As a multi-faceted initiative of HopeWords, which seeks to cultivate Christian imagination by gathering people from all vocations and walks of life to learn from artists, the Painters Prophets Poets (PPP) program was developed in the belief that God calls us into His work of restoring and remaking the world through abundant hospitality and grace.
This grant will allow PPP to host a vocationally diverse in-person gathering for the purpose of networking with each other and learning from artists, writers and makers, featuring the Rev. Dr. Malcolm Guite, Dr. John Swinton, and others from the OKC region. Along with the gathering, which will focus on how necessity/need fuels the imagination that ultimately leads to wholeness, healing and sacred connection, there will be a video series produced and an artist-in-residence initiative. With the intent to increase the visibility of the arts as a means of flourishing and unity, PPP will continue to educate and inspire makers from diverse vocations to perform shalom within their own callings.
