Journal
Conference, Creatively
For many, General Conference is a weekend of traditions. Family time, cinnamon rolls, spiritual high points, and contemplating questions. If you’re looking for a fresh approach to your conference weekend (or trying to fend off the second-session-snooze), here are four ideas for bringing a little creativity to your living room while you watch.
Notes on Going Viral
What does it take for Latter-day Saint specific work to land in a broader audience? Creative writer Isaac Richards had a question that lots of LDS artists share.
Artists Going Places
With world premieres, prestigious awards, and a Carnegie Hall debut, We’re catching up with four artists from the 2024 and 2025 Residencies and their where their works have ended up:
10 Works You Should Know: Photography
Sometime during my mission, I remember being taught that bearing witness was a spiritual gift.
10 Works You Should Know: Laura Erekson
As the co-curator of the Latter-day Saint women’s art initiative Certain Women, very few curators know the LDS landscape of contemporary female artists like Laura.
Announcing the 2026 Artists Residency Cohort
The Center for Latter-day Saint Arts is pleased to announce the six winning artists selected for The 2026 Artists Residency at the Center…
10 Works You Should Know: Nicole Woodbury
As a celebrated sculpture artist and co-curator of the Latter-day Saint Women’s Art Show Certain Women, Nicole Woodbury’s perspective on Latter-day Saint Art has a unique vantage point.
To curate her list of 10 works, she drew selections from Certain Women’s recent exhibition “Brave Like Eve.” Nicole writes:
"The belief that Eve was wise—and that her decision to partake of the fruit…
Watercolor as a Life Philosophy
Just one month ago, Michelle Nixon’s watercolor work appeared towering above the stage during a world premiere of Vanessa Cook’s A Brief Collection of Moments. Today, you’ll find Nixon’s paintings in a new joint exhibition at David Ericson Fine Art, one of Utah’s most respected private….
10 Works You Should Know: Savannah Liddicoat
Artist Savannah Liddicoat hails from Queensland Australia and is now based in the Central Coast. She recently presented her final art showcase at the Red Tree Theatre to culminate her BFA at Brigham Young University.
‘93 Castrol
Xiaomei looks crestfallen. Didi tears off his military patch, leaving a line of stitching in its wake.
Look, we’re lowlifes. We always were, and we always will be. So were our parents, and our grandparents, and our great grandparents. There’s no point in trying. So let’s just be good at being lowlifes!
He laughs and raises a toast. Xiaomei doesn’t react. Da Ge watches her as he absent-mindedly toasts.
My Grandmother, Minerva Teichert
I'm going to try to tell you something you haven't heard before about my grandmother, Minerva Teichert.
She's my maternal grandmother, and after her death in 1976, she became very popular in LDS circles. She has been the subject of articles, theses, lectures, books, videos, and multiple exhibits, with copies of her works appearing in many meeting houses and temples. Forgive me if I use the terms Minerva, Grandma, and Teichert interchangeably.
A ripple-effect from the Artists Residency
At the 2025 Artists Residency at the Center, Uruguayan artist Daniel Martinez spent the week creating plein air watercolors of New York cityscapes and talking with fellow artists-in-residence. He left the Residency feeling inspired—not just by the streets of New York, but by the community and structure the program provided. …