Call Description

Covered & Kept is an online Virtual Reality (VR) exhibition seeking visual artists to explore, interpret, and express how God of the Holy Bible covers, keeps, and protects His people. This immersive exhibition invites artists to translate biblical truth into visual form—revealing divine refuge, protection, preservation, guidance, and covenantal care.

Through painting, illustration, photography, mixed media, sculpture (digitally captured), digital art, and experimental visual forms, artists are encouraged to reflect on God as shield, shelter, keeper, and refuge, and to consider both personal and communal experiences of being held by Him.

The Bible repeatedly affirms that God is our protector and keeper—covering us in times of danger, uncertainty, growth, and transformation.

Artists are invited to explore themes such as:

• Divine protection and refuge
• God’s presence as covering and shield
• Being kept through trials, transitions, and seasons
• Covenant, wings, shelter, shadow, armor, and light
• Spiritual safety, peace, and belonging
• Seen vs. unseen protection
• Generational and spiritual covering

Interpretations may be literal, symbolic, abstract, narrative, or conceptual.

Scriptural inspiration (not limited to):

• Psalm 91:1–4 — “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty…”
• Psalm 121:5–8 — “The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand…”
• Isaiah 41:10 — “Do not fear, for I am with you… I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”
• Psalm 32:7 — “You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble…”
• Psalm 5:11–12 — “For You bless the righteous, O Lord; You cover him with favor as with a shield.”
• Ruth 2:12 — “…a full reward be given you by the Lord… under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:3 — “But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.”

Artists may reference one or more scriptures directly or respond to the theme broadly.

Covered & Kept is not simply an exhibition—it is a testimony space. This VR experience is designed to minister, encourage, and visually proclaim the faithfulness of God as protector and keeper. We believe art can become a sanctuary, a shelter, and a declaration of truth.

Your artwork will be judged for its originality, style, technique, artistry, quality, and especially, adherence to the exhibition theme and intent.

Awards

All selected artworks will be featured in our website's BEZA Gallery VR exhibition space.

• First Place - $200, spotlight on our Featured Artist page, art featured on Home page of website, and full Instagram (IG) post
• Second Place - $100 and full IG post
• Honorable Mention - $50

Awards are submitted electronically to winners via PayPal or Zelle.

*If requested, checks may be sent via mail. Adonai Global Arts Fund will NOT be held responsible for checks lost or stolen.

Calendar

• Entry deadline is Saturday, January 24, 2026 @ 11:59 PM.
• Jurying will take place January 26 thru January 31, 2026.
• Exhibition winners will be notified by February 1, 2026.
• Exhibition will run February 1-28, 2026.

Our jurors are gallery, museum, and art practioner professionals who have a wealth of knowledge and experience in fine art selection and exhibitions.

Application Requirements

• All work submitted must be original and completed within the last five years.
• Provide HIGH QUALITY images best depicting the artwork (no water marks please)
• Provide scriptural reference(s) for each work submitted.
• Provide an Artist Statement that 1) describes the work and 2) how the work reflects the theme of the exhibition.

File Criteria:

• All images must be in JPEG/JPG format using CaFÉ guidelines.
• The image size must be 1,200 pixels or greater on the longest side.
• Maximum file size is 5 MB.

AGAF reserves the right to refuse to feature artwork in the exhibition.

Eligibility Criteria

This exhibition is open to all visual artists, fine art media, and mediums, such as painting (any medium), sculpture (any medium), drawing, mixed media, printmaking, and/or photography. 

Digitally created art MUST incorporate artist-created imagery from traditional art forms (e.g., artist’s photographs and/or other traditional media such painting, drawing, etc.).

*For sculptures, please submit multiple images from varying angles/sides.

The following art forms are NOT eligible: 

• Film/Video
• Audio
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated art

Who Should Apply

This call is open to:

• Emerging and established visual artists
• Faith-based and spiritually curious creatives
• Artists who wish to explore biblical truth through visual storytelling

Artists of all backgrounds are welcome, provided the work respectfully engages with the biblical theme.