Helping Artists Find Spiritual Direction in a Postmodern Landscape Geoff Hall, author and film-maker in Bristol, UK, began his journey into the arts as a child, ... Continue Reading »
Helping Artists Find Spiritual Direction in a Postmodern Landscape Geoff Hall, author and film-maker in Bristol, UK, began his journey into the arts as a child, ... Continue Reading »
The Power of Words Expressed Through Performance & Poetry It all started with an open mic in Charlottesville, VA. Host Ebony Walden looked out into the audience and ... Continue Reading »
By Luci Shaw A student in a lecture hall once asked me, “Don’t you get tired of noticing things?” By way of answering her I quoted one of my ... Continue Reading »
The new “network of networks” seeks to connect, educate, and encourage Christians in the arts. By Luann Jennings, founder and director Church and Art Network (C&A) is a new ... Continue Reading »
Once every four years, Pacific artists gather together to celebrate both their common heritage in the arts (visual, song, dance, theatre, etc.) as well as their cultural diversity. The Solomon Islands will host ... Continue Reading »
Commencement Address at Belhaven University By Makoto Fujimura I am grateful to be given this honor: an honor that is symbolic of the commitment to the arts that Belhaven University, Dr. Roger Parrot, and ... Continue Reading »
By Lanier Ivester I was a Christian, and I was a dancer. A ballerina, as I liked to avow with all the solemnity of seventeen. Studying classical ballet three and four days out of ... Continue Reading »
With the pen as his pulpit, George MacDonald used fiction to show the relevance of scriptural truth to the problems of his age. By Kirsten Jeffrey Johnson Many critics like to claim that George MacDonald ... Continue Reading »
Five artists who captured the imagination of the church: Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael By Rachel Smith The optimism and confidence in human potential that characterized the Renaissance produced an ... Continue Reading »
The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, in collaboration with the World Evangelical Alliance, recently drew together over 4,000 delegates from 197 countries for a historic international gathering of Christian leaders. Held October 16-25, 2010, ... Continue Reading »
Makoto Fujimura has followed up his Letter to North American Churches with a Letter to Young Artists (based on a letter originally written for Michael Card’s book Scribbling in the Sand): We have been ... Continue Reading »
George MacDonald's legacy is his reminder that we are creative beings because we are made in the image of a Creator. By Trevor Hart Editor's note: C. S. Lewis wrote of George MacDonald, "I have ... Continue Reading »
Last week we featured artist Makoto Fujimura in our Artlinks section. Makoto recently delivered a challenging letter to churches and artists at the Eighth Letter Conference for the Epiphaneia group in Toronto. ... Continue Reading »
Makoto Fujimura is one of a rare breed: an internationally successful artist, writer, and speaker who has gained the respect of both the Christian and secular art communities. He has been a Presidential ... Continue Reading »
Recommended by Christy Tennant, Director of Global Community for International Arts Movement and Host of IAM Conversations Several years into my career as an actress, when I was deep in the throes of auditioning, ... Continue Reading »
Reviewed by Steven Guthrie, associate professor of theology at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and director of Belmont’s “Religion and the Arts” program A few minutes ago I was skimming through a website that ... Continue Reading »
Recommended by Steve Guthrie, associate professor of theology at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and director of Belmont’s “Religion and the Arts” program In college I studied music theory and then went on to ... Continue Reading »
Recommended by Andy Crouch, the author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling and a senior editor at Christianity Today International. Dorothy Sayers was one formidable lady. The author, most famously, of the Lord ... Continue Reading »
Recommended by Timothy R. Botts, professional calligrapher and senior art director for Tyndale House Publishers Chaim Potok’s Orthodox Jewish background comes through vividly in My Name Is Asher Lev and its sequel The Gift ... Continue Reading »
[caption id="attachment_2620" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Paul Hobbs"][/caption] Paul Hobbs, a visual, sculptural and conceptual artist of Gloucester, UK, came to faith at an early age, but came asking a lot of questions. This questioning spirit ... Continue Reading »
MISSION: Discipling Artists to Be Mission Minded “Does art imitate culture or does culture imitate art? No one can say for sure. However, no one disagrees that there is a relationship between what happens ... Continue Reading »
Mission: To enable Christians involved in the performing arts at whatever level to realize their full potential for the service of Christ. Aims: 1. To develop the whole person spiritually and artistically through ... Continue Reading »
Mission: La Fonderie exists to value, encourage, inspire, and embolden Christians working in the arts. We believe that artists who are also growing disciples of Christ should be creating culture as innovators ... Continue Reading »
Mission: To reach a secular and religiously apathetic European society with the redemptive message of Christ through the arts. The Aslan Performing Arts Centre is a non-profit cultural organization based in Madrid, Spain. As ... Continue Reading »
Mission: A.C.T. Intl exists to mobilize and equip artistic and innovative ministries and missionaries for Christian work around the world. A.C.T. Intl was founded on the conviction that God has designed the human heart, ... Continue Reading »
