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Unpacking the Festival
The Mormon Arts Center Festival ended Saturday afternoon, July 1, 2017. I don’t really know how best to describe the events of those four days (five, if you could the exhibition set up). Anybody who was there has their own impressions, so I can only speak ...
What Happened?
A year or two ago, a graduate student asked my wife Claudia how Exponent II, the Mormon women’s newspaper/magazine got started a little over forty years ago. Claudia was the first editor and there from the beginning, the right source of information ...
The Jewish Museum
When the Mormon Arts Center founders looked for precedents for their budding endeavor,
they often seized upon the Jewish Museum as one parallel. Though light years ahead of us in
size and scope, the Jewish Museum organizers were motivated by the desire to explore the
culture and art of a people rooted in a religion-- just as we were ...
The Festival Magazine
Every attendee at the Festival (June 29-July 1, 2017) will receive a free magazine. I’ve been putting the finishing touches on the maps, directions, restaurant listings, schedules of events, and information about what is happening ...
A Day in the Life
On Tuesday mornings, I set the alarm for 6:45 a.m. to remind me that at 7:00 a.m. our Finance Committee call begins. We use Dave Checketts’ conference call network because he is a member of the committee and has a number already set up for his business calls. Jeff Holt, chair of the finance committee, sets the agenda, but everyone pitches in.
Sing!
Of all the events of the Festival, the most fun might end up being the giant Sing-in led by the marvelous choral conductor Craig Jessop and accompanied by Bonnie Goodliffe. Have you ever sung in a 300-voice choir? It’s the sonic equivalent of driving a racecar with a 300-horsepower engine ...
The Here and Now
This morning, I woke up to a post by Wonderland magazine which, in connection with Tiffany & Co., published five short videos about the upcoming Whitney Biennial, an exhibition that has existed since 1932. The Biennial was according, to artist Miranda July “just American art and just about right now, a snap shot of this moment and time ..."
The Venue for the Arts Festival
The venue for the Arts Festival will be Riverside Church, a magnificent Gothic Cathedral on Riverside Drive constructed by John D. Rockefeller, originally for a Baptist congregation. It looks out over the Grant’s Tomb and Riverside Park to the majestic Hudson making its way to the sea ...
Extra Pocket Change
The arts have a way of tickling people’s emotions. Twelve years ago we lived in Europe as a family. My husband and I, feeling adventurous, decided to facilitate a European performance opportunity for our three musician daughters (ages 8, 11 and 14) ...
Music, Music, Music
Hello everybody. In the months leading up to the Mormon Arts Center Festival, some of the people working on it will jot down some behind-the-scenes action. I’m up first ...