New Renaissance Arts Resource Links

Training/Inspiration

Act One --Christian training for the entertainment industry
ArtWay.eu --Inspiring weekly visual meditations
Finding Divine Inspiration: Working with the Holy Spirit in Your Creativity--Book and workbook
Stone By Stone--DVD teaching series on the arts by Colin Harbinson

Arts Organizations

ACE: Art and Christian Enquiry--A UK Organization that offers publications, projects, information and more
ACT Artists in Christian Testimony--A sending organization for Christians in the arts
Act One--Christian training for the entertainment industry
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture
Art House America--Cultivating creativity for the common good
Arts Centre Group--A UK organization that brings together Christians who are working professionally in the field of the arts.
Art and Sacred Spaces-- UK based, promoting interaction between faith and the contemporary visual arts
Art Within --Arts and Media Organization
Arts With a Mission (AWAM)--YWAM's arts programs
Church And Art Network-- Building up arts leaders in the Church
ChurchArt--Official arts site for the Church of England
CITA-- Christians in the Theater Arts
CIVA--Christians in the Visual Arts
Clayfire Curator-- Archive site focused on curating for worship
Creative Edge Artist's Network The Grove Center for Media
The Doorpost Film Project --Encouraging Truth-Seeking Visionaries
Faith and the Arts --UK group dedicated to exploring the relationship between artistic practice, creativity and religious beliefs.
Greenbelt--A UK organization that put on the Greenbelt Festival
The Grove Center for the Arts and Media-- Cultivating the spiritual growth and creative work of artists
The Gruenwald Guild--Celebrating the relationship between art and faith
Hollywood Connect Resource site for Christians in Hollywood
Hollywood Prayer Network --Prayer support for the entertainment industry
IAM-- International Arts Movement
Innovo--Physical Dance Theater
The Limner Society --Community and resources for artists of faith
Masterclass--Performing and Visual Arts
Mosaic Connection--Ohio missional outreach arts group
OM Arts Operation Mobilization Arts and Artslink
RYFO --Musicians Support Network.
Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies--Host of ARTS Journal
STONEWORKS --A global arts partnership committed to Arts Education, Spiritual Formation, Cultural Reformation
St. George's Institute of Church and Cultural Life ---Nashville, TN
The Worship Studio-- Artist resources, community
Worship Foundations-- Strengthening Musicians and Worship Leaders
YWAM Arts --Youth with a Mission's Fine Arts ning

Displaying Art In Churches

BYFOR.org-- Art by and for the church
The Gift-- Art in your local church (UK)
IAM --"How to" Resources "How to Look at Art"
Mobia --Museum of Biblical Art

Material for Arts Ministries and Groups

IAM "How to" Resources-- "How to Have a Discussion Group", "How to Have and Artist's Salon", " How to Look at Art"
One Time Blind --Drama resources and performances
Worship Leader Magazine --Go to "About Us" and see loads of worship music links

World Church/Arts in Missions

International Council of Ethnodoxologists (ICE): --A network for
culturally-appropriate worship
OM Artslink --Operation Mobilization Network for the arts
STONEWORKS --A global arts partnership committed to Arts Education, Spiritual Formation, Cultural Reformation
Wycliff Arts Consultants--Scripture reaching every culture through the arts
YWAM --Youth With A Mission School of Arts and Sports

Church Arts Ministries

(Most also maintain art galleries in their churches.)

Arts at Redeemer --Redeemer Pres in NYC
Infused Arts --Living Word Community Church, York, PA
Drawn--Blue Route Vineyard, Media, PA
Boston Vineyard Christian Fellowship -- Boston
Church of the Pilgrims (Gallery) Washington, DC
Ecclesia Church Houston, TX
Episcopal Church Visual Arts
Expression58--Glendale, CA
Glade Church Blacksburg, VA
Grace Chapel (Gallery) Lexington, MA
Greater Chicagoland Church Oak Park, Il
Harvest Bible Chapel-- Lancaster, PA
HopeArts-- Hope Chapel, Austin, TX
Journey Church Nashville, TN
LifeLink Church Memphis,TN
Life in Deep Ellum Dallas, TX
Mosaic Austin, TX
New Creation Fellowship Reading, PA
Northeast Community Lutheran Church--Minneapolis,MN
Park Street Church Boston, MA
The Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green-- Kentucky
Scottsdale UCC SNAP Scottsdale, AZ
St. Andrew's Church Mt. Pleasant, SC
St. Asaph's Church-- Bala Cynwyd, PA
St. Bartholomew's Church --NYC, New York
Sojourn Church Louisville, KY
The Stirring Memphis, TN
Trinity Anglican Church--Atlanta
Urban Grace Church --Downtown Tacoma, WA
VineArts --Arts Minstry of Vineyard Boise
Vintage Faith Church Santa Cruz, CA
Woodmen Valley Chapel--Colorado

Other Resource Sites

(Portals to other sites)

Electronic Media for Churches

Midnight Oil Productions Digital storytelling tools for ministry
The Work of the People Visual Media for Mission and Worship

Music

Hot Worship Huge resource site full of worship links for musicans and ministries
Worship Leader Magazine Go to "About Us" and see loads of worship music links

Film

Christian Movie.com Resource for those interesting in filmmaking
Hollywood Connect Resource site for Christians in Hollywood

General

Zoecarnate.com Thousands of links to Christian-oriented sites

Christian Art Galleries

EDOT Gallery Houston, TX Gallery of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas
Faith Art Gallery Palm Springs, Ca
The Index of Christian Art A collection of Medieval Christian art at Princeton U. Good for research.
Mobia Museum of Biblical Art NYC
The Vatican Museum Rome
Whitestone Gallery Philadelphia

Mainstream (Not Christian-based) Sites for Training and Inspiration

Artist Career Training Great resources for working artists
Dan Pink Blog for author of several great books about trends
Seth Godin Blog for this marketing and trends guru.
TED Site for ideas worth spreading