REZ ARTS

CALLED TO CREATE

In Genesis 1, God creates. It is His first recorded act in Scripture. Not only does He create, but when He creates man, He creates in God’s own image (imago dei.) Therefore, as God’s created beings, we were created to be creators through Christ.

The creative character of God is not limited to Genesis, nor is His love of the arts only displayed in Eden. There are numerous accounts throughout Scripture: Bezalel in Exodus 31, who is enabled by the Spirit of God to “devise artistic designs” and “work in every craft” in construction of the Tabernacle; King David, who played the lyre before Saul in 1 Samuel 16, danced before the Lord in 2 Samuel 6, and composed 73 (if not more) of his own poems through the Psalms; Our Lord and Savior Jesus was both a storyteller and a carpenter, and in Ephesians 2:10 we are identified as God’s poeima (poem) in Christ Jesus.

“The artist needs no justification. God called him, gave him talents. We cannot go without him. So let’s help him; in prayer, in encouragement, not just with words, but also in deeds according to what we can give. Indeed, what we cannot afford to be without needs no justification.”

-Hans Rookmaaker

COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS

Some of the ways in which we foster community among our artists at Rez is by holding events throughout the year in which artists and art-lovers can come together and support one another.

We’ve hosted book clubs, movie nights, and gone to local art galleries together. We also want to have opportunities for “round-table” events, where artists can present works in progress and receive feedback from other artists.