This November we had a chance to partisipate in planning and organizing of Art Improve 2012 - a first conference in Ukraine for Christians of creative professions: artists, musician and actors. Both myself and Katya have always been interested to encourage and work with people of creative backgrounds and this time we've had a chance to unite our efforts with CCX Ukraine (part of IFES) and Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary.
The conference was an experiment and in the very beginnig I was just going to help in the area of web-site creation (blog, ro be more precise) and Internet advertising. Then, unexpectedly it has grown into an involvement of both of us, of about 30-40 hours per week and Katya becoming the director of the conference :-) Well, it was quite a ride, I have to tell you!! :-)
However, since it is better to see then to write lot's of words, here are couple of links from which you can find out more about the conference.
PHOTO GALLERY of ART Improve 2012
ART Improve 2012 post-conference VIDEO
Even though the whole organization process was PURELY volunteer based and we were extremely tired at the end (to say the least:-) - the conference was a HUGE blessing in many aspects!! We've had over 120 people there during those 1,5 days and have met many new friends, heard lots of encouraging words and hopefully encouraged others from the word of God.
Speciall THANK YOU we wanted to extend to all those of you who have supported this conference in prayers (they definitely were answered and gave us strength) and especially financially. All together we've raised almost $1,000, even though at the beginning had "0" budget expectations.
To God be the glory and we're hopin that this modest beginning will grow into something more in the hearts of all creative people in this country.
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| Some moments of ART Improve 2012 conference |
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