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Mormon Artist http://blog.mormonartist.net Covering the LDS arts community posterous.com MormonArtisthttp://feedburner.google.com Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:11:26 -0700 "I Am Jane" playing in Provo July 22-23 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/HZqPmWR5E5M/i-am-jane-playing-in-provo-july-22-23 http://blog.mormonartist.net/i-am-jane-playing-in-provo-july-22-23 <p> <table class="contentpaneopen"><tr><td class="contentheading"><a href="http://www.coveycenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:i-am-jane&catid=1:performance-hall&Itemid=9" class="contentpagetitle"></a> </td> </tr> </table><img class="float_right_top" src="http://www.coveycenter.org/images/events/jane2.png" border="0" height="162" width="252" /><p /><p><i>I Am Jane</i> is Margaret Blair Young’s award-winning stage play about Jane Manning James, an early black LDS pioneer who survived the mobs at Nauvoo, the westward trek to the Salt Lake Valley and the societal prejudices of an unforgiving era with unyielding faith, courage, and tolerance. Historically accurate, the play explores the challenges Jane and other black Mormons faced within the LDS Church, especially during the settlement and establishment of what is now Utah. <br /></p><p>For an extensive review by Mahonri Stewart, see A Motley Vision: <a href="http://www.motleyvision.org/2010/margaret-blair-youngs-_i-am-jane_-a-truly-important-play/">http://www.motleyvision.org/2010/margaret-blair-youngs-_i-am-jane_-a-truly-important-play/</a></p> <p>For thoughts from the playwright, see Dawning of a Brighter Day: <a href="http://blog.mormonletters.org/post/2010/06/06/I-Am-Jane-%28with-a-little-Levinas%29.aspx">http://blog.mormonletters.org/post/2010/06/06/I-Am-Jane-%28with-a-little-Levinas%29.aspx</a></p> <p>For tickets, visit <a href="http://www.coveycenter.org">http://www.coveycenter.org</a><br /></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/i-am-jane-playing-in-provo-july-22-23">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/i-am-jane-playing-in-provo-july-22-23#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/HZqPmWR5E5M" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/unknown75.gif http://posterous.com/people/3sOfrZFdlywh Katherine Morris mormonlit Katherine Morris http://blog.mormonartist.net/i-am-jane-playing-in-provo-july-22-23 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:48:00 -0700 Issue 10 now available http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/eegBVYutx3o/issue-10-now-available http://blog.mormonartist.net/issue-10-now-available <p> <p>Issue 10 is out! (And from now on we won't be this late getting issues out, I promise.) This one has interviews with Rachel Ann Nunes, Patricia Karamesines, Sam Nielson, Dan McDonald, Rob Cox, and James Arrington.</p> <p><a href="http://mormonartist.net/issue-10/">http://mormonartist.net/issue-10/</a></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/issue-10-now-available">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/issue-10-now-available#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/eegBVYutx3o" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/367138/bencrowder101508twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/3sO8Yuh0ghJn Ben Crowder Ben Ben Crowder http://blog.mormonartist.net/issue-10-now-available Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:54:00 -0700 Help improve Mormon Artist (survey) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/dwQGn2ZDQjE/help-improve-mormon-artist-survey http://blog.mormonartist.net/help-improve-mormon-artist-survey <p> <p>We'd like to make Mormon Artist better, and so we've put together a short three-question survey for you, our readers. If you've got a couple minutes to jot down a response (and it doesn't have to be a long one), here's the link:</p> <p> </p><p><a href="https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDM2R0pzb2VOUFBtZTZrd0Z2dVlmekE6MQ" title="Mormon Artist survey" target="_self">https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDM2R0pzb2VOUFBtZTZrd0Z2dVlmekE6MQ</a></p> <p>If surveys aren't really your thing, you can leave a comment here or email me (Ben) at <a href="mailto:editor@mormonartist.net">editor@mormonartist.net</a>.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/help-improve-mormon-artist-survey">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/help-improve-mormon-artist-survey#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/dwQGn2ZDQjE" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/367138/bencrowder101508twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/3sO8Yuh0ghJn Ben Crowder Ben Ben Crowder http://blog.mormonartist.net/help-improve-mormon-artist-survey Sat, 01 May 2010 20:20:00 -0700 Issue 9 now available http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/vONKg7uO_gY/issue-9-now-available http://blog.mormonartist.net/issue-9-now-available <p> <p>Issue 9 of Mormon Artist is now up: <a href="http://mormonartist.net/issue-9">http://mormonartist.net/issue-9/</a></p> <p>This is our special New York City issue, featuring interviews with Glen Nelson, Brett Helquist, Kent Christensen, Annie Poon, Kah Leong Poon, Samuel Evensen, Marin Leggat, Nathan Bowen, Erik Orton, and Scott Reynolds. It also features photography from Natasha Layne Brien and Zack Taylor and an article on the New York Stake Arts Festival by Marin Leggat.</p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/issue-9-now-available">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/issue-9-now-available#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/vONKg7uO_gY" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/367138/bencrowder101508twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/3sO8Yuh0ghJn Ben Crowder Ben Ben Crowder http://blog.mormonartist.net/issue-9-now-available Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:22:00 -0700 A Flickering http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/c3avKWBQpdw/a-flickering http://blog.mormonartist.net/a-flickering <p> <p>If you're in the Provo area, be sure to check out Melissa Leilani Larson's new play <em>A Flickering, </em>which closes this weekend.