Christian Visual Artists | MA

Founded in 1979, Christians in the Visual Arts exists to explore and nurture the relationship between the Christian artist in the church and in the world-at-large. Known widely as CIVA, its purpose is "to encourage Christians in the visual arts to develop their particular callings to the highest professional level possible; to learn how to deal with specific problems in the field without compromising our faith and our standard of artistic endeavor; to provide opportunities for sharing work and ideas; to foster intelligent understanding, a spirit of trust, and a cooperative relationship between those in the arts, the church, and society; and ultimately, to establish a Christian presence within the secular art world." Just eight year ago, In 2002, CIVA hired its first full-time staff and accepted Gordon College in Massachusetts' invitation to make the school its first permanent home. It has 1,300 members and conducts conferences, exhibitions and auctions.