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...fferent topics. Since this is a wiki, articles are frequently being added and modified. We sincerely hope the following articles will be helpful in lear ==Latter-day Saint Beliefs, Doctrines, and Policies==

[[Image:Angela_Johnson.jpg|left|250px|alt=Angela Johnson, Mormon Sculptor, Mormon Women]] ...eve in full equality between men and women, but they also believe that men and women have different roles because of gender.

=='''Artists'''== * [[Robert Barrett]]: Painter, illustrator, art educator.

...mith, Jr.|Joseph Smith]] looked like can get on a computer or other device and find several possibilities. ...ness in artwork, lesson manuals, Church magazines, scholarly publications, and on the shelves of their meetinghouse library. Which ones are accurate?

...parents (Joel A. Bascom and C.F.B. Lybbert) were Mormon pioneers, ranchers and frontier lawmen. [1] [3] As a child growing up, he was sometimes affection [[Image:Earl_Bascom.jpg|alt=Earl Bascom Mormon|left]]

[[Image:John_Hafen.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=John Hafen Mormon Artist|left]] ...eir training, they would paint murals in the temples and provide any other art services the Church may need. In June 1890, President [[George Q. Cannon]]

...ects, including a collection of murals depicting scenes from the [[Book of Mormon]]. ...stead near Pocatello, Idaho, was rich food for Minerva’s taste for drama and romance. Each night her father gathered the children around to read the scr

...t_of_Europe Western Art,] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_art Mormon Art]</td> ...us Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (e.g. [[Arnold Friberg]], Harry Anderson, and [[Minerva Teichert]]). <ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/43041683?read-now=

[[Image:Robert_Barrett.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Robert Barrett Mormon Artist|right]] ...Teaching Excellence and in 2004 he was awarded the Karl G. Maeser Research and Creative Arts Award.

[[Image:Arnold_Friberg.jpg|left|alt=Arnold Friberg Mormon|frame]] ..."I never had to take an aptitude test, I always knew what I wanted to do, art."

[[Image:Edwin_Evans.gif|300px|thumb|alt=Edwin Evans Mormon Artist|left]] ...painter and one of the five artists who were set apart as art missionaries and sent to study in Paris. He was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The C

...ee.jpg|275px|thumb|<center><span style="color:#0000FF">Roland Lee - Famous Mormon Artist</span></center>|right]] ...ot want to do. Earning a living from creating art is a wonderful blessing, and I thank the Lord each day for being able to live in a place I love, with pe

...le attached central spire, two [[Ordinance|ordinance]] rooms (stationary), and two [[Sealing Power|sealing]] rooms. ...Two temples are under construction in [[Salvador Brazil Temple|Salvador]] and [[Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple|Belo Horizonte]]. Eight more have been annou

[[Image:Carma_de_Jong_Anderson.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=Carma de Jong Anderson Mormon director|right]] ...een a theater designer. Her poetry has been published in academic journals and magazines, most recently in the 2015 Utah State Poetry Anthology.

[[Image:Lorus_Pratt.gif|300px|thumb|alt=Lorus Pratt Mormon Artist|left]] ...eir training, they would paint murals in the temples and provide any other art services the Church may need. In June 1890, President [[George Q. Cannon]]

[[Image:Avard_Fairbanks.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Avard Fairbanks Mormon Artist|left]] '''Avard Tennyson Fairbanks''' was a prolific sculptor and art educator. He was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus

[[Image:Leon_Parson.jpg|350px|thumb|alt=Leon Parson Mormon Artist|right]] ...lor, illustration, and oil painting. He has also served as chairman of the Art department.

[[Image:John_Fairbanks.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=John Fairbanks Mormon Artist|left]] ...eir training, they would paint murals in the temples and provide any other art services the Church may need. In June 1890, President [[George Q. Cannon]]

[[Image:H_Oliver_Parson.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Oliver Parson Mormon Artist|right]] '''Oliver Parson''' was an artist and art professor. He was the first art department dean at [[Ricks College]], where he taught until 1979.

[[Image:Michael_Workman.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Michael Workman Mormon Artist|right]] ...long workshops at a variety of studios throughout Utah, Texas, Washington, and Arizona.

...ng University]] was the saxaphone, but he also played the flute, clarinet, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphonium euphonium]. ...s top music organizations, including Keith Lockhart and the Utah Symphony, and the Gina Bachauer Foundation.

[[Image:Grant_Speed.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Grant Speed Mormon Sculptor|left]] ...ummers as a cowboy on his uncle’s ranch. He also worked on other ranches and became an accomplished horse breaker.

[[image:vernal-temple-lds.jpg|250px|right|alt=Vernal Utah Mormon Temple|frame|<span style="color:#0D8ED3">Vernal Utah Temple]] ...n-president of the Church, [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], presided at the meeting and gave the dedicatory prayer.

