Links To Christian Fine Arts Communities

CIVA is a big tent, where a wide range of people who love Christ and love art engage in conversation and activity. Comments by Cameron Anderson, Director of CIVA.

Christian Fine Arts Communities:

• Abbey of the Arts - by Christine Valters Paintner, Ph.D. Transformative living through contemplative and expressive arts
• Area 15 Community - engaging both professional and emerging artists with their communities in order to bring art events to the church
• International Arts Movement - "Caring for culture through wrestling deeply with issues of art, faith and humanity."
• the Kindlings - "We are anintergenerational, grassroots, relational movement of thoughtful creatives for whom God is of central importance"
• Fallout - A urban art center located in Minneapolis
• A Gathering of the Tribes - Cultural organization in lower, east side Manhattan
• CIVA - stands for Christians in The Visual Arts network
• Creative Paradox - "We believe that artists are "culture makers" who, when invested in, can impact a dehumanized world, turning it toward a world that is full of hope and fully human."
• Freedom art project - "A visual tribute to God through the permanent exhibition of 66 monumental large scale paintings."
• Asian Christian Art Association - "made possible through the efforts of Japanese theologian-artist, Masao Takenaka."
• Cita - "Encouraging and Equipping Christians in Theater Arts to impact the world and further the kingdom of God- for over 20 years."
• ECVA - The artists registry for the Episcopal Church Visual Arts
• The Refinery Arts & Spirit Center - Nourishing spiritual growth through the arts
• Dunamis Arts - website spear headed by Gene Johnson in Richmond, VA.
• poasis - "Poasis is a loose collective of artists from around Vancouver Island seeking to understand the interplay and role of arts in the life of the worshiping Church."
• Arts Centre Goup - Mentors Christian artists in the UK
• Work of The People - A Visual Liturgy Library
• Artists in Stained Glass - a web site developed for the promotion of Canadian stained glass artisits
• Association of Consultants for Liturgical Space -Liturgical Design Consultants
• British Society of Master Glass Painters - The British Society of Master Glass Painters
• Churches! The Ecclesiological Society - "The Ecclesiological Society, founded in 1879, is the successor of the Cambridge Camden Society"
• Stained Glass Association of America A professional trade association with international membership.
  
  a professional trade association whose membership consists of the finest architectural stained and decorative art glass artists and studios in the United States and around the world. - See more at: http://stainedglass.org/#sthash.6F6MyUeg.dpuf
  a professional trade association whose membership consists of the finest architectural stained and decorative art glass artists and studios in the United States and around the world. - See more at: http://stainedglass.org/#sthash.6F6MyUeg.dpuf
• The Foundation for the Sacred Arts - "Foundation for Sacred Arts is a Catholic nonprofit organization founded to stimulate a vibrant renewal in the patronage and production of Christian sacred arts"