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Review, Reflect, and Return: Art Competition

mormonwomen — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:11:23 +0000

Today we share a link to the International Art Competition which is sponsored by the Church History Museum every three years. For this year’s event, 1,149 amateur and professional artists from 44 countries submitted entries. Nearly 200 artworks have been selected for the exhibition.

Click here to be taken to the Church History Museum page. Then scroll down below the hours for the exhibit and click the link to The Eighth International Art Competition Exhibit.

We encourage you to take a few minutes to look at the amazing entries. Then return and share with us which you enjoy the most and why.
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See more Review, Refect, and Return posts here.

Video: Mormon Teen Beliefs – What are Mormon teenagers like?

mormonwomen — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:47:53 +0000

This informative and inspiring video gives a great glimpse into the lives of Mormon teens, particularly of the LDS young women program, for young women ages 12-18.

To view more videos, please click here.

Tribute to Mothers

mormonwomen — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:18:27 +0000

Thou art thy mother’s glass, and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime.
~William Shakespeare

The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.
~William Goldsmith Brown

That best academy, a mother’s knee.
~James Russell Lowell

Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, comrades and friends – but only one mother in the whole world.
~Kate Douglas Wiggin

If I was damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother o’ mine, O mother o’mine.
~Rudyard Kipling

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
~Jewish Proverb

Mother, I love you, Mother, I do,
Father in Heaven has sent me to you.
When I am near you, I love to hear you
Singing so softly that you love me too.
Mother, I love you, Mother, I do,
I want to help you because I love you.
I want to mind you, I want to find you
Happy and Smiling because I love you.
Mother, I love you, I love you, I do.
~Lorin F. Wheelwright

The holiest words my tongue can frame,
The noblest thoughts my soul can claim,
Unworthy are to praise the name
More precious than all other.
An infant, when her love first came,
A man, I find it still the same,
Reverently I breathe her name,
The blessed name of mother.
~George Griffith Fether

And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of Heaven and Earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary…
Mosiah 3:8

Bring Arnold Frieberg’s Art to a City Near You!

mormonwomen — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:39:46 +0000

Arnold Frieberg is a prolific artist known around the world for his talent. He is probably best known for his painting “The Prayer at Valley Forge.” He has done commissioned work for British royalty, received an Academy Award nomination

Born December 21, 1913, in Winnetka, Illinois, Arnold Friberg is recognized as one of the greatest master painters of modern times. Perhaps his best-known work is the 1975 American masterpiece “The Prayer at Valley Forge” — depicting George Washington praying while the Continental Army winters at Valley Forge.

He also did the pre-visualization paintings for the Cecil B. DeMille film The Ten Commandments , for which he received an Academy Award nomination.

Currently, the exhibit is in Bountiful, Utah. If you are interested in getting the exhibit in your area, you can go here to vote (see the ‘vote’ tab at the top of the page).

For more information about this traveling art exhibit, see here or here.

Bring Arnold Friberg’s Art to a City Near You!

mormonwomen — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:39:46 +0000

Arnold Friberg is a prolific artist known around the world for his talent. He is probably best known for his painting “The Prayer at Valley Forge.” He has done commissioned work for British royalty and received an Academy Award nomination for pre-visualization paintings for the film The Ten Commandments.

Currently, the exhibit is in Bountiful, Utah. If you are interested in getting the exhibit in your area, you can go here to vote (see the ‘vote’ tab at the top of the page).

For more information about this traveling art exhibit, see here or here.

Women of the Old Testament (Art)

mormonwomen — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:39:42 +0000

For some beautiful pieces exploring stories of women in the Old Testament, see this article.

Do you know of other existing art to which we can link? Do you have art of your own you would like to share, or know someone who does? Please email us at ‘mormonwoman’ AT ‘gmail’ DOT ‘com’

The Church’s Eighth International Art Competition

mormonwomen — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:20:20 +0000

The theme for this year’s art competition is “Remembering the Great Things of God.” This contest is open to all Church members 18 and older. Winning artwork will be on display at the Church’s Museum of History and Art next year. For more information, visit www.lds.org/artcompetition. You can also find links to past years’ artwork at that site as well.

Library

mormonwomen — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:59:37 +0000

Here we are collecting uplifting and informational talks, articles, video testimonies, music and other resources. Since this is not meant to be an exhaustive list, we have also included links where you can find more material to browse and enjoy.

[This feature is still under construction, so please be patient, and come back and check for updates.]

