Editing James C. Christensen (section)

==Awards==
Christensen was named a Utah Art Treasure, one of Utah’s Top 100 Artists by the [[Springville Museum of Art]], and received the Governor’s Award for Art from the [[Utah Division of Arts and Museums|Utah Arts Council]].<ref name=Des /> He served as president of the National Academy of Fantastic Art.<ref name=WSJ2020>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/1989/08/windows-on-wonder-an-interview-with-james-c-christensen?lang=eng "Windows on Wonder"], ''[[Church News]]'', 1989. Retrieved on 9 April 2021.</ref>

His artwork has been featured on the cover of ''[[Leading Edge (fiction magazine)|Leading Edge]]'' issue #41, winning him the [[Chesley Award]] for cover artwork in 2002.<ref name="chesley-2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Chesley2002.html#mag |title=Chesley Awards Winners By Year |publisher=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] |accessdate=February 24, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103043005/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/ChesleyWinsByYear.html |archivedate=January 3, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="asfa">{{cite web|url=http://www.asfa-art.org/chesley/2002.html#magazine |title=ASFA Chesley Awards 2002: Best Cover Illustrations - Magazine |publisher=[[Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists]] |year=2002 |accessdate=February 27, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618142735/http://www.asfa-art.org/chesley/2002.html |archivedate=June 18, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Christensen's work has appeared in the American Illustration Annual and [[Japan]]'s Outstanding American Illustrators.  He also won all the professional art honors the [[World Science Fiction Convention]] offers, and multiple [[Chesley Award]]s from the [[Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists]].