Creo Story

In 2022, the Lord gave Winfield Bevins a vision for starting Creo Arts as a nonprofit ministry that would bring beauty to the world through the arts. After a season of prayer and discernment, Winfield formed a board of directors and officially started Creo Arts as a registered 501(c)(3). In 2023, Creo Arts was birthed out of Asbury University’s “Outpouring,” which drew an estimated 50-70 thousand visitors to the small town of Wilmore, Kentucky. Since that time, Creo has impacted artists, patrons, churches, and organizations in 15 states and 3 countries.

In 2024, Creo Arts hired additional staff and opened a downtown art gallery as a hub of operations. Creo Arts is honored to have a special partnership with The Creative Arts Collective at Belmont University and the Lilly Endowment Inc. to invest in projects and programs that create and curate art, educate and nurture the Christian imagination, and cultivate and sustain a thriving network in Christianity and the arts.

Mission

We live in a world where people are looking for purpose and the meaning of life. Art has the power to touch people’s hearts and minds because it connects with the imagination and is one of the ways that we can bring the hope of the gospel to our world.

Creo Arts is a  nonprofit organization that exists to partner with faith-driven artists, patrons, and organizations to bring the arts to local communities across the nation and to commission artists to create artwork that tells the Christian story for a new generation. The word Creo means to “create” in Latin, and it means “I believe” in Spanish.

Vision 

Our vision is to inspire beauty, goodness and truth through the arts.

Values

Beauty

We are dedicated to creating beautiful art, media, and content that reflect the beauty, goodness and truth of the Gospel for today’s world. (Psalm 27:4).

Community

We cultivate collaborative relationships for artists, patrons, churches, and organizations to partner together to bring the arts to local communities across the nation. (Acts 2:42).

Commission

We commission, support, and encourage artists to create artwork that tells the Christian story for a new generation. (Matthew 28:16-20).

Generosity

We practice hospitality and generosity in everything we do, promoting all forms of arts for the flourishing of the church and the world. (Acts 20:35). 

Ecumenical

We foster unity across the whole church by building bridges among denominations and traditions through creating faith-inspired arts. (John 17:21).