[[Image:Josh_Clare.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Josh Clare Mormon Artist|right]] ...painting in the [[Star Valley Wyoming Temple]]. He is a member of [http://Mormon.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints].

[[Image:Joseph_Vorst.png|300px|thumb|alt=Joseph Vorst Mormon Artist|right]] ...ite art schools in Germany. He served in World War I, where he was injured and had a lame leg for the rest of his life.

[[Image:George_Smith_Dibble.gif|300px|thumb|alt=George Smith Dibble Mormon Artist|right]] '''George Smith Dibble''' was a painter, teacher, and art critic. He was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus C

[[Image:Wetzel_Whitaker.jpg|350px|thumb|alt=Judge Wetzel Whitaker Mormon animator|left]] ...n animator and filmmaker, recognized for his work with Walt Disney Studios and [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]

[[Image:Weggeland.gif|300px|thumb|alt=Danquart Weggeland Mormon Artist|right]] ...ggeland''' was an artist and art teacher and considered the Father of Utah Art. He was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ o

[[Image:Glen_Edwards.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Glen Edwards Mormon Artist|left]] ...tival of the American West; Intermountain Society of Artists Best of Show; and Eccles Statewide Exhibit Purchase Award.

[[Image:LeConte Stewart.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=LeConte Stewart Mormon Artist|left]] .... He primarily painted landscapes of rural Utah but also painted portraits and murals.

[[Image:Bryan_Mark_Taylor.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Bryan Mark Taylor Mormon Artist|left]] ...nnoisseur'', ''Plein Air'', ''Southwest Art'', ''American Art Collector'', and ''American Artist Workshop'' magazines.

[[Image:Christian_Jacobs.png|300px|thumb|alt=Christian Jacobs Mormon Musician|right]] ...http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] and a great-grandson of [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles|Apostle]] [[LeGrand Ric

...the garden should be remembered for what Child intended it to be: his love and devotion to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ...age of 57, he began creating a garden that consumed much of his spare time and money. In the 1950s, he worked on the garden full time.

...ian people in 2022, many are fleeing to refuge, leaving behind their homes and worldly possessions. ...o provide access to the finest inspirational artists, experience, and fine art products.

[[Image:Clark_Kelley_Price.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Clark Kelley Price Mormon Artist|right]] ...anches. He has spent decades packing and hunting in the mountains of Idaho and Wyoming.

[[Image:Mary_Bee_Jensen.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Mary Bee Jensen Mormon Dancer|left]] '''Mary Bee Jensen''' was a teacher and dancer. She was the founder and director of [[Brigham Young University]]’s world-renowned International F

[[Image:John_S_Sears.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=John S. Sears Mormon Artist|left]] ...'' was an editorial cartoonist, newspaper writer, and long-time university art professor.

[[Image:Linda_Curley_Christensen.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Linda Curley Christensen Mormon Artist|left]] '''Linda Curley Christensen''' is a landscape artist and art teacher. She is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus

[[Image:John_Burton.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=John Burton Mormon Artist|left]] ...Art of the West'', ''Southwest Art Magazine'', ''American Art Collector'', and ''International Artist Magazine''.

[[Image:Denise_Gasser.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Denise Gasser Mormon Artist|right|frame|Courtesy Julianne Kozak]] ...cluded in ''The 9 Muses: An Interdisciplinary Exhibit of Poetry and Visual Art'', full-color exhibition catalogue, published by Black Rock Books, Salt Lak

[[Image:Annie_Poon.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Annie Poon Mormon Artist|left]] ...g cut paper, generally in shades of black and white. She also draws comics and illustrations.

[[Image:CCAChristensen.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=C.C.A. Christensen Mormon Artist|left]]

[[Image:Lee_Greene_Richards.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Lee Greene Richards Mormon Artist|right]] ...on the dome of the Utah State Capitol building. His father, Levi Richards, and his grandmother Sarah Griffith Richards were also painters.

...nt_romney_clawson.jpg|left|frame|Grant Romney Clawson with his painting of Mormon Church Prophet [[Thomas S. Monson]]. Photograph by Trent Toone, Deseret Ne ...ings with religious themes, and also sold western-themed paintings through art galleries.

[[Image:Kathleen_Peterson.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Kathleen Peterson Mormon Artist|left]] ...World of Faith'', ''The Stones of the Temple'', ''Girls Who Choose God'', and ''Moon Mangoes''.

...oric_cody_chapel.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The Cody Chapel where the Cody Mural and Museum are housed. Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...h. It offers a compelling glimpse into the western expansion of [[Pioneers|Mormon pioneers]] in the late 1800s.

