, First: The Life and Faith of Emma Smith, historian Jennifer Reeder talks about a complex 19th century figure in LDS history, an Elect Lady, Presidentress, and key participant in the restoration of the gospel. The discussion includes surprising finds by Reeder including Emma’s bi-racial family, her largely unknown skills, her turmoil regarding polygamy, and most importantly, her life of loss and service. Emma’s decision to remain in Nauvoo as other Saints moved to the West set up an environment of tension in the 19th century that is being replaced today with companion and understanding. 

Music for the episode is Emma’s final aria, sung by Jennifer Welch Babidge, “You Are Like the Sun,” from the opera, The Book of Gold, composed by Murray Boren.

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]]> On the occasion of the publication of her latest book, First: The Life and Faith of Emma Smith, historian Jennifer Reeder talks about a complex 19th century figure in LDS history, an Elect Lady, Presidentress, and key participant in the restoration of the gospel. The discussion includes surprising finds by Reeder including Emma’s bi-racial family, her largely unknown skills, her turmoil regarding polygamy, and most importantly, her life of loss and service. Emma’s decision to remain in Nauvoo as other Saints moved to the West set up an environment of tension in the 19th century that is being replaced today with companion and understanding. 

Music for the episode is Emma’s final aria, sung by Jennifer Welch Babidge, “You Are Like the Sun,” from the opera, The Book of Gold, composed by Murray Boren.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-8438902 Sat, 01 May 2021 07:00:00 -0400 3862 4 5 full false Convergence: The Art of Fidalis Buehler Convergence: The Art of Fidalis Buehler On the occasion of his solo exhibition, “Secret Camp—Are we there yet?,” Fidalis David Kanoanikie Buehler discusses how his worldview, which draws from his multi-cultural family, informs his artmaking practice. The conflicts of straddling his Euro-American and Pacific Island heritage include Kiribati traditions, his Catholic upbringing, and his conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1999. Now an artist who exhibits paintings, drawings, printmaking, and sculpture in the U.S. and abroad, Buehler also teaches at BYU, and the podcast interview ends with his thoughts about embracing multicultural students with an eye toward adapting traditional fine art education methods in order to learn from the students and prepare them to contribute to the cultures of their own communities.

The musical except for the episode is “Sonata for Two Flutes Unaccompanied,” by Helen Taylor. The Center’s Studio podcast begins its fourth year with this episode.


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]]> On the occasion of his solo exhibition, “Secret Camp—Are we there yet?,” Fidalis David Kanoanikie Buehler discusses how his worldview, which draws from his multi-cultural family, informs his artmaking practice. The conflicts of straddling his Euro-American and Pacific Island heritage include Kiribati traditions, his Catholic upbringing, and his conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1999. Now an artist who exhibits paintings, drawings, printmaking, and sculpture in the U.S. and abroad, Buehler also teaches at BYU, and the podcast interview ends with his thoughts about embracing multicultural students with an eye toward adapting traditional fine art education methods in order to learn from the students and prepare them to contribute to the cultures of their own communities.

The musical except for the episode is “Sonata for Two Flutes Unaccompanied,” by Helen Taylor. The Center’s Studio podcast begins its fourth year with this episode.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-8253272 Thu, 01 Apr 2021 07:00:00 -0400 4361 4 4 full false The Total Arc: How Artists Can Take Control of Their Careers, with Andrew Maxfield The Total Arc: How Artists Can Take Control of Their Careers, with Andrew Maxfield Making art is easy; marketing it is terrifying. Many artists find the business side of their careers very difficult and something they know little about. In this interview, composer and creative entrepreneur Andrew Maxfield shares experiences, approaches, and methods of networking, business development, branding, communications, brain trusts, and entrepreneurship that give creative artists of any kind much-needed tools to amp up their careers—with examples of the composer’s music and advice for anyone who is tired of passively waiting for something big to happen.

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]]> Making art is easy; marketing it is terrifying. Many artists find the business side of their careers very difficult and something they know little about. In this interview, composer and creative entrepreneur Andrew Maxfield shares experiences, approaches, and methods of networking, business development, branding, communications, brain trusts, and entrepreneurship that give creative artists of any kind much-needed tools to amp up their careers—with examples of the composer’s music and advice for anyone who is tired of passively waiting for something big to happen.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-8050994 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0500 4250 4 3 full false Contemporary Art in Mexico City with Georgina Bringas and Ricardo Rendón Contemporary Art in Mexico City with Georgina Bringas and Ricardo Rendón Award-winning artists whose works are exhibited in museums and galleries around the world, Georgina Bringas and Ricardo Rendón discuss their work and philosophies of artmaking in this podcast episode. Living and working in Mexico City, they have entirely separate bodies of work that focus on sculpture and installation art of the highest caliber. Rendón concentrates on constructed work that documents the creative process, and Bringas makes probing, colorful works that explore time, matter, and the measurement of the infinite.

The music for this episode is Pulso by Francisco Estévez, composed for five “clappers.”

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]]> Award-winning artists whose works are exhibited in museums and galleries around the world, Georgina Bringas and Ricardo Rendón discuss their work and philosophies of artmaking in this podcast episode. Living and working in Mexico City, they have entirely separate bodies of work that focus on sculpture and installation art of the highest caliber. Rendón concentrates on constructed work that documents the creative process, and Bringas makes probing, colorful works that explore time, matter, and the measurement of the infinite.

The music for this episode is Pulso by Francisco Estévez, composed for five “clappers.”

