Zion Art Podcast

Adam Thomas is a sculptor and professor of art. His new exhibition, “Creation, Expulsion, Redeption<“ is currently on view at the Jacob Spori Art Gallery at BYU Idaho. Exploring themes surrounding Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden, and the subsequent relationship between God and man, the 27 works that make up the exhibition are the culmination of some 20 years of work.

Today, we are broadcasting a lecture given by the scholar Rebekah Ryan Clark,  Historical Research Associate for Better Days 2020, an organization celebrating and educating the public on landmark moments in women’s suffrage. The subject of Rebekah Ryan Clark’s lecture is Alice Merrill Horne, a key figure in the suffrage movement and in the development of artistic institutions in the West, including several Museums, government programs, and the careers of artists like Minerva Teichert.  The lecture begins with an introduction by the CEO of Better Days 200, Neylan McBaine.

ABOUT REBEKAH RYAN CLARK

Rebekah Ryan Clark holds a law degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and attended Harvard Law School as a visiting student. She earned  her bachelor’s degree in American history and literature from Harvard University, where she wrote her honors thesis on Utah’s post-statehood participation in the national women’s suffrage movement. She participated in a post-graduate research fellowship on Latter-day Saint women in the twentieth century at the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute of Church History. After practicing law for four years in Boston, she worked as a research historian at the Church History Department and taught the American Foundations course at BYU–Idaho as an online adjunct faculty member. She is currently a member of the Mormon Women’s History Initiative Team. Her upcoming book, Thinking Women: A Timeline of Utah Suffrage, which she co-authored with Katherine Kitterman, is being published by Deseret Book and will be available in stores by the end of December. 

An interview with Annette Everette , a nationally-award winning sculptor whose historical and religious works have been shown at the American Women Artists’ exhibition, the Springville Museum of Art’s Spring Salon and Spiritual & Religious shows, BYU Museum of Art and the Church’s International Exhibition, just to name a few. Annette Everette’s monuments of allegorical and historical figures can be found at universities, government memorials, and Church sites. She is one of the 90 artists invited to participate in the Certain Women Art Show.

Annette Whitaker Everett. Here’s My Heart, O Take and Seal It (2019) Bronze. 18 x 10 x 10 1/2 in. Currently on show as part of the Certain Women Art Show.

Annette Whitaker Everett. Duet (2017) Bronze. 22 x 10 x 8 1/2 in.

Annette Whitaker Everett. Gratitude (2018) 22 x 23 x 9 in.

You can see more of Annette Whitaker Everett’s work and upcoming events through her Facebook page here.

A panel discussion — held as part of the Certain Women Art Show — with Dr. Rita Wright (Director of the Springville Museum of Art), Ashlee Whitaker (Roy and Carol Christensen Curator of Religious Art at BYU Museum of Art), Dr. Heather Belnap (Associate Professor and European Studies at Brigham Young University), and Hannah Miller (Temple Art Historian for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).

Dr. Rita Wright: Director of the Springville Museum of Art

Ashlee Whitaker: Roy and Carol Christensen Curator of Religious Art at BYU Museum of Art

Heather Belnap, Ph.D: Associate Professor and European Studies at BYU Museum of Art

Hannah Miller: Temple Art Historian for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Pioneering new approaches to the ancient technique of encaustic, Shari Lyon is an artist who has spent much of her life nurturing the careers of others as much as her own. Dr. Micah Christensen talks to Shari about her many projects, travels, and latest work for the Certain Women Art Show (http://certainwomenartshow.com).

Below are images described in the interview. You can see more of Shari Lyon’s work at http://sharilyon.com

Shari Lyon. Mio Christo. Encaustic.

A collaboration between Shari & Howard Lyon.

Shari Lyon. “Io Sono” Encaustic 48 x 72 in. Courtesy of the Certain Women Art Show.

Anne Marie Oborn's still life, landscape, figurative and religious paintings have gained national attention as a Signature Member of the Oil Painters’ of America and the American Academy of Women Artists. Locally, Oborn is a founding member of the Inspirational At Association and the Plein Air Painters of Utah. She is also a prolific illustrator for dozens of books and publications including, the Ensign, Liahona, His Gift — a collaboration with Richard Paul Evans — and numerous instructional materials for emerging artists.

Anne Marie Oborn. Yearn to Learn (2019) Certain Women Art Show.

Anne Marie Oborn. Backyard Sunflowers.

Anne Marie Oborn. Children of Light.

Anne Marie Oborn with some of the 250 portraits she has painted for the families of fallen members of the military. (Photo courtesy of the Standard Examiner)

You can see more of Anne Marie Oborn’s work on her website anneoborn.com. This episode is part of a series of interviews for the Certain Woman Art Show, an invitational exhibition featuring the work of 90 Latter-day Saint Women Artists. For more information, visit certainwomenartshow.com.

Cassandra Barney and Emily McPhie are sisters and painters who each have thriving careers. They are also the daughters of the late James C. Christensen, an influential and pioneering artist who taught at Brigham Young University. In the interview, they discuss what it meant to grow up with an artist, how each developed her own separate aesthetics and working practices, and their works for the Church International Competition and Certain Women Art Show.

Tonya Vistaunet is an artist, entrepreneur, community organizer, and overall doyenne of joyful color, who makes work on her own and sometimes in partnership with her husband Steve. Tonya works — seen in the most recent Church International Exhibition and Springville Museum’s Annual Spring Salon — range from fine art to coloring books, and murals. She is an advocate and organizer, playing a major role in teaching, supporting, and promoting artists and their work. For her latest work, Tonya is participating in the Certain Women Art Show.

Below are images of the works Tonya and the interviewer, Micah Christensen, discussed in the podcast interview.

Tonya Vistaunet. There Is No End to Love (2019), pictured from its first stage (upper left) to final version (lower right).

Tonya Vistaunet. Are you Experienced (2018)

Tonya & Steve Vistaunet. Not Today (2016)

You can keep up to date with Tonya Vistaunet and see more work on her website.

Annie Poon works in a huge array of media, from painting to sculpture, etching, and film. Her work has been shown on Nickelodeon, PBS, and at the National Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, New Museum, and Museum of Arts and Design.   She is one of the 90 artists invited to participate in the Certain Women Art Show, opening October 3 in Salt Lake City.

In this interview, we discuss her latest work, along with her book Draw You Way through the Book of Mormon.

In 2018, the Certain Women Art Show was the first exhibition held and dedicated exclusively to Latter-Day Saint Women artists. This year’s artist-organizers — Mary Brickey Cole, Laura Erekson Atkinson, and Nicole Woodbury — have more than doubled the size of the show by inviting 90 artists to create original works. In this interview, they discuss the process and intent behind the show.

For more information about dates and locations, please visit certainwomenartshow.com, where you can also RSVP.