Draft:Lee Udall Bennion: Difference between revisions

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Bennion’s work is held in several permanent public collections, including:

Bennion’s work is held in several permanent public collections, including:

* [[Brigham Young University Museum of Art]], Provo, UT<ref name=”BYUMOA” />

* [[Brigham Young University Museum of Art]], Provo, UT<ref name=”BYUMOA” />

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* [[Springville Museum of Art]], Springville, UT<ref>{{cite web |title=Guided Critique: Snow Queen |url=http://www.smofa.org/uploads/files/2186/Snow-Queen-Guided-Critique.pdf |publisher=Springville Museum of Art}}</ref> for children. It does not mention that she is in the collection}}

* Utah State Fine Art Collection (Alice Merrill Horne Art Collection), Salt Lake City, UT<ref>{{cite web |title=Alice Merrill Horne Art Collection |url=https://artsandmuseums.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Governors-Mansion-Art-Booklet.pdf |publisher=Utah Division of Arts & Museums}}</ref>

=== Professional leadership ===

* Board of Directors, Utah Arts Council (c. 2004–2006)<ref name=”DEF” />

* Chair, Visual Arts Committee, Utah Division of Arts & Museums

* Founding member, Spring City Arts<ref name=”UPR2024″>{{cite web |title=A Spring City artist’s reflection on the nearly 40 year restoration of a local landmark |url=https://www.upr.org/show/rural-utah-at-a-crossroads/2024-08-12/crossroads-lee-udall-bennion-ephraim |website=Utah Public Radio |date=August 12, 2024}}</ref>

== Reception ==

Bennion’s paintings have been the subject of profiles and critical discussion in regional and national art publications, including a feature in ”Southwest Art” and coverage in Utah arts journalism and online artist directories. Latter-day Saint cultural journals such as ”Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought” and ”BYU Studies Quarterly” have also published biographical and interpretive essays on her work, emphasizing themes of domestic life, spirituality, and rural Utah experience.

== Personal life ==

Bennion and her husband, Joseph Bennion, operate a shared studio in Spring City under the name Horseshoe Mountain Pottery. They have three daughters.<ref name=”Dialogue” /> Bennion is an experienced horsewoman and has made more than 30 rafting trips through the Grand Canyon.<ref name=”DEF” /> In 1995, she launched “Mom’s Stuff Salve,” a natural skin care company based on a traditional family recipe from the Udall side of her family.<ref name=”15Bytes2011″ /><ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.momsstuffsalve.com/our-products |website=Mom’s Stuff}}</ref>

== References ==

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== Bibliography ==

* {{cite book |last1=Olpin |first1=Robert S. |last2=Swanson |first2=Vern G. |last3=Seifrit |first3=William C. |date=1991 |title=Utah Art |location=Layton, UT |publisher=Gibbs Smith |pages=248–249 |isbn=978-0879053857 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Utah_Art/9RInAQAAMAAJ}}

* {{cite book |last1=Swanson |first1=Vern G. |last2=Olpin |first2=Robert S. |last3=Seifrit |first3=William C. |date=1997 |title=Utah Painting and Sculpture |location=Layton, UT |publisher=Gibbs Smith |page=154 |isbn=978-0-87905-669-8 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Utah_Painting_and_Sculpture/y4_qAAAAMAAJ}}

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[[:Category:1956 births]]

[[:Category:Living people]]

[[:Category:American women painters]]

[[:Category:20th-century American women artists]]

[[:Category:21st-century American women painters]]

[[:Category:Artists from Utah]]

[[:Category:Brigham Young University alumni]]

[[:Category:People from Merced, California]]

[[:Category:People from Sanpete County, Utah]]

[[:Category:Udall family]]}}