Creative works - such as paintings, poetry and music, for example - can convey timeless truths.
That’s the heart of “Illuminate,” a new conference on the intersection of art and faith - set for Thursday, April 4th and Friday, April 5th - at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale.
The presentations, performances, workshops and conversations at “Illuminate” will feature participants from across the country and around the Chattanooga area.
Among them: Charlie Newton, artist and preacher, who with his wife Iantha runs the SPLASH Youth Arts Workshop here in Chattanooga.
![Charlie Newton](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/774ecef/2147483647/strip/true/crop/420x428+0+0/resize/880x897!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe4%2Fde%2F6d679e9f4e3da0c11414014296d3%2Fcharlie-newton-stove-works.jpeg)
Charlie is an alum of our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - and joining him for his presentation at Illuminate: Chyela Rowe, manager of arts therapies and wellbeing at CHI Memorial Hospital.
![Chyela Rowe](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8319c32/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1014x1020+0+0/resize/880x885!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F23%2Fdd%2F394a8ab44b3cb5cdbff6f20cc5f5%2Fchyela-rowe.jpg)