Thursday Night Creativity

HI friends!

I trust your summer has been amazing so far. My only complaint is that it’s going way too fast. J

Things at Infused Arts are moving along well despite the lower attendance - which happens every summer. I want to let you know what’s happening the next few weeks on our creative Thursday Nights.

·         This week, July 21^st is The Studio. We have been exploring the basic elements of art so far this year and on Thursday we’ll work with Line & Shape. There is no fee for this session. We’ll work with markers and colored pencils. Line and shape seems so, well – boring. But meshed with color and texture (two other elements of art that we’ve studied so far), it will be fun and exploratory. I hope you join us in the coffee bar from 6:30 to 8:30pm.

·         Next week, July 28^th is our DUO night; featuring both Open Studio at The Studio and Open Writing at The Write Space. This evening is geared to give you time and space to work on a creative project, be it visual art or literary. Start something new or bring your WIP (work in progress). Creating in community is pretty cool. Open Studio meets in the coffee bar at 6:30pm and is $6 if you use our supplies, free if you bring your own. Open Writing meets in room 112 at 6:30pm, the normal location for The Write Space.

Looking ahead:

August 4^th is The Collective – Discover a deeper relationship with God as you move out in your creative endeavors. This creative community is geared for ALL people and is more spiritually formative than art making. We meet in the coffee bar from 6:30 to 8:30pm.

And don’t forget about First Friday York on August 5^th. I hope to see you downtown supporting the art scene in York!

Be in joy friends. May your creativity increase and your love for others flow freely. Blessings to you~

deAnn

Art Gallery Reception, 8/19

Join us for this family-friendly event to celebrate artist Christy Smith
and her beautiful artwork.

Bring something sweet or salty to share with all.
Coffee, tea, and soft drinks will be provided.

Our art tables will be set up so that you will not leave before
either creating art or receiving art from one of our roaming artists.

The Infused Arts Gallery Art Receptions always inspire creativity and community.
We hope you will join us!

For questions, contact deAnn Roe at droe@lwccyork.com
Click here to read the gallery booklet, The Heart Behind the Art for this exhibit.

The Collective | Live Your Dreams, Change the World

Theme for April at The Collective:  LIVE YOUR DREAMS, CHANGE THE WORLD.

 

It's your nature to be creative. You are creative. The companion to creativity are the dreams and desires that God plants in our heart. Those dreams and desires are there to help build His Kingdom (yes, we have a role in that) and bring glory to God.

•  What are those dreams and desires in your heart?
• Are you entering into them? If not, when?
• What keeps you from entering into them?
• Do you believe that those dreams and desires have the potential to change the world?

Holding onto those dreams and desires is like getting a present for your birthday and never opening it....

 

Come to The Collective on April 7, 6:30pm-8:30pm and we'll be diving into this rather large topic and it's our hope that you'll leave feeling encouraged (in courage!) to move out boldly in your dreams to be an agent of change for this broken and hurting world!

 

Bring your sketch book. Paper and colored pencils will be available for doodling and sketching. :) Which is always highly encouraged at The Collective!

 

LASTLY and most importantly - The Collective is for every single human who has been created in God's image. Yes, my friend, that includes you. (The Collective is not for "artists" only).

 

Got questions? Email deAnn and we hope to see you on Thursday, 4/7 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm in the coffee bar at LWCC.

The Well | Passion, Promise, Presence

The Well is a self-guided sacred space prayer experience at Living Word Community Church. It's been up for one week and continues this week, concluding on Friday at 9pm. Above is the schedule, the times vary a bit each day.

It's a beautiful space taking us into the Easter Story - but it's a broader look at that famous event. Click here for a video tour of this installation. Prayer guides are available to enhance your experience. Bring your bible and plan to be at The Well for 60 minutes or more. It's not a space you'll want to rush through. You escape the rush of life and enter The Well.

The Road to Emmaus

We hope you can find some time this week to attend The Well. The next installation of The Well will be in this fall.

Be in joy -

deAnn Roe - Infused Arts Director

Recap of Feb at The Collective & Looking Ahead

A collection of creativity represented at February's gathering of The Collective.

What an incredible gathering of creatives of ALL genres at The Collective this month! It's amazing to see all the creative facets we have among us. So diverse, so beautiful. We had great discussion and teaching around how our creativity matters a LOT to God and His Kingdom. We did some collaborative art and some individual prayerful creative reflection. All in all - a fantastic evening! A dream come true! People waking up more and more to their identity in Christ and His amazing nature of creativity in us all.

Below are more images from our first gathering. The next one is Thursday, March 3rd from 6:30-8:30pm in the coffee bar of Living Word Community Church. March's theme is surrendering our creativity to the One who is the source of it all and the watching what He does with it!! We have a creative and mindful exercise in store and visual artist Deborah Nell will share a bit on her journey the God and surrendering her creativity. You will be blessed and inspired by her stories, no doubt!

Child care is provided but you need to register your little ones one week in advance.
Click here then in the drop down register menu, click Infused Arts.

If you are feeling a stirring in your soul for more creativity to be unleashed in your life, or want a biblical perspective on why our creativity matters so much to God, we invite you to The Collective. It's community. It's creativity. It's pressing into Father's heart for more of Him. It's so awesome... Hope to see you on Thursday, March 3rd!

deAnn Roe
director of Infused Arts



The Collective - Kingdom-minded Creatives

 

Creativity spans beyond fine arts.

God's creative nature is in you - how does it flow through you? 

 

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY

The Collective is a new Infused Arts community that will focus on our role as artists and creatives in God's Kingdom, have discussions around this and many other important topics. The first Thursday of EACH month is designed to encourage our creative journey, challenge it as well, and broaden our vision for how God wants to flow through us to touch this broken and searching world by our art, imagination, and creativity. The Collective is the FIRST Thursday of each month, beginning in February. Each month will have a different topic or theme. February is "Why Creativity Matters to God."

All genres of creativity are welcome!! For example; knitters, home chefs, fine artists, writers, poets, dancers, singer/song writers, musicians, graffiti and tattoo artists, hair stylists, photographers, digital artists, sculptures, wood-working, fiber art, sewing, drama... okay, I think you get the point. :)

Please join The Collective, a group of creatives hungry for more of the Lord and seeking first His Kingdom as it pertains to our art and creativity!

There is no fee for this gathering. Coffee will be on hand, indeed. See you February 4th at 6:30pm!

KidCare is provided but you must register your little ones a week before the event. From the pull down menu, click "Infused Arts" - here's the link to register.

Are you coming to The Collective on 2/4? Let me know!

Hope to see you there!
deAnn Roe

Childcare Available for Infused Arts


We are so very excited to be able to offer childcare for you on Thursdays for Infused Arts events. We hope this opens up the possibility for those of you with childcare needs to attend our spiritually formative arts communities:

• The Collective - the 1st Thursday of each month at 6:30pm in the coffee bar
• The Write Space - the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 6:30pm in Rm 112
• The Studio & Open Studio - the 3rd and 4th Thursday of each month at 6:30pm in the coffee bar

Please register your little ones one week in advance to the event you plan to attend. Here's the link - from the drop down menu, choose, "Infused Arts." You will find some additional information on that page as well.

We hope to see you in February at Infused Arts!

Be in joy-
deAnn