New Voices

Center Festival 2019

Italian Academy for Advance Studies
New York City NY
June 28-29th, 2019

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New Voices

in film, art, literature, dance, theater, and music

The 2019 Center Festival was an exciting exploration into new frontiers of LDS arts.

God To Go West

Festival Exhibition by Daniel George

Exhibition Catalog

Published on the occasion of the 2019 Center Festival and the artist’s exhibition of the series, God to Go West contains an interview between the artist and Glen Nelson and reproductions on newsprint of 16 locations in Utah named after places mentioned in the scriptures.

A Long, Mournful Cry

Festival Exhibition by Karalee Kuchar

Published on the occasion of the 2019 Center Festival, in New York City The catalog contains full color plates of the mural-sized work, “A Long Mournful Cry,” and the series, “Ghostbird,” and an essay by Laura Allred Hurtado.

Exhibition Catalog

Explore Festival Events

  • David F. Holland: Coming of Age on Landscapes of Faith

    This keynote address draws from David F. Holland's freshman seminar at Harvard Divinity School, "Faith and Fiction in American History."

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  • Abridged Reading of "A Night Song"

    A play with music by Davey Erekson and Jamie Erekson, retelling the death and emotional aftermath of James Wilson McConkie as told by his grandsons.

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  • Tangos from Another Port

    Julián Mansilla (bandoneón) and Lucho Sellan (guitar) unearth fresh possibilities for cultural storytelling of forgotten tangos from Bahía, Argentina.

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  • More on Youtube

    Watch more presentations, events, and performances on the New Voices Festival Youtube playlist.

    Youtube Playlist

  • The Music of David Fletcher

    A presentation of re-imagined beloved music pieces by David Fletcher including “Articles of Faith” and “A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief”.

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Art & Belief:

Film & Installation for the Center Festival

Inspired by scriptural references where Zion and Jerusalem are symbolized with feminine pronouns, artists Megan Knobloch Geilman, Page Turner, and Samantha Zauscher developed in idea of a Zion where women claim autonomy, and their stories are believed.