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-7605385 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 07:00:00 -0500 3755 4 2 full false Inside the Fine Art Market with Warren Winegar Inside the Fine Art Market with Warren Winegar Have you ever wondered how the fine art market functions, how air fairs and auctions, collectors and dealers, navigate through a $64 billion industry of art work sales? In this episode, private dealer Warren Winegar, former head of client services at Sotheby’s, discusses this fascinating world. He describes the impact of the pandemic and what it is like to travel the world in search of art for clients. Then, the discussion shifts to psychology and the consequences of collecting. What motivates people to collect? How do the visual images with which we surround ourselves affect our sense of self, and in the case of Latter-day Saints, what do the objects we have in our homes have to say about us? 

With music by Francisco Estevez, Luisiadas II, for toy piano.

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]]> Have you ever wondered how the fine art market functions, how air fairs and auctions, collectors and dealers, navigate through a $64 billion industry of art work sales? In this episode, private dealer Warren Winegar, former head of client services at Sotheby’s, discusses this fascinating world. He describes the impact of the pandemic and what it is like to travel the world in search of art for clients. Then, the discussion shifts to psychology and the consequences of collecting. What motivates people to collect? How do the visual images with which we surround ourselves affect our sense of self, and in the case of Latter-day Saints, what do the objects we have in our homes have to say about us? 

With music by Francisco Estevez, Luisiadas II, for toy piano.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-7088731 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 05:00:00 -0500 4293 4 1 full false Emily Larsen Doxford on Art for Uncertain Times Emily Larsen Doxford on Art for Uncertain Times Fifty LDS artists won Center grants in 2020 that responded to “the needs of the people at this specific moment.” In this podcast interview with the manager of the project, Emily Larsen Doxford, Art for Uncertain Times is described as a historical document of LDS artists’ reactions to Covid-19 and the social injustice protests in this turbulent, exhausting year, with examples from the winners’ literature, visual art, music, film, and dance, and the stories behind some of these powerful creations.

This episode includes musical excerpts from four winners of Art for Uncertain Times grants: Julián Mansilla, Jed Blodgett/Andrew Maxfield, Daniel E. Gawthrop, and Harriet Petherick Bushman.

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]]> Fifty LDS artists won Center grants in 2020 that responded to “the needs of the people at this specific moment.” In this podcast interview with the manager of the project, Emily Larsen Doxford, Art for Uncertain Times is described as a historical document of LDS artists’ reactions to Covid-19 and the social injustice protests in this turbulent, exhausting year, with examples from the winners’ literature, visual art, music, film, and dance, and the stories behind some of these powerful creations.

This episode includes musical excerpts from four winners of Art for Uncertain Times grants: Julián Mansilla, Jed Blodgett/Andrew Maxfield, Daniel E. Gawthrop, and Harriet Petherick Bushman.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-6635428 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:00:00 -0500 4434 3 12 full false James Faulconer: What Questions Are the Scriptures Asking Us? James Faulconer: What Questions Are the Scriptures Asking Us? Theologian, scholar, and Senior Research Fellow at the Maxwell Institute (BYU), James Faulconer discusses his recent book, Mosiah, one of Institute’s The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions series. His insightful approach to close reading of scriptures emphasizes the creative act of study.

The podcast interview also discusses his earlier books written with LDS audiences in mind, Scripture Study: Tools and Suggestions, the scriptures Made Harder series, and Faith, Philosophy, Scripture. Finally, on the eve of the presidential election, Faulconer reflects on what Mosiah has to say about governments and what the tragedy of the Book of Mormon means to us all. 

With introductory music by Robert Cundick.

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]]> Theologian, scholar, and Senior Research Fellow at the Maxwell Institute (BYU), James Faulconer discusses his recent book, Mosiah, one of Institute’s The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions series. His insightful approach to close reading of scriptures emphasizes the creative act of study.

The podcast interview also discusses his earlier books written with LDS audiences in mind, Scripture Study: Tools and Suggestions, the scriptures Made Harder series, and Faith, Philosophy, Scripture. Finally, on the eve of the presidential election, Faulconer reflects on what Mosiah has to say about governments and what the tragedy of the Book of Mormon means to us all. 

With introductory music by Robert Cundick.

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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-6166600 Sun, 01 Nov 2020 07:00:00 -0500 3434 3 11 full false Live Life Deliciously with Tara Teaspoon Live Life Deliciously with Tara Teaspoon After 20 years in the food publishing industry (Ladies’ Home Journal, Martha Stewart Living, Kids, and Weddings magazines) and televisions appearances on the Martha Stewart network, the Today Show, the Food Network among others, Tara Bench--her nom de plume is Tara Teaspoon--has written her first cookbook, Live Life Deliciously: Recipes for Busy Weekdays and Leisurely Weekends. In this episode, Tara discusses her approach to cooking, eating, entertaining and how kitchen time becomes a lifestyle.

In addition to talking about the genesis of ideas for the book, the author discusses her library of cookbooks, what mentors and mothers have taught her, and how she developed her own cooking and writing style.

With introductory music by Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green and Betty Comden, “I Can Cook Too.”


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]]> After 20 years in the food publishing industry (Ladies’ Home Journal, Martha Stewart Living, Kids, and Weddings magazines) and televisions appearances on the Martha Stewart network, the Today Show, the Food Network among others, Tara Bench--her nom de plume is Tara Teaspoon--has written her first cookbook, Live Life Deliciously: Recipes for Busy Weekdays and Leisurely Weekends. In this episode, Tara discusses her approach to cooking, eating, entertaining and how kitchen time becomes a lifestyle.

