Empower the mind. Inspire the heart.
ArtServe International is dedicated to nurturing the creative life of God's people with inspirational resources, artist retreats, and opportunities to serve communities in need.
Our mission is to empower the minds and inspire the hearts of young people living in under-resourced communities through creative, educational, Christ-centered outreach.
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Thank you for visiting ArtServe International. We are Freedom and Nancy Rodriguez, a husband and wife creative team who love to infuse our faith into the creative process. We both became followers of Christ in our teens and experienced a renewal of our minds through the Word of God and our art practice. We began to see how God used art-making as a powerful agent to help us understand His truth, beauty, and goodness.
For this reason, we want nothing more than to share this with everyone! When Freedom was growing up in New York City, art was everywhere but he didn't know that he had access to artmaking. Encouragement and hope were rare when you lived in poverty, amidst brokenness. Still, he found a few tools that helped him to develop his drawings.
There was a gift that gave him the courage to pursue art when one day a substitute teacher purchased an art kit for him. He had been busy ignoring schoolwork and drawing on the desks when the substitute teacher noticed his talent. This small investment by a stranger helped Freedom to see his value and belonging in the art world.
This is just one way that God used the creative process to shape and strengthen us. Today, we love to serve under-resourced communities and, especially, to empower youth to dream beyond their poverty and inspire hope for life. We serve through creative camps and workshops, after-school programs, murals, as well as with our paintings.
We also love to collaborate with others! Let’s connect.