Biola University Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts

Befriending Wilderness

Many artists know the realities of isolation, rejection, and uncertainty, yet Scripture reminds us that the wilderness can also become a place of renewal and transformation. Explore these themes further through Jonathan Anderson’s closing lecture from the Befriending Wilderness Symposium, where he reflects on the reemergence of spiritual conversation within contemporary art.

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The Lent Project 2026

The Lent Project is a daily devotional series celebrating the Lent season through art, music, poetry, prayer, Scripture, and a written devotion.

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Heading Home: Glimpses of New Jerusalem

An exhibit accompanied by an exclusive multimedia experience meditating on pilgrimage through photography, film, and spoken word.

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Join Us for the Annual CCCA Online Advent Project

Biola’s Center for Christianity, Culture, and the Arts offers a FREE online Advent Project designed to help you pause each day and reflect on the meaning of the season. Advent is a time of longing, expectation, and preparation as we await the coming of Christ and celebrate the wonder of the Incarnation. Through Scripture, music, visual art, poetry, and devotional reflections, the Advent Project invites participants to enter more deeply into the hope, wonder, joy, and peace of Christmas. The 2026 Advent Project will begin on Saturday, November 28, 2026, and continue through Epiphany on Wednesday, January 6, 2027.

The theme for the 2026 Advent Project is: Let Earth Receive Her King: An Advent Meditation on the Glorious Carols of Christmas.

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Visual Art & Architecture

Dedication of the Bardwell Hall of the Arts

On September 17, 2021, Biola University re-dedicated the Bardwell Hall Building as the new home for the Visual Arts.

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Review of Wayne Forte Exhibition

Parables and Prophecies: a Visual Epistle — Luz Art, Melrose Ave, March/April 2019

By Jonathan Puls

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2018 Conference: Theatre of the Struggle: The Art of Barry Krammes

The Center for Christianity, Culture, and the Arts devoted its 2018 annual arts symposium to the artwork and career of retiring art professor Barry Krammes.

By CCCA Staff

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