</p> <div> </div> <div>Quoting from the press release: "Set against the turbulent early twentieth century, <em>A Flickering</em> is the story of a young woman, Max Edwards, trying to break into the infant movie industry while her best friend, Samantha, is on her way to a theatrical acting career. Controversy fuels the success of Max’s first picture, but at the risk of Samantha’s reputation — and their friendship." <div> </div> <div>When: <strong>Friday @ 7:30pm, Saturday @ 2:30pm and 7:30pm, and Monday @ 7:30 pm</strong> </div> <div>Where: <strong>105 E 100 N, Provo, UT</strong> </div> <div>How much: <strong>$12 general, $10 student/senior</strong> </div> <div>Tickets: <strong><a href="http://www.provostage.org">http://www.provostage.org</a></strong> </div> <div>Photos:<strong> </strong><strong><a href="http://web.me.com/mel_leilani/Melissa_Leilani_Larson/Flickering_press_photos.html">A Flickering</a></strong> </div> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-04-16/BaycqdFzJAxrxinEfyrrhkIlfJBooxGgCFJuzpgnBzEzIuaiEppykufCAhoj/IMG_3089.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-04-16/BaycqdFzJAxrxinEfyrrhkIlfJBooxGgCFJuzpgnBzEzIuaiEppykufCAhoj/IMG_3089.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="750"/></a> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/a-flickering">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/a-flickering#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/c3avKWBQpdw" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/367138/bencrowder101508twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/3sO8Yuh0ghJn Ben Crowder Ben Ben Crowder http://blog.mormonartist.net/a-flickering Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:17:55 -0700 Rick Roll’n it A1 style « JarvieDigital http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/WjgAetvRUGo/rick-rolln-it-a1-style-jarviedigital http://blog.mormonartist.net/rick-rolln-it-a1-style-jarviedigital <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/BvkrpmyCtqrqopazbsdpkFJebidDeDEfnwDzgHxhdcrHmEwvJIprcbdJCatF/media_httpphotosjarvi_dwucc.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/BvkrpmyCtqrqopazbsdpkFJebidDeDEfnwDzgHxhdcrHmEwvJIprcbdJCatF/media_httpphotosjarvi_dwucc.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="333"/></a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://jarviedigital.com/rick-rolld-video/">jarviedigital.com</a></div> <p>This is the kind of April Fools Day joke we like to see.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/rick-rolln-it-a1-style-jarviedigital">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/rick-rolln-it-a1-style-jarviedigital#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/WjgAetvRUGo" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/353638/IMG_0711.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aQSbx1BXQWJ Kurt Madsen Kurt Kurt Madsen http://blog.mormonartist.net/rick-rolln-it-a1-style-jarviedigital Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:00:59 -0700 News: Association for Mormon Letters annual meeting report http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/rYv8zFc641M/news-association-for-mormon-letters-annual-me http://blog.mormonartist.net/news-association-for-mormon-letters-annual-me <p> <div><span>From the Association for Mormon Letters:<p />AML</span> is pleased to announce that Margaret Blair Young has taken office as the new <span>AML</span> President, with J. Scott Bronson as President-Elect. Boyd Petersen, last year's president, will now serve a term as Past President. Other new members of the board are Phillip Snyder and Charles Swift. James Goldberg and Eric Samuelsen will continue on the board. Lynn Bronson has accepted the position as Treasurer, and Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury has a new title, Membership Secretary. Jacob Profitt continues to serve as webmaster and Darlene Young as secretary.</div> <div> </div> <div><br />The 2009 <span>AML</span> Awards were also presented at the <span>AML</span> Annual Meeting at Utah Valley University on 27 February 2010.<br /> <br />Drama <br />Melissa Leilani Larson for Little Happy Secrets <br /> <br />Film <br />Jed Wells for Fire Creek <br /> <br />Honorary Lifetime Membership <br />James D'Arc <br /> <br />Humor <br />Elna Baker for The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance <br /> <br />Memoir <br />Kathryn Lynard Soper for The Year My Son and I Were Born <br /> <br />Novel <br />Todd Robert Petersen for Rift <br /> <br />Novel Honorable Mention <br />Jamie Ford for Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet <br /> <br />Online Writing <br />Sandra Tayler for One Cobble at a Time <br /> <br />Poetry <br />Lance Larsen for Backyard Alchemy <br /> <br />Publishing <br />Christopher Bigelow for Zarahemla Books <br /> <br />Service to <span>AML</span> <br />Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury <br /> <br />Short Fiction <br />Larry Menlove for "Path of Antelope, Pelican, and Moon" <br /> <br />Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters <br />Levi Peterson <br /> <br />Young Adult Literature <br />Carol Lynch Williams for The Chosen One <br /> <br />The citations for the awards can be read on the <span>AML</span> website at</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://www.mormonletters.org/Awards/Year.aspx?year=2009" target="_blank">http://www.mormonletters.org/Awards/Year.aspx?year=2009</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Just follow the links to each award page.</div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/news-association-for-mormon-letters-annual-me">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/news-association-for-mormon-letters-annual-me#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/rYv8zFc641M" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/unknown75.gif http://posterous.com/people/3sOfrZFdlywh Katherine Morris mormonlit Katherine Morris http://blog.mormonartist.net/news-association-for-mormon-letters-annual-me Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:46:00 -0800 Cameron Moll: Colosseo (Second Update) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/vQ7ohnnNObg/cameron-moll-colosseo-second-update http://blog.mormonartist.net/cameron-moll-colosseo-second-update <p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">It looks like the section about Cameron in <span><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/a-quick-update-28">yesterday's post</a><span> came a day too early. :)</span></span></span></p> <div><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/FHsRyujIZcLYB17whAD8AdW0F46DkPJCVYSujnCjpHyBXmHaZ7XHf8cDgApT/colosseo-megabig.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/iap3dBdkkBzuFvmJQqLYRQDHDML4ikMJj9nfvgcNUkHnyjRpxI0n0FWLOPSc/colosseo-megabig.