In addition to talking about the genesis of ideas for the book, the author discusses her library of cookbooks, what mentors and mothers have taught her, and how she developed her own cooking and writing style.

With introductory music by Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green and Betty Comden, “I Can Cook Too.”


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-5690296 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0400 2737 3 10 full false Song of Names Song of Names Collaborators James Goldberg, Ardis Parshall, and Carla Jimison discuss their new book, Song of Names: A Mormon Mosaic, in this episode. The volume is divided into 22 sections, each telling an extraordinary story of quiet heroism by members of the Church lost to history, as Ardis writes, “…Trying to capture the sacred in Latter-day Saints’ everyday histories.” But there is nothing ordinary about their incredible stories that cover nearly two centuries of our history, and geographically include: Lebanon,  Sweden, Sri Lanka, Mexico, India, the United Kingdom, Sierra Leone, Brazil, France, Egypt, Singapore, Cambodia, Japan,  Spain, French Polynesia, the Shoshone Nation, and Argentina as well as states across the U.S. The trio describes moving stories unearthed by Ardis from decades of research and turned into art by James Goldberg, accompanied by visual images by Carla Jimison.

Music for the episode is “The Towers of Zion,” an unpublished 1999 composition by Murray Boren setting text written by W. W. Phelps, whose millennial hymn appeared in 12 LDS hymnal collections from 1835-1927.


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]]> Collaborators James Goldberg, Ardis Parshall, and Carla Jimison discuss their new book, Song of Names: A Mormon Mosaic, in this episode. The volume is divided into 22 sections, each telling an extraordinary story of quiet heroism by members of the Church lost to history, as Ardis writes, “…Trying to capture the sacred in Latter-day Saints’ everyday histories.” But there is nothing ordinary about their incredible stories that cover nearly two centuries of our history, and geographically include: Lebanon,  Sweden, Sri Lanka, Mexico, India, the United Kingdom, Sierra Leone, Brazil, France, Egypt, Singapore, Cambodia, Japan,  Spain, French Polynesia, the Shoshone Nation, and Argentina as well as states across the U.S. The trio describes moving stories unearthed by Ardis from decades of research and turned into art by James Goldberg, accompanied by visual images by Carla Jimison.

Music for the episode is “The Towers of Zion,” an unpublished 1999 composition by Murray Boren setting text written by W. W. Phelps, whose millennial hymn appeared in 12 LDS hymnal collections from 1835-1927.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-5241319 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 07:00:00 -0400 3272 3 9 full false Neylan McBaine: Pioneering the Vote Neylan McBaine: Pioneering the Vote 2020 marks three historic milestones surrounding women and voting rights. In her new book, Pioneering the Vote: The Untold Story of Suffragists in Utah and the West, author Neylan McBaine narrates this extraordinary history through the eyes of the women of the West, who were the first to vote in the nation. In this podcast interview, McBaine describes the complex relationships of polygamy, politics, and suffragists, and how local Relief Societies in remote Utah towns united to secure the right to vote against tremendous opposition. Most surprisingly, these are stories are almost entirely unknown until now. 

Music in the episode is an anthem of women's suffrage, written in 1910 by Ethel Smyth and Cicely Hamilton, "The March of the Women."


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]]> 2020 marks three historic milestones surrounding women and voting rights. In her new book, Pioneering the Vote: The Untold Story of Suffragists in Utah and the West, author Neylan McBaine narrates this extraordinary history through the eyes of the women of the West, who were the first to vote in the nation. In this podcast interview, McBaine describes the complex relationships of polygamy, politics, and suffragists, and how local Relief Societies in remote Utah towns united to secure the right to vote against tremendous opposition. Most surprisingly, these are stories are almost entirely unknown until now. 

Music in the episode is an anthem of women's suffrage, written in 1910 by Ethel Smyth and Cicely Hamilton, "The March of the Women."


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]]> https://www.centerforlatterdaysaintarts.org/podcast Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-4805375 Sat, 01 Aug 2020 08:00:00 -0400 3533 neylan mcbaine, suffrage, suffragists, Utah, polygamy, Emmeline B. Wells, Susan B. Anthony, right to vote, B. H. Roberts, Glen Nelson, Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, Joseph S. Smith, Eliza R. Snow, Relief Society, Utah statehood 3 8 full false John Williamson, Art, and Mobility John Williamson, Art, and Mobility Although he was born with a physical condition requiring prosthetic legs and braces to walk, John Williamson was a high-functioning professional with a long career in the technology industry until five years ago, when his body began to break down, making employment impossible. In this interview, Williamson describes how he discovered artmaking late in life, how it became therapy for him after his new circumstances in a motorized wheelchair shook him to his core and robbed him of his identity and connection to society. He is a winner of the Center’s Art for Uncertain Times competition, and his image, Walking with Faith and Hope is part of a body of work that is a meditation on mobility, meaning, and visibility. 

Music in the episode is another Art for Uncertain Times winner, Wait on the Lord, or The Plaguel Cadence, by Harriet Petherick Bushman.


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]]> Although he was born with a physical condition requiring prosthetic legs and braces to walk, John Williamson was a high-functioning professional with a long career in the technology industry until five years ago, when his body began to break down, making employment impossible. In this interview, Williamson describes how he discovered artmaking late in life, how it became therapy for him after his new circumstances in a motorized wheelchair shook him to his core and robbed him of his identity and connection to society. He is a winner of the Center’s Art for Uncertain Times competition, and his image, Walking with Faith and Hope is part of a body of work that is a meditation on mobility, meaning, and visibility. 

