Interviews and Press

Pop Culture on the Apricot Tree, podcast

“The Whale: To Live a Celestial Life, Sometimes You Have to Stare Into the Abyss,” Pop Culture on the Apricot Tree, podcast conversation about The Whale with Glen Nelson, March 30, 2023

“Glen Nelson on documenting the world of LDS art in The Season,Association for Mormon Letters, interview by William Morris, March 8, 2023

“Trends in LDS Art,” The Cultural Hall, podcast interview by Richard T. Steadman, January 12, 2023

“Sacred Images,” KSL-TV, video interview by Carole Mikita, October 2022

“Seriously—Why the Hell Can’t You Be More Like the Nelsons?: A Vulgar Response to Fine Art,” Sunstone, article by Theric Jepson, January 31, 2020

“Guerilla Opera offers compelling preview of ‘The Captivity of Hannah Duston,’” Boston Classical Review, by Aaron Keebaugh, May 31, 2019

“Joseph Paul Vorst,” BYU Studies, review by Herman du Toit, vol. 58, Iss. 2 (2019)

“What is an LDS artist?” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, review of Joseph Paul Vorst, by Micah Christensen, vol. 51, no. 4 (2018)

“Finding God in the Abstract” (2018)

Review of Nzambi (God) by Jennifer Champoux in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, vol. 52, no. 1

“Mormon Arts Center Festival helps try to answer question ‘What is Mormon art?’”, KSL.com, profile by Carole Mikita, July 5, 2017

“Forgotten Mormon artist finally gets his due in new LDS Church exhibit,” Religion News, interview with Laura Allred Hurtado by Jana Riess, November 9, 2017

“Discover the fascinating Mormon art you didn’t know existed at the Church History Museum,” Deseret News, article by Sarah Harris, November 16, 2017

“Church Acquires Art of Unsung LDS Artist Joseph Paul Vorst,” Church News, article by R. Scott Lloyd, April 2, 2015

“I Believe in All This: Casey Jex Smith at Writ and Vision,” 15 Bytes, review by Geoff Wichert, October 1, 2015

“Glen Nelson: A Mormon Art Juror,” The Krakens, interview by Garrick Infanger, December 9, 2015

“Andrew and Stuart Maxfield "Bridge" the gap between musical theatre and Fictionist,” BYU Daily Universe, November 30, 2015

“Fictionist collaboration with BYU leads to new path with ‘The Bridge’”, The Salt Lake Tribune, Autumn Thatcher, February 10, 2016

“Mormons at the Met,” A Motley Vision, article, September 14, 2012

“Glen Nelson,” Mormon Artist interview, by Randy Astle, May 2010

“Librettist teams with BYU composer for opera celebrating Joseph Smith,” BYU News, by Brian Rust, October 23, 2005

"‘Book of Gold’ to premiere at BYU's de Jong Concert Hall Nov. 4,” BYU News, by Brian Rust, October 23, 2005

“Met singers premiere ‘Book of Gold’ opera,” Church News, November 12, 2005

“LDS artists to host benefit gala in N.Y.,” Deseret News, April 12, 2001

“Boren concert thought-provoking,” Deseret News, review by Rebecca Cline, November 13, 2000

“Borens will blend music, poetry for 'families together' concert,” Deseret News, by Rebecca Cline, November 5, 2000

“Review: The Dead,” James Joyce Quarterly, review by Richard J. Gerber, vol. 32, no. 1 (Fall 1994)