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="333"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/KoLenVX7TiATPNtIbtYlMfODaA0EFSrf4MhXg6AweWctzTetcU2WULOcVoxf/ColosseoType_dot_com_Screensho.png.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/yPBKnRULKXCi4KixIk1cxiU0PFxoRFByDL7FTDpjhHHFVKOGGl7w9L7oyMBT/ColosseoType_dot_com_Screensho.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="287"/></a> <div><a href='http://blog.mormonartist.net/cameron-moll-colosseo-second-update'>See and download the full gallery on posterous</a></div></div> <p> </p> <div> <p>This morning, <a href="http://cameronmoll.com/" title="Cameron Moll" rel="blog">Cameron Moll</a> officially launched <a href="http://colosseotype.com/" title="Colosseo Type">ColosseoType.com</a> to accompany the release of his newest typographic print Colosseo.</p> <p>The site includes several added treats. There is a new companion poster of the glyphs Cameron <a href="http://vimeo.com/7149697">painstakingly recreated</a> from the work of the meticulous Italian calligrapher M. Giovambattista Palatino (yes, <em>that</em> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatino" title="Wikipedia: Palatino Typeface" rel="wikipedia">Palatino</a>). There are limited editons and signed prints of the poster, along with stock vectors of the glyphs. And, in an added bit of generosity, Cameron is providing a discount code for 10% off your entire order during the site's introductory week.</p> <p>The content is beautiful, the site is wonderfully well designed (<a href="http://cameronmoll.com/portfolio/">as can be expected</a> from Cameron), and the photos of the poster are crisp, macro, and, to put it frankly, exquisitely droolworthy.</p> <p> </p> <div><object height="281" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9971247&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9971247&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="281" width="500"></embed></object></div> <p> </p> </div> <div> <h6>Related articles</h6> <ul style="font-size: small;"> <li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/a-quick-update-28">A Quick Update</a> (<a href="http://mormonartist.net/">mormonartist.net</a>)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/cameron-moll-colosseo">Cameron Moll: Colosseo</a> (<a href="http://mormonartist.net/">mormonartist.net</a>)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://cameronmoll.tumblr.com/post/437123504/colosseotype-com-an-all-html5-endeavor">ColosseoType.com, An All-HTML5 Endeavor</a> (<a href="http://cameronmoll.tumblr.com/">cameronmoll.tumblr.com</a>)</span></li> </ul> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/cameron-moll-colosseo-second-update">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/cameron-moll-colosseo-second-update#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/vQ7ohnnNObg" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/353638/IMG_0711.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aQSbx1BXQWJ Kurt Madsen Kurt Kurt Madsen http://blog.mormonartist.net/cameron-moll-colosseo-second-update Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:59:00 -0800 A Quick Update http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/CJFaeRDKWQk/a-quick-update-28 http://blog.mormonartist.net/a-quick-update-28 <p> <p>Okay, for no good reason, I've been sitting on these updates for a little while. Some are a few weeks old, but all are high quality.</p> <p> </p> <h3>Shaun Barrowes</h3> <p><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/damenleeturks/a6G6LpoDuKOUKzEw8NXroiZpGlX9pV7t4RgQplrWZjCG1yikEasKj6cx4Hwh/2306993256_152064ee6a_o.jpg" width="376" height="501"/> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">photo via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hammerhands/2306993256/" title="flickr.com/hammerhands">flickr.com</a></span></p> <p>Shaun Barrowes's newest album, "Emotion Constellation", is currently available for pre-order on his blog.</p> <p>He's currently touring abroad (Mexico last weekend; Italy, Ireland, and the UK later this month) and playing with all kinds of exciting people. So, feel free to give him some love and appreciation on his <a href="http://shaunbarrowes.blogspot.com/">blog</a>, his <a href="http://www.twitter.com/shaunbarrowes" title="@shaunbarrowes">Twitter</a>, or his <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaun-Barrowes/9126856327">Facebook fan page</a>.</p> <p><em>Note: Sorry this one is so late. If you hurry you can still get the <strong>three bonus tracks</strong> and the <strong>personally autographed copy</strong> with your order. The timeframe for pre-ordering the album ends tomorrow, March 9th (!).</em></p> <p> </p> <h3>Cameron Moll</h3> <p><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/damenleeturks/g4tapEYPR0zSThZOA5M56HmzPe3mV3uR0VlltvVS3BCnRI31A8zGbHYKYYQj/cameron-400bw-2009-square.jpg" width="301" height="301"/> <br /> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">photo via <a href="http://twitter.com/cameronmoll" title="Twitter">twitter.com</a></span></p> <p>Cameron Moll has finally <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/authentic/4354606868/">finished</a> his newest typographic print, "<a href="http://vimeo.com/9001402">Colosseo</a>" (you know, the follow-up to <a href="http://ideas.veer.com/portfolio/1395">this masterpiece</a>), and it's even more <a href="http://vimeo.com/7149697">impressive</a> and beautiful than I had originally thought. Go ahead, <a href="http://cameronmoll.bigcartel.com/product/colosseo-24x16-signed-poster">grab a copy</a>. Your walls will thank you. :)</p> <p>Cameron has also redesigned, retooled, and revamped of his own slice of the web (as was necessitated by some pretty severe <a href="http://cameronmoll.tumblr.com/post/427853290/tumblr-migration-and-malware-update">malware attacks</a> in the past few weeks). He talks about the how, why, and what of it in <a href="http://cameronmoll.tumblr.com/post/434902312/new-design-new-host-and-tumblr-how-why">today's blog post</a>. The new design is smooth, clean, and running on <a href="http://tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>'s blogging platform.</p> <p> </p> <h3>Scott Jarvie</h3> <p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/damenleeturks/Pqg2KU0fmHM6YSReWJN9xLlJbivrK0I4W7BSRGgXUMorhp3rzKQ1w9ccNWsZ/787783226_hBLYq-L.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/damenleeturks/2oaPcXQaZCtgMV7tzGQn3cGnp7fytRT6phZqtULL4dZTr4HiLhg3H9M6CVy5/787783226_hBLYq-L.