Convergence: The Art of Fidalis Buehler

On the occasion of his solo exhibition, “Secret Camp—Are we there yet?,” Fidalis David Kanoanikie Buehler discusses how his worldview, which draws from his multi-cultural family, informs his artmaking practice. The conflicts of straddling his Euro-American and Pacific Island heritage include Kiribati traditions, his Catholic upbringing, and his conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1999. Now an artist who exhibits paintings, drawings, printmaking, and sculpture in the U.S. and abroad, Buehler also teaches at BYU, and the podcast interview ends with his thoughts about embracing multicultural students with an eye toward adapting traditional fine art education methods in order to learn from the students and prepare them to contribute to the cultures of their own communities.The musical except for the episode is “Sonata for Two Flutes Unaccompanied,” by Helen Taylor. The Center’s Studio podcast begins its fourth year with this episode.Liked this episode? Send us a text.