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Artists Are Catalysts: Interview with Makoto Fujimura - Part 2. In Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture, artist Makoto Fujimura pens a series of essays exploring life, art, and faith.

Artists Are Catalysts: Interview with Makoto Fujimura - Part 2

Makoto spoke with us recently in a two part interview about what it means to be an artist and how we can all be creative in our daily work. How did your art become a ministry after 9/11? How to Discourage Artists in the Church. Many Christian artists live between two strange worlds.

How to Discourage Artists in the Church

Their faith in Christ seems odd to many of their friends in the artistic community—almost as odd as their calling as artists seems to some of their friends at church. Yet Christians called to draw, paint, sculpt, sing, act, dance, and play music have extraordinary opportunities to honor God in their daily work and to bear witness to the grace, beauty, and truth of the gospel. How can pastors (and churches) encourage Christians with artistic gifts in their dual calling as Christian artists? As a pastor and college president, I have made a sad discovery: the arts are not always affirmed in the life of the local church.

We need a general rediscovery of the arts in the context of the church. Fujimura Institute. Thinking Theologically About Modern Art - Discussion. Why Jesus Creates Art.