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We Invite All Youth to Participate in the Cultural Arts Projects for the Spectacular
We Invite All Youth to Participate in the Cultural Arts Projects for the Spectacular
All youth are invited to create projects for the Youth Spectacular centering around the theme:
“Arise and Shine Forth” (see D&C 115:4–6)
You can create these projects any time during January-April 2012. We will display the projects in the concourse/mezzanine area of the Burns Arena during the Youth Spectacular.
The categories are endless:
• Art (Drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)
• Drama/Speech (recorded performance or scripts)
• Handicraft (Leather tooling, cross stitch, quilting, woodworking etc.) • Music composition or music performance
• Short film/video/audio recording (about theme, gospel principle or personal testimony) • Writing (Essay, article, story, poetry, etc.)
• Other
We encourage you to use these projects as part of your Personal Progress and Duty to God goals/projects.
We also invite you to enter the Church History Museum competition and submit your work to Create.LDS.org to allow others to benefit from your talents! The information about these programs is listed below.
The Church History Museum invites youth ages 13 to 18 to participate in its first International Art Competition for Youth. Artists should create works that express what it means to “arise and shine forth” (see D&C 115:4–6). Artwork must have been created after January 1, 2009. Entrants must be 13 by January 1, 2012, and can submit one work of art online from January 2, 2012, until the deadline—Friday, June 1, 2012. The maximum size is 84 inches (213 cm) in the longest dimension. All artistic media and styles are welcome in the competition. Submission information will be available at lds.org/youthartcomp. Winners will be asked to send their original art to the museum to be shown in the exhibit from November 16, 2012, through June 17, 2013.
See Create.LDS.org for submission rules for photos, video, audio or music.
Volunteers Can Build Church Media Library Online
Create.LDS.org, recently launched on LDS.org, details the current media needs of the Church—as well as announces contests or casting opportunities—and invites members to share their talents to fill those Church media needs. The photo and video sections of the Create site are ready to explore. The other sections (music, audio, design, and scripts) will be completed in the coming months. The new create.LDS.org website is a companion to the recently launched volunteer site, vineyard.LDS.org.
Create.LDS.org Invites Members to Contribute Music and Other Audio Material The Church has invited members to submit high-quality music and other audio files to create.lds.org, for use on Mormon Channel Radio and in other Church media products. Members can submit their files to Get Involved: Audio or Get Involved: Music.
Get Involved: Audio - …amateurs can contribute too. One option—and an immediate need—is to submit a recording of one’s testimony, which should focus on one element or specific principle of the gospel. There is no limit on the number of submissions any person can make. Regardless of whether the audio material is submitted by a professional or an amateur, files should be submitted online in the preferred format listed on the Audio Standards page.
“This is a great opportunity for members because they can share their testimonies and experiences with the world,” said Ashton Smith, a producer for the Media Services Department. Other audio records can be about momentous life experiences, conversion stories, answers to prayer, personal revelation, family traditions, favorite scriptures, and thoughts about earth and nature. These and other ongoing and immediate needs are highlighted on the Audio Needs section of create.lds.org.
Get Involved: Music - In addition to audio voice recordings, the Church needs digital music files of professional or near-professional quality to use on Mormon Channel Radio and the LDS Media Library.
Musicians can submit high-quality instrumental or vocal underscore music, recordings of children singing, recordings of hymns, and recordings of original works.
“People can be touched very sincerely by music. This is a great opportunity for people to share their talents and touch people around the world,” said Anthony Park, a producer for the Media Services Department.
Currently, create.lds.org is able to accept arrangements of vocal and instrumental performances of music from a list of public domain hymns from the Church Hymns book or the list of public domain songs from the Children’s Songbook. Members can also contribute original music—either instrumental or vocal underscore—that they have
Contributors are encouraged to submit new arrangements of hymns, original compositions, and any other uplifting music. Those interested in submitting sheet music can find more information under the Church Music section of LDS.org.
