InterVarsity Arts Ministry

An Artist Found her calling at Urbana. Hong Huo

I realize I never really shared on Facebook how Urbana has changed my life.
It was the year of 2015 and I just got into studying animation and new media art in my sophomore year. I was uncertain if that was the right major for me, since I’ve studied painting and drawing for years and I wasn’t good at animation. I prayed that God would make it clear for me whether He wants me to stay in my major.
At the end of the semester I went to my first Urbana. The first night when I saw the animation on the big screen, telling the story of the birth of Jesus, I knew that was His answer to my prayer. It was the first time that I realized, I can use my gift in Art to glorify Him; my story could be written in His Big Story.
Then I met people from 2100 Productions and the summer of 2016 I interned with them.
It was also the first time I learnt to pray in Chinese, my native language, with other Chinese believers; and God had sent me a vision, that He was calling me to do ministry among my own people.
Since then, I have been following these purposes of my life, to pursue art as a way to glorify Him, and being part of ministries to reach out to Chinese students and share the Gospel with them.
Today I’m graduated with a BFA in animation and working on Urbana animated stories with 2100 again, and part of a Chinese students ministry at UW Madison.
Urbana taught me to worship and glorify Him everyday, with every aspect of my life, to everywhere that I go, His Story in mine.
Come to Urbana 18 to find your own discernment in God’s Global Mission:

URBANA STUDENT MISSIONS CONFERENCE Dedicated to calling whole-life, whole-world disciples, Urbana is an eye-opening global missions conference, a sacred space for college and graduate students, faculty, and church leaders to hear God’s call.

Excited to announce the first Urbana artist in residence, Leslie Iwai. Experience part of Revelation through a special art installation this December.

In collaboration with InterVarsity Arts Ministry


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Urbana Student Missions Conference and IV Arts Ministry is excited to announce Leslie Iwai as the Urbana18 Artist-in-Residence. Leslie will be creating new art work to reflect the Urbana Bible passages in the book of Revelation. Her new art work will be exhibit at the Urbana Missions Conference in the St. Louis America's Center from Dec 27 to Dec 31. https://www.leslieiwai.com