Made Makers

Ryan Lauterio Cofounder of Made Makers: Christian Art and Design Education, Co-Founder and CEO of The Maker Institute of Studio Art and Theology, and Co-Founder of New Christian Maker, Maker Press, and founder of Shockoe Artspace.

Day-to-day, I’m leading vision, developing curriculum, writing theological and artistic content, recording teaching material, and shaping the overall direction of the program. I also mentor artists and educators, ensuring what we’re building is both theologically faithful and artistically excellent.

I grew up in Ventura, Palmdale, and other parts of Southern California. My training includes a B.A. and M.A. from California State University, Sacramento, and an M.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University, along with three years of practical theology and pastoral training at Remnant Church.

My core areas are studio painting and drawing, theology of art, aesthetics, curriculum development, and training artists to think and work from a biblical worldview. My development comes through sustained study in theology, philosophy, and art history, alongside decades of studio practice, curation, gallery management, and university-level teaching. I also serve as the Associate for Christian Art and Aesthetics at the Cantaro Institute in Canada.

Before Made Makers, I spent nearly two decades as a professor at VCU while building a career as a professional exhibiting artist. My work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, is held in collections including Capital One, and has appeared in New American Paintings, Image Journal, and A Prophet in the Darkness (IVP, 2024). In 2027, I will present new work in an invitation-only exhibition at the Museum of the Bible Valley of Dry Bones featuring a large painting, marking my third museum exhibition.

I’ve been teaching art for over 30 years.

Everything we’re doing flows from the conviction that Christ is Lord over all things, including art. We’re not just building skills we’re forming people who see rightly, love rightly, and respond to God’s world, His Word, and the Lord Jesus.

Being a dad makes this personal. I’m building something I want for my own children and grandchildren. It has to be true, excellent, and formative.

Why Made Makers? Because Christians have largely abandoned the arts or reduced them to something shallow. We’re recovering a robust, biblical vision of art and giving families a clear, excellent path forward.

We’re not guessing. We’re committed to excellence, truth, and formation not trends, fluff, or busywork.

What you get for $119.88/year with Made Makers (the full list):

- Hundreds of video lessons (drawing, painting, design, art history)
- Every lesson TAUGHT by Professor L — MFA, 30 years teaching
- Scripture + character formation woven into every lesson
- ALL your kids, K–12, on ONE subscription (no per-child fees)
- Works on tablet, laptop, phone, web
- Every lesson stays in your library
- No upsells. No "premium tier." No hassle

All of that. $119.88/year or $12.99/month. Whole family.

Final day at 🙌

These past few days have been filled with smiling faces, inspiring workshops with Professor L, a special visit from the baddest drawer in the West, Doodie Funderdoodle himself, and encouraging stories from parents using Made Makers in their homes.

We’re grateful for every conversation and every family we had the chance to meet. Here’s to raising the next generation of makers.

Katie from Life in the Mundane stopped by our booth at FPEA, check out her haul and her amazing review of Made Makers!

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