Music in the episode is another Art for Uncertain Times winner, Wait on the Lord, or The Plaguel Cadence, by Harriet Petherick Bushman.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-4391831 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 07:00:00 -0400 2793 3 7 full false James Best's Latest Scenario James Best's Latest Scenario Two-time Emmy nominated writer James Best talks in this episode about his new one-act play, The Last Lake, which was a winner of the Art for Uncertain Times grant program of the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts. In addition to a discussion about the two-character play, presented in Zoom performances last week, and his upcoming projects, the writer describes his varied career in television, stage, and print, as well as advocacy work and civil disobedience for causes including #NoKidsInCages.


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]]> Two-time Emmy nominated writer James Best talks in this episode about his new one-act play, The Last Lake, which was a winner of the Art for Uncertain Times grant program of the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts. In addition to a discussion about the two-character play, presented in Zoom performances last week, and his upcoming projects, the writer describes his varied career in television, stage, and print, as well as advocacy work and civil disobedience for causes including #NoKidsInCages.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-3998249 Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0400 3296 James Best, #NoKidsInCages, Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, LDS, Mormon, BYU, The Last Lake, Brooklyn, Zoom 3 6 full false Artists in the Pandemic, Part 4: Samuel Evensen, painter Artists in the Pandemic, Part 4: Samuel Evensen, painter Painter Samuel Evensen in New York, New York is recovering from COVID-19 symptoms that have forced him into quarantine and attacked his body. A painter whose subject is the body, Evensen discusses the Spanish Flu epidemic, HIV/AIDS, and other global health crises and how artists such as Hyman Bloom and Egon Schiele chose to engage in the figure. His poignant advice for artists ends the episode. The music for all four segments is by Deon Nielsen Price.


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]]> Painter Samuel Evensen in New York, New York is recovering from COVID-19 symptoms that have forced him into quarantine and attacked his body. A painter whose subject is the body, Evensen discusses the Spanish Flu epidemic, HIV/AIDS, and other global health crises and how artists such as Hyman Bloom and Egon Schiele chose to engage in the figure. His poignant advice for artists ends the episode. The music for all four segments is by Deon Nielsen Price.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-3578383 Fri, 01 May 2020 07:00:00 -0400 2455 3 8 full false Artists in the Pandemic, Part 3: Susan Howe, poet Artists in the Pandemic, Part 3: Susan Howe, poet Poet Susan Howe in Ephraim, Utah talks about the disruption of her writing practice that typically involves peers gathering together. She notes the lag time and emotional distance required for a personal experience to enter into her work without sentimentality, and she quotes a meaningful refrain by T. S. Eliot that has brought her comfort during the pandemic. 


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]]> Poet Susan Howe in Ephraim, Utah talks about the disruption of her writing practice that typically involves peers gathering together. She notes the lag time and emotional distance required for a personal experience to enter into her work without sentimentality, and she quotes a meaningful refrain by T. S. Eliot that has brought her comfort during the pandemic. 


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-3578356 Fri, 01 May 2020 07:00:00 -0400 1576 3 7 full false Artists in the Pandemic, Part 2: Deon Nielsen Price, composer Artists in the Pandemic, Part 2: Deon Nielsen Price, composer Composer Deon Nielsen Price in San Francisco, California talks about her distinguished career writing music that is socially relevant including works about the Watts Riots and Vietnam. She finds comfort in poetry written by Japanese Americans imprisoned in internment camps during WWII, and she describes how her composer heroes Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Messiaen, and Cowell all used their periods of isolation or imprisonment to formulate the musical philosophies that they would employ the rest of their lives.


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]]> Composer Deon Nielsen Price in San Francisco, California talks about her distinguished career writing music that is socially relevant including works about the Watts Riots and Vietnam. She finds comfort in poetry written by Japanese Americans imprisoned in internment camps during WWII, and she describes how her composer heroes Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Messiaen, and Cowell all used their periods of isolation or imprisonment to formulate the musical philosophies that they would employ the rest of their lives.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-3578332 Fri, 01 May 2020 07:00:00 -0400 1532 3 6 full false Artists in the Pandemic, Part 1: Introduction and Javen Tanner, playwright Artists in the Pandemic, Part 1: Introduction and Javen Tanner, playwright In this special episode recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic, four artists discuss their current life and work. Each answers the same four questions: What is it like to make your art right now?; How does this pandemic affect content?; Are there works from the past, written in similar times or about similar challenges that are meaningful to you?; and What advice might you have for an artist in quarantine?

Playwright Javen Tanner in Sandy, Utah discusses his difficulties of focusing on creative work during the pandemic. He muses on Shakespeare and Chekhov, and he has a hearty laugh about a preacher named T. White circa 1577 who blamed the theater for the Bubonic plague, “…the cause of plagues is sin and the cause of sin are plays, it follows that the cause of plagues are plays.”


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]]> In this special episode recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic, four artists discuss their current life and work. Each answers the same four questions: What is it like to make your art right now?; How does this pandemic affect content?; Are there works from the past, written in similar times or about similar challenges that are meaningful to you?; and What advice might you have for an artist in quarantine?

Playwright Javen Tanner in Sandy, Utah discusses his difficulties of focusing on creative work during the pandemic. He muses on Shakespeare and Chekhov, and he has a hearty laugh about a preacher named T. White circa 1577 who blamed the theater for the Bubonic plague, “…the cause of plagues is sin and the cause of sin are plays, it follows that the cause of plagues are plays.”