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="500"/></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">photo via <a href="http://photos.jarviedigital.com/The-Events/2010-Photo-Meetups/Jarvie-Window/11233379_fmo52#787783226_hBLYq" title="Jarvie Window">jarviedigital.com</a></span></p> <p>I don't know where I've been or why I hadn't noticed it yet, but Scott Jarvie has done some wonderful things with <a href="http://photos.jarviedigital.com/Homepage">his website(s)</a> lately (with help from <a href="http://jrcustomization.com/">jR Customization</a>). Feel free to go on over and visit him. Be sure to check out the his <a href="http://jarviestudios.com/blog/2010/02/the-jarvie-window-experience/">"Jarvie Window"</a> shots; they're fun.</p> <p>Scott is currently in Las Vegas for <a href="http://www.wppionline.com/" title="Wedding & Portrait Photographers International">WPPI</a> and he's seems to be having fun. Go say "hi" to him on <a href="http://twitter.com/jarvie" title="@jarvie">Twitter</a>. And don't forget about the photography classes he offers via <a href="http://twitter.com/jarvieU" title="JarvieU on Twitter">JarvieU</a>. (I plan to catch one of them soon, when I get around to it. ;) )</p> <p> </p> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h6> <div style="font-size: small;"> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/shaun-barrowes-and-the-game-free-mp3-download">Shaun Barrowes and the Game</a> (<a href="http://mormonartist.net/">mormonartist.net</a>)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"> <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/cameron-moll-colosseo">Cameron Moll: Colosseo</a> (<a href="http://mormonartist.net/">mormonartist.net</a>)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/coming-soon-scott-jarvie">Coming Soon: Scott Jarvie</a> (<a href="http://mormonartist.net/">mormonartist.net</a>)</li> </ul> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/a-quick-update-28">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/a-quick-update-28#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/CJFaeRDKWQk" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/353638/IMG_0711.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aQSbx1BXQWJ Kurt Madsen Kurt Kurt Madsen http://blog.mormonartist.net/a-quick-update-28 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:47:23 -0800 Volunteering: photography editor and assistant editor http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/48lkQnZGYsE/volunteering-photography-editor-and-assistant http://blog.mormonartist.net/volunteering-photography-editor-and-assistant <p> As Mormon Artist expands, we've realized we need a few more volunteer editors to help manage things. Here's what we're looking for:<p />Photography Editor. The photo editor's main responsibilities will be (a) working with our photographers to get interviewee photos for articles and (b) gathering artwork to accompany articles. They'll need to have a good eye and be somewhat tech-savvy as far as image resolution and formats go.<p /> Assistant Editor. The assistant editor will help our four section editors whenever they need assistance. Typical responsibilities will include (a) editing articles and (b) communicating with interviewers, writers, and other volunteers.<p /> If you're interested, email editor at mormonartist dot net. </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/volunteering-photography-editor-and-assistant">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/volunteering-photography-editor-and-assistant#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/48lkQnZGYsE" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/367138/bencrowder101508twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/3sO8Yuh0ghJn Ben Crowder Ben Ben Crowder http://blog.mormonartist.net/volunteering-photography-editor-and-assistant Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:21:00 -0800 In the News: Kirby Heyborne http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/EqATA7Nd6Bw/in-the-news-kirby-heyborne-0 http://blog.mormonartist.net/in-the-news-kirby-heyborne-0 <p> <p>Linescratchers recently did an interesting interview with Kirby Heyborne.<a href="http://www.linescratchers.com/?p=381" target="_blank"><br /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.linescratchers.com/?p=381" target="_blank">Check it out. </a></p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/in-the-news-kirby-heyborne-0">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/in-the-news-kirby-heyborne-0#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/EqATA7Nd6Bw" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/unknown75.gif http://posterous.com/people/3sOfsjtAblAd Annie Mangelson Annie Annie Mangelson http://blog.mormonartist.net/in-the-news-kirby-heyborne-0 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:36:00 -0800 CD Review: Forever Yours http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/xmaN_g7Fj0I/cd-review-forever-yours http://blog.mormonartist.net/cd-review-forever-yours <p> <p><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/HfbMf9xJtAoSXC5eqQX4bxCW9igFMt28NVmYMUYZGzo6ZlBgoxuAGI3j7kgX/ForeverYours.jpg" width="267" height="400"/> </p> <p>Covenant Communications's new CD, <em>Forever Yours</em>, features love songs <br />from thirteen different LDS artists, and makes for a great Valentine’s <br />Day purchase. The CD, boasting to “Say 'I love you' fifteen different <br />ways,” lives up to its claims, offering a little something for <br />everyone. <p /> With fifteen tracks, <em>Forever Yours</em> features a variety of musical <br />genres and styles that pay equal attention to love in all its happy <br />stages. The first six tracks are peppy and carefree, with a “windows <br />down, summer drive, pure fun” kind of feeling. Tracks seven through <br />eleven address romance more seriously and intimately. The final four <br />tracks on the CD round out our romantic evolution with four narrative <br />songs, many of which allude to love’s “bigger picture.” <p /> Some artists on the CD sound remarkably similar to certain big names <br />in the music industry, while others have their own unique sounds. <br />Regardless of sound or style, the talent is undeniable across the <br />board. <p /> Personal favorites include Debra Fotheringham’s classy “You are <br />Truth;” Joshua Creek’s genuine “I Saw It All;” and above all, Alex <br />Boyé’s “Happy Daze”—which alone merits the CD’s purchase. <p /> As with any CD, not all tracks are created equal, but <em>Forever Yours</em> <br />provides a nice balance, and “whether you are looking for the perfect <br />Valentine’s Day gift or something to warm a heart,” you’re likely to <br />find a track on <em>Forever Yours</em> that both suits your personal style and <br />brings a smile to your face. <p /> For more information visit the <a href="http://www.covenant-lds.