BYU student Maddison Tenney has a new exhibit on display at the school that explores the intersection of her sexuality and spirituality. It focuses on those moments she describes as having felt “divine” for both of her identities.
or displays of affection among LGBTQ students. Those who break the rules are subject to discipline, including expulsion., a policy that came after the lighting of the “Y” brought national attention to the Provo campus.
Walking into Gallery E, where Tenney’s work is set up, feels like stepping into an LDS chapel. That’s on purpose. Her main piece is a vibrant work of stained glass that hangs in front of one of the curtains. Tenney said that medium spoke to her because the glass itself plays with the larger imagery of Christianity going back centuries.
In front of the stained glass piece is another reminder of her family: a weathered wooden church pew from an LDS chapel that has been passed down for generations. It first came to the Tenneys from Canada, when a church there was being rebuilt and her family wanted to keep a piece of the old structure. In a way, she’s reclaiming it in this space, making a literal seat for herself.in Provo, helped Tenney pull the centerpiece together.
Another plate is split in two. On one half it says, “love of other,” on the other it says, “love of self.” It’s based on. Tenney said you need both parts to fill God’s commandment, extending love to who you are, as you are, and to your neighbors who may not be like you.
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