Cultivating Creativity

Trevor Hart in a Week of Stimulating Conversations on the Gospel & the Imagination. All events are FREE and open to the public.

Trevor Hart in Conversation with Artist Daniel Callis & Poet Chris Davidson.

Trevor Hart, CCCA Fall 2013 Visionary-in-Residence, 
Founder of the Institute for Theology, Imagination & the Arts, St. Andrews University, Scotland
"Trevor Hart is Rector of St Andrew's Episcopal Church in St Andrews, Scotland, and an Honorary Professor in the University of St Andrews. From 1995-August 2013 he was Professor of Divinity in the University, and founded the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts in November 2000 with Jeremy Begbie, serving as its first Director from 2000-2013. He continues to participate in ITIA's research seminar and other activities and to supervise some PhD students within the Institute. Hart has just published Between the Image and the Word: Theological Engagements with Imagination, Language and Literature and is currently completing his three-volume “Poetics of Redemption,” to be published by Baylor University Press. The first volume, Making Good: Creation, Creativity and Artistry will be published in Spring 2013. Biola is pleased to welcome Dr. Hart to our campus for a stimulating week of conversation and instruction."

Daniel Callis, Artist, Professor of Drawing and Painting 
Daniel Callis received his MFA from Claremont Graduate University. His work includes painting, drawing, and installation. In addition to his individual studio practice, he has collaborated extensively, including partnering with individuals with physical and developmental disabilities, as well as working on projects with a field biologist in Baja, Mexico, a sociologist in Las Vegas, and a theologian from Duke Divinity School. His latest collaboration is with Orange County-based poet and musician, Chris Davidson. Professor Callis has recently been appointed as Biola’s first public arts coordinator.

Chris Davidson, Poet, Associate Professor of English
Chris Davidson received his B.A. in English from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and his M.F.A. from the University of California at Irvine. He directs the Biola composition program and the writing center, and he teaches courses in poetry writing and composition. His poetry has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, Burnside Review, Caesura, Cimarron Review, Denver Syntax, CRATE, Dust Up, Orange Coast Review, Rumpus, Zocalo Public Square and other journals. He is currently working on a manuscript of poems, title TK.o

Co-Sponsored by Torrey Honors Institute and the Center for Christianty, Culture and the Arts