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=16&products_id=2525" target="_blank">Covenant Communications website</a>.</p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/cd-review-forever-yours">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/cd-review-forever-yours#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/xmaN_g7Fj0I" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/unknown75.gif http://posterous.com/people/3sOfsjtAblAd Annie Mangelson Annie Annie Mangelson http://blog.mormonartist.net/cd-review-forever-yours Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:53:58 -0800 Film Review: Melted Hearts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/YOSy9WT3BnI/film-review-melted-hearts http://blog.mormonartist.net/film-review-melted-hearts <p> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/M6H7gHcruyidRVcSJL5GeTTHafxKcowrITjXC8pBsStKIiCuEFgA37JGAsDE/66232452.jpg" width="280" height="365"/> <p><i>Melted Hearts</i> screened at the 2010 LDS Film Festival on Friday, January 22 to a packed theater and an enthusiastic audience. The film is about a pair of missionaries, Elder Pedro Rodriguez and Elder Brian Lauper, who have trouble getting along at first. Brian is upset at having been released from his calling as an Assistant to the President, and Pedro has a grudge against Brian because he's American. After they go through some trials together and Brian saves Pedro's life when he gets seriously ill, the two become friends and keep in touch after their missions have ended. In the second half of the film, Brian and his family take a vacation to Mexico, where they meet Pedro, who falls in love with Brian's sister, Wendy. Pedro doesn't have the courage to tell Wendy before she goes back home to Provo, but with the encouragement of his family, he takes heart and hitchhikes from Mexico City to Utah to find her and confess his love.<p /> <i>Melted Hearts</i> is a heart-warming story about gaining courage to follow one's dreams--a story inspired by director Jorge Ramirez Rivera's own experience as a young man of setting off to the United States to pursue an education, against all odds. Even with an inspiring story, however, the film has some flaws. There were several times while watching <i>Melted Hearts</i> that I had to suspend my disbelief. Due to budget and casting concerns, the two missionaries had longish hair, and the actor who played the American Elder Brian Lauper was not a native speaker of English. I was also left wondering how Pedro made it across the border into the United States when he didn't have time to arrange a visa. Many of these concerns in addition to others I had (the plot could have been tighter, the production quality wasn't as high as I was hoping, and some of the errors in the subtitles were distracting) were diminished, though, by the sheer enjoyment of seeing an international, fully subtitled Mormon film--and being in an audience of mixed native English and native Spanish speakers who were all able to fully participate as audience members. The film is half in English and half in Spanish, with both parts subtitled. The cast and crew included English speakers, Spanish speakers, and quite a few bilinguals, which provided an interesting challenge for all involved. In the Q&A after the screening, Jorge Ramirez Rivera said that he believed <i>Melted Hearts</i> is the first international Mormon film. He is hoping to distribute the film on DVD and possibly on some Latin websites. There were other films screened at the LDS Film Festival this year that had foreign flair, in particular Dave Boyle's films <i>Big Dreams Little Tokyo</i> and <i>White on Rice</i>, which I hope mark a new trend in LDS cinema. Jorge Ramirez Rivera's offering is an important step forward in that trend.<br /></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/film-review-melted-hearts">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/film-review-melted-hearts#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/YOSy9WT3BnI" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/unknown75.gif http://posterous.com/people/3sOfrZFdlywh Katherine Morris mormonlit Katherine Morris http://blog.mormonartist.net/film-review-melted-hearts Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:29:00 -0800 Film Review: Mormons and Masons http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/Phj1nAsYixU/film-review-mormons-and-masons http://blog.mormonartist.net/film-review-mormons-and-masons <p> <p><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/zy88sUj2uwII7aakDl5dIkJ53JYFdvwFl2xhxALMEXpi8ienkegHBZK8is0v/mormons_and_masons.jpg" width="267" height="400"/> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span></p> <p style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px;">The following is a review written by <strong>Davey Morrison</strong> of <em>Mormons and Masons</em>, one of the entries in this year's LDS Film Festival. It was originally posted <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-9888-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Events-Examiner~y2010m1d25-LDSFF-Review-Mormons-and-Masons">here</a>.</p> <p style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px;"><em style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Mormons and Masons</em> was the first film I saw at the LDS Film Festival, in a special screening Thursday afternoon. It's one of a series of book-DVD combos Covenant Communications has been putting out over the past few years (I worked on a couple earlier ones: <em style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Presidents and Prophets </em>and <em style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Love Letters of Joseph and Emma</em>)--an idea is pitched, a book is written, and then a documentary is put together in a few weeks (in the case of <em style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Mormons and Masons, </em>three) from some interviews with scholars and archival material. Taken on its own terms, <em style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Mormons and Masons </em>has a lot of very fascinating and definitely worthwhile information, even if it's not always riveting (it's essentially 60 minutes of five or so talking heads, with an occasional photograph or drawing), and sometimes feels like it's probably a slightly watered-down version of the book, a bid padded out with pop Mormon feelgoodery to appease the Deseret Book crowd (including a wall-to-wall needle-drop score). Still, Covenant is to be commended for taking what have mostly been scholarly issues of Mormon studies and making them more accessible to a fairly conservative Mormon lay-audience.