LDS art competition in Conference Center

Published: Saturday, March 21, 2009 12:42 a.m. MDT
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The LDS Church's International Art Competition has carried on the Mormon tradition of celebrating the visual arts while supporting the faithful members who blend testimony with talent to create such art.

Still, competition organizers aren't averse to tweaking tradition to bring the exhibition to a wider, perhaps new audience.

For the first time since The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began sponsoring the juried art show, the selected works are being displayed at the Conference Center. Previous competitions — which are staged every three years — were hosted by the Church History Museum.

Read the full story on MormonTimes.com

Recent comments

I have seen worse pictures of Christ out there. If you have ever...

anon | April 2, 2009 at 1:57 p.m.

sorry. It's just not as inspiring as some other stuff out there for...

LDS, but not a huge LDS art fan | March 22, 2009 at 2:55 a.m.

HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE, ART IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDEN. DUH ????

TO YUCK | March 22, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

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A painting displayed at the 8th International Art Competition opening at the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City. Friday, March 20, 2009. (Photo by Scott G Winterton, Deseret News.)

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