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COPYRIGHT FAIR USE, ANDY WARHOL, AND PRINCE…
Esther
Proveau Salon
The Legacy of Anne Perry (1938-2023)
La Guitarrista
Returning to Mountain Meadows
The Weight of Everything!
Madeline Rupard
Geoff Ireland
Neil Thornock
Kalani Tonga
Working on The Season has been quite the trip for me. It is enriching because through it I have learned about so many people working on just so many projects, more than I ever imagined. The listings alone are mind-numbing! I feel like a small part of a Quixotic, and thus worthwhile, attempt at capturing such a wide range of creative endeavours. Kudos to the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts for having the gall to attempt this.
Gabriel González
Brownsville, Texas
What a great opportunity it was for me to connect with other LDS composers; many of whom I had never talked with previously. Speaking with Ron Saltmarsh on the phone, and Josh Akers on Zoom as well as reconnecting with my BYU colleagues Lance Montgomery and Jeff Broadbent, was a total thrill. I'm so proud of all of these composers and the careers they have built. It was inspiring to hear their stories and see their dedication to their art. I'm so happy to be a part of The Season and been able to contribute in this way!
Benjamin Taylor
Bloomington, Minnesota
Megan Eckersley
Megan Eckersley is a graphic designer based out of New York City and has worked with clients like Squarespace. She is currently at Square as a Brand Designer.
Geoff Ireland
Geoff Ireland is an Australian artist who has exhibited in more than 80 gallery and museum exhibitions, received published accolades from numerous critics of contemporary art, and obtained significant institutional commissions and awards in Australia, Asia and the US.
Glen Nelson
Glen Nelson’s most recent book, John Held, Jr.’s Fiction was recently named a finalist in book-length criticism by the Association for Mormon Letters.
Luisa Perkins
Luisa Perkins’s 2017 novella, Prayers in Bath, was recently named to the 100 Significant Mormon Literary Works list by the Association for Mormon Letters. Her forthcoming work is her second cookbook, Comfortably Yum.
Patrick T. Perkins
Patrick T. Perkins is an experienced intellectual property attorney who most recently worked as Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at a major motion picture studio.
Madeline Rupard
Madeline Rupard received an MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute. Her recent paintings of the American West appeared in this years’ New American Paintings Juried-In-Print Exhibition, Issue #156.
Neil Thornock
Neil Thornock is a composer on the faculty at Brigham Young University. He and his wife Tammy live in Provo with their seven children.
Kalani Tonga
Kalani Tonga is an artist who, in addition to painting and creating objects that incorporate graphic design from her Tongan heritage, works at a nonprofit, Pacific Island Knowledge 2 Action Resources (PIC2AR) that builds community connections, provides services and resources for ethnic communities, and preserves Pacific Island cultures art forms. She is also the director of Pasifica Enriching Arts of Utah.
Sam Zauscher
Sam Zauscher is a former professional ballet dancer, closeted choreographer, and editorial/portrait photographer based in LA / San Diego (and sometimes NYC).
What are you reading?
Charlie Bird
My Lord, He Calls Me by Alice Faulkner Burch. It is a newly compiled collection of essays written by Black American Latter-day Saints. I've found it incredibly raw, powerful, insightful, and honest. It is simultaneously breaking my heart and giving me a renewed sense of hope in my faith community.
Ted Bushman
Jade City by Fonda Lee, a fantasy synthesis of Hong Kong gangster and Kung Fu films.
Kathie Debenham
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul. I have long loved the world of birds from the time I first read The Burgess Bird Book as a young child. This solid science book follows long range migrants all over the globe to find out what the birds can tell us about the need to better care for the planet we all share. Fascinating. Did you know the bar-tailed godwit crosses more than 7,000 miles of empty Pacific Ocean from Alaska to New Zealand flying nonstop for up to 9 days?
Gabriel González
This Other Eden by Paul Harding again reimagines our Judeo-Christian origin story–here set on an island off the coast of Maine, a fictionalized version of the early 20th-century mixed-race fishing community, Malaga–with utterly transformational and wrenching lyricism.
Brian Kershisnik
Short Stories by Jesus by AJ Lavine, a fascinating book about how Christianity has really worked hard to "domesticate" the parables away from the remarkably troubling stories that a 1st century Jew would have heard.
Jeff Parkin
Moby Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville. Call me ignorant, but I've never read it in its entirety. I'm particularly loving the humor and am inspired by the fact that although it was a failure at its initial publication, like the titular leviathan, it came back with a vengeance.
Arisael Rivera
"Let Me Drown With Moses" by James Goldberg. Heart wrenching and hope-filled poetry.
Madeline Rupard
Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust is a novel written from the perspective of an old man recalling his past life as a boy growing up in France in the 19th century. Proust is a writer uniquely obsessed with memory and place. I am reading this before a family history trip to Europe next week, thinking about my own memories and those of my ancestors.
Joël Scoville
The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built by Jack Viertel, a comprehensive and entertaining look at how musicals are written and why the successful ones work.
Benjamin Taylor
The Anatomy of Peace, from The Arbinger Institute. I am finding it very insightful and helpful in healing relational conflicts.
Kwani Winder
Imperium Descent by Christopher Hopper, a sci-fi adventure that explores a society that is ableist and follows the lives of those who fight for the right for all to live.
Warren Winegar
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Hughette Clark by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr. The fascinating story of one of the most wealthy women in America who, despite good health, chose to live in a simple hospital room throughout most of her long life. It is eccentricity at its height.
Mykal Urbina, publisher
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson (up to pg. 154–a pass-along from a fantasy reader who hopes to convert me to the genre–pleased to report that it's working), Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (pg. 207–a Christmas gift from my grandmother, a woman as vibrant as this one's protagonist), and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (pg. 18–I put my name on the library's wait list in January and it's finally my turn!).
Glen Nelson, editor
Mr. B, the new definitive biography about choreographer George Balanchine by Jennifer Homans.
Emily Larsen Doxford, communications
This Other Eden by Paul Harding again reimagines our Judeo-Christian origin story–here set on an island off the coast of Maine, a fictionalized version of the early 20th-century mixed-race fishing community, Malaga–with utterly transformational and wrenching lyricism.