Art for Uncertain Times

We find ourselves in the uncharted, dark waters of a global health pandemic due to coronavirus, COVID-19; and fighting the long-embattled pandemic of racism, particularly after the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. 2020 is a year for our utmost humility and humanity.

The Center for Latter-day Saint Arts feels strongly about supporting its global community of artists and supporters in this moment. Fifty (50) grants of $250 each has been awarded to scholars, visual artists, writers, composers, designers, choreographers, filmmakers, and other creative artists for works that will be distributed digitally via our website and/or social media platforms in the upcoming weeks and months.

The Call for Proposals (here) resulted in 134 spectacular applicants from all over the globe.

The winning grants are as follows:

LITERATURE

Cynthia and Jonathan Austin (Snellville, Georgia) - As He Is

James Best (Brooklyn, New York) - The Last Lake

Adrienne Cardon (Provo, Utah) - And Still, Birth     

Maggie Golightly Haslam (New York, New York) - Bench Friends

Gabriel González Núñez (Harlingen, Texas) - El Ciclo/The Cycle

SCHOLARSHIP

Christopher James Blythe (Provo, Utah) - Emma Hale Smith on Stage

Farina King (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) - Diné Doctor: A Latter-day Saint Navajo Story of Healing

DANCE

Rachel Barker (Salt Lake City, Utah) - Quarantine Book Club: An Energetic Zoom Call

Aubrey Dalley (Orem, Utah) - Untitled

Keely Song (Salt Lake City, Utah) - Covenant Keepers

FILM

Barrett Burgin (Provo, Utah) - Gathered

Jeff Parkin (Provo, Utah) - Silver Linings and Compensatory Blessings

MUSIC

Jed Blodgett/Andrew Maxfield (Windsor Locks, Connecticut/Cambridge, Massachusetts) - Response/ability

Harriet Petherick Bushman (Kuwait City, Kuwait) - Wait on the Lord or The Plaguel Cadence

Francisco Estévez (Madrid, Spain) - Time for Reflection

Dylan Findley (Kansas City, Missouri) - Music for Earbuds     

Daniel E. Gawthrop (Twin Falls, Idaho) - He That Keepeth Thee

Julián Mansilla (Bahía Blanca, Argentina) - Y la Verdad os Hará Libres or ...And the Truth Shall Make You Free

Esther Megargel (American Fork, Utah) - Songs of Comfort and Joy for Soprano, Piano and Flute           

Joseph Sowa (Boston, Massachusetts) - Invocation: March 26, 2020

Robert Strobel (Elizabeth, Colorado) - Bearing Us Up

Benjamin Taylor (Bloomington, Indiana) - 6 Feet 6 Degrees

VISUAL ART

 Kirsten Beitler (Washington, Utah) - Wrapped Up in a False Sense of Security

Paola Bidinelli (Rome, Italy) - Identity and Time

Silvia Borja (Bogota, Colombia) - Fish Out of Water

Laura Lee S. Bradshaw (Sarasota Springs, Utah) - Gleaner

Jeffrey Butler (Brooklyn, New York) - The Lost Months of Brooklyn

Maddison Colvin (Eugene, Oregon) - Threshold (After Sonatine)

Lisa Draper (Lehi, Utah) - Break for Hope

Erin Ebert (South Jordan, Utah) - Coming Together on Shaky Ground

Jamie Erekson and Emily Erekson (New York, New York) - Untitled

Jessica Michelle Ethington (Cedar Park, Texas) - Untitled

Claire Forste (New York, New York) - Sufficient Unto This Day

Jeanne Gomm (Provo, Utah) - Holding Up Excellence

Leslie Graff (Sutton, Massachusetts) - Light Inside

Sue Hansen (Herriman, Utah) - Saint on the 1 Train

Emilie Buck Lewis (Loveland, Colorado) - God Is in the Details   

Bekah Meacham (Provo, Utah) - Untitled

Grace Poulsen (Hood River, Oregon) - Spring Blossoms Out My Window

Emma Proudfit (Phoenix, Arizona) - A Conflict of Dreams

Madeline Rands (Sandpoint, Idaho) - Hope

Drew Rane (New York, New York) - Abstract Red (After Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled NRA); Blue Wave I; Blue Wave II

Sarah Robinson (Provo, Utah) - The Signs of the Times

Colby Sanford (Provo, Utah) - What Is Tiny, What Is Big?

Brinnan Schill (Provo, Utah) - Untitled

Eva Koleva Timothy (Boston, Massachusetts) - Untitled

Emily Wall (Los Angeles, California) - Child’s Play

Justin Wheatley (Salt Lake City, Utah) - When Dark Clouds of Trouble Hang O’er Us

John Williamson (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) - Walking with Faith and Hope

Nicole Woodbury (Salt Lake City, Utah) - Socially Distant Thoughts

Art for Uncertain Times is made possible by the generous donors of the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts.