The following post comes from a guest writer. Nikki was one of the American participants of the 2016 International Artist Residency put on by The Create Commission. This is an annual three-week-long event where local and international artists are invited [...]
Priyanka is an artist. She feels deeply and laughs loudly. She is a wife and mother in a culture where women are traditionally expected to stay in the home. But she doesn’t want to stay home--she wants to explore [...]
“Hope! Hope! Come get your hope!” As the call rang out in the narrow, overcrowded lanes, home to the working poor, I felt like crying. It was nothing short of a picture of heaven, a vision out of Isaiah, the Kingdom [...]
Priyanka is kind of a firecracker. She has strong opinions, big emotions and loud laughter. She is one of the Indian participants of this year’s International Artist Residency put on by The Create Commission. As the artists and resident mentors [...]
This blog was originally posted on October 30, 2014, but we love it so much that we wanted to share it again. Have you ever walked into a movie late? What was that experience like? After shuffling through the theatre’s [...]
One of the realities of middle-class life in India is relating to people who beg. But there are two kinds of people who beg, just as there are two kinds of people in other parts of society: those with a [...]
I have never considered myself artistic. I was never good at drawing or painting. Even as a child, my favorite thing about my Legos was not building new creations from my imagination, (as my younger brother so often did) but [...]
If we walk into the movie late, we may miss the plot. The opening scene of our ‘movie,’ our story, reveals God as the first Artist, and the startling fact that we are made in His image with both inherent [...]
Have you ever walked into a movie late? What was that experience like? After shuffling through the theatre’s darkness, you sit down with a sigh of relief, and dive into the action on the screen. If you’re not too late, [...]
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Stefan, the director of The Create Commission program a few weeks ago and interview him about his project. In the past year I have come to admire Stefan’s outlook on life and [...]