[[Image:Jeronimo_Lozano.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Jeronimo Lozano Mormon Artist|frame|Photo by Valen Hunter|right]] ...ng retablos, an ancient Incan and colonial Spanish folk art tradition. The art form is a series of pictorial scenes arranged in a single work to relate a

[[Image:Gary_Kapp.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Gary Kapp Mormon Artist|left]] '''Gary L. Kapp''' is a successful Western and religious artist as well as a former commercial artist.

[[Image:Stanford_Olsen.jpg|300px|thumb|frame|Olsen with Mike Wallace and [[Gladys Knight]] at 95th birthday celebration of President Gordon B. Hinck ...has sung with opera companies such as the Deutsche Opera Berlin, La Scala, and the Royal Opera, London. From 1986 to 1997 he performed regularly with the

[[Image:Gary_Ernest_Smith.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Gary Ernest Smith Mormon Artist|right]] ...he served as gallery director for three terms. BYU's College of Fine Arts and Communications recognized him with the 2001 Honored Alumnus award.

[[Image:Glen_Nelson.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Glen Nelson Mormon Writer|left]] ...ts_Group/Glimpses.html Glimpses], a newsletter of Mormon art, scholarship, and opinions.

[[Image:Mahonri_Young.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=Mahonri Young Mormon Artist|left]] ...participate.[https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/mahonri-young-his-life-and-art-a-song-of-joys-the-biography-of-mahonri-mackintosh-young-sculptor-painter-e

[[Image:Robert_Duncan.jpg|350px|thumb|alt=Robert Duncan Mormon Artist|right]] ...five. His grandmother gave him his first set of paints when he was eleven and paid for three oil painting lessons.

...dents League. He worked as a freelance illustrator and cartoonist for Life and Judge magazines. ...e Wizard of Oz''. He worked for MGM from 1923 until 1958. He also designed and executed some of the first moving electric signs on Broadway that used mirr

[[Image:Larry_Macfarlane.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Larry Macfarlane Mormon Artist|right]] ...'' is an adjunct communications instructor at [[Brigham Young University]] and an accomplished painter, who calls himself a family history artist or a...

[[Image:Barbara_Summers_Edwards.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Barbara Summers Edwards Mormon Artist|right]] '''Barbara Summers Edwards''' is a fine art oil and watercolor painter. She earned her bachelor’s degree in illustration from

[[Image:Al_R_Young.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Al R. Young Mormon Artist|left]] '''Al R. Young''' is a professional artist, author, and craftsman. When he was four years old, a friend gave him a drawing set for

...ainting of Jesus Christ and other religious art. He is a member of [http://Mormon.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. [[Image:Del_Parson.jpg|350px|thumb|alt=Del Parson Mormon artist|right]]

[[Image:Dilleen_Marsh.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Dilleen Marsh Mormon Artist|right]] ...hington Elementary's Open Classroom for ten years and creating an on-going art curriculum for grades K-6.

[[Image:Robert_Marshall.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Robert Marshall Mormon Artist|left]] '''Robert Marshall''' was a painter and emeritus professor of art at [[Brigham Young University]]. While at BYU, he served as chair of the De

[[Image:Herman_Haag.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Herman Haag Mormon Artist|right]] ...up. The Church funded their studies so that they could refine their skills and, upon their return, paint temple murals.

[[Image:James_Harwood.gif|300px|thumb|alt=James Harwood Mormon Artist|right]] '''James Taylor Harwood''' was a Utah artist and member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d

...pg|right|250px|alt=Mormon Singer and Songwriter Kenneth Cope|Mormon Singer and Songwriter Kenneth Cope]] ...isual Arts, one of the three nationally known fine art high schools for up and coming artistic talent.

...t, especially Latter-day Saint art. He is the author of ''Images of Faith: Art of the Latter-Day Saints'' with Robert O. Davis. ...raduate degree from the University of Washington. He worked at the Seattle Art Museum during graduate school.

[[Image:Lee_Bennion.jpg|350px|thumb|alt=Lee Bennion Mormon artist|left]] ...in 1974 to study art at [[Brigham Young University]]. She married in 1976 and returned to BYU in 1983 to finish her education. She earned a BFA in painti

[[Image:Steve_Nethercott.jpg|alt=Steve Nethercott, Mormon artist|left|frame]] ....mormonbible.org Bible] and the [http://www.bookofmormononline.com Book of Mormon].

[[Image:Carol_Harding_by_Tom_Smart.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Carol Harding Mormon Artist|Carol Harding, right, photo by Tom Smart|right]] ...lein-air painter who focuses on landscape, still life, and figurative oils and pastels.

...nt six weeks in Italy where he was first introduced to sculpting in marble and how to use traditional hand tools. ...ands. The same year, his school had an art show and Joe sold two paintings and made seven dollars that night.

...d him and he also attended figure and landscape workshops with other noted artists. ...as taught at the University of Utah, BYU, and Salt Lake Community College, and has taught workshops.

