Promoting biblical creativity & innovation.
Artists, graphic designers and illustrators from across the UK have responded to our invitation.
From cover to cover, we are celebrating the Bible. In 73 books – from Genesis to Revelation – is the greatest story ever told. Our passion is to bring them alive through the medium of art in this unique competition and exhibition.
We invited artists, graphic designers and illustrators from across the UK to design the front covers of any of the 73 books of the Bible. We want to celebrate creativity, innovation and promote a greater visual awareness and understanding of the Bible today.
There are seven cash prizes with an overall winner decided by our Panel of Judges.
Winners will be announced at our Exhibition Preview event.
A full colour catalogue of the 73 selected covers will be published and available online.
Exhibition runs: 10th February 2027 to 9th April 2027.
Venue: St John’s Church Waterloo, 73 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY.
Further information: https://stjohnswaterloo.org/arts/divinedesigns/
Divine Designs Promo Poster here:
Why 73 books?
The Bible or Sacred Scriptures isn’t just one book but a Library. Although the core of the Bible is common to all Christian churches, there are some differences in the number of books included in each Canon.
In the Catholic Church it contains 73 books:
46 books in the Old Testament.
27 books in the New Testament.
In the Protestant Church the Bible contains 66 books:
39 books in the Old Testament.
27 books in the New Testament.
While we respect these differences, as an ecumenical partnership between the Catholic Bishops’ Conference’s Biblical Apostolate: The God who Speaks, St John’s Waterloo and Art + Christianity, we want to be as inclusive as possible as we celebrate the Bible.
Get creative and help us to celebrate the Bible from cover to cover.
