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Renovation Arts: For An Appointed Time

Renovation Arts is a comprehensive vision for the arts in both the sacred and secular genre. Renovation Arts (REN) begun as a "fresh vision" for an arts magazine and developed to include plans for an operating foundation. The Fresh Vision magazine was launched before the information revolution of the 90's. In 1988, an typewritten postal-delivered zine came out. It was eventually launched online, its name was later changed to Renaissance8 to reflect its connection to the growing renaissance in the arts.

Our Vision, Our Mission

Renovation Arts is a vision for education, empowerment and endowment for the strengthening and vibrancy of the artisan community.

Be it film, watercolor, interior design or performance art-- on the stage, or in daily living, Gecko Arts embraces all artisans, appreciators and benefactors.


1. Education--- Create Avenues of Understanding between the sacred and secular arenas of art, varied disciplines, including understanding between faith and cultures of varied perspectives.

Renovation Arts appreciates art rooted in varied traditions, seeks to remove wall of division and creates avenues of understanding and peace.

2. Empowerment-- Renovation Arts seeks to remove obstacles for the artist desiring to "tap into" the freely given creative flow. Through workshops, retreats and organized events, the artisan will find herself and himself valued and encouraged by mutual interaction and a community of like-minded co-creators.

3. Endowment --- To establish an operating foundation, both creatively and financially affirming of artistic endeavor that manifest positive values, community well-being and an historic understanding of multiculturalism and human connectedness.


Through words and images, Renovation Arts advances positive life-affirming art.

RENAISSANCE8

Renaissance8 is an online arts magazine highlighting redemption and transformation where it still exists in a culture that sometimes to appear to have gone mad.

Note: Although now in blog format, the intention is for Renaissance8 to be a fully functional stand alone site,, with its own custom format. If you know of a reasonablly priced "publisher-friendly" platform befitting a magazine, please let us know.