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-3578311 Fri, 01 May 2020 07:00:00 -0400 1591 10 essential, 3 5 full false Lisa DeSpain's Train to Fame Lisa DeSpain's Train to Fame American composer of jazz, musical theater, concert, and choral music, Lisa DeSpain has not one, not two, but three operas in late-stage development—all winners of important commissions and grants. In this interview peppered with excerpts from the operas and with DeSpain breaking into song as she describes the compositions, the topic at hand is how an artist juggles different projects, collaborators, producers, and publishers at the same time. The three operas discussed in the podcast are: That Hell-bound Train, Staggerwing, and No Ladies in the Lady’s Book. 


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]]> American composer of jazz, musical theater, concert, and choral music, Lisa DeSpain has not one, not two, but three operas in late-stage development—all winners of important commissions and grants. In this interview peppered with excerpts from the operas and with DeSpain breaking into song as she describes the compositions, the topic at hand is how an artist juggles different projects, collaborators, producers, and publishers at the same time. The three operas discussed in the podcast are: That Hell-bound Train, Staggerwing, and No Ladies in the Lady’s Book. 


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-3199918 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 10:00:00 -0400 4699 3 4 full false Steven L. Peck, Science, Fiction, and "King Leere" Steven L. Peck, Science, Fiction, and "King Leere" In this episode, scientist and novelist Steven L. Peck discusses his newest novel, The Tragedy of King Leere, Goatherd of the La Sals. The book updates the Shakespearean tragedy to the near future, specifically, after a global climate change disaster. At turns funny, tragic, and frightening, the novel--and the interview--wrestle with the truths to be found in art as well as science.


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]]> In this episode, scientist and novelist Steven L. Peck discusses his newest novel, The Tragedy of King Leere, Goatherd of the La Sals. The book updates the Shakespearean tragedy to the near future, specifically, after a global climate change disaster. At turns funny, tragic, and frightening, the novel--and the interview--wrestle with the truths to be found in art as well as science.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-2883589 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 14:00:00 -0500 3182 10 essential, 3 3 full false Kent Christensen's Secrets of the Great Salt Lake Kent Christensen's Secrets of the Great Salt Lake Painter Kent Christensen's Secrets of the Great Salt Lake is a virtuosic piece of visual satire representing early Utah history. Brigham Young rides a dinosaur in the lake while two trains bringing Jell-O, Snelgrove's ice cream, donuts, and toxic waste meet at Promontory Point for the driving of the Golden Spike. The state's animals frolic among recognizable tourist landmarks even while their existence is imperiled by climate change. Derived, in part, by Bosch's masterpiece, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Christensen's most complex painting yet is the topic of this episode along with a discussion of the purpose of satire, the relationships of illustration and fine art, and how a project that has taken 500 hours to create started.


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]]> Painter Kent Christensen's Secrets of the Great Salt Lake is a virtuosic piece of visual satire representing early Utah history. Brigham Young rides a dinosaur in the lake while two trains bringing Jell-O, Snelgrove's ice cream, donuts, and toxic waste meet at Promontory Point for the driving of the Golden Spike. The state's animals frolic among recognizable tourist landmarks even while their existence is imperiled by climate change. Derived, in part, by Bosch's masterpiece, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Christensen's most complex painting yet is the topic of this episode along with a discussion of the purpose of satire, the relationships of illustration and fine art, and how a project that has taken 500 hours to create started.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-2631259 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 08:00:00 -0500 3374 Kent Christensen, Secrets of the Great Salt Lake, Garden of Earthly Delights, art, satire, illustration, Brigham Young, history, Mormon 3 2 full false Seven at Sea with Erik and Emily Orton Seven at Sea with Erik and Emily Orton "Beleaguered but buoyant parents of five children between the ages of 6 and 16," as The New York Times described Erik and Emily Orton, "hadn’t even plotted an itinerary when they bought a 38-foot catamaran (sight unseen), flew to a Caribbean harbor and set sail on a Swiss-Family-Robinson-style adventure." The resulting adventure was only the beginning. In this episode, the authors of Seven at Sea: Why a New York City Family Cast Off Convention for a Life-Changing Year on a Sailboat, describe the writing of the book and the lessons their experience continues to teach them as parents and dreamers.


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]]> "Beleaguered but buoyant parents of five children between the ages of 6 and 16," as The New York Times described Erik and Emily Orton, "hadn’t even plotted an itinerary when they bought a 38-foot catamaran (sight unseen), flew to a Caribbean harbor and set sail on a Swiss-Family-Robinson-style adventure." The resulting adventure was only the beginning. In this episode, the authors of Seven at Sea: Why a New York City Family Cast Off Convention for a Life-Changing Year on a Sailboat, describe the writing of the book and the lessons their experience continues to teach them as parents and dreamers.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-2386595 Wed, 01 Jan 2020 08:00:00 -0500 4237 Seven at Sea, Emily Orton, Erik Orton, Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, Glen Nelson, sailing, podcast, family 3 1 full false Jeremy Grimshaw: Gamelan, Bali, and BYU Jeremy Grimshaw: Gamelan, Bali, and BYU Music from Bali is the subject of this podcast interview, with Jeremy Grimshaw, who brought the traditional percussion ensemble of gamelan to Brigham Young University. The nature of gamelan is communal music-making, and Grimshaw discusses the history and culture of Bali, his experiences there, and how a new community of gamelan has grown in Utah.


