When I was a child, I was satisfied with being rewarded (or perhaps bribed) with candy for Sunday school attendance. Later on, as I matured as an artist in the academic space, I longed for a space to express my visual artistry in the church as well.
Since I wasn’t directly able to share my art with the church, I initially thought that being a Christian artist would be a WASTE. Then, I assumed God took the same nonchalance to my art.
Because I wasn’t exposed to teaching on the importance of artistry in the church, I also concluded that God stopped inspiring Christian artists after the Renaissance.
The main creative avenue I had in the church was technical production. Although it was hands-on and I was happy to serve, it wasn’t enough to satiate my strong desire to use my artistic gift in church.
I also couldn’t shake off my grief at the general underrepresentation of Christian visual artists in the Caribbean. Then I stumbled across videos on the internet of prophetic artist worship sessions which reopened my mind to God’s appreciation for visual arts.
Once when I vented my frustrations to a friend, she boldly suggested that I might be the person to improve the representation of Christian creatives in the art space. I felt too rejected as an artist to care to make a change: “God, get somebody else to do it!”
But God wanted something different for me: He wanted me to understand that he cared for my creative expression and has given me this creative gift to serve His people.
Even greater than that, He desired my spiritual and emotional restoration and has been walking with me through that process of redefining my identity in Him.
For a long time I had sought creative validation in the academic art space, until God brought me into a revelation that transformed both my spirituality and creativity: There is a space for Visual Artists in the church who choose to answer the call. Will you answer the call?
Profess Creatives 
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