</p> <p style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px;">By its very nature, <em style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Mormons and Masons </em>doesn't really get to look at many of the interesting specifics of the titular subject matter--the similarities between Mormonism and Masonry are essentially in their most sacred ceremonies, in temple work for Mormons, and, for Masons, the rituals in the Masonic Lodge, both of which are held sacred, and both of which are rarely discussed in other settings. As a result, much of the discussion here is reduced to vagaries, which is in some senses disappointing on a scholarly level, but also, of course, necessary out of respect for both Mormons and Masons. Still, there's lots that can be talked about on the subject. The film does a lot to put into context Joseph Smith's Masonry--he and a number of other church leaders joined the Masons in Nauvoo, after hundreds of Latter-day Saints had already joined and a Lodge had already been established; he was a Mason "at sight" (i.e., he was given the honor of Master Mason in an abbreviated amount of time). The film also talked about how Joseph Smith became a Mason in between his revelation concerning the temple endowment ceremony and the first actual endowment ceremonies that took place in Nauvoo, suggesting that Smith used his and many of the Saints' Masonic background as a way of organizing the material that would be a part of the endowment ceremony, including similarities in "symbols and tokens" and in ritual clothing. <em style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Mormons and Masons</em>also points out that Masonry was hardly considered strange in the 19th century--many public figures, including almost all the presidents through the early 20th century--became Masons.</p> <p style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Bottom Line: </strong>If you're looking for an interesting Film-with-an-upper-case-F, look elsewhere, but if, like me, you're interested in the issue of Mormonism and Masonry and haven't done a whole lot more than spend a couple hours on the internet looking into it, this is more than worth your time.</p> <p style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px;">You can buy the <em style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Mormons and Masons </em>DVD, <em style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Exploring the Connection Between Mormons and Masons, </em>the book by Matthew B. Brown that was the basis for the film, or a movie-book combo at Covenant Communications' <a href="http://www.covenant-lds.com/" target="_blank" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">website</a>.</p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/film-review-mormons-and-masons">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/film-review-mormons-and-masons#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/Phj1nAsYixU" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/unknown75.gif http://posterous.com/people/3sOcSMeLsqml Meagan Brady Meagan Brady Meagan Brady http://blog.mormonartist.net/film-review-mormons-and-masons Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:06:37 -0800 Issue 8 now available http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/xqh3lXbokD0/issue-8-now-available http://blog.mormonartist.net/issue-8-now-available <p> <div style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 18px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em;"> </p><div style="line-height: normal; font-size: small;"></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> Read Issue 8 at <a href="http://mormonartist.net/issue-8/">http://mormonartist.net/issue-8/</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> This issue features interviews with Julie Wright, Robison Wells, Scott Jarvie, Jonathan Hoffman, Crawford Gates, Tomoko Shimada, Matt Whitaker, and Michael Flynn, along with an essay by Jon Ogden and a review of <i>An Offering to Please God.</i></p> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/issue-8-now-available">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/issue-8-now-available#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/xqh3lXbokD0" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/367138/bencrowder101508twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/3sO8Yuh0ghJn Ben Crowder Ben Ben Crowder http://blog.mormonartist.net/issue-8-now-available Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:30:00 -0800 Cameron Moll: Colosseo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/XAAab8tfuDM/cameron-moll-colosseo http://blog.mormonartist.net/cameron-moll-colosseo <p> <p><object height="281" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9001402&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9001402&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="281" width="500"></embed></object></p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9001402" target="_blank"></a>On Tuesday, graphic designer <a href="http://www.cameronmoll.com/" title="Cameron Moll" rel="homepage">Cameron Moll</a> announced Colosseo, a follow-up to the typographical, letterpress print of the <a href="http://cameronmoll.com/archives/2008/12/letterpress_poster/">Salt Lake Temple</a> he released more than a year ago.</p> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote">This project began 12 months ago when Suzanne and I purchased tickets to Rome. It’s consumed a good portion of my working life since then. This is a sneak preview.</blockquote> <p>Watch for an interview with Cameron later this year.</p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cameron has done web design for LDS.org and the March of Dimes, collaborated on a book on CSS mastery, and currently runs AuthenticJobs.com.</span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/cameron-moll-colosseo">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/cameron-moll-colosseo#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/XAAab8tfuDM" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/353638/IMG_0711.