About Valour = building wisdom, virtue, character, courage, strength, and fruitfulness in our lives & creativity.
Vision
Our vision is to see creative artists rise up in the communities loving God, sharing the Good News of Christ, enjoying Him in all His glory and wonder and producing arts that honour Him.
Aim
- To know and love God, worship and enjoy Him, and glorify Him through the Arts.
- To inspire and uplift each other through our shared love of God and the Arts.
- To create environments to help people grow both spiritually and artistically.
- To open up ‘Spaces’, ‘Places’ and ‘Wells’ to taste the goodness of God.
- To encourage the use of talents and spiritual gifts.
- For restoration, healing and strengthening.
- To deepen intimacy with God and enrich our walk with Him in meaningful ways.
- To come into agreement with the Word, what God is saying or showing.
- For prophetic living and expressive art/s.
- For friendship, faith and creativity.
- To touch hearts locally and beyond.
Filled & Skilled
Exodus 31:3-5 “And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and with all kinds of skills, 4. to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, 5. in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship”.
- Ephesians 5:18 – Be filled with the Spirit
- Zachariah 4 -The Golden Lampstand & Oil
- Isaiah 11:2-3 – The Spirit of the Lord, Wisdom & Understanding, Counsel & Might, Knowledge & Fear of the Lord.
Gayle Grimsey
Founder: Valour Arts
Facilitating Connection, Collaboration & Exploration
Connect Collaborate Create
Creative Artists – regularly meeting together to connect with God on a deeper level and to explore, create and develop artistic expression and themes in painting, drawing and textile art.
Open gatherings for encouragement, worship, prayer, sharing the Word, reflections, testimonies and the Arts.
Gayle Grimsey
Profile / CV
Gayle is an artist and missionary. She has a desire to see creative artists gather together in the community, loving and enjoying God, seeking to know Him more, gaining and sharing insights and developing creative expression.
She enjoys a variety of techniques and mediums such as Oils, Acrylic, Gouache, Watercolour, Charcoal, Pencils and Pastels, Silk Painting & Textile Art work.
CV – 1975 to current
Queensland Collage of Art, 1 year Fine Arts.
Kenmore Bible College, 2 years Theology and Biblical Studies.
Bachelor of Humanities, Tabor Part-Time, TESOL & Creative Writing.
Visual Arts & Contemporary Craft, TAFE.
Arts Psychotherapy, Bowen Hills BNE.
Victorious Ministries Through Christ (Prayer Ministry, Australia & Pacific Islands).
Missionary: Fiji/Indian Community, Full-time 9 years.
Missionary: Australia & Pacific Is, + Part-time 10 years.
Bribie Island Community Arts Centre – facilitating Artist of the Month, exhibition involvement, working together groups & on-location painting.
Valour Arts – Beachmere QLD
Oasis Creatives – Beachmere QLD
Valour Arts in Collaboration
with Creative Arts By The Sea
Amy Kuczynski
Amy is a passionate Creative Arts Facilitator. Her heart is to see people enjoy life and provide safe creative spaces within the community for people to flourish, relax and create.
View More: Creative Arts By The Sea
Valour Arts in Collaboration
with Oasis Creatives
We seek to provide a spaces to explore and develop creative expression with God.