The Red Brick Store

Originally, Mormon Artist was a one-man operation. (Am I allowed to say “originally” here, since the magazine is still very much a newborn? ) For the first two issues I was too foolish to know better and did pretty much everything myself — interviews, photography, transcription, editing, design, PR, etc. — with [...]

January 2nd, 2009 | Category: Mormon Artist | Comments (1)

When I first started Mormon Artist, I was pretty sure the magazine would be primarily a print venture, since that’s what made it a “real” magazine, I thought — seeing it on someone’s coffee table somehow gave it a stamp of legitimacy. The web counterpart was just an afterthought, existing almost entirely to get [...]

December 19th, 2008 | Category: Mormon Artist | Comments (5)

We started our flagship issue off with this inspiring essay by James Goldberg, originally read at a New Play Project performance in October 2007. Toward a Mormon Renaissance By James Goldberg In 1920, while riding on a train, Langston Hughes wrote a poem on the back of a napkin. Maybe you’ve heard it. It was called “The Negro [...]

November 7th, 2008 | Tags: Aaron Martin, J. Kirk Richards, Langston Hughes, New Play Project, Renaissance | Category: Mormon Artist | Comments (6)