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aQSbx1BXQWJ Kurt Madsen Kurt Kurt Madsen http://blog.mormonartist.net/cameron-moll-colosseo Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:45:00 -0800 Arx Poetica http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/8vC2GBiBZLk/arx-poetica http://blog.mormonartist.net/arx-poetica <p> <p>We're helping get the word out about Arx Poetica, a new social network for artists. Here's an introduction from its founder, Robert Hall:</p> <blockquote> <p>Arx Poetica is a newly-built social networking hub aspiring to help artists get better connected online, along with a few other lofty goals. The endeavor is strictly unaffiliated (read: it's not just for the LDS community), but the founders behind Arx Poetica are primarily LDS and hope to raise the bar for artists and art appreciators by the very nature of the enterprise. From the website:</p> <p>"We want to shine a little light on the world. Arx Poetica believes in the strange notions that everyone has a story to tell — in song, dance, word, or play — that the human soul is the most sublime creative factory, and that art and creativity constitute the bulwark of the goodness of humanity."</p> <p>The website (<a href="http://arxpoetica.com">http://arxpoetica.com</a>) outlines more of the founders' aspirations — which isn't immediately obvious to navigate, as one needs to click the main image on the home page to find out a little bit more — but it is apparent from the design that art is the dominant virtue of the enterprise. While the site has been online for over half a year, the founders feel sufficiently satisfied with its "beta" status to kick into a grassroots-style marketing effort, including a call for help (see the site's blog).</p> <p>While Arx Poetica promises to deliver on some not-yet-available features, it is clear from the outset that many tools are immediately available, and, if anything, networking with other artists online toward a good cause is not only viable, but viable now.</p> </blockquote> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/arx-poetica">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/arx-poetica#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/8vC2GBiBZLk" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/367138/bencrowder101508twitter.jpg http://posterous.com/people/3sO8Yuh0ghJn Ben Crowder Ben Ben Crowder http://blog.mormonartist.net/arx-poetica Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:56:00 -0800 Upcoming Event: LDS Film Festival http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/5OLlhl9TN0s/upcoming-event-lds-film-festival http://blog.mormonartist.net/upcoming-event-lds-film-festival <p> <p><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/KTvWCX26LOGH0YhD9dpYTgI4nznTkCmeHPd1e4Uz9snhHD14f2lGl0qJSRbt/ldsff10_logo.gif" width="186" height="53"/> </p> <p>The 9th Annual LDS Film Festival will be held January 20-23 at the Scera Center in Orem. </p> <p /> <div>The LDS Film Festival was launched in 2001 as a short film festival. Its popularity has grown exponentially with over 7000 visitors attending the various events at the 2009 festival last year. A note from Christian Vuissa is included on the <a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=home">festival site</a>: </div> <p /> <div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">"We are delighted with this year's line-up and attendance," says Christian Vuissa, founder and president of the LDS Film Festival. "We have seen a tremendous variety in this year's programming, and look forward to a very promising future for LDS filmmakers and the LDS Film Festival."</span><br /> <p /> <div>The festival has several special events scheduled:</div> <p /> <div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=10_opening" style="color: #0078c8;">Opening Night Film</a></span></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=10_features" style="color: #0078c8;">Feature Films</a><a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=10_shorts" style="color: #0078c8;"><br /> Short Films</a><a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=10_specials" style="color: #0078c8;"><br />Special Screenings<br /></a><a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=10_marathon" style="color: #0078c8;">24-Hour Filmmaking Marathon</a><a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=10_presentations" style="color: #0078c8;"><br /> Filmmaker Presentations</a><a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=10_forum" style="color: #0078c8;"><br />LDS Film Forum</a><a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=10_ceremony" style="color: #0078c8;"><br /> Award Ceremony<br /></a><a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=10_workshop" style="color: #0078c8;">Script Workshop</a><br /><a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=10_scripts" style="color: #0078c8;">7-Page Script Competition<br /> </a></span> <div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=10_filmfair" style="color: #0078c8;">LDS Film Fair</a></span> </div> <p /> <div>More information, including a full schedule of events, opportunities to volunteer, and admission information, is available on the <a href="http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/index.php?page=home">festival site</a>.</div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/upcoming-event-lds-film-festival">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/upcoming-event-lds-film-festival#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/5OLlhl9TN0s" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/unknown75.gif http://posterous.com/people/3sOcSMeLsqml Meagan Brady Meagan Brady Meagan Brady http://blog.mormonartist.net/upcoming-event-lds-film-festival Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:40:00 -0800 Shaun Barrowes and the Game http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/gmM3r1kD1hQ/shaun-barrowes-and-the-game-free-mp3-download http://blog.mormonartist.net/shaun-barrowes-and-the-game-free-mp3-download <p> <div><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/hH8uJD2RVPYxBSVZDr7JyMYiIfQcRTMMielnNU6VRbAlV7zH859A0qa6gHsW/sb.front.cover.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/aMgepsvJ4mbrX1kphGa1jIQAIrWRdpS5LJ3fAYlEEqK9NZLKqP2UhPxkH6uW/sb.front.cover.