May 19-22, 2022 7:00 p.m.

Three-day festival of new musicals with six songwriting teams who presented new works in performed readings.

May 6, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

Center Gallery is closed for a private event celebrating the anniversary of the gallery’s opening.

April 29, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

Brett Peterson presented a demonstration on his role as the Director of Media and Interactives at the American Museum of Natural History.

April 22, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

Hayden Davis hosted a life drawing session with a live model in the gallery.

April 15, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

On Good Friday, composer Benjamin Sabey gave a scholarly presentation on the Easter organ work, Les Corps glorieux, by Olivier Messiaen and on Contemporary Music.

April 8, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

The Sound of Colors. A recital to celebrate the art work of John Held, Jr. Jennifer Youngs (professor of voice) and Jihea Hong-Park (professor of piano) joined students from Brigham Young University—Logan Reid, Anna Low, Josie Larsen, Molly Smith, and Peter Blackham—and featured LDS composers from the early 20th century: Willy Reske, Leigh Harline, Arthur Shepherd, and Crawford Gates..

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Two masterclasses of vocal students and collaborative pianists were held with Myra Huang (2:00 P.M.) and Darrell Babidge (4:00 P.M.)

April 1, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

Warren Winegar: Trends 22. Private art dealer, Warren Winegar, presented an illustrated discussion on trends in the Contemporary Art market.

March 25, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

Reading from rare, first edition copies of Held’s four collections of short stories, a duo of actors (Rebecca Holt-Gilmore and Joel Richards) gave a performance of selected stories (largely unknown) from the Jazz Age, published between 1930-1937.

March 18, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

The first million-selling Parker Brothers game, “The World’s Liveliest Party Game,” was “Pit.” Based on the Frank Norris novel of 1903, The Pit, this classic card trading game was reintroduced in 1919 with card and box design by John Held, Jr. The winner took home a rare, first edition of the game, from 1919.

March 11, 2022, 7:00 p,m, - Opening night of the gallery’s latest exhibition, John Held, Jr. with remarks by the show’s curator, Glen Nelson.

March 4, 2022, 7:00 p.m. - The inaugural prize of The Ariel Bybee Endowment at the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts was announced live. The winning composer will create art songs for the international soprano, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, who joined remotely from Germany and announced the winner: S. Andrew Llloyd.

February 25, 2022 - Sonos Venti: Dithyramb - The Center for Latter-day Saint Arts welcomed its new Executive Director, Mykal Urbina, with remarks by her and a recital in her honor by the woodwind quintet Sonos Venti.

February 18, 2022 - Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubles Times - Film screening about His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu with introduction by photographer Jane Feldman, Tutu’s photographer for 25 years.

February 11, 2022 - Michelle Dorrance and Donovan Dorrance: Dance and Music -Choreographer Michelle Dorrance and composer Donovan Dorrance talked about their collaborations with Michelle’s eponymous dance company founded in 2011, which The New York Times praises, “With each performance of Dorrance Dance, tap expands.”

February 5, 2022 - Walter Rane Paints a Picture - The artist talked through the process of planning and executing a recent painting about heaven in this one-night-only exhibition and discussion.

February 2, 2022 - Re:Joyce - An Evening of Joycean Art by Carl Arrington

January 28, 2022 - Chester Elton - Presentation of his new book, Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Stuff Done.

January 21, 2022.- Portrait Night - Hayden Davis led an evening of drawing a model.

January 14, 2022 - Exhibition opening - The Sacred Feminine in LDS Art & Theology. Discussion with curator Margaret Olsen Hemming with artists from the exhibition.