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100 Things in 100 Days: Daily creativity from Zach Harris.
Brighter Arrows: Hard rock from Jake Norris and Jamie Dougherty.
Buy Art Not People: An initiative by artists to raise awareness and resources to combat modern slavery.
Dana Chen: Graphic design, cake, and more.
Dawn Xiana Moon: Intelligent folk pop with influences from jazz and traditional Chinese music.
Elizabeth Yeojin Jung: Paintings, drawings, and sculpture.
InterVarsity Arts Facebook Page: Social media for the IV arts community.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship: incarnation’s parent organization.
Jay Mathes: Acoustic rock with comparisons to John Mayer and Counting Crows.
LIFT: A program by Circle Urban Ministries.
Overflow Coffee Bar: Changing the world, one cup at a time.
Restoration Project: The art of hymns – a Jay Mathes project.

CITA: Christians in the Theatre Arts.
CIVA: Christians in the Visual Arts.
Image Journal: Arts journal with seminars, workshops, and online classes.
IAM: International Arts Movement.
RELEVANT: God. Life. Progressive Culture.
Stoneworks: A global arts initiative for cultural restoration and the recovery of the imagination in the life and mission of the church.

Culture Making: Andy Crouch: An approachable, theological grounding for the importance of art.
Refractions: Makoto Fujimura: Personal essays from the founder of IAM, an internationally-recognized painter.
Art and the Bible: Francis Schaeffer: A short introduction to thinking about art from a biblical perspective.
Walking on Water: Madeline L’Engle: Reflections on art and creativity from the author of A Wrinkle in Time.
Imagine: Steve Turner: A vision for Christians in the arts.
Stone by Stone: Colin Harbinson: A DVD and study guide by Stoneworks intended for use in small groups. Good, structured discussion material.

Artists Build the Church: Kristen Scharold: On the importance of art for the life of the Church.
Makoto Fujimura: Writings: Essays from the painter.
NT Wright Page: A collection of work by the theologian, including writing on the importance of stories, art, and beauty.
On Fairy Stories: JRR Tolkien: An essay on stories in general and their importance, with a section on the gospel as the penultimate fairy story because of its reality. The site has the full PDF – it was also published in the Tolkien Reader with a companion short story called “Leaf by Niggle.”
Relevance, Faith, and Art: Dawn Xiana Moon: Errors that Christians make when dealing with art.
RSA Animate: Changing Education Paradigms: World-renowned education and creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson on our education system, our culture’s loss of attention span, and how that affects the arts.