Featured Artist >> Shana Barefoot

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Shana Barefoot, born and raised in South FL, currently resides in Atlanta, GA while studying for an M.A. degree in Arts Administration at the Savannah College of Art & Design. She hopes to create artwork that can stimulate meaningful dialogue about truth, reality and hope.

"My first experience with OM was "Arts Challenge 2007" in Lushjne, Albania. It changed me forever. There I joined with twenty-five "creatives" including musicians, actors, dancers, writers and visual artists. We found through workshops and outdoor festivals that God made us artists on purpose. In Albania, He created opportunities to engage people in the most unexpected ways. Once while painting outside on an easel alone, I looked up to discover an audience of children full of questions. The trip opened my eyes to the deep need that we all have for beauty, truth and love. I now see that God is so glorified and delighted when I worship Him with my whole self, including my paint-covered feet.

I believe creating while serving is the way, as artists, we grow and demonstrate God's heart in the world. OM Artslink provides a venue for God to use all of me. It's a community for curious "creatives" who want to see how God can use them and their art."