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]]> Music from Bali is the subject of this podcast interview, with Jeremy Grimshaw, who brought the traditional percussion ensemble of gamelan to Brigham Young University. The nature of gamelan is communal music-making, and Grimshaw discusses the history and culture of Bali, his experiences there, and how a new community of gamelan has grown in Utah.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-1973863 Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:00:00 -0400 3834 gamelan, Jeremy Grimshaw, Brigham Young University, Bintang Wayhu, Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, LDS, Mormon, BYU, Provo, Stuart Wheeler 2 11 full false The Come, Follow Me (Art Companion) and Jennifer Wilcox The Come, Follow Me (Art Companion) and Jennifer Wilcox The Center for Latter-day Saint Arts provides a weekly Art Companion for the gospel study curriculum, Come, Follow Me. This was the idea of Jennifer Wilcox who explores, in this podcast episode, how the project came to be, how she uses art in her church teaching, how she commissions new art for her students, and ultimately how the home is the perfect classroom and art space.


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]]> The Center for Latter-day Saint Arts provides a weekly Art Companion for the gospel study curriculum, Come, Follow Me. This was the idea of Jennifer Wilcox who explores, in this podcast episode, how the project came to be, how she uses art in her church teaching, how she commissions new art for her students, and ultimately how the home is the perfect classroom and art space.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-1796683 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 07:00:00 -0400 2661 2 10 full false Brian Kershisnik Is Looking for Something Brian Kershisnik Is Looking for Something Artist Brian Kershisnik discusses a new monograph of his art work, Looking for Something: Selected Paintings, published Unicorn Publishing Group (London) and discusses how growing up in Angola, Thailand, and Pakistan has informed his worldview and affected his body of questioning, joyful, vibrant art.


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]]> Artist Brian Kershisnik discusses a new monograph of his art work, Looking for Something: Selected Paintings, published Unicorn Publishing Group (London) and discusses how growing up in Angola, Thailand, and Pakistan has informed his worldview and affected his body of questioning, joyful, vibrant art.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-1634053 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 11:00:00 -0400 4125 Brian Kershisnik, Looking for Something, Unicorn Publishing, Faith Kershisnik, Geoff Wichert, Latter-day Saint, Contemporary Art, 10 essential, 2 9 full false Audacious Play: Sculptures by Page Turner Audacious Play: Sculptures by Page Turner Assemblage artist Page Turner talks about how the sisterhood of church women in her hollow near Roanoke, Virginia, inspire her work, which has recently been included in 50 Women Contemporary Women Artists, alongside some of the most important artists working today.


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]]> Assemblage artist Page Turner talks about how the sisterhood of church women in her hollow near Roanoke, Virginia, inspire her work, which has recently been included in 50 Women Contemporary Women Artists, alongside some of the most important artists working today.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-1490872 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 06:00:00 -0400 4731 Page Turner, Center for Latter-day Saint Art, Mormon, LDS, 50 Contemporary Women Artists, John Gosslee, Heather Zises, Zephren Turner, Roanoke, Glen Nelson 2 8 full false Two Journeys: Angie Denison's Documentaries of Amish Latter-day Saints and a Kidnapped Boy from India Two Journeys: Angie Denison's Documentaries of Amish Latter-day Saints and a Kidnapped Boy from India Emmy-award winning producer Angie Denison takes listeners behind the scenes of two recent KSL documentaries: Amish Latter-day Saints and the story of a kidnapped boy from India who finds his family again in adulthood.


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]]> Emmy-award winning producer Angie Denison takes listeners behind the scenes of two recent KSL documentaries: Amish Latter-day Saints and the story of a kidnapped boy from India who finds his family again in adulthood.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-1351108 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 07:00:00 -0400 1996 Angie Denison, KSL, General Conference, Lost in India: A Boy's Journey Home, Amish Latter-day Saints: A Journey of Discovery, LDS, Latter-day Saint, Center for Latter-day Saint Arts 2 7 full false Ethan Wickman's Oratorio, To a Village Called Emmaus Ethan Wickman's Oratorio, To a Village Called Emmaus On the day of the premiere of his Easter oratorio, To a Village Called Emmaus, composer Ethan Wickman previews the work with excerpts and behind-the-scenes insights into its creation. The oratorio was commissioned by the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra and conducted by Craig Jessop.


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]]> On the day of the premiere of his Easter oratorio, To a Village Called Emmaus, composer Ethan Wickman previews the work with excerpts and behind-the-scenes insights into its creation. The oratorio was commissioned by the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra and conducted by Craig Jessop.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-1222310 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 06:00:00 -0400 3584 Ethan Wickman, Craig Jessop, American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Logan, Utah, Easter, Oratorio, Choir 2 6 full false Laura Allred Hurtado: Her Years at the Church History Museum Laura Allred Hurtado: Her Years at the Church History Museum The former global acquisitions curator for the Church History Museum reflects on her tenure and influence on art in the Church with the aid of tributes written by artists and colleagues: Neylan McBaine, Walter Rane, Rose Datoc Dall, Alan Johnson, Valerie Atkisson de Moura, Annie Poon, Diane P. Stewart, Caitlin Connolly, and Jason Metcalf. Hurtado is the newly-named executive director of the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.


