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 [...]
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, [...]
“Once you step out of your safe zone, whether that is your home or your workplace, you feel like you constantly have to be on guard, you have to constantly scrutinize your surroundings, if people are watching you, if men [...]
