CREATE 2026
Awaken Your God-Given Creativity!
Calling all Christian visual artists — it’s time to step boldly into your creative calling! Join us for the 1st on CREATE conference - Saturday 28 March 2026, an exciting one-day arts event designed to inspire, equip, and release you into Spirit-led creativity.
Why come?
Step into your purpose: Discover how your art can glorify God and impact the world and those around you.
Ages 16+ | Limited spaces | This day is for YOU
- If you attend an art group, OR create at home OR have invested time and/or money into developing your practice, this indicates you are exploring about your creativity and wanting more !
- If you are a creative either working in the visual arts OR who feel the stirrings of passion or calling into the visuals arts.
This is NOT for musicians, writers, dancers, there are other more appropriate conferences for them.
Comments from participants
“It was a really good conference.
More please.”
“A brilliant day, thank you.”
“Just so grateful, a live experience to interact with other Christian artists and celebrate what God is doing.”
“Just so beautifully relaxed.
No pressure.”
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RESOURCES FROM THE DAY
FREE PDF Downloads:
Karl's Recommended Books:
- Ian Morgan Cron’s - Chasing Francis
- Rick Rubin - The Creative Act
- Richard Rohr - Everything Belongs
SPEAKERS
Guest speakers are all artists, who engage in different ways in the arts. They will show their artwork and talk honestly about their process, faith, challenges of being a Christian artist in the art world and in church.
KATRINA MOSS – Artist & Innovator
Exploring the spiritual aspects of life and seeking to express them creatively.
Self taught, but having attended many art courses over the decades, I am passionate about encouraging and releasing artists to explore and communicate spirituality, faith and the mysteries of life through their creativity for the benefit of others and themselves,
I had the privilege to be the founder of the CHAIYA ART AWARDS, what was for 7 years, the UK’s largest biennial art awards exploring spirituality through the visual arts, with a top prize of £10,000. This was open to people of all faiths and none and everyone in-between. During those years Chaiya:
- Welcomed nearly 12,000 visitors to our exhibitions. at the OXO & Bargehouse galleries on London’s Southbank.
- Displayed 320 artworks.
- Over 5,000 people participated in our public votes.
- We received over 320,000 hits on our website.
- Networked with nearly 8,000 artists across the UK.
- Awarded £45,000 in prize money to artists
For more details please see website: katrinamoss.co.uk
PAUL HOBBS makes painting and sculpture that deals with social and spiritual issues from a Christian perspective.
Through a mixture of materials, layering, surprise and play, Paul’s work stimulates discussion about human values and dignity, and responsibility and service to others. It seeks to show the relevance of Jesus to contemporary concerns, asking, ‘If we believe this from the Bible, how does it relate to what we read in the newspaper? If we see this in the news, has God’s word got anything to say?’ and to draw the outsider to begin to take Jesus Christ seriously.
Themes include famine, inequality, fatherhood, old age, sexuality, our capacity for violence, suffering, the Beatitudes and the Trinity. There is also a collection of shoes and stories from believers all around the world, and a series on contemporary martyrdom.
Paul exhibits in a wide range of venues—frequently in schools and churches—leading discussions and engaging people with the gospel through his artwork.
The materials include paint, collage, wood, steel, and assembled objects.
For more details please see website: arthobbs.com
KARL NEWMAN – Artist, Arts Leader, Storyteller
Karl Newman earned his BA (Hons) in Fine Art from the Chelsea School of Art in 1982. Since graduating, he has been dedicated to his practice as a painter, evolving his style and exhibiting regularly in both group and solo exhibitions. His work—typically large, allegorical canvases- is deeply introspective. Karl’s methodical and reflective approach to painting unfolds slowly: every brushstroke and manipulation of paint is part of a cathartic creative journey. By reimagining landscapes, buildings, and objects of personal significance, he builds connections to memory, people and place.
In addition to his artistic career, Karl holds a prominent role in the arts community as CEO of Freewheelers Theatre & Media Company, a disability arts organization and an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. He stepped into this role in May 2022, following 14 years as Arts Development Manager at Surrey Arts (Surrey County Council), where he spearheaded numerous community arts initiatives—such as Surrey Artists Open Studios and DAiSY (Disability Arts in Surrey). He currently co‑chairs the Surrey Cultural Partnership alongside Marilyn Scott
For more details please see website: karlnewmanart.co.uk