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You Gotta Read This...
Glen Nelson Glen Nelson

You Gotta Read This...

It's not published yet. I'm reading the manuscript of a book that the Mormon Arts Center will publish in June. It's a tremendous accomplishment by author and film historian, Randy Astle. This book will cover the complete history of Mormon film ...

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Our Checketts to London
Glen Nelson Glen Nelson

Our Checketts to London

A little while ago, we received an email from David Checketts, one of our executive board members. He announced that he and Deborah would be entering the Missionary Training Center in June ...

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And Sometimes It Just Doesn't Work Out
Glen Nelson Glen Nelson

And Sometimes It Just Doesn't Work Out

Richard Bushman had a brilliant idea: "Let’s use the gorgeous St. Paul’s Chapel in New York," he said to me one day, "for a concert during the Mormon Arts Center Festival in June." He told me about their famous Aeolian Skinner organ, but he warned, “They don’t let just anybody play that instrument.” ...

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A Teaching Blizzard
Glen Nelson Glen Nelson

A Teaching Blizzard

The emails began flying about 1:30 a.m. I was still awake. I had spent the previous couple of months fine-tuning a speech I was asked to give at the Mormon Arts Center Teaching Conference at the University of Utah in January ...

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Gearing Up for the 2018 Festival
Glen Nelson Glen Nelson

Gearing Up for the 2018 Festival

Behind the scenes, many people have been working on the plans for the 2018 Mormon Arts Center Festival. It is shaping up to be an amazing three days. The Festival will be held at the historic Italian Academy on the campus of Columbia University in New York City ...

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After/Words
Glen Nelson Glen Nelson

After/Words

Immediately after the Festival, the participants, presenters, art, and artists went home. We organizers took a week or so to catch up on sleep. And then we went right back to work. We felt energized, and if anything, the positive feedback fueled our ambitions to develop additional ideas for the future ... 

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