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Why Your Church Doesn’t Need an Arts Ministry

 

Some Churches start out to have an Arts Ministry hoping that there will be a influx of new creative people; maybe they hope to keep on the cutting edge of church planting. With goals that center around building a program or ministry they forget that Jesus kingdom was about bringing restoration to a . . . → Read More: Why Your Church Doesn’t Need an Arts Ministry

Artists and Friendship

5 reasons you can’t create great art alone.

I recently had a great time with new artist friends at the Southeast Conference on Faith and Art. The keynote speaker was David Taylor.  He made a statement that brought about this blog post.

“No matter how talented you are, how well trained you are, how great . . . → Read More: Artists and Friendship

Southeast Conference on Faith and Art – Saturday August 13

I am getting excited about the conference this weekend. In the last few weeks we have moved from our home south of the city to a small apartment in Decatur to be closer to colleagues and artists as we continue to build the Atlanta Arts Network.

The Southeast Conference will be a great place . . . → Read More: Southeast Conference on Faith and Art – Saturday August 13

Mentoring artists?

Who taught Mozart to play the piano? Who taught Beethoven? Who taught you?

When you consider the future of the arts you can’t dismiss the need for teachers and mentors? I wonder who invested in you? My first influences came from family and grew from there to a variety of people including professors, teachers, and . . . → Read More: Mentoring artists?

Southeast Conference on Faith and Art

Excerpt from the conference website – artandfaith.org About For many artists, the connection between their faith and their work can be a mysterious, intriguing, enriching, humbling, and sometimes confusing relationship. The Southeastern Conference for Faith & Art offers a space to explore this relationship in a community of other artists. The one-day conference will . . . → Read More: Southeast Conference on Faith and Art