If you have favorites you would like to share with us, please just include the title, author/speaker/artist, and link (if there is one) in the comments section below, or send an email to ‘mormonwoman’ AT ‘gmail’ DOT ‘com’

Highlighted Articles and Talks

Resources Organized by Topic

Videos and Slideshows

Music

Other Resources

More Information about the Church

Highlighted Articles/Talks (Print)

Words of the Prophet: Daughters of the Almighty

You Are All Heaven Sent

Women of Faith

Ambitious to Do Good

Barbara Thompson: The Errand of Angels is Given to Women
The Sanctity of Womanhood

Sheri Dew: Are We Not All Mothers?

James E. Faust The Women in Our Lives

Jeffrey R. Holland: To Young Women

Boyd K. Packer: Children of God

Find more articles and talks at the following sites (many links below connect you to the BYU Broadcasting database):

The Official Website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
BYU Devotional Addresses
BYU-Hawaii Devotional Addresses
BYU-Idaho Devotional Addresses
CES Firesides
Christ, Savior, Son of God Symposium
Cyber Secrets: The Problem of Pornography — talks from a special conference sponsored by Women’s Services and Resources, a department of Student Life at Brigham Young University
LDS General Conference Addresses
BYU Education Week Talks
BYU-Idaho Education Week Talks
Embracing Hope: Confronting, Understanding, and Healing from Abuse – talks from a special conference sponsored by Women’s Services and Resources, a department of Student Life at Brigham Young University
Family Expo Talks
Family History Firesides
Salvation in Christ Talks
Sperry Symposium Talks
Women’s Conference Talks
Women’s Conference Talk Transcripts

Resources Organized by Topic

Through these links, you can find material on this site as well as links to resources on other sites.

(See also our Sharing Our Voices feature to hear thoughts from Mormon Women on these topics.)

Education and Learning

Living with the Spirit

Videos and Slideshows

Special Witnesses of Christ: Prophets and apostles bear their testimonies of the Savior and His gospel
Finding Faith in Christ
Susan Easton Black’s testimony of Joseph Smith
Seasons of Joy – Slideshow put to original music
Numerous videos addressing topics such as trials, faith, prayer, the purpose of life, eternal marriage, motherhood and womanhood, prophets…

Music

Who We Are — the song that inspired the name of our site. Special thanks to Tammy Simister Robinson for letting us share this song! Read about the inspiration behind the song here.

LDS and Christian music live stream (KUTR 820 AM)

Download Church Music from the Church’s web site

Music from Church magazines
Seminary Movie Sound Tracks
Young Women Camp Songs and other selected songs

Some of our favorite hymns (Don’t see yours here? Send us a message!)

Abide with Me
Called to Serve
Come, Come Ye Saints
For All the Saints
For the Beauty of the Earth
God Be with You Till We Meet Again
Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah
How Firm a Foundation
How Gentle God’s Commands
I Am a Child of God
I Know that My Redeemer Lives
I’ll Go Where You Want Me To Go
In Humility, Our Savior
I Need Thee Every Hour
Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Lead, Kindly Light
Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise
My Redeemer Lives (Words written by President Gordon B. Hinckley)
Nearer, My God, To Thee
O My Father
Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Redeemer of Israel
Silent Night
Sweet Is the Peace the Gospel Brings
Sweet Is the Work
We Thank Thee, O God, For a Prophet

From the Children’s Songbook:

A Child’s Prayer
Baptism
Beautiful Savior
Families Can Be Together Forever
He Sent His Son
How Will They Know?
I Love to See the Temple
My Heavenly Father Loves Me
The Church of Jesus Christ

You can browse more our hymns and songs in the Children’s songbook at the Church’s website here.

Other Resources

“To Tell The Tale: Preserving the Lives of Mormon Women” — BYU Harold B. Lee Special Collections Exhibit on Mormon Women
Church History Museum
International Church Art Competition Links

More about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church’s official website

More about the Church at mormon.org
Background Information (topics included below)
Biographies of current leaders
News releases and stories and commentary on news stories, including clarifications and corrections of erroneous media stories (for example, see a recent statement about misunderstandings about polygamy here
Core beliefs about things such as authority, the Godhead, prophets, continuing revelation, scriptures in addition to the Bible, our health code (the Word of Wisdom)
Church education programs and institutions
Family and Family History (Genealogy)
Missionary Work
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
The Church’s organizational structure and the Church’s world headquarters
Diversity and “race relations” in the Church
Temples (temple marriage, temple garments)
Self-reliance (temporal welfare, food storage programs)
Statements about various public issues

Current Exhibits at Brigham Young University’s Museum of Art

mormonwomen — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:41:06 +0000

inerva Teichert: Pageants in Paint

American Dreams: Selected Works from the Museum’s Permanent Collection of American Art

Masterworks of Victorian Art from the Collection of John H. Schaeffer

Dismantling Geneva Steel: Photographs by Chris Dunker

Sharing Our Voices Through Visual Arts

mormonwomen — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:04:38 +0000

International Church Art Competition