Segullah

Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured

Being an Artist

When I was in high school, other kids in my studio class senior year were going on to art school. I remember the signs up for portfolio days with the big schools—Pratt, Cooper Union, Chicago, RISD. “You should go,” my art teacher pressed. But when I thought about being an artist as a profession it [...]

The Art of Story

                          On Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 at 7:45 a.m. the eyes and ears of many in the world of children’s literature will be on Dallas. That’s where and when the Association for Library Service to Children (a division of the American Library Association) [...]

Looking up

See that woman in the middle? The one alone With the white hat and broom Head down, sweeping Or digging, maybe. That has been me. Focused on the depth of snow in front of me And my need to dig out. Oblivious To the boisterous gathering over there And to the snow-stuck wagon behind me, [...]

Tunnel vision

I read last week about Elder Scott’s watercolors being displayed in Salt Lake during the holiday season. As I scrolled through the images of his paintings, several thoughts ran through my mind. The first was that I hadn’t realized that I’d viewed him with tunnel vision until his artwork took him out of that tunnel. [...]

Many Faces

A few days ago I went to J. Kirk Richards’ open house. The show featured forty miniature, unfinished portraits of Christ. I went by myself, which enabled me to look at each face as long as I wanted. The diversity astounded me, especially given the limited constraints of space and subject. The images were all [...]

Travels in the Islamic World

Today’s UP CLOSE trips and travels post comes from Melanie, who  lives and works in the Washington, DC area.  She loves planning trips almost as much as she loves taking them, and sometimes she has trouble remembering where she’s actually been and where she’s just dreamed of going. Most recently her travels took her to [...]

It’s just art–don’t be afraid

“Oh, I love the art everywhere!” people often say as they enter my house. You kind of can’t help but notice that all the walls in my house are covered with canvases, often hanging rather crookedly or precariously from the walls, while stacks of paintings in varying stages of doneness line the studio shelves and just about every other surface in my house. “Thanks. [...]

I Learned the Truth at Seventeen

Marla is a Utah native and a professional writer and editor. She is just weeks away (fingers crossed) from completing a master’s degree in English. She loves running, biking, reading, writing, and lurking on the Segullah blog. She blogs at mindofmarla.blogspot.com. I went to the Victorian exhibit at the BYU Museum of Art a few [...]

Art of Raising Children

Pieta moments I wake up to a small sound at midnight, my Miss Clavell-like mother sensors detecting something is not right. There it is again–a soft sniffle, a low moan. Is someone crying? I shuffle into the hallway, squinting from the scant hour of sleep and still half in my dream. Maddy is crying–a soft, [...]

The Best Work on Butcher Paper Ever

My son was called into school for his Kindergarten assessment test, and like all teachers of small children, his had a project for the mom to do in the other room. She had me trace the outline of my son on a piece of butcher paper and left me with four tempera paint colors to [...]

Down to an Art

Rose Datoc Dall is one of those brilliant women who seems to have it all figured out. She’s the proud mother of four great children. She’s a gifted musician. She’s beautiful and confident. She devotes free time to church callings and volunteer work at the local high school. She’s a fan of Segullah (and was [...]

Artistic Taste (or lack thereof)

I’m learning that the art in my home is a little…pedestrian. It includes the usual suspects: boards with vinyl lettering (made by yours truly at an RS Enrichment night), twiggy wreaths, pictures of the kids. And a Thomas Kinkade picture. I know. I know. We bought it before we knew about Thomas’ unfortunate forays into [...]

Interview with Featured Artist Lee Bennion

Here at Segullah, we’re giddy about our new issue of the journal. We love the essays, articles and poems; and Lee Bennion’s artwork makes the print edition a thing of beauty. We can’t quite believe our luck to have Lee Bennion, one of the most highly-respected and well-loved contemporary LDS painters, as our featured artist. [...]

Interview with Jacqui Larsen

I opened the latest issue of Segullah on a cold day in a new land surrounded by boxes and space, lots of them both. “Here,” it said on the front cover, running up the left side of the page. “Here,” it said going down on the right. I read it from cover to cover; and [...]

  • be our friend.



  • Contact Us

    Journal subscriptions: journal.subscriptions at segullah dot org
    Technical issues:
    webmaster at segullah dot org
    Other inquiries:
    info at segullah dot org

  • More Kinds of Segullah

  • How Do You Say Segullah?

    se-goo-law rhymes
    Oo-la-lah, Segullah
    write and draw, Segullah
    coup d'etat, Segullah
    Blanche DuBois, Segullah
    shock and awe, Segullah
    Lah-dee-dah, Segullah
    looky, ma! Segullah!

  • Get published.

    The clock is ticking! Gear up to enter Segullah's annual personal essay, poetry, and fiction contests. Guidelines here. Deadline is December 31.

  • Admin