This week, we talk with the renowned artist Casey Childs to discuss one of his favorite religious works of art, Agony in the Garden by Frans Schwartz. Virtually unknown until the work came to BYU with the Sacred Gifts Exhibition, this work has become a favorite of artists and enthusiasts alike. Casey discusses Schwartz use of color and light and the ultimate effect of the emotion of the painting.
SPECIAL EPISODE: Announcing the Zion Art Invitational Sep 12-Oct 1
In this special episode, Micah and Eric announce the first Zion Art Invitational taking place in Salt Lake City from Sep 12-Oct 1 presented by the Zion Art Society. Learn more about the Invitational, the artists involved, and the events surrounding it in this special episode.
Featuring original works of art from:
Paige Crosland Anderson
Michael Hall
Tyson Snow
Justin Wheatley
Colby Sanford
Jethro Gillespie
Niki Covington
Jenedy Paige
Justin Kunz
Tim Boyle
Katie Ricks
Emily Fuller
Bryan Mark Taylor
Clinton Whiting
Ben Hammond
Tom Holdman
Ryan Brown
Caitlin Connolly
Arnold Friberg
Minerva Teichert
Gary Ernest Smith
Dennis Smith
Trevor Southey
Tom Lovell
Del Parson
Robert Barrett
William Whitaker
Wulf Barsch
James C. Christensen
Michael Malm
Walter Rane
Joseph Brickey
Linda Curley Christensen
Jeff Hein
Mary Sauer
J. Kirk Richards
Howard Lyon
Jenedy Paige on Ron Richmond's Exultare (no. 1)
Artist Jenedy Paige discusses the devotional art of LDS painter Ron Richmond and how the ambiguity in his work helps her to better understand how her art can be revelatory to herself and others. Talking through Richmond's portrayal of the Resurrection helps inform the issues that she faces in portrayals of sacred imagery in her own work.
view more of Jenedy's paintings on her website.
Learn about the process of Jenedy's work Let Go on her blog.
Artist Gustavo Ramos on Walter Rane
In this special episode, we speak with up-and-coming artist Gustavo Ramos who moved from Brazil, to Arizona, to Southern Virginia University and finally Salt Lake City to study painting. His studies have led him to the Hein Academy of Art where Ramos hopes to develop his talents in the vein of a personal inspiration, Walter Rane.
Special Edition: The LDS Art Missionaries in Paris
In 1890, President George Q. Cannon sent 5 young artists from Salt Lake City to Paris to study painting in preparation of the completion of the Salt Lake Temple. After convincing the Church to sponsor John Hafen, Lorus Pratt, JB Fairbanks, Edwin Evans, and Herman Haag left for the Academie Julian to study painting under the great French Impressionists of the Belle Epoque. In this special episode, we discuss their background training, and impact on Utah Art in the 20th Century.
Sculptor Michael Aaron Hall on Michelangelo's Medici Chapel Tomb
This week we stray a little bit from work by LDS artists in pursuit of becoming a "Mormon Michelangelo" to look at the Michelangelo at his peak. The tomb of Lorenzo de Medici, his patron, friend and father figure is a part of the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy where Hall studied marble sculpting and had a transformative experience in front of this renaissance masterwork. As the recent recipient of the Alex J. Etta Grant from the National Sculpture Society, Hall's work follows the traditional techniques started in Italy centuries ago.
SMOFA's Emily Larsen Boothe and Minerva Teichert
Emily Larsen Boothe is the Assistant Curator at the Springville Museum of Art and is responsible for organizing exhibitions and shows throughout the year. Springville's collection of Utah and LDS Art may be the finest anywhere in the world, including Jesus Christ is the God of that Land by one of the most treasured and reproduced LDS artists of all time, Minerva Teichert.
BYU's Ashlee Whitaker on Trevor Southey
We sit down with Ashlee Whitaker, the Roy and Carol Christensen Curator of Religious Art at BYU to talk about her favorite pieces of religious work in the collection at the BYU Museum of Art. A pair of triptychs by renowned LDS painter Trevor Southey reflect the life of Christ in a style completely unique to Southey and with a depth unparalleled in LDS art.
Part 2: The Salt Lake Assembly Hall & Mormon Aesthetics
Part 2 of our discussion with Dr. Probert focuses on the specifics the Assembly Hall, its history and its role as one of the spiritual homes of the early Saints. Many of these buildings were a rare opportunity for leaders of the Church to express our beliefs through art and architecture.
Artist Jeff Hein on Monumental Religious Painting
The artist Jeff Hein joins us to discuss how we use monumental religious painting in LDS culture. Much like Carl Bloch's series of paintings for the Fredriksborg Castle in Denmark, Hein is beginning a twenty year venture to create large scale depictions of the life of Christ. We discuss that process the challenges both technically and philosophically of such a task.