The Grove Story

In 2003, The Grove began with a couple simple questions, "What if there was a place where we could cultivate the spiritual life and creative work of artists? And, if there was a place like this, 'So what?' Why would we even do this work in the first place?"

The Answer was also surprisingly very simple.

Because Artists Influence Everything

Everything in this world has the fingerprints of an artist.

We believe God is the Creator...the Master Artist of all. 

God has created artists to be the most influential storytellers of every generation. 

God also loves artists and He wants His artists to communicate His beauty, truth and goodness to this world.

In the most creative, innovative ways possible.  Why, you ask again?

Because artists influence everything...

The Role of Art & the Influence of Ideas

Art reflects the beliefs, values, philosophies and commonly held understandings about life and the meaning of life in every culture.

Art educates. Art transmits ideas. Art promotes values. Art illuminates and points to the mysteries of God. Art influences.

Artists create and influence the music you listen to. The movies you watch. The books you read. The museums and galleries you visit. The magazines you flip through. The video games you play. That digital phone in your hand. The clothes you wear. The buildings you walk into. The car you drive. The floral print your mom picked out for her couch. Artists influence everything!

Give a teenager a camera, a MacBook Pro, and he'll influence millions across the world... 

That's why we believe cultivating the spiritual life and creative work of artists is a vitally important work. 

We also believe the Church (at least here in America) has long-overlooked the importance of the arts. We know there's a lot of crass art in our culture that makes a lot of people angry. We get that. But let's be honest: There is a ton of really poor "Christian" religious art that is, well...terrible. It's kitschy. Preachy propaganda that doesn't reflect the true biblical story. 'Nuff said.

So why The Grove? 

Since the role of the artists in society play a strong influential role, we believe that cultivating the spiritual life and creative work of artists is of supreme importance.

The Grove Center for the Arts & Media exists to cultivate the spiritual life and creative work of artists.  Our vision is to see Christ in culture through the arts & media. We're not out to "change" culture, but rather, create new culture that reflects the beauty, Truth and goodness of God. We want to do what God already does really well... create.

By caring for artists, we believe the creativity, imagination, and creative work of artists will make this world a more beautiful place.