“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”Gandalf, in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring
Scripture never treats art as mere decoration. God filled Bezalel with His Spirit to craft the tabernacle, and He adorned it with beauty that served no practical purpose at all except to be beautiful.
Because Christ is Lord of the whole of life, art is not a lesser calling, and it is not only a tool for evangelism. As Francis Schaeffer argued in Art and the Bible, a work of art has value in itself. An honest poem of lament, a well-made song, or a faithful painting of a field can glorify God simply by being true to the world He made: broken by sin, yet still shot through with His glory, and waiting for its redemption.
Artist's Corner exists to honor that calling. We want to encourage excellence, honesty, and worship in every medium, and to remind every maker that in God's Kingdom there are no little people and no little gifts.
“He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship.”Exodus 35:31
Music
From the Psalms until now, song has been the native tongue of God's people in both praise and lament.
Poetry
Much of the Old Testament is poetry. Words, carefully made, can bear the full weight of truth.
Painting & Visual Art
Form, color, and light that bear witness to a world charged with the Creator's glory.
Creative Writing
Stories that tell the truth about sin, grace, and longing, and point toward the one true Story.
Photography & Film
Learning to see the world carefully, and helping others to see it too.
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Drama, dance, craft, and design. Every gift, offered with excellence, is an act of worship.
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