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="500"/></a> </div> <p>When a local <a href="http://www.chairentertainment.com/" title="Chair Entertainment" target="_blank">video game company</a> put out a call for theme songs for their upcoming <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Complex" title="Shadow Complex (based on the world established in Orson Scott Card's "Empire")" target="_blank">game</a>, recording artist Shaun Barrowes took that as inspiration. He read the book the game was based on, then came up with a theme song for the book.</p> <blockquote> <p>[At the time] I was looking for the opportunity to sing about different situations, looking for more serious topics, and this provided me with a solid lead. As I read the book, I had an epiphany. I decided to write about a hero debating on whether or not he should continue to be the hero, or if he should let somebody else take over the fight.</p> <p>I had this idea to write about someone who has lived a life of heroism and now can't distinguish good from bad, light from dark anymore. The lines have blurred and he isn't sure if it is all worth the sacrifice. He is struggling with the decision: Should he walk the path "where all the heroes die before long"? Or give up and let someone else fight the good fight?</p> <p>At the end of the song, he chooses to continue fighting so long as he has life to give. The instrumental resolution of the song (there's a minute long piano solo at the end) is a musical depiction of him surveying the battle in front of him, mentally preparing himself to rejoin the fight, and taking those first determined and resolved steps towards the battlefield.</p> </blockquote> <p>The song, entitled "<a href="http://shaunbarrowes.blogspot.com/2009/08/light-of-day-lyrics.html" title=""Light of the Day/Dark of the Night" Lyrics" target="_blank">Light of the Day/Dark of the Night</a>," was selected by the game developers to appear in the game's closing credits—the only place for a song in the game—as the game's theme. The song will also be included on Shaun's newest album, "Emotion Constellation," which he plans to release in March. It is currently his best selling song.</p> <p><del><strong>This week only:</strong> Shaun has allowed us to offer "Light of the Day/Dark of the Night" to our readers as a <strong>free download.</strong></del></p> <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> This free download has expired (as of January 19, 2010). To download Shaun's music, please visit <a href="http://hammerhandsmusicstore.blogspot.com/" title="Shaun Barrowes Music Store" target="_blank">his music store on his website</a> or <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/shaun-barrowes/id156361039?uo=6" title="Shaun Barrowes on iTunes" target="_blank">search for him on iTunes</a>.)</p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;">Song and album art appear courtesy of Shaun Barrowes. Shaun was previously featured in <a href="http://mormonartist.net/issue-5/shaun-barrowes/" target="_blank">Issue 5</a> of Mormon Artist.<br /> Find out more about Shaun and his music on his <a href="http://www.shaunbarrowes.com/" target="_blank">website</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/shaunbarrowes" target="_blank">Facebook profile</a>.</span></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/shaun-barrowes-and-the-game-free-mp3-download">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/shaun-barrowes-and-the-game-free-mp3-download#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/gmM3r1kD1hQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/353638/IMG_0711.jpg http://posterous.com/people/4aQSbx1BXQWJ Kurt Madsen Kurt Kurt Madsen - http://blog.mormonartist.net/shaun-barrowes-and-the-game-free-mp3-download Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:01:00 -0800 Press Release: Farewell to Eden http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonArtist/~3/LbVkN7hQxh4/press-release-farewell-to-eden http://blog.mormonartist.net/press-release-farewell-to-eden <p> <p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/3Ma5ueMGULKtHZPmdhj5pnenvfdKrFu3vynmCPPS1ZQ7zM18gvWlmEvrwzLX/Farewell_to_Eden_124.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mormonartist/jTcGX1sTGqhzuiB9ObRCN5LGd8KaZcirNpBr2IfyllSsXTxiomNKHroHNw5g/Farewell_to_Eden_124.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="333"/></a> </p> <p>WHAT: <em>Farewell To Eden, </em>a national award winning play written by Mahonri Stewart and directed by Kathryn Laycock Little.</p> <p>WHEN: January 15-25, 2010. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Saturdays.</p> <p>WHERE: The Provo Theatre (100 North, 105 East, Provo, UT 84604)</p> <p>TICKETS: $12 for general public; $10 for students and seniors; and $9 for groups over 10 people. Tickets will be sold at the door.</p> <p>Mahonri Stewart’s play <em>Farewell To Eden </em>is being performed for the first time since UVU’s premiere production of the show won national awards through the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival six years ago. The newly minted Zion Theatre Company is producing the revival on January 15-25, at the Provo Theatre (100 North, 105 East, Provo).</p> <p>The play tells the story of Georgiana Highett and her siblings Thomas and Catherine, living in Victorian England, 1840. Georgiana is a high bred intellectual of the upper classes who has more than a dash of progressive, pre-feminist leanings, but also has the harsh views on class, typical of the time period. Georgiana’s world is safe and secure until the entry of two men in her life: her childhood friend Stephen Lockhart, and the mysterious Darrel Fredericks. At this eventful shift, the lives of her and her siblings are turned upside down. The style of the story follows very much in the tradition of classic story tellers such as Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde and Charles Dickens.</p> <p>Read the full press release: <a href="http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/press-release-_farewell-to-eden_-at-the-provo-theatre/" target="_blank">http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/press-release-_farewell-to-eden_-at-the-provo-theatre/</a></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/press-release-farewell-to-eden">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.mormonartist.net/press-release-farewell-to-eden#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MormonArtist/~4/LbVkN7hQxh4" height="1" width="1"/> http://posterous.com/images/profile/unknown75.gif http://posterous.com/people/3sOfrZFdlywh Katherine Morris mormonlit Katherine Morris http://blog.mormonartist.net/press-release-farewell-to-eden