Richard Bushman

The Center's tradition of arts festivals is going global and virtual. The virtual celebration of Latter-day Saint art just weeks away! Now is the perfect time to reserve your spot. We recommend you you register by May 14th, so you can receive your Festival Kit in the mail before the big weekend—complete with session supplies, surprises, and a few thoughtful touches to make it all the more memorable.

"I painted regardless, not despite my children, but because of them. We all found that if I did not paint, I became a menace to society." Learn more about Sharing a Bit of Light ii by Michelle Nixon, and explore more featured art.

Five artists share how becoming a mother deepened and transformed their art.
“My work gives voice to the silent and secret corners of motherhood, where moments quickly come and go and memories fade as quickly as dreams.”
– Rachel Thomander Stallings, visual artist

What would you journal about if you knew your child might grow up in a world completely different from the one you know? In the newly expanded version of The Investigator / The Observer by Todd Robert Petersen and Zoë Petersen, a mother-to-be chronicles her perilous dystopian journey out of the Grand Canyon for her unborn child using a journal and sketchbook.

Renowned historian, beloved author, and co-founder of the Center will deliver the closing plenary at this year’s Virtual Festival on May 30-31st.

What happens when artists expand on their own work— this time, at a larger scale? Explore three unique works of fiction, visual art, and screeplay commissioned by the Center.

Supplement your study & access inspiration through art and objects throughout history.

“This is a large and very useful compilation of scholars analyzing a variety of topics… This is a wonderful resource that I strongly recommend.” - Professor Benjamin Park, Historian & Author of American Zion: A New History of Mormonism