BYUH professors share their experiences as artists and their different artistic styles

BYUH students share their experiences and their final projects from the first lithography class taught at BYUH

Alumna Lynne Hardy strives to create works of art that represent and celebrate her culture through her Navajo-inspired business, Ajoobaa’sani

Students and an alumna share how their favorite artists inspire them to create

A cool evening breeze swept through the brightly lit McKay Auditorium as clusters of people hovered at each part of the Art Frame Gallery. Along the walls were photographs of fiery sunsets, grand views of the ocean, and examples of engagement photos taken by photographers from the school and community.

Splayed onto the walls of a spacious room, Van Gogh’s colorful paintings moved from the walls to vividly appear on the floor. Classical music accompanied the massive moving canvases as visitors of “Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience” in Honolulu looked around with smiles on their faces.

In his presentation at the FAC forum, Assistant Professor Mason Allred discussed how technology expanded the roles and vision of women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between the years of 1890 and 1920. Sharing a chapter of his forthcoming book, titled, “Spiritual Technologies,” Mason explained how women in the early days of the Church used media to get out of the cultural norms of reproduction to share their own perspectives.

Learning about Pacific cultures through art and walking through the open-air museum and gardens are why two BYU–Hawaii students said they enjoyed visiting the Honolulu Museum of Art.

Hannah Patricia Manalang, a sophomore majoring in graphic design from the Philippines, said, “Painting is very therapeutic. It makes you forget about a lot of your problems and things that are on your mind. Art gives me a medium not only to create, but to help me focus and to relieve stress.”