The Imago Arts ministry exists for two primary, connected reasons. First, like any other ministry within Imago, we work to see the people of the church become more like Jesus. Art is simply the forum and tool by which we pursue this task. Second, we want to propel our artists to touch the world as Jesus did. Art is our means and mode of service, expression, and action. Art, then, represents both a primary process through which we become like Christ and a primary means by which we share with the world what Christ is doing in and among us.
These two aims motivate our leaders in their own creating; they therefore also shape how our leaders mentor other artists. We think professional and financial success through art is great, but only as a byproduct of a process rich with Christ. It is the process—the refining and communing and relating and reworking and praying and rethinking and reworking—that matters. Many of our leaders have attained success in the marketplace. But they will be the first to tell you that significance comes through worship, through learning to enjoy the privilege and challenge of the work itself, and not through attaining society’s next arbitrarily placed reward or kudos.
In context of this vision, Imago's Indico is a space meant for process and people—a place for displaying a people in the process of being formed to Christ. That means our objective is not to create or display art marked by overt or clever Christian frosting; it is not to smuggle pat verses into our signatures. Rather, Indico is simply an artist's microcosm for the church—a place where a community grapples before all the world with what it means to call Christ Lord of all the world.
Practically speaking, indico is a resource for Imago's artists and pastors. At base, a working studio and part-time gallery, it also provides artists with a flexible space for small gatherings, shows, and throwing paint around. Indico's flatbed scanner and 18"x22" giclee printer are also available for community use, by arrangement.
If you have questions, or if you have a wild idea about how to use the space, please email Arts Pastor Martin French - .