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]]> The former global acquisitions curator for the Church History Museum reflects on her tenure and influence on art in the Church with the aid of tributes written by artists and colleagues: Neylan McBaine, Walter Rane, Rose Datoc Dall, Alan Johnson, Valerie Atkisson de Moura, Annie Poon, Diane P. Stewart, Caitlin Connolly, and Jason Metcalf. Hurtado is the newly-named executive director of the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-1074521 Wed, 01 May 2019 09:00:00 -0400 4114 Laura Allred Hurtado, Neylan McBaine, Walter Rane, Rose Datoc Dall, Alan Johnson, Valerie Atkisson de Moura, Annie Poon, Diane P. Stewart, Caitlin Connolly, Jason Metcalf, Church History Museum, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, UMOCA, 10 essential, 2 5 full false Tade Biesinger on Broadway, the West End, and on a Mission Tade Biesinger on Broadway, the West End, and on a Mission Starring on Broadway at the age of 11, Tade Biesinger played the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical and reprised the part in London and St. Louis. The experience left a strong impression on him but not in a way you'd expect; he learned at this tender age why he needed God in his life. This podcast episode was recorded three months before his departure as a full-time missionary.


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]]> Starring on Broadway at the age of 11, Tade Biesinger played the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical and reprised the part in London and St. Louis. The experience left a strong impression on him but not in a way you'd expect; he learned at this tender age why he needed God in his life. This podcast episode was recorded three months before his departure as a full-time missionary.


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]]> Center for Latter-day Saint Arts Buzzsprout-1011961 Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0400 2903 Tade Biesinger, Billy Elliot, Broadway, dance, Newsies, West End, full-time missionary 2 4 full false Lance Larsen's New Poems: What the Body Knows Lance Larsen's New Poems: What the Body Knows In a discussion about his newest book of poetry, award-winning poet Lance Larsen speaks about prose poetry, describes how his work evolves from draft to print, reads from his work, listens to an art song setting of his poems, and considers other art forms that appeal to him.


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]]> In a discussion about his newest book of poetry, award-winning poet Lance Larsen speaks about prose poetry, describes how his work evolves from draft to print, reads from his work, listens to an art song setting of his poems, and considers other art forms that appeal to him.


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]]> Mormon Arts Center Buzzsprout-949304 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 19:00:00 -0500 4054 10 essential, 2 2 full false Brontë Hebdon and the Church's Visual Culture Brontë Hebdon and the Church's Visual Culture Art historian and Latter-day Saint Brontë Hebdon, a PhD student at the prestigious Institute of Fine Arts in New York City, discusses the Church's visual culture and how new approaches to art history and the exploration of objects affect identity, testimony, and gospel messaging.


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]]> Art historian and Latter-day Saint Brontë Hebdon, a PhD student at the prestigious Institute of Fine Arts in New York City, discusses the Church's visual culture and how new approaches to art history and the exploration of objects affect identity, testimony, and gospel messaging.


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]]> Mormon Arts Center Buzzsprout-925587 Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:00:00 -0500 4140 Brontë Hebdon, Art history, visual culture, Latter-day Saint, Institute of Fine Arts 2 1 full false Are There Anybody Here: The Music of David Fletcher Are There Anybody Here: The Music of David Fletcher A series of letters from Broadway deity Stephen Sondheim opened the doors for composer David Fletcher. The resulting songs--like Weepin' Mary, Eternal Day, A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief, and Wondrous Love--have been sung in numberless Latter-day Saint church meetings are a singular blend of Broadway, classical, sacred, and popular styles. In this podcast, the composer discusses the musical path of his life and illustrates some of his best-loved works with recordings, including never-before shared demos.


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]]> A series of letters from Broadway deity Stephen Sondheim opened the doors for composer David Fletcher. The resulting songs--like Weepin' Mary, Eternal Day, A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief, and Wondrous Love--have been sung in numberless Latter-day Saint church meetings are a singular blend of Broadway, classical, sacred, and popular styles. In this podcast, the composer discusses the musical path of his life and illustrates some of his best-loved works with recordings, including never-before shared demos.


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]]> Mormon Arts Center Buzzsprout-900314 Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500 5832 1 10 full false Onetwo moremons more: LDS Allusions in the Works of James Joyce, with Brigham Barnes Onetwo moremons more: LDS Allusions in the Works of James Joyce, with Brigham Barnes Independent scholar Brigham Barnes explores allusions to Mormonism, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and the Book of Mormon in James Joyce's novels Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, leading to a larger discussion of how Mormon Studies might expand to embrace artworks by members of the Church and also works about our culture, texts, and people by others. Music includes exclusive content of a bootleg recording of an excerpt from Murray Boren's opera, The Dead, adapted from Joyce's short story.


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]]> Independent scholar Brigham Barnes explores allusions to Mormonism, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and the Book of Mormon in James Joyce's novels Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, leading to a larger discussion of how Mormon Studies might expand to embrace artworks by members of the Church and also works about our culture, texts, and people by others. Music includes exclusive content of a bootleg recording of an excerpt from Murray Boren's opera, The Dead, adapted from Joyce's short story.


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]]> Mormon Arts Center Buzzsprout-861993 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 09:00:00 -0500 3107 1 9 full false Opera and Ballet Teenagers at the Met: Ruby Gilmore and Addy Hawley Opera and Ballet Teenagers at the Met: Ruby Gilmore and Addy Hawley Ruby Gilmore and Addy Hawley are teenagers who have performed with the Metropolitan Opera and American Ballet Theatre companies. In this podcast, Ruby and Addy talk about the dedication required and the joys encountered in the performing arts. They also discuss what it's like to perform alongside principal ballerinas and international opera stars who are LDS, like they are, and how talent and testimony intersect.


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]]> Ruby Gilmore and Addy Hawley are teenagers who have performed with the Metropolitan Opera and American Ballet Theatre companies. In this podcast, Ruby and Addy talk about the dedication required and the joys encountered in the performing arts. They also discuss what it's like to perform alongside principal ballerinas and international opera stars who are LDS, like they are, and how talent and testimony intersect.