...ternational award, The Ty Murray Top Hand Award. He also teaches workshops and does fundraising for organizations. His work has raised more than $950,000 ...a buffalo, and in 1975 he cast his first piece — a rodeo scene of a bull and its rider.”[https://www.heraldextra.com/news/2014/sep/05/benjamin-sculpto

[[Image:Louise_Farnsworth.gif|300px|thumb|alt=Louise Richards Farnsworth Mormon Artist|left]] ...as admitted into the Paris Salon, a prestigious honor in the international art world.

[[Image:Elspeth_Young.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Elspeth Young Mormon Artist|right]] ...proofreads, writes articles, designs, and provides photos, music, crafts, and other projects.

...ed a two-year mission for the Church in Japan. He was part of the group of artists known as Frank's Boys, who painted the murals in the [[Nauvoo Temple]] unde ...ree and graduated summa cum laude. He resides in Orem, Utah, with his wife and four children.

[[Image:Richard_Hull.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Richard Hull Mormon Illustrator|left]] ...an illustrator and retired art professor. Hull earned his Bachelor of Fine Art degree in illustration from [[Brigham Young University]]. He is a member of

[[Image:Josh_Wright.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Joseh Wright Mormon pianist|left]] '''Josh Wright''' is an American concert pianist, recording artist, and piano instructor. He is an adjunct assistant professor of piano at the Uni

[[Image:Jeff_Parkin.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Jeff Parkin Mormon Director|left]] '''Jeff Parkin''' is an associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Media Arts at [[Brigham Young University]]; he was the associate chair of t

...hieved national prominence. He also painted and sketched under “C. G.” and “Chairman.” ...nts League in New York City, and the School of Art, Design in Los Angeles, and the University of Mexico. He also studied in France. He was able to work hi

...ears he worked as an illustrator, designer and art director in advertising and publishing, but yearned to develop his own comic strip. While creating gree ...or does appear in South Korea, Australia, India, Aruba, England, Singapore and the Middle East.

[[Image:Jake_Parker.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Jake Parker Mormon Artist|left]] ...Bot and the Sparrow” was inspired by the Calvin and Hobbes comic series and became his seventh children’s book (2016).

[[Image:brian_kershisnik.jpg|alt=Brian Kershisnik, Mormon artist|left|frame]] ...oved to Kanosh, Utah. He now lives in Provo, Utah, with his wife, Suzanne, and three children, but continues to paint in his beautiful Kanosh studio.

See also [[:Category:Stubs]] and [[Special:Wantedpages|The list of most linked-to pages]] ...o contribute to these articles, and please use this non-esoteric language (Mormon instead of LDS) when writing.

[[Image:Nick_Stephens.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Nick Stephens Mormon Artist|right|Courtesy Nick Stephens]] ...design and construction, specialty costumes, tile design, custom displays, and picture framing.

[[Image:Geri_Jensen.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Geri Jensen Mormon Artist|left]] ...ristensen]] on temple murals. She paints landscapes, wildlife, still life, and portraits.

[[Image:Jennifer_Tolman.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Jennifer Tolman Mormon Artist|frame|Courtesy Jennifer Tolman|left]] '''Jennifer Tolman''' is a painter and illustrator. She is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Je

[[Image:Roxane_Pfister.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Roxane Pfister Mormon Artist|right]] ...itchell Pfister'' is an artist who paints high desert, Utah’s mountains, and California’s coastline landscapes. She also is a statistician at Utah Sta

...inting at such places as [[Brigham Young University]], the Bountiful/Davis Art Center (Bountiful, UT). ...arned her BFA in Illustration from BYU, and has drawn with various artists and teachers.

...drawn her Disney reimaginings while being true to how the characters look and sought inspiration from the Disney movies. ...just look like them, like anthropomorphized or whatever,'" Bastian said. "And I'm like, that's kind of the idea, I'm trying to keep consistency within th

...Museum, is located in Salt Lake City near Utah’s State Capitol Building and houses the world’s largest collection of artifacts on one subject. The museum, and its satellite museums, feature displays and collections of memorabilia from the time the earliest settlers entered the

...age:oquirrh_mountain_utah_temple.jpg|thumb|400px|alt=Oquirrh Mountain Utah Mormon Temple|<span style="color:#0D8ED3">Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple Courtesy Go ...the [[Salt Lake Temple]] (1893), the [[Jordan River Utah Temple]] (1981), and the [[Draper Utah Temple]] (2009).

[[Image:G_R_Oborn.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Garth Robinson Oborn Mormon Artist|right]] ...r his realistic oil paintings of the mountainous regions of Utah, Wyoming, and his native Idaho. He is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church o

.... "Artistic endeavors" include music composition and performance, writing, art of all types, movie production, etc. ...ersity. Crowder hopes to interview superstar Mormon artists as well as new and struggling ones. Crowder expects never to run out of material, since there