Mission: To see the arts become a key part of strategies for planting churches among unreached people groups. 10X Productions is an award-winning, non-profit film/media production company. Our primary purpose is to develop and ... Continue Reading »
Mission: To cultivate artistic excellence for personal growth and positive cultural direction for the Kansas City community and surrounding areas. The Culture House is Kansas City’s premier arts academy for dance, theater, and ... Continue Reading »
Mission: The performing arts world is a dark and spiritually needy place, full of broken and hurting people. For this reason, CPAF believes that the arts world is a mission field. Our organization ... Continue Reading »
Mission: The world is not as it ought to be. We long for meaningful existence and involvement in our culture—to make our world a better place and to be part of a story greater ... Continue Reading »
A recent StoneWorks Arts Leadership Training (SALT) conference mobilized artists for mission. By Pat Butler “Pass through, pass through the gates…” In an Italian heat wave, a line of cars headed for the beaches where the ... Continue Reading »
A New DVD Teaching Series on the Arts by StoneWorks International Director Colin Harbinson Continue Reading »
[caption id="attachment_2620" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Paul Hobbs"][/caption] Paul Hobbs, a visual, sculptural and conceptual artist of Gloucester, UK, came to faith at an early age, but came asking a lot of questions. This questioning spirit ... Continue Reading »
Safina Stewart is an Australian Indigenous Christian artist living in Melbourne, Australia. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, but raised in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Safina grew up with many multicultural experiences ... Continue Reading »
Once every four years, Pacific artists gather together to celebrate both their common heritage in the arts (visual, song, dance, theatre, etc.) as well as their cultural diversity. The Solomon Islands will host ... Continue Reading »
This historic training event, Arts in Mission 2011: Training for Cross-Cultural Ministry, was held at All Nations Christian College, north of London in September 2011. Some 60 arts advocates and practitioners from more ... Continue Reading »
Paul Hobbs, a visual, sculptural and conceptual artist of Gloucester, UK, came to faith at an early age, but came asking a lot of questions. This questioning spirit became a critical and formidable ... Continue Reading »
Helping Artists Find Spiritual Direction in a Postmodern Landscape Geoff Hall, author and film-maker in Bristol, UK, began his journey into the arts as a child, playing drums on a biscuit-tin. From ... Continue Reading »
MISSION: Discipling Artists to Be Mission Minded “Does art imitate culture or does culture imitate art? No one can say for sure. However, no one disagrees that there is a relationship between what happens ... Continue Reading »
The Power of Words Expressed Through Performance & Poetry It all started with an open mic in Charlottesville, VA. Host Ebony Walden looked out into the audience and saw a glimpse of the Kingdom ... Continue Reading »
Commencement Address at Belhaven University By Makoto Fujimura I am grateful to be given this honor: an honor that is symbolic of the commitment to the arts that Belhaven University, Dr. Roger Parrot, and ... Continue Reading »
Seeking expressions of interest for the position of principal at a Brisbane-based Christian dance academy. Grace Dance Academy began operating in early 2009 and was initially started as a community outreach ministry connected ... Continue Reading »
[caption id="attachment_2620" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Paul Hobbs"][/caption] Paul Hobbs, a visual, sculptural and conceptual artist of Gloucester, UK, came to faith at an early age, but came asking a lot of questions. This questioning spirit ... Continue Reading »
Safina Stewart is an Australian Indigenous Christian artist living in Melbourne, Australia. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, but raised in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Safina grew up with many multicultural experiences ... Continue Reading »
Once every four years, Pacific artists gather together to celebrate both their common heritage in the arts (visual, song, dance, theatre, etc.) as well as their cultural diversity. The Solomon Islands will host ... Continue Reading »
This historic training event, Arts in Mission 2011: Training for Cross-Cultural Ministry, was held at All Nations Christian College, north of London in September 2011. Some 60 arts advocates and practitioners from more ... Continue Reading »
Paul Hobbs, a visual, sculptural and conceptual artist of Gloucester, UK, came to faith at an early age, but came asking a lot of questions. This questioning spirit became a critical and formidable ... Continue Reading »
Helping Artists Find Spiritual Direction in a Postmodern Landscape Geoff Hall, author and film-maker in Bristol, UK, began his journey into the arts as a child, playing drums on a biscuit-tin. From ... Continue Reading »
MISSION: Discipling Artists to Be Mission Minded “Does art imitate culture or does culture imitate art? No one can say for sure. However, no one disagrees that there is a relationship between what happens ... Continue Reading »
The Power of Words Expressed Through Performance & Poetry It all started with an open mic in Charlottesville, VA. Host Ebony Walden looked out into the audience and saw a glimpse of the Kingdom ... Continue Reading »
Commencement Address at Belhaven University By Makoto Fujimura I am grateful to be given this honor: an honor that is symbolic of the commitment to the arts that Belhaven University, Dr. Roger Parrot, and ... Continue Reading »
Seeking expressions of interest for the position of principal at a Brisbane-based Christian dance academy. Grace Dance Academy began operating in early 2009 and was initially started as a community outreach ministry connected ... Continue Reading »
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