The Miracle of Forgiveness Virtual Art Gala
Exhibits are listed in alphabetical order by artist's first name
The Miracle of Finding Me | Angela Clements
This piece was created to represent all of the people who were there to help me accept myself when I felt I was drowning and weighed down by standards and expectations imposed on me by my family and church.
It's a show of acceptance and healing that in turn allowed me to reach out to those around me and show them they too can be accepted as they are, that none of us are built wrong.
Who Are You Serving? | Annika Dean and Austin Dean Foote
My youth leaders in Orem in the late 80’s compared watching a movie with swear words to drinking a milkshake with flies mixed in.
This metaphor had an impact on me. It was a serious struggle to find entertainment that didn’t have a “fly” or two.
Decades later, my friend’s convert daughter attended mutual in Florida. The mutual group was advised by a stake leader that: “It is ok to wave hello in the halls to an LGBTQ person, but you shouldn’t be friends with them.”
I saw a parallel: the LGBTQ community at school (because they could not exist at church) were like flies in a milkshake. Wave (don’t swat) but don’t invite them into your “Mormon Milkshake” world.
I recently discovered RuPaul had a beautiful rainbow fly named in his honor by Australian scientist, Bryan Lessard in 2021.
The flies in this exhibit are flying away from a milkshake containing harmful messages.