Is the 2023 CFM Manual Diverse and Inclusive?
It's a new year which for the Latter-day Saint Community means a new course of study and a new study manual. Well, in this case newish....
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ESTHER HI'ILANI CANDARI
Is the 2022 CFM Manual Diverse and Inclusive?
Hey, it’s me again, talking about the intersection of art, religion, gender, and race. Why is this a drum I beat so often? Because I...
The Body of Christ: A conversation about and resources for addressing race in LDS art
By: Esther Hi’ilani Candari Esther is a lifelong member of the LDS church, an Asian-American, a fine artist, and an adjunct professor at...
Christlike Love Is Not Blind
Buena Vista YSA 3rd Ward - October 29, 2017 Esther Hi’ilani Candari Shakespeare’s 116 sonnet states “Let me not to the marriage of true...
Vulnerable: Solo Sculpture Exhibit
Video by Ben Whatcott on behalf of Ke Alaka'i at BYU- Hawai'i
BFA Exhibit
Senior BFA exhibit at BYU- Hawai'i. Video by Ben Whatcott
Why I Am Grateful I Graduated Without an Mrs. Degree
(Journal Entry) January 8, 2017 “Sometimes there are emotions and pains too sacred, too pure to describe. Innocent hopes that when...
Divine Discontent
Aloha Brothers and Sisters, It is a common trope to begin a talk with some joke about receiving a call, often from an unknown number,...
Why I Will Not Teach My Daughters To Be "Ladylike"
I was 13, I was sitting in the second row of Sunday school with a mix of 12-17yr olds, when I felt it again for the fifth time in as many...
Swiped Off My Feet
All three of my most serious romantic relationships...and a plethora of other flings, friendships, and fiascos....were the result of the...
Prayer: Coming to the Table With the Divine
Among the books beloved by American children for many decades is a piece titled “Are You My Mother” by illustrator and animator P.D....
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