[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h2″ style=”false” color=”#393836″ size=”20″ font_weight=”inherit” font_style=”inhert” letter_spacing=”0″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”left”] Announcing I AM ART Spring 2016 [/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] Are you passionate about creativity? Do you paint, write, draw, dance, sculpt, sew, act, sing, perform … etc? Do you have creative media skills in video, audio, or photography? Are you interested in using […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h2″ style=”false” color=”#393836″ size=”20″ font_weight=”inherit” font_style=”inhert” letter_spacing=”0″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”left”] REGISTER for I AM ART 2015 [/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″]Are you passionate about creativity? Do you paint, write, draw, dance, sculpt, sew, act, sing, perform … etc? Do you have creative media skills in video, audio, or photography? Are you interested in using […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][mk_title_box color=”#393836″ highlight_opacity=”0.3″ size=”20″ line_height=”34″ font_weight=”inherit” letter_spacing=”0″ stroke=”0″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”18″ font_family=”Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif” align=”left” font_type=”safefont”]Calling all creatives![/mk_title_box][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] Athentikos has the opportunity to bring I Am Art to Guatemala and South Africa in 2015, and we need you! Join us on an incredible journey of transformative art! Click here to learn […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″]Prior to joining the Athentikos team on the Fall 2014, I Am Art trip to Guatemala, I had struggled defining the purpose for this stage of my life. I had a great job working for a great company and a family that I loved dearly but something was missing. I couldn’t […]
[vc_row][/vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][/vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″]We foolishly set out to produce a feature length documentary about a professional clown who served youth living in the streets of Guatemala. Why was it foolish? We didn’t have the financial resources to pull it off, it was in a foreign country and foreign language, it focused on a chaotic […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_cxmMR2bTc”][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] Between November 10th and November 15th, I taught a creative writing and painting workshop at Athentikos’ I Am Art camp in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Several artists from the United States banded together, left the comfort of their homes and family, and journeyed into the heart of Zone 18, an area of Guatemala City riddled with […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] Embracing conflict amplifies authenticity. We spent six months developing the I Am Art curriculum and empowering our artists to leverage it in their art forms. Our goal was to empower these children to see themselves as beautiful art of the I AM, filled with purpose in God’s greater story. We knew […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] It’s difficult to sum up the contrast of feelings and experiences related to I Am Art. In my workshop, we studied mixed media self-portraits. We started the first day making color wheels called “color wheel of emotions” and talking about primary and secondary colors as an exercise to help them practice for […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] On Sunday, November 9, 2014 we drove from Antigua to Zone 18 and found hope for Guatemala. Driving from Antigua to Zone 18 is like driving from Brentwood to East Nashville. Antigua is a tourist town full of ancient history and beauty, while Zone 18 is a crowded slum with traffic, […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] Excited, somewhat nervous, but mostly excited to empower through creative arts. That’s how I would describe my pre-trip status. I am constantly reminding myself that I am not in control, constantly thinking “Its not about me.” I see evidence all of the time that there is a bigger plan in place […]