Applications are now open for the 3rd Artists Residency at the Center! Think you might be interested? Get to know the residency and what's in store for six unique artists who will join us in New York for a week of creative inspiration, dedicated work, and community building.

Thousands of guests have visited and shared their experiences of Work & Wonder: 200 Years of Latter-day Saint Art. This impressive exhibition curates 120+ works representing three centuries of Latter-day Saint art, and is the largest and most comprehensive attempt to show the variety of works by Latter-day Saint artists around the world from the Church’s founding to the present.

(Re)discover the Doctrine & Covenants and scaffold your Come, Follow Me studies and lessons with works of art that will spark discussion. This week, support your study with this depiction of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery receiving the Aaronic priesthood, drawn by father-and-son duo Axel and Jeff Call.

Our groundbreaking publication through Oxford University Press has been making the best-of lists of 2024 among scholars, artists, and historians. The stunning volume includes 22 essays by scholars offering rigorous research and analysis of Latter-day Saint artistic production from the 19th century to the present. Learn more, read the praise, and find out how to order your own copy.

Each week we bring you a new work by an LDS artist. This week’s artwork is Confirmation in Sierra Leone by Emile Wilson, which is on display now at the Church History Museum as part of Work & Wonder. Learn more about the artist and discover more featured art.

As an expressive arts therapist, Lita Giddins believes the arts can facilitate healing. In this brief interview at the 2018 Center Festival, she shares what the arts have done for her in her life, including playing a part in her conversion to the gospel. "The arts helped me to develop, or find a different voice. It connected to my spirit." Amidst that journey, the arts equipped her with greater confidence, a sense of divine nature, and personal strength. "It opened up to me how beautiful everything He created is – including me."

Step into the vibrant world of John Held, Jr., curated by the Center’s Glen Nelson. Famous for his colorful depictions of flappers, humorous illustrations of college life, and sharp social commentary, Held's work defined the spirit of the 1920s and 1930s.

This is a special four-part series of coloring pages by Melissa Snyder Wood. Color your way through four important chapters of Church history as new pages are released every quarter. We hope you discover opportunities for discussions and ideas as you color people and places from the early Church, starting with Palmyra.