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]]> Mormon Arts Center Buzzsprout-840851 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0400 4832 Ruby Gilmore, Addy Hawley, Metropolitan Opera, Children's Chorus, American Ballet Theatre, LDS, Mormon 1 8 full false Richard Bushman and Farms, Families, and Faith Richard Bushman and Farms, Families, and Faith The newest book by Richard Lyman Bushman is The American Farmer in the Eighteenth Century: A Social and Cultural History. In this podcast, Bushman discusses the legacy of farming and labor as a shaper of America society, the tragedy of Native American displacement and slavery as a consequence of farm expansion, and the influences of the family on larger issues of American culture.


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]]> The newest book by Richard Lyman Bushman is The American Farmer in the Eighteenth Century: A Social and Cultural History. In this podcast, Bushman discusses the legacy of farming and labor as a shaper of America society, the tragedy of Native American displacement and slavery as a consequence of farm expansion, and the influences of the family on larger issues of American culture.


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]]> Mormon Arts Center Buzzsprout-809078 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0400 3709 Richard Bushman, Joseph Smith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 18th Century America, colonial farms, Yale University Press, Mormon, LDS 1 7 full false The Unknown Galaxy of Mormon Music with Scott Holden The Unknown Galaxy of Mormon Music with Scott Holden Excerpts and discussion with pianist Scott Holden about his Carnegie Hall concert and new CD of a century of Mormon music.


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]]> Excerpts and discussion with pianist Scott Holden about his Carnegie Hall concert and new CD of a century of Mormon music.


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]]> Scott Holden Buzzsprout-771644 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0400 4779 Scott Holden, Carnegie Hall, Mormon arts, Arthur Shepherd, Leroy Robertson, James McConkie, Merrill Bradshaw, Laurence Lowe, David Sargent, Jeff Manookian, Douglas Pew, Leilei Tian, Francisco Estevez, Ethan Wickman, Lisa DeSpain, Glen Nelson 1 6 full false The Extraordinary History of Mormon Cinema with Randy Astle The Extraordinary History of Mormon Cinema with Randy Astle Author Randy Astle describes the largely unknown story of early Mormon film and its remarkable connection with LDS history. A product of twenty years of research, his new book, Mormon Cinema: Origins to 1952, published by the Mormon Arts Center, is a landmark volume full of extraordinary and entertaining stories.


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]]> Author Randy Astle describes the largely unknown story of early Mormon film and its remarkable connection with LDS history. A product of twenty years of research, his new book, Mormon Cinema: Origins to 1952, published by the Mormon Arts Center, is a landmark volume full of extraordinary and entertaining stories.


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]]> Randy Astle Buzzsprout-753100 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0400 6005 mormon history, mormon cinema, randy astle, lds history, lds movies, Randy Astle, Glen Nelson, 1 5 full false Hildebrando de Melo: Out of Angola Hildebrando de Melo: Out of Angola In this episode, Angolan painter Hildebrando de Melo discusses his life and work, including the chaos and brutality of his country's decades-long civil war, and his responses to it through the lens of a search for God.


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]]> In this episode, Angolan painter Hildebrando de Melo discusses his life and work, including the chaos and brutality of his country's decades-long civil war, and his responses to it through the lens of a search for God.


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]]> Mormon Arts Center Buzzsprout-722807 Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0400 5440 Hildebrando de Melo, Angola, Mormon Arts Center, Glen Nelson, Civil War, LDS 1 4 full false Trevor Reed and the Sovereignty of Sound Trevor Reed and the Sovereignty of Sound The composer, scholar, Hopi, Mormon composer Trevor Reed discusses new genres of Hopi/contemporary concert music and his work to repatriate art and advocate for the rights of indigenous peoples.


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]]> The composer, scholar, Hopi, Mormon composer Trevor Reed discusses new genres of Hopi/contemporary concert music and his work to repatriate art and advocate for the rights of indigenous peoples.


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]]> Trevor Reed Buzzsprout-706204 Fri, 18 May 2018 00:00:00 -0400 6553 Mormon Arts Center, Trevor Reed, Glen Nelson, Hopi, Puhutawi, repatriation, indigenous rights, LDS, new music 1 3 full false Joy and Terror in the Art of Annie Poon Joy and Terror in the Art of Annie Poon The visual artwork of Annie Poon is the subject of this interview with the artist, who describes her interest in outsider art, children's art, and how those styles feed her own work.


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]]> The visual artwork of Annie Poon is the subject of this interview with the artist, who describes her interest in outsider art, children's art, and how those styles feed her own work.


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]]> Annie Poon Buzzsprout-679129 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0400 4010 annie poon, mormon arts center, stop motion animation, lds, glen nelson, scriptures 1 2 full false Masterpieces That Might Have Been: The Life and Music of James W. McConkie Masterpieces That Might Have Been: The Life and Music of James W. McConkie The legacy of composer James W. McConkie is explored by his grandson, Jamie Erekson, including a vintage recording of the composer who studied with Arthur Honneger and Nadia Boulanger and who was the brother of LDS apostle, Bruce R. McConkie.


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]]> The legacy of composer James W. McConkie is explored by his grandson, Jamie Erekson, including a vintage recording of the composer who studied with Arthur Honneger and Nadia Boulanger and who was the brother of LDS apostle, Bruce R. McConkie.


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]]> Jamie Erekson Buzzsprout-664500 Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0400 2373 jamie erekson, james wilson mcconkie, lds, mormon, mormon arts center, james mcconkie, nadia boulanger, arthur honneger, polio, 10 essential, 1 1 full false