So I’m thinking the same thoughts I had when I was 40 or 50 - can I get my work done?
The other is, in my case, I’m deeply preoccupied with the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts and with a book I’m writing on Joseph Smith’s gold plates. What does it amount to? Have I done worthwhile things? Can I be pleased and satisfied? Richard Bushman: There are reflections on my life. Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity.ĭeseret News: What goes through your mind when you turn 90 years old? In between weekend events, the author, scholar and historian spoke with the Deseret News about his birthday, his next book, the state of Joseph Smith studies, highlights of his career and which Latter-day Saint artwork he admires the most. “We need to honor our art and understand it better, use it better.” It’s a way of enhancing, exploring and manifesting our deepest religious feelings, including our despair, yearnings, strivings, fears and rejoicings,” Bushman said. The center is also planning an inclusive 2025 exhibition of Latter-day Saint art in a New York venue on Fifth Avenue near the Metropolitan Museum, followed by another installation in Salt Lake City in the Church History Museum and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, with travel to other Latter-day Saint population centers in the future.īushman hopes these efforts will help establish a scholarly benchmark for ongoing research.
During the dinner, the center announced an initiative to raise $2 million toward a survey of Latter-day Saint visual art from the beginning to the present, with the first step being the publication of an extensive “Guide to Mormon Art